1. QW: Who is an American? What does this mean to be an American?
“American Man”-Velvet Revolver

3. Assimilation Becoming like a particular culture
How does one assimilate?

4. How do you see America? Melting Pot Crevecoeur's metaphor
Today, possibly more culturally offensive
Loss of something to become the new thing
Name, accent, traditions, etc.
Mosaic
Today, maybe more politically correct
Retain elements of original culture
All make the whole
Big picture of who we are as Americans

5. Crevecoeur's Letters from an American Farmer
Epistle---literary letter---written by a character to another but intended for a wider audience
Supposedly written by an American farmer named “James” to a friend, but actually addresses an audience of anonymous readers, “eavesdroppers” on the correspondence

6. Read pg. 106 and answer pg. 107 2 a and b
“What then is this American, this new man?”
In what sense is the American a “new man”?