Overview Essential Questions What is the American Dream? Where did it come from? How has the Dream itself changed over time? How have or opportunities to achieve these dreams people’s abilities changed over time? What elements of our culture enable people to achieve the American Dream? What elements of our culture acts as obstacles to the achievement of these dreams? What positive effects has it had on our culture? What negative effects has it had on our culture? To what extent is the American Dream only about money and materialism? Is the self-interested pursuit of a materialist American Dream inherently in conflict with basic moral values? What was view of the American Dream in the as Fitzgerald’s 1920’s, portrayed in The Great Gatsby and To what extent “Winter Dreams”? and in what ways would critique still apply in our culture Fitzgerald’s today? Multi-Genre Text Set newspaper “Class Matters” that connects to The Great Gatsby Essential Thematic “Winter Dream” Questions American Dream: A “The Biography” to Be a Millionaire: Changing Conceptions of the American “Who Wants Dream” Reproduction of “The Privilege” Fares the “How Dream?” the American “Rethinking Dream” American “The Dream’s Empty Promise” from the American “Waking Up Dream” and “America I” Stylistic Essential How do tone, mood, diction, imagery, symbolism, and characterization Question contribute to the meaning of a work of fiction? Key Vocabulary Tone, mood, diction, imagery, character, setting, symbolism; social class, economic class, economic mobility Multi-Genre Text Set that connects to Essential Stylistic Questions Socratic Seminar Analytical Writing* Summative Assessment In-Class Close Reading/Timed Writing:
Overview Essential Questions What is the American Dream? Where did it come from? How has the Dream itself changed over time? How have people’s abilities or opportunities to achieve these dreams changed over time? What elements of our culture enable people to achieve the American Dream? What elements of our culture acts as obstacles to the achievement of these dreams? What positive effects has it had on our culture? What negative effects has it had on our culture? To what extent is the American Dream only about money and materialism? Is the self-interested pursuit of a materialist American Dream inherently in conflict with basic moral values? What was Fitzgerald’s view of the American Dream in the 1920’s, as portrayed in The Great Gatsby and “Winter Dreams”? To what extent and in what ways would Fitzgerald’s critique still apply in our culture today? Multi-Genre Text Set that connects to Essential Thematic Questions “Class Matters” newspaper The Great Gatsby “Winter Dream” “The American Dream: A Biography” “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Changing Conceptions of the American Dream” “The Reproduction of Privilege” “How Fares the Dream?” “Rethinking the American Dream” “The American Dream’s Empty Promise” “Waking Up from the American Dream” “America and I” Stylistic Essential Question How do tone, mood, diction, imagery, symbolism, and characterization contribute to the meaning of a work of fiction? Key Vocabulary Tone, mood, diction, imagery, character, setting, symbolism; social class, economic class, economic mobility Multi-Genre Text Set that connects to Essential Stylistic Questions Socratic Seminar Analytical Writing* Summative Assessment In-Class Close Reading/Timed Writing:
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