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The Space Between the Dream and Reality: Exploring the Vision of America in Whitman and Hughes' Poems

Explore the contrasting visions of America by Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes in their poems. Discuss and analyze the arguments presented in their works, and reflect on the concept of American exceptionalism in a globalized world.

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The Space Between the Dream and Reality: Exploring the Vision of America in Whitman and Hughes' Poems

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  1. September 7-8, 2016PigLitMr. Cabat Aim: “I, too, sing America:” The Space Between the Dream and Reality

  2. DO NOW With a partner, read the poems by Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes and discuss the “arguments” of the poems. In your journals, focus in on the contrast that Whitman and Hughes create in their visions of America.

  3. ***SCHEDULE NOTES*** turnitin.com: Course # is 13450488 Password: sapereaude

  4. “Let America Be America Again”

  5. “Make America Great Again!” Wait—that’s not what I had in mind…

  6. What Makes Someone an American? • Is it just that your address happens to be somewhere in the 50 states? • Or is there a shared set of values and beliefs that is distinctly American? • In an increasingly globalized world, do these things have importance anymore?

  7. American Exceptionalism The Newsroom (HBO) The Daily Show (ComCentral)

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