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American Dream Socratic Seminar: Web Resources
EQ: Is the American Dream a myth or a reality?
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"A Better Life: Creating the American Dream" ( American Public Radio)
In-Depth Articles
"The Truth about America's Illegal Immigrants" (The Week, Sept. 24, 2016)
"Who Still Believes in the American Dream?" (The Atlantic: Sept 23, 2015)
"The Mobility Myth" (New Yorker 2014)
"Is College Worth It?" (The Economist 2014)
"American Dream is still alive, but unrecognized" (USA Today 2014)
"The American Middle Class Hasn’t Gotten A Raise In 15 Years" (FiveThirtyEight, Sept. 22, 2014
"One Dream." (Time; August 2013)
"The Great Gatsby and the American Dream" (The Guardian; May 25, 2012)
"How to Restore the American Dream" (Time; Oct. 21, 2010)
"Rethinking the American Dream" (Vanity Fair, April 2009)
"Who Lives The American Dream?" (CBS 2009)
The American Dream is Alive and Well (NYTIMES, 2019)
Immigrants' Stories
Immigrants in their Own Words
Immigrants' Stories That Will Make You Believe in the American Dream Again
Meet Young Immigrants
Hear the stories of real kids who have recently immigrated to the United States.
American Dream Case Studies
"Oprah Winfrey - The Name of Success" (The Best You)
"Life of a salesman: Selling success, when the American dream is downsized" (Washington Post)
"'Shark Tank' Judge Herjavec on Living the American Dream" (Business News Daily)
"FROM RAGS TO RICHES." (Baseball Digest)
Films
"Two Families" (Frontline)
"30 Days on Minimum Wage" (30 Days)
"Cook County Jail" (60 Minutes)
"Fixing the System" (VICE on HBO Special Report)
"Actions are illegal, never people" (TEDx MidAtlantic))
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