1. An extension of the poem by Langston Hughes Adapted from Mensa for Kids by Sherilyn Hansen

2. Follow the slides in order at your own pace. Read “Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes Answer 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.

3. 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.

4. utopia: a perfect place dystopia: a place of misery vice: immoral conduct savage: uncivilized or wild pastoral: country setting consummation: to bring to completion or perfection desolation: ruin

5. 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?

6. 1. This poem was published in 1951. What happened after that in America that seems like a fulfillment of Hughes’ idea? 2. According to the poem, what does timing have to do with dreams? 3. In what way can the American Dream become dystopic?

7. 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

8. 4. Paraphrase the poem by Byron. 5. 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. 6. 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.

14. 7. Which paintings are utopic? Which are dystopic? 8. 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?

15. 10. Do you think the American Dream exists today? Defend your answer with sound reasoning. 11. Assuming it will be achievable, describe your vision of the American dream as it applies to you.

16. 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.