1. Solo Work: Match the pictures with the names of the people, and write a short essay on the lessons you can learn from their stories of achieving the American Dream.
1) Benjamin Franklin
2) Abraham Lincoln
3) John Rockefeller
4) Andrew Carnegie
2. Pair Work: Discuss the following opinions about the American Dream with your partner and then generate your own interpretation of the American Dream.
· The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.
· The American Dream may always remain tantalizingly out of reach for some Americans, making it more like a cruel joke than a genuine dream.
· Many versions of the American Dream equate prosperity with happiness, and that happiness may not always be that simple.
· The American Dream is a national ethos of the United States in which freedom includes a promise of the possibility of prosperity and success.
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