Course Themes American Studies The American Dream What
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Course Themes American Studies
The American Dream What does the American Dream mean to you? What are some things that make up the American Dream?
The Rebel in Society What does it mean to be a rebel? What does it mean to be a conformist, a nonconformist? What are some of the things you do when you are a rebel?
Hope and Despair What does it mean to have hope? What does it mean to be in despair? Can you think of any historical events that were both a time of hope and then ultimately a time of despair?
Change and Innovation What are some examples of Change and Innovation in our country? What are the consequences of these changes?
Power, Authority, and Leadership Define this theme What are some positions of power?
Elitism and Egalitarianism Elitsim: consciousness of or pride in belonging to a select or favored group. Egalitarianism: belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social, or economic life.
Social and Gender Roles The difference in social classes The difference in gender classes
Idealism/Loss of Innocence What changes in America have lead to a loss of innocence? What is loss of innocence?
Assignment You are going to be assigned to a theme You have to depict your theme through pictures. You must draw at least 4 pictures that represent your theme without using words. You are going to present your poster to the rest of the class explaining why you chose to draw the pictures you did.
- Outline the theme of the american dream in all my sons
- To dream the impossible dream poem
- Types of poetry
- Paradigm shift from women studies to gender studies
- Themes in a midsummer night's dream act 1
- Themes of social studies
- World studies themes
- One and a half brick wall
- Course title and course number
- Course interne moyenne externe
- What is american dream in the great gatsby
- The great gatsby
- Aspects of american dream
- Modernism and the american dream
- Fareed zakaria american dream
- Death of a salesman themes
- What is the american dream in death of a salesman
- Themes of death of a salesman