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	Essential Question What definies "the American People?"

	Main Reading (Read this and understand points) Song, Sarah. "What does it mean to be American?" Daedalus 138, no. 2 (April, 2009): 31-40. (pdf) (discussion questions) Video (shown in class) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeSf7WhTtYo

	Primary Source Documents (Skim these. Click on [link] to see.) Winthrop, "City upon a Hill," excerpt, 1630 [link] Toqueville, "Why Americans are Restless," 1835 [link] Stephen Douglas, "Speech in Chicago," 1858 [link] People v. Hall, 1854 [link] 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 1868 [link] Nast, "The American River Ganges," 1872 [link] "Colored Man is no Slacker," 1918 [link] Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 [link] Raoul de Rousy de Sales, The Atlantic, 1939 [link] (long, skim it) "Americans Will Always Fight," 1942 [link] DC Comics Advertisement, 1949 [link] America in 1957 [link] Rocky IV, 1985 [link] Kotkin, Smithsonian, 2010 [link]

1. Pre-Module Preparation: Read the module’s main reading and skim the other links and documents, making note of topics or ideas you found to be illustrative in answering the essential question.

2. In Class: We will likely discuss the essential question in class. Be ready to drop some articles or ideas from the above or elsewhere in our discussions. There may also be a short writing prompt on the question to prepare for.