https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5 American Society - Olivia O'Keefe en-us 2018-04-19 14:37:52 UTC 2023-03-20 06:45:19 UTC hello@padlet.com oliviakee9565 https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5/wish/253454777 Knowledge of The American Dream ]]> 2018-04-19 14:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5/wish/253454777 oliviakee9565 https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5/wish/253456965 2018-04-19 14:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5/wish/253456965 oliviakee9565 https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5/wish/253457719 James Truslow Adams and "The Epic of America"
He stated that "The American Dream is a dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement"

He later explains how for non-americans it is hard to grasp, but for Americans the dream was all based upon social order.

Adams also explains how many people had different views on the American Dream and that it is the pursuit of material prosperity.

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/american-dream/students/thedream.html

]]> 2018-04-19 14:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5/wish/253457719 oliviakee9565 https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5/wish/253458201 Courtney E. Martin talks about "The New American Dream" 
- people are afraid of trying new and different ways because that is not what they learned about The American Dream. ]]> 2018-04-19 14:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5/wish/253458201 oliviakee9565 https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5/wish/253462700 "But I didn't call to him for he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone--he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward--and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock. (1.152)

People are always reaching for something greater because they think what they have is not enough. ]]> 2018-04-19 14:55:34 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5/wish/253462700 oliviakee9565 https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5/wish/253467521 The promise, according to the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, was that all men would be treated equally. King said, "In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check."]]> 2018-04-19 15:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5/wish/253467521 oliviakee9565 https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5/wish/254170588 MLK wanted equality for everyone and everything. He believed in a Dream that would help everyone and give the same opportunities to all humans. ]]> 2018-04-22 19:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5/wish/254170588 oliviakee9565 https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5/wish/254171176 2018-04-22 19:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5/wish/254171176 oliviakee9565 https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5/wish/254173401 I interviewed my mom and she gave me her insight as well as her family and what they thought of the American Dream ]]> 2018-04-22 19:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5/wish/254173401 oliviakee9565 https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5/wish/254177895 2018-04-22 20:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5/wish/254177895 oliviakee9565 https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5/wish/254178467 2018-04-22 20:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviakee9565/bf1ilbxx87z5/wish/254178467