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The Evolution of the American Family

I stole this from my mom, who taught 11th-grade English for Medina City Schools for many years...

This is a multi-media exploration of various short YouTube video clips and a podcast that allows students to see the evolution of the American Dream and how the American family has changed over the decades. This would be a great way to kick off any piece of literature that is tied to the American Dream!

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  1. Mr. SkarlSeptember 26, 2024 at 8:10 AM

    This is cool, and could fit very nicely into a unit on The American Dream. I like how they are being asked to analyze a nontraditional text. When I do advertising, there's a Cheerios commercial that depicts an interracial family, and the subsequent news stories that report online comments were so hateful they turned off the comment feature on YouTube creates some "food for thought." There's also a "kid's react" video on the commercial that students find humorous and poignant. Here are some links -
    Original Commercial
    https://youtu.be/wYxICsj_4YQ?si=sGetV_ZuHq8rh4zn
    Kids React
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VifdBFp5pnw&t=196s
    News (there are a lot, but this is one that's more recent)
    https://www.minnpost.com/business/2023/12/ten-years-after-groundbreaking-cheerios-ad-both-popular-culture-and-views-on-interracial-relationships-have-changed/


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