Friday August 28

We finished up the first week finishing our sourcing handout. After we begun discussing what the term "The American Dream" means. It is a term that can be used to describe many different things. Some people view making it to America and it's freedom as the dream. To others it is rising out of poverty to achieve greatness. For some it is simply a two story home, a family of 4 and a white picket fence. The American Dream is all things to all people, which makes it unique. No other countries have this sort of calling. At the end of the period students used a blank paper to put in their own words what the American Dream meant to them.

Instructions:

 1. At the top write “The American Dream to me”

 2. Below that please write a definition for what you think the American Dream means

 3. Lastly use the rest of your paper to write down any words or phrases, draw a few images with descriptions, or just try to capture a “big idea” about what achieving the American Dream would look like. This would best work if you were using your own life, but it can be a general idea as well.