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The American Dream
OPGIVES TIL EKSAMEN
Purpose:
To reach an understanding of some of the many ways in which it is possible to define the American Dream.
In the process of uncovering this concept, we look into American history to gain an understanding of:
- the dreams and values of the first settlers
- the content and importance of the Declaration of Independence
- the heritage from Martin Luther King, including his references in "I Have a Dream" to The Declaration of Independence, The Emancipation Declaration and Lincoln´s Gettysburg Address.
Kernestof:
John Winthrop, ”As a City upon a Hill” (sermon), www.historytools.org
Excerpt from “The Declaration of Independence”, 1776.
Abraham Lincoln, “The Gettysburg Address”, 1863 (speech), www.americanrhetoric.org
"Centennial", episode of “Little House on the Prairie” (about pioneer life in the1870s and 1880s)
Emma Lazarus, "The New Colossus", 1833 (poem)
Martin Luther King Jr, “I Have a Dream”, 1963 (speech), www.americanrhetoric.org
Martin Luther King Jr, sermon delivered at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, 4 July 1965.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, “Call Me Arnold”, 1983 (interview), in Studs Terkel, American Dreams: Lost and Found
Supplerende stof:
South Park, episode 100, "A little bit country" (2003)
Tara Westover, "I am not Proof of the American Dream", The New York Times, Feb 2nd, 2022 (written assignment)
L. Christopher Awalt, “Brother, Don’t Spare a Dime", Newsweek, Sep 29th, 1991 (written assignment)
Jeffery McNeil, ”The American Dream Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Misunderstood”, americancompass.org, Sep 22nd, 2021 (written assignment)
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