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22 Sep 10
American Dream Narratives
22 Sep Agenda

★ CLT - Response Question
★ American Dream Narrative Group Work
★ Exit Ticket
★ Closure
Uncle Sam
            ★A caricature representing the
            US government dressed in Red,
            White & Blue with a top hat &
            goatee.
            ★Nobody ever likes giving Uncle
            Sam their hard-earned money.
Response Question: How do people use symbols & caricatures
like Uncle Sam to describe the country? How would they
picture him differently to show good times & bad times?


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Group Presentations
• Students will take notes on each of the presentations
  using Cornell Notes. They can do this on loose-leaf
  in their notebooks or using the blank Cornell notes
  on the tables. They will take notes in the right
  column of the Cornell Notes.

• Presenters will not identify which of the American
  Dream narratives they are presenting. Students taking
  notes will write their guesses in the left column of
  the Cornell Notes.

• After each presentation, students will guess which
  narrative has been presented. Students will be called
  on to make their guess.
Exit Ticket/Homework
✤Exit Ticket: Cornell Notes on
 Presentations

✤Homework: HO2.1
 OOOOOORRAAAAAHHH
Closure
City on the Hill
               /   A belief in America as a
                   shining example of good to the
                   world.
               /   President Reagan said that
                   America should be a shining
                   City on the Hill.

Response Question: How does America act
as an example of “good” to the world?

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22sep10

  • 1. 22 Sep 10 American Dream Narratives
  • 2. 22 Sep Agenda ★ CLT - Response Question ★ American Dream Narrative Group Work ★ Exit Ticket ★ Closure
  • 3. Uncle Sam ★A caricature representing the US government dressed in Red, White & Blue with a top hat & goatee. ★Nobody ever likes giving Uncle Sam their hard-earned money. Response Question: How do people use symbols & caricatures like Uncle Sam to describe the country? How would they picture him differently to show good times & bad times? 3
  • 4. Group Presentations • Students will take notes on each of the presentations using Cornell Notes. They can do this on loose-leaf in their notebooks or using the blank Cornell notes on the tables. They will take notes in the right column of the Cornell Notes. • Presenters will not identify which of the American Dream narratives they are presenting. Students taking notes will write their guesses in the left column of the Cornell Notes. • After each presentation, students will guess which narrative has been presented. Students will be called on to make their guess.
  • 5. Exit Ticket/Homework ✤Exit Ticket: Cornell Notes on Presentations ✤Homework: HO2.1 OOOOOORRAAAAAHHH
  • 7. City on the Hill / A belief in America as a shining example of good to the world. / President Reagan said that America should be a shining City on the Hill. Response Question: How does America act as an example of “good” to the world?

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