The American Dream

The american dream

Myths & Reality

index

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History

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Immigration

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Freedom & equality

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Political system

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Possible text types

American Dream

The American dream

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The american dream

"The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement"

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- People are still able to achieve their dreams

-- Rih people become richer, poor people become poorer

Pros and Cons

Pros

Cons

long road to independence

since 15 000 years

Native American cultures on the American continent

1492

Columbus' 'discovery' of America

1775 - 1783

War of Indepencence

1878

Constitution

Long road to independence

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Immigration

• 17th century: Settlers
• early 17th century - 1807: slave trade
• mid 19th century: Northern & Northwestern Europeans
• early 20th century: Southern and Eastern Europeans
• post 1965: changed immigration laws

Immigration

Freedom

1791

The right to own weapns (second Amendment)

1856

Abolishment of slavery

1950s & 60s

Civil rights movement

2008 & 2021

POC in political leadership positions (Barack Obama & Kamala Harris)

History

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Nowdays

- Black Lives Matter Movement against racism

Racism and injustice

Political system

• 435 members
• members represent congressional districts
• serve for 2 years
• reelection after 2 years

House of Representatives

• 100 members
• 2 senators per state
• serve for 6 years
• re-election for 1/3 every 2 years

Senate

Legislative branch

Executive Branch

• the president
• the vice president
• an organisation of approx. 4 million people

Judicial Branch

• federal courts
• courts of each individual state

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Political parties

Democratic Party

Republican Party

Possible text types

non-fictional texts

Speech

fictional texts

Novel extract

Evaluation

Comment

This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions - that time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.

Use of pluralis auctoris creates a feeling of unity

Barack Obama

This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions - that time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.

The use of adjectives with a positive connotation for America and adjectives with a negative connotation for obstacles emphasises Obama’s patriotic spirit.

Barack Obama

This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions - that time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.

The repetition emphasises the ability of Americans to manage a crisis and overcome it with hard work.

Barack Obama

Sources (images)

Sources (images)

• https://educationasliberation.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/freedomequalityfullsize.png (13.03.2022)
• https://assets.deutschlandfunk.de/FILE_174f12087b17ae5bfb342212bce352fa/768x576.jpg?t=1597497570481 (14.03.2022)

Sources (information)

• fit fürs Abi - Oberstufenwissen Englisch. Georg Westermann Verlag GmbH. 1. August 2018
• M1_American Dream lead in.pdf
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Second-Amendment

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