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An extension of the poem by Langston HughesAdapted from Mensa for Kids by Sherilyn Hansen
Dream DeferredSlide2
Follow the slides in order at your own pace.Read “Dream Deferred” by Langston HughesAnswer the questions in complete sentences (the what). Provide details to show evidence of high level thinking (the how and why). Most answers will be in the form of a short paragraph.
DirectionsSlide3
A phrase connoting hope for prosperity and happiness, often symbolized by having a house of one’s own. It was first applied to immigrants, and now embodies the idea that one’s children’s social and economic condition will be better than one’s own.
The American DreamSlide4
utopia: a perfect place dystopia: a place of miseryvice: immoral conductsavage: uncivilized or wildpastoral: country setting
consummation: to bring to completion or perfection
desolation: ruin
Vocabulary to know beforehand:Slide5
Dream Deferred
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Does it fester like a sore-
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over-
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.Or does it just explode?Slide6
This poem was published in 1951. What happened in America after that year that seems like a fulfillment of Hughes’ idea?
According to the poem, what does timing have to do with dreams?
In what way can the American Dream become
dystopic
?
Format your answers as short paragraphs.Slide7
The following series of paintings by Thomas Cole are based on a poem by Byron. The poem is about the rise and fall of humanity.There was the moral of all human tales;
This but the same rehearsal of the past
First Freedom, then Glory: when that fails
Wealth, vice, corruption
The Course of the Empire
by Thomas ColeSlide8
4. Paraphrase the poem by Byron. Describe an instance whereby something good was achieved, only to have it turn into
something bad. You may draw from history or a
personal event.
Study
the series of paintings that comprise
Thomas
Cole’s work,
The Course of the Empire. Answer the questions above each painting; they will help you with the next section. DirectionsSlide9
6a. The Course of the Empire- Savage State
Pay attention to the mountain in the background and the position of the sun. Notice the figures in the foreground. What is happening in the painting? What feelings does the painting evoke?Slide10
6b. The Course of the Empire-
Pastoral State
Notice we have the same mountain in the background and that the sun is higher in the sky. Pay attention to the figures in the foreground. What is happening in the painting? What feelings does the painting evoke?Slide11
6c. The Course of the Empire-
Consummation of the Empire
Notice we have the same mountain in the background and that the sun is at the zenith of the sky. Pay attention to the figures in the foreground. What is happening in the painting? What feelings does the painting evoke?Slide12
6d. The Course of the Empire-
Destruction
Pay attention to the mountain in the background and the tumultuous sky. Notice the figures in the foreground. What is happening in the painting? What feelings does the painting evoke? Slide13
6e. The Course of the Empire-
Desolation
Notice the mountain in the background. The moon has replaced the sun. Notice the details in the foreground. What feelings does the painting evoke?Slide14
Which paintings are utopic? Which are dystopic
?
How can the paintings be an appropriate
metaphor for the rise and fall of America?
9.
What stage do you think America is in today:
9a. socially?
9b. environmentally?
9c. economically?
9d. politically?Be sure you answer 9a, 9b, 9c, and 9d. Support all four of your answers with reasons as to why you think this.Slide15
Do you think the American Dream exists today? Defend your answer with sound
reasoning. Revisit Slide #3 if you need to review
what the American Dream is.
Assuming
it will be achievable, describe
your vision of the American dream as it
applies to you.Based on your analysis of the poems and the paintings and connecting them to current events:Slide16
Proofread your answers. Be sure you wrote paragraphs that contain complete sentences. Staple the pages together.Write your name and period # on the first page.Write
“
Dream Deferred” PowerPoint
as the title.
Place your homework in your binder so you can turn it in on time.
You are finished!Slide17
RI9.1: Cite strong and thorough evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.RI9.2: Determine a central idea and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details.
RI9.3: Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and connections drawn between them.
Common
Core
Standards Addressed
in this Lesson