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**AMERICAN LIVES – AMERICAN DREAM**
We have discussed the new American Dream as shaped by Abraham Lincoln when he stated in The Gettysburg Address, “this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” But who got to participate in this new dream after the Civil War was over? We have studied the politics of Reconstruction but now it is time to learn about the new philosophy of “Social Darwinism” and how it affected this dream for many groups of Americans.

You will be asked to put together a scrapbook of information that depicts the American lives of a selected group of Americans sometime between 1860 and 1920. You will be given a chance to choose randomly from eight pre-chosen groups. These groups include the following: 1)African-Americans 2)Native Americans 3)miner or adventurer 4)pioneer or farmer 5)cowboys 6)common laborers 7)Asian immigrants and 8)European immigrants. The scrapbook will include the following:

B)a collection of at least 4 real quotations from people that shows multiple diverse perspectives about your individual group with a brief 3-5 sentence explanation of how they relate to you. C)a collection of at least 4 maps, graphs, and charts that reveals the likelihood of success or failure of your group in their quest to achieve the American Dream with a brief 3-5 sentence explanation of how they relate to you. D)a collection of at least 4 photographs, political cartoons, posters and other documentation that reflect the lifestyle and trials and tribulations of your group while trying to achieve the American Dream with a brief 3-5 sentence explanation of how they relate to you. E)a 2-3 page final entry that speaks to the hopes and fears of both your own personal dreams and your unique group of Americans achieving the American Dream, given the documentation that you have presented in the scrapbook. F)a final citation page that records all the different sources you have used as references.**
 * A)a 2- 3 page introduction entry that creates a character with name, place of birth, family, occupation and personal story. This should be a fictional character written in a diary format but can be created from real stories of real characters or have interacted with real historical people. You need to discuss your personal dreams for you and your family.

You will need to use both your textbook and outside sources to insure a wide range of information. Below is a suggestion of how to use your textbook to get started and to inform you of some primary sources of your individual group. We will have a library day to help your to extend your search. The final project should be put together in a scrapbook notebook and is due Friday, Jan. 29.

1)AFRICAN-AMERICAN – CHAPTER 12 – SECTION 2, PP. 383 – 392 Robert G. Fitzgerald (Proud Shoes) – p. 383

2)NATIVE AMERCAN – CHAPTER 13 – SECTION 1, PP. 408 – 417 ZITKALA-SA (The School Days of an Indian Girl) – p. 408 GALL (Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee ) – p. 412

3)MINER OR ADVENTURER– CHAPTER 9 – SECTION 4, PP. 297 – 299; P. 418 - 419 WALTER COLTON (California: A Bicentennial History),p. 298 Louisa Capp (They Saw the Elephant) – p. 299 James Wilson Marshall (eyewitness account of a Gold Rush miner); eyewitnesstohistory.com/californiagoldrush.htm.

4)PIONEER OR FARMER – CHAPTER 13 – SECTION 2 AND 3, PP. 420 – 429 Esther Clark Hill – (Pioneer Women) – p. 420 Mary Elizabeth Lease – (The Populist Uprising) – p. 425 William Jennings Bryan – (Democratic convention speech – 1896) p. 429

5)COWBOY OR RANCHER – CHAPTER 12 SECTION 1 –PP. 414 – 417 Nat Love – (The Autobiography of Nat Love) www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REVhistorysources.htm E. C. “Teddy Blue” Abbott (We Pointed Them North) www.enotes.com/westward -expansion-primary sources/

6)COMMON LABORER- CHAPTER 14, SECTION 2 – PP. 447-455 Jacob Riis (How the Other Half Lives) – p. 451 Eugene V. Debs (letters of the Pullman Strike) – p. 452 Hamlin Garland (quoted in McClure’s Magazine) – p. 453

7)ASIAN IMMIGRANTS – CHAPTER 15, SECTION 1 – PP. 460 – 465 Lisa See (On Gold Mountain) – p. 460

8)EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS – CHAPTER 15, SECTION 1 – PP. 460 – 465 Rosa Cavalleri (Rosa: The Life of an Italian Immigrant) – p. 462 Edward Ferro (I Was Dreaming To Come To America) – p. 463