Making Connections Book 8: The American dream Cover

Making Connections Book 8: The American dream

Creative ideas and activities for exploring the links beyond a text

Structured around the rich and thought-provoking theme, the American dream, this book begins with a particular text before it explores possible subthemes and texts for comparison. Information sheets draw together the rich range of creative, insightful ideas presented and worksheets help students to consolidate the information and practise their connection-making skills.

Ages: 14-15 | Pages: 64 | Code: 51065 | ISBN: 9781776555086

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Yvette Krohn

Yvette Krohn has taught English for the past 18 years, first in South Africa and later in New Zealand, where her main role has been teaching high-level thinking courses, including gifted and talented education, extension and scholarship classes. She has been a faculty head of languages and an assistant principal, as well as a lecturer of communications and learning styles at Lincoln University. Passionate about thinking skills, Yvette has a particular interest in incorporating philosophy, psychology and social theory into the English curriculum, primarily through the medium of film.

Contents

Introduction4
How students make connections4
How this book is structured4
Orientation to the unit5
Equality of opportunity9
The history of the American Dream9
What do philosophers say about equality of opportunity?9
Exploring further with other texts16
Looking to the real world: People who exemplify equal opportunity in the American Dream20
Aspiration, ambition and goals23
The differences between aspiration, ambition and goals23
What do scholars say about aspiration, ambition and goals?23
Exploring further with other texts29
Looking to the real world: How aspiration, ambition and goals have helped people succeed32
The pursuit of happiness37
The concept of happiness37
What do philosophers say about happiness?37
Exploring further with other texts43
Looking to the real world: The World Happiness Report47
The failure of the American Dream51
The difference between equity and equality51
What do philosophers say about the failure of the American Dream?53
Exploring further with other texts57
Looking to the real world: How the American Dream failed60
About this series63

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