How to Cite
Starks, Brian. 2010. “Technique 58: The American Dream, Ideology, Religion and Inequality”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, April. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/technique-58-the-american-dream-ideology-religion.
Abstract
Teaching Objectives/Student Learning Outcomes:To brainstorm students’ basic conception of the American Dream and use this as a basis for
considering Jennifer Hochschild’s four tenets of the American Dream; to discuss Weber’s notion of the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism; to show how the American Dream as a cultural concept serves to...
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Details
- Subject Area(s):
- Teaching and Learning in Sociology
- Resource Type(s):
- Class Activity
- Class Level(s):
- College 200
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