ENGLISH IIIDripping Springs H.S.Mr. Jeff OlsenFall 2013

AMERICA AND AMERICANS

• Textbooks/Vocabulary• How to format a paper in MLA style• What is an American?• What three principles define America

and the American Dream?• What is your American Dream?

TODAY’S AGENDA

With ancestors who crossed the Bering Strait, by 1492 there were 1 million to 2 million Native Americans in more than 240 cultures.

NATIVE AMERICANS

Settlements were established in St. Augustine, Fla. (Spaniards) in 1565 and on Roanoke Island, N.C. (English) in 1587.

EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT

WHAT IS AN AMERICAN?

Nobody knows the fate of the Roanoke Island colonists.They vanished within three years.

The Virginia colony was established in 1607 and thrived on the tobacco trade, first using indentured servants and then slaves.

JAMESTOWN, VA.

The first 19 slaves, captured by Dutch traders froma Spanish ship, arrived in Jamestown in 1619.

SLAVERY

WHAT IS AN AMERICAN?

• Puritans escaped religious harassment, first inEngland and subsequently in the Netherlands.

• The communities functioned as theocracies, guided by religious law.

• Preservation of the community was the primedirective. Individual punishment was swift and severe.

WHAT IS AN AMERICAN?

The Mayflower landed in Plymouth, Mass., in 1620and the Massachusetts Bay colony was established in 1630.

PURITAN SETTLEMENTS

WHAT IS AN AMERICAN? PURITAN AUTHORS

WHAT IS AN AMERICAN?

Roger Williams’ establishment of Rhode Islandand the establishment of European settlementsguided by economic opportunity left Puritansin a distinct minority by the 1700s.

NEW ENGLAND COLONIZATION

1. America is a country established on the ideathat all men are created equal.2. America is a country where freedom ofreligion is fundamental concept.3. America is a country where a combination ofhard work, education and luck can provide anyone the pathwayto socioeconomicadvancement.

LET’S CONSIDER THREE KEY IDEALS

WHAT IS AMERICA?

The perennial conviction that those who work hard and play by the rules will be rewarded with a more comfortable present and a stronger future for their children.

SOCIOECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

WHAT IS THE AMERICAN DREAM?

TWO PERSPECTIVES

Compare how a group in New York City contrastsIts definition of the American Dream with agroup outside a mall in California.

What is YOUR American Dream?

ONE-PAGE RESPONSE

WHAT IS THE AMERICAN DREAM?