In a well-organized body paragraph, argue whether or not America provides access to the
American Dream to immigrants. Cite two pieces of evidence from one-two sources. Make sure
to analyze your evidence, and make connections back to your claim.
Possible sources:
● “An ocean steamer passing the Statue of Liberty: Scene on the Steerage Deck”
● from Frank Leslie’sIllustratedNewspaper(54/55)
● “Address on the Occasion of the Fiftieth anniversary of the Statue of Liberty”
● President Franklin D. Roosevelt (55-57)
● “American and I” Anzia Yezierska (15-24)
● “Growing Up Asian in America” Kesaya E. Noda (85-88)
● “Ellis Island” Joseph Bruchac (129)
● “Europe and America” David Ignatow (131)
● “My Uncle’s Favorite Coffee Shop” Naomi Shihab Nye (133-134)
● “Immigrants are Still Living the Dream” from New York DailyNews Erica Pearson
● “Immigrants and the American Dream” Chris Arnade
● “Latinos are More Likely to Believe in the American Dream” MARK HUGO LOPEZ, ANA
GONZALEZ-BARRERA AND JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD
● “The American Dream and the Children Of Immigrants” Cardiff Garcia
● Songs from the Broadway musical, Hamilton