Assignment 1:
Discuss how one of your assigned readings for this unit relates to your ideas about (1) the “American dream” and (2) what is important about achieving some version of the “American dream.”
In your journal response, contemplate whether the “American dream” is still achievable, and explain why or why not. Provide a current-day example to illustrate your points in counterbalance with discussing one of your assigned readings from this unit.
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.
Assignment 2:
Choose one of the articles below. Then, write an article critique that summarizes your selected article’s main points, and relate your summary to a specific and current audience. McCormick, B. (2009). Benjamin Franklin and the real “national treasure.” Vital Speeches of the Day, 75(8), 362-367. Retrieved from https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx? direct=true&db=a9h&AN=43518818&site=ehost-live&scope=site Scheick, W. J. (1992). Phillis Wheatley’s appropriation of Isaiah. Early American Literature, 27(2), 135. Retrieved from https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx? direct=true&db=31h&AN=5409492&site=ehost-live&scope=site After summarizing at least two or three main points of the article you chose (while considering the date, purpose, and intended audience of the work), you are to address the following: How important (or not) is the subject of the article to American history and literature? Why, or Why not? Do the immigrant or minority issues addressed in the article continue in some way, or have these morphed into new issues that are surfacing in the United States? Depending upon which article you choose to critique, include in your discussion how either minorities or immigrants are portrayed in your selected article, and relate that portrayal to how immigrants and/or minorities (including women) are portrayed or treated in the United States today. Your article critique should be no fewer than two pages, and you must cite the article you chose in correct APA in both the body of your writing and on the reference page. Note: Although you are not required to do so, reading some of the articles from the “Suggested Reading” section could be quite helpful to further enlighten your discussion of your selected article for the critique
Important link: https://online.columbiasouthern.edu/CSU_Content/Courses/General_Studies/AL/AL2000/16G/UnitIII.pdf?target=blank
