Getting to Know the American Dream

Group Assignments…

•#1 – Delores Kesler

•#2 – Wayne Ward Ford

•#3 – Shawn Carlson

•#4 – Oscar Carlos Acosta

•#5 – Eileen Collins

•#6 – Curtis G. Aikens, Sr.

Your Task…

•Read your assigned portion of the essay.

•As you read, mark the text to note what your assigned author’s dream was and how he or she accomplished it.

With your “jigsaw” group…

•Starting with the person from group #1, each group member will share the essential information from the section of the essay he or she read.

•Group members should take notes over the obstacles each person faced and how each individual gained access to the American dream.

Your Task…

• Independently read “Lifelong Dreamer – Vietnam Boat Person.” (Pages 46-50)

•As you read, mark the text where Nancy Pham states her dream, where the dream is threatened, and how the dream comes into existence.