October 22  Franklin

23  de Crevecouer

24  Gatsby

25 Gatsby

26 Gatsby

Intro  American Dream

1920s Ch 24 support of Great Gatsby

1920s Ch 24 support of Great Gatsby

1920s Peter Jennings support of Great Gatsby

1920s Peter Jennings support of Great Gatsby

29 Great Gatsby

30 Great Gatsby

31 Great Gatsby

November 1   Great Gatsby

2 Great Gatsby

Economics Culture of Poverty

Economics Culture of Poverty

Economics Culture of Poverty

Economics Culture of Poverty

Economics Culture of Poverty

5 Great Gatsby
Teaching Research

6 Great Gatsby
Teaching Research

7  Great Gatsby

8 Conference Day

9 Conference Day

 

research

Early colonial/immigration

 

Conference Day

Conference Day

12 NO SCHOOL

Veteran’s Day

13 Great Gatsby

14 Great Gatsby
GatsbyRough Draft DUE

15 The Turtle

16 Great Gatsby
Gatsby FINAL ESSAY due

NO SCHOOL

Veteran’s Day

Early colonial/immigration (Native American subtext) Assimilation Locke

Assimilation

Problems of America

Slavery Early

Problems of America

Slavery pre-civil war

Debates

immigration

19 Whitman, Hughes,

De Hoyos

Death of a Salesman?

21 Richard Cory

Death of a Salesman?

22 Death of Salesman?
Espada

23 Thanksgiving

24  Thanksgiving

immigration

American Dream  How to Buy a House

How to get the American Dream

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

26 Frost

27 Hayden

28

29

30     Art work  DUE

Triad ends 

Modern Immigration Issues Backlash

Modern Immigration Issues History Paper---Journal due

Modern Immigration Issues  / Art work assistance?

Modern Immigration Issues 

US History Test  Immigration and American Dream

Section II American Dream calendar

Unit Two:  The American Dream

 

                Enduring Understandings

                1.  The values and beliefs of many Americans are rooted in the American Dream.

                2.  The American Dream means different things to different people.

                3.  The American experiment is unique.

 

                Essential Questions

                1.  What is the American Dream?

                2.  Do people come to the U.S. for the same reasons now as then?

                3.  Is the American Dream for some actually the American Nightmare for others?

                4.  Is the American Dream a possibility for everyone?