The American Dream by Alina Lamp https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd en-us 2024-02-24 20:06:25 UTC 2024-03-13 17:47:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fa-1f1f8.png The evolution of the American Dream alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2894533216 4th July 1776: Declaration of Independence

~ 1860: Manifested Destiny

1931: Material Wealth

]]> 2024-02-24 20:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2894533216 alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2894535141 "American Progress" by John Gast, painted in 1872, symbolizes Manifest Destiny, the belief in America's destined westward expansion. The painting portrays a female figure representing progress moving westward, bringing civilization and technology while indigenous peoples and wildlife retreat.

]]> 2024-02-24 20:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2894535141 alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2897942081 "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal. . . ."

Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

]]> 2024-02-27 17:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2897942081 Sources alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2899522475

  • https://www.loc.gov/collections/thomas-jefferson-papers/articles-and-essays/selected-quotations-from-the-thomas-jefferson-papers/ (27.02.2024)

  • https://educationdata.org/education-attainment-statistics (13.03.2024)

  • https://www.bushcenter.org/catalyst/state-of-the-american-dream/churchwell-history-of-the-american-dream (13.03.2014)

  • lesson material

    • ]]>     2024-02-28 18:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2899522475     alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2899528973 "From rags to riches"

    ]]>     2024-02-28 18:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2899528973     The United States alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2899535978 'The USA plays a leading role in global politics, exercising great influence in organisations such as NATO and the United Nations.

    ]]>     2024-02-28 18:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2899535978     American War of Independence alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2899541392 1775-1783 against the Kingdom of Great Britain.

    1776 Thomas Jefferson wrote the Deceleration of Independence

    1781 adoption of the constitution of the United States

    ]]>     2024-02-28 18:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2899541392     alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2899548248 "Anybody regardless of their circumstances at birth or their place in society, can achieve success, happiness and prosperity as long as they work hard. "

    ]]>     2024-02-28 18:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2899548248     WASPS alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2899551257 White, Anglo, Saxon, Protestant

    ]]>     2024-02-28 18:55:48 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2899551257     alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2899552979 God's own country. Americans are superior.

    ]]>     2024-02-28 18:57:19 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2899552979     The American Dream alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2899558029 2024-02-28 19:01:38 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2899558029 A land of immigrants alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2899563097 Spanning over two centuries:

    First largely European migrants, secondly Latin Americans


    Unites:

    Search for a better life

    Democratic constitution and laws

    Patriotismus

    Building new Independenten Nation -> Everyone free


    ]]>     2024-02-28 19:05:33 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2899563097     alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2902746706 Material dreams becoming reality

    ]]>     2024-03-02 12:05:59 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2902746706     alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2902747540 "If you have the desire and determination … this Country will embrace you"

    -> Individual effort = Individual responsibility

    ]]>     2024-03-02 12:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2902747540     An American Nightmare alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2902749273 USA has had a troubled history by slavery, civil war, racism and inequality.

    ]]>     2024-03-02 12:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2902749273     alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2902749816 American Dream is not available for everyone -> Millions are left behind due lack of support

    ]]>     2024-03-02 12:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2902749816     alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2908336184 Location of living and growing up matters

    ]]>     2024-03-06 16:00:40 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2908336184     alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2910181908 "I used to go around saying ''everybody should pull himself up by his own bootstraps - just like I did!” But what I learned about this country is: Not everybody has boots.”


    Arnold Swartzennegger

    ]]>     2024-03-07 17:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2910181908     alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917538695 2024-03-13 16:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917538695 alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917553774 2024-03-13 16:14:58 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917553774 alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917605019 2024-03-13 16:55:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917605019 alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917616364 The basis of the melting pot

    ]]>     2024-03-13 17:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917616364     Facts about WASPS alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917617997

  • First settlers

  • The Generation of the founding fathers of the new state

  • Dominate Culture

    • ]]>     2024-03-13 17:05:24 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917617997     Why did the USA welcome immigrants from Europe? alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917622456 Wanted to expand their territory and build a booming economy. Having a great demand for settlers and a strong workforce since dreaming of building new towns, farming the land, founding centers of trade & commerce. Also developing the infrastructure and industries.

    ]]>     2024-03-13 17:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917622456     The American Dream while Black alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917633281 2024-03-13 17:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917633281 Worshiping material success alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917641714 Adams concluded that America had lost its way by prizing material success above all other values: Indeed, it had started to treat money as a value, instead of merely as a means to produce or measure value.

    ]]>     2024-03-13 17:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917641714     alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917648701 The dream of a social order defined by the American creed, a belief in the United States of America as a government whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic.

    ]]>     2024-03-13 17:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917648701     Dumont Avenue alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917666171 Hugh gap between poverty and wealth

    ]]>     2024-03-13 17:42:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917666171     Dividing line alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917667462 Nehemiah houses and Public housing

    ]]>     2024-03-13 17:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917667462     alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917669423 Building sense of community

    ]]>     2024-03-13 17:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917669423     alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917669979 Struggling to survive

    ]]>     2024-03-13 17:45:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917669979     alinalamp1209 https://padlet.com/alinalamp1209/u3zpqblhn6jpd0rd/wish/2917671731 "The beginning of the end of civilsation"

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