A Card Game

Make a short talk about one of these topics

A Modern Business Success Story

(tell the story and comment on its moral)

American verities

(name a few as mentioned in “Of Thee I Sing” and explain them)

America the Beautiful

(what is the song about, and what relevance does it have

Pledge of Allegiance

(What is it, what does it mean? Name some rules of showing the flag)

Horatio Alger

(who was he and what was his significance for the “American Dream”?)

The New Colossus

(give a short analysis of the poem and explanation of its significance)

James Truslow Adams

(Who was he and what does he have to do with the American Dream?)

Letters of Immigrants
to their home countries

(give one or two examples and comment on them)

Melting Pot

(What does the term mean,

to what extent is it questioned today?)

Ralph Nader

(who is/was he, what role does/did he play for American consumers?)

Western Land Question

(What problem was it, how was it solved?)

Lewis and Clark

(who were Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, why was their work needed?)

Mormons

(speak about the persecution of the Mormons and their march west to escape from the United States)

Frontier

(what is it, and what is its significance for American history?)

Manifest Destiny

(comment on the term and its significance)

Inaugural Address

(what is it, what is its function, what has it got to do with the “American Dream”?)