The American Dream Essay

Your assignment is to synthesize at least three to five sources and your own observations to defend, challenge, or qualify the statement that America still provides access to the American Dream. This question requires you to integrate a variety of sources (three to five) into a coherent, well-written argumentative essay. Your argument should be central; the sources and your observations should support this argument.

Sample Annotated Bibliography

• Is the "American Dream" Dead or Alive?
  • Watch a televised debate, take a survey, get statistical facts, and read additional articles.
• Chasing the Dream: Poverty and Opportunity in America
  • Take a survey and read about how the experiences of others have shaped their interpretation of the “American Dream."
• Is the American Dream Really Dead?
  • Listen to the podcast and/or read the text of the episode.
• The Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Employment Projections
  • Career Outlook
• Indian Immigrants Make It Obvious
• The American Dream Is Still Strong​
• The American Dream and Moving Up
• The Numbers Add up to This​
• Millennials Are Wrong about the American Dream
• Rags to Riches 2016: Wealthiest Self-Made Billionaires
• How "the Self-Made Man" Myth Feeds the American Dream

• U.S. History in Context (no credentials required) 
  • Search terms: American dream, income inequality, income equality
• Opposing Viewpoints in Context (requires a Spokane Public Library card)
  • Search terms: American dream, income inequality,  income equality, American dream of home ownership
• ProQuest 
  • ID: shadlehs
  • password: proquest
    • Search terms: American dream, income inequality,  income equality, American dream of home ownership