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Transcript of The American Dream[1]
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The American dream
Of Mice and Men
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What is the American Dream?
America has always been seen as the Land of
Opportunity, partly because immigrants from
Europe saw it as a place of freedom, a place to
begin a new life, a place for real possibilities andwealth for all.
This belief in America as a country where
ordinary people could create a better life for
themselves is often referred to as The AmericanDream
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From the 17th century, where the 1st settlers
arrived, immigrants dreamed of a better life in
America
People went there to escape from persecution,
to make a new life for themselves and their
families.
For many the dream became a nightmare.
The horrors of slavery, of the American Civil
War, the growth of slums and the corruption of
the government led to many shattered hopes For many the dream ended with the Wall Street
crash in 1929.
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This was the start of the Great Depression
that would affect the whole world during
the 1930s.
The dream did survive for individuals.
1000s made their way west to California
to escape farmlands of the mid-west.
George and Lennie dreamed of their Little
house and a couple of acres.
The growing popularity of the cinema was
the last American Dream for many.
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Declaration of Independence, 1776
We hold these truths to be self-evident
that all men are created equal, that they
are endowed by their creator with certain
unalienable rights, that among these arelife, liberty and pursuit of happiness
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c ar xon: pres en aNomination Acceptance Speech,
1968 My fellow Americans, the long dark night
for America is about to end. The time has
come for us to leave the valley of despairand climb the mountain so that we may
see the glory of the dawn a new day for
America, a new dawn for peace and
freedom in the world.
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Transcript of the Nicolay Draft of
the Gettyburg Address
Four score and seven years ago our
fathers brought forth, upon this continent,
a new nation, conceived in liberty, and
dedicated to the proposition that all menare created equal That nation, shall have
a new birth of freedom, and that
government of the people for the people,shall not perish from the earth.
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The pedestal of the Statue of
Liberty. Emma Lazarus: 1903
Give me your tired, your poor, your
huddled masses yearning to breathe free/
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore/
Send thee, the tempest-tossed, to me: I lifta lamp beside the golden door.
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Your task. Speaking and listening
Working in groups of three:
Research The American Dream in order to
make a Powerpoint presentation to the
rest of the group.
Images, information and scenes from
films, magazines, literature, political
speeches, music and song.
To be given Monday 16th January
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