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ENGLISH III Dripping Springs H.S. Mr. Jeff Olsen Fall 2013

ENGLISH III Dripping Springs H.S. Mr. Jeff Olsen Fall 2013. AMERICA AND AMERICANS. TODAY’S AGENDA. Textbooks/Vocabulary How to format a paper in MLA style What is an American? What three principles define America and the American Dream? What is your American Dream?.

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ENGLISH III Dripping Springs H.S. Mr. Jeff Olsen Fall 2013

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  1. ENGLISH III Dripping Springs H.S. Mr. Jeff Olsen Fall 2013 AMERICA AND AMERICANS

  2. TODAY’S AGENDA • Textbooks/Vocabulary • How to format a paper in MLA style • What is an American? • What three principles define America and the American Dream? • What is your American Dream?

  3. WHAT IS AN AMERICAN? NATIVE AMERICANS With ancestors who crossed the Bering Strait, by 1492 there were 1 million to 2 million Native Americans in more than 240 cultures. EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT Settlements were established in St. Augustine, Fla. (Spaniards) in 1565 and on Roanoke Island, N.C. (English) in 1587. Nobody knows the fate of the Roanoke Island colonists.They vanished within three years.

  4. WHAT IS AN AMERICAN? JAMESTOWN, VA. The Virginia colony was established in 1607 and thrived on the tobacco trade, first using indentured servants and then slaves. SLAVERY The first 19 slaves, captured by Dutch traders froma Spanish ship, arrived in Jamestown in 1619.

  5. WHAT IS AN AMERICAN? PURITAN SETTLEMENTS The Mayflower landed in Plymouth, Mass., in 1620and the Massachusetts Bay colony was established in 1630. • Puritans escaped religious harassment, first inEngland and subsequently in the Netherlands. • The communities functioned as theocracies, guided by religious law. • Preservation of the community was the primedirective. Individual punishment was swift and severe.

  6. WHAT IS AN AMERICAN? PURITAN AUTHORS

  7. WHAT IS AN AMERICAN? NEW ENGLAND COLONIZATION Roger Williams’ establishment of Rhode Islandand the establishment of European settlementsguided by economic opportunity left Puritansin a distinct minority by the 1700s.

  8. WHAT IS AMERICA? LET’S CONSIDER THREE KEY IDEALS 1. America is a country established on the ideathat all men are created equal.2. America is a country where freedom ofreligion is fundamental concept. 3. America is a country where a combination ofhard work, education and luck can provide anyone the pathwayto socioeconomicadvancement.

  9. WHAT IS THE AMERICAN DREAM? SOCIOECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY The perennial conviction that those who work hardand play by the rules will be rewarded with a more comfortable present and a stronger future for their children. TWO PERSPECTIVES Compare how a group in New York City contrasts Its definition of the American Dream with agroup outside a mall in California.

  10. WHAT IS THE AMERICAN DREAM? ONE-PAGE RESPONSE What is YOUR American Dream?

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