1° AUDIO documents http://www.ac-paris.fr/portail/jcms/p1_581034/the-american-dream
3 young Americans express their view on the issue
Obama the new American Hero : N°170 http://pedagogie2.ac-reunion.fr/cyberproflv/index_fichiers/podcaz_Bac_anglais_2.htm
According to Xavier, most Hispanics and immigrants associate the dream with opportunity and home ownership; African-Americans associate it most often with wealth; middle-class and middle-aged whites, particularly women, associate it with financial security. Freedom is mentioned most often by men over 50 and more affluent whites.
1° The land of the free
The myth of the Pilgrim Fathers :Pilgrims is a name commonly applied to early settlers of the Plymouth Colony in present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, with the men commonly called Pilgrim Fathers.(16th-17th century).The Mayflower was the ship that transported English Separatists, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth in England to the New World(1620)
The land of milk and honey for XXth century European immigrants
"there are no cats in America"/An American tail
An American Tail is a 1986 American animated musical adventure film directed by Don Bluth. The film tells the story of Fievel Mousekewitz and his family as they immigrate from Russia to the United States for freedom.
The Immigrant (James Gray 2013)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnmmI1NH5pQ
1921. An innocent immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
2°Origin of the expression "American dream"http://www.npr.org/2012/05/29/153513153/american-dream-faces-harsh-new-reality
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