AMERICAN DREAM

• RESEARCH A QUOTE THAT DEFINES THE AMERICAN DREAM

• CITE THE QUOTE AND THEN WRITE AN ANALYSIS ON THE QUOTE
• “QUOTE SHOULD BE IN QUOTATION MARKS” (AUTHOR’S LAST NAME 1).
OUTLINE OF PROJECT
I. THESIS STATEMENT ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN
II. TOPIC 1 OF YOUR THESIS STATEMENT (MAKE SURE TO PROVIDE DETAILS AND USE EVIDENCE FROM ONE OF THE TEXTS WE
STUDIED THUS FAR)
III. TOPIC 2 OF YOUR THESIS STATEMENT (MAKE SURE TO PROVIDE DETAILS AND USE EVIDENCE FROM ONE OF THE TEXTS WE
STUDIED THUS FAR)
IV. TOPIC 3 OF YOUR THESIS STATEMENT (MAKE SURE TO PROVIDE DETAILS AND USE EVIDENCE FROM ONE OF THE TEXTS WE
STUDIED THUS FAR)
V. CONCLUSION-YOUR OPINION OF AN AMERICAN BASED ON YOUR INTERPRETATION OF THE TEXT AND YOUR IDEAS (MAKE SURE TO
TIE IN ALL OF YOUR IDEAS. MAKE SURE TO CONCLUDE WITH THE OVERALL MAIN IDEA
VI. WORKS CITED
THESIS STATEMENT: WHAT IS YOUR
THESIS?
•QUESTIONS TO THINK ABOUT:
• WHAT IS THE AMERICAN DREAM?
• IS THE AMERICAN DREAM FIT FOR ALL PEOPLE?
• WHAT DOES FREEDOM LOOK LIKE IN AMERICA?
• WHAT RIGHTS DO YOU HAVE AS AN AMERICAN?
• DOES THE AMERICAN DREAM TRULY EXIST?
TOPIC 1-3 (PLACE THE ACTUAL NAME OF
THE TOPIC HERE
• PROVIDE YOUR IDEAS
• “QUOTE FROM THE TEXT” (AUTHOR 51).

• YOU WILL COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING STEPS FOR THE OTHER THREE TOPICS
• YOU CAN PROVIDE ILLUSTRATIONS WITHIN YOUR PRESENTATION
CONCLUSION (COME UP WITH A CREATIVE
TITLE FOR YOUR CONCLUSION

• CONCLUSION-YOUR OPINION OF AN AMERICAN BASED ON YOUR INTERPRETATION OF THE TEXT AND YOUR
IDEAS (MAKE SURE TO TIE IN ALL OF YOUR IDEAS. MAKE SURE TO CONCLUDE WITH THE OVERALL MAIN
IDEA
•
WORKS CITED
MAKE SURE IT IS IN MLA FORMAT: YOU CAN USE EASYBIB.COM (USE MLA8)