LG: To differentiate between the idealistic and materialistic version of the American Dream. DO NOW: Take out your HW from last night “Turn and Talk” - Define the materialistic American Dream and the idealistic American Dream? - How might a person who believes in the materialistic American Dream be different from someone who believes in the idealistic American Dream? AGENDA: Do Now/Share Out Review Castro Speech Materialistic American Dream Discussion HOMEWORK: None
Julian Castro Idealistic American Dream Believes America provides opportunity for all His family came from nothing Became Mayor of San Antonio, TX Became Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Task: Find textual evidence to support that Castro believes in the idealistic American Dream. Underline the text and indicate with “IAD” (Idealistic American Dream).
Kim & Kanye Materialistic American Dream Always want more things Obsessed with fame, money, and status Greedy
Materialistic American Dream “Some may say you're headed Down a crooked trail But if you sell your soul, At least you've made a sale You could end world hunger Or create a vaccine But if you wanna be somebody It's all about the green.” --“All About the Green” The Wedding Singer: The Musical Based on these lyrics, how is success defined by someone who believes in the materialistic American Dream?
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Documentary: The One Percent Focuses on the growing “wealth gap” in America, as seen through the eyes of Jamie Johnson, a 27-year-old heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune. Johnson explores the political, moral, and emotional rationale that enables a tiny percentage of Americans—the 1%--to control nearly half the wealth of the entire U.S. As you watch, record facts/statements that shock/surprise you. We will discuss them after the movie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmlX3fLQrEc 5:25-13:18, 23:39-25:28, 49:47-54:50
Documentary: The One Percent Reactions? How would the 1% respond to those (like Castro) who believe in the IDEALISTIC American Dream?
Idealistic Version vs. Materialistic Version Each person has the right to: Pursue happiness You can make your lifefor a better life through hard work There is opportunity available for everyone in America Success is: Owning expensive things (a house, a car, technology, etc.) Having a “good job” with a high salary
The American Dream The “American Dream” has powered the hopes and aspirations of Americans for generations. It began as a plain but revolutionary notion: each person has the right to pursue happiness, and the freedom to strive for a better life through hard work and fair ambition. But over time, this dream has come to represent a set of expectations about owning things and making money. So what exactly is the American Dream? How did we come to define it? And is it changing? -- “A Better Life: Creating the American Dream” By Kate Ellis and Ellen Guettler American Radio Works
The American Dream The American Dream is that 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. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position. --James Truslow Adams, The Epic of America