11/9

I. Share your albums!!!


Find a group of 3-4 and share your covers and songs for your album! bring your chrome :)

quotes on wealth:

II.
watch video clips, then write:

Inequality for all _

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCbAyk8aRxI
Wealth in America Park Place

Journal Write:

How does wealth and class affect your level of success in America?
Is it easy to change your status of wealth and class? Why or why not?

Look at these together:

Meet america’s billionares:

http://www.businessinsider.com/richest-people-in-america-billionaires-2017-3/#1-bill-gates-17

https://www.cnbc.com/id/49167533

http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/03/news/economy/wealth-gap-america/index.html

Read the following on classroom and then respond:

Article and wealth inequality

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/12/equality-of-opportunity/510227/

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/12/inequality-us-_n_3421381.html

Response:
What are your thoughts and reactions to what you read?

How does wealth or lack of wealth affect individuals’ access to the American Dream?

How did this play out in The Great Gatsby?
Other resources on wealth if you're done early or want to explore more:
choose one article on your own:
Psychology of wealth

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/06/psychology-of-wealth_n_4531905.html

America vs the one percent

https://www.forbes.com/sites/moneywisewomen/2012/03/21/average-america-vs-the-one-percent/3/#51dcf8a756a2

Trump’s wealth

HOw trump made his money

Read more of Forbes list

https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/#76ccb4237e2f

Essay time--- Share thesis and topic sentences on classroom→
Share with partner, help edit ideas for essay

Work time:

Resources for exploring American Dream today-- Explore resources over the weekend- how is the American Dream Defined today?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/04/upshot/the-transformation-of-the-american-dream.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaredmeyer/2017/03/22/the-economy-is-changing-and-so-is-the-american-dream/#72ce878e3cc3

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/jun/20/is-the-american-dream-really-dead

Requiem for the American Dream- trailer

OBama on the American Dream - video clip

Trump on the American Dream- video clip

History:

https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-the-american-dream-quotes-and-history-3306009