https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi The goal of this series of linked texts is to promote social justice and critical engagement with complex issues, and a complex issue in today’s society that students interact with on a daily basis is racial bias and its affect on their perception of the American Dream . en-us 2016-10-26 17:13:06 UTC 2023-03-01 03:01:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png weinrodm https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133412253 2016-10-26 17:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133412253 weinrodm https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133414056 Alfred Tatum reiterates the importance of students finding purpose in their reading. This is an example of a pop culture reference of American Dream, allowing students to interact with the essential questions in ways that are relevant to their everyday lives. ]]> 2016-10-26 17:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133414056 weinrodm https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133420417 This speech offers yet another point of view for the American Dream in history. This provides scaffolding for students when analyzing the essential question in context.]]> 2016-10-26 17:45:17 UTC https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133420417 weinrodm https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133425118 Similar to the analysis of MLK's speech and the Gettysburg Address, this article provides even more insight into a particular point of view from a historical source. Providing canonical texts as such gives students background information in order to come to a conclusion regarding the  essential question. http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/interview.htm]]> 2016-10-26 17:56:28 UTC https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133425118 weinrodm https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133430112 The Great Gatsby is a more modern, canonical text that refers to the pursuit of the American Dream. The movie, in particular, showcases a slew of visual symbolism that students can interpret and work with in order to understand the role that the American Dream plays in the film and apply this to their own lives. ]]> 2016-10-26 18:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133430112 weinrodm https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133445617 This video showcases interviews of high school students. Students are asked the essential question at hand. By providing this text to students, they will be able to further develop their understanding of their own interpretation of what the American Dream means to them as an individual. ]]> 2016-10-26 18:43:17 UTC https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133445617 weinrodm https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133448278 This speech was chosen because it sheds light on a prominent political figure’s view on the American Dream. This will deepen students' understanding of the essential question that the American dream may not exist for all. In the form of a picture book, students can tackle a large speech in the form of a schema already established. ]]> 2016-10-26 18:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133448278 weinrodm https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133452742 This is a picture of a "fractured" American Dream. This can be used to offer a point of perpsective through art as to how the American Dream looks to some. ]]> 2016-10-26 19:01:53 UTC https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133452742 weinrodm https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133453256 This is another image representing the quintessential "American Dream." Students can analyze the image and make inferences as to what the American Dream is "supposed" to look like. ]]> 2016-10-26 19:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133453256 weinrodm https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133458867 According to Courtney Martin, this is the first time in recorded American history where the majority of American parents don't think their kids will be better off than they were. Martin's Ted Talk emphasizes that this shouldn't be a cause for alarm, and instead, it's an opportunity to define a new approach to work and family that stresses community and creativity. This gives students an opportunity to conceptualize new ideas to combat the relatively bleak outlook on the idea of the American Dream. ]]> 2016-10-26 19:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133458867 weinrodm https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133461744 This is an image representing the words often associated the American Dream. Students can view this and draw their own conclusions regarding their own word associations. ]]> 2016-10-26 19:30:30 UTC https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133461744 weinrodm https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133462350 This graphic novel emphasizes the gritty-side of America that people wish to ignore. Watchmen documents the common behavior to look only to lofty aspirations and to move ahead in the world and achieve dreams. But most people try to forget that their dreams can come with a price, and they do pay in the end with either their morals or their lives. This is a modern interpretation of the cost of attaining the American Dream. ]]> 2016-10-26 19:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133462350 weinrodm https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133464148 In this novel, the migrants thought that the American Dream was such a simple concept: go west, get a job, and become rich. However, they did not realize that an ideal life was nearly impossible and it corrupted the minds of those in search of it. This list of quotes condenses the novel into excerpts that students can use to build their own understanding from a different point of view. ]]> 2016-10-26 19:39:26 UTC https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/133464148 weinrodm https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/148875091 It’s a portrait of an economy that disappoints a huge number of people who have heard that they live in a country where life gets better, only to experience something quite different.]]> 2017-01-23 21:07:34 UTC https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/148875091 weinrodm https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/148875802 An iconic image from the Great Depression recording the irony behind the American Dream. ]]> 2017-01-23 21:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/weinrodm/6g6b3jll26hi/wish/148875802