West Los Angeles College American Dream Equality and Opportunity Discussion

To prepare for your first brilliant essay let’s start with the basics.

• Outlines
• Mind maps
• Tree diagrams
• Freewriting
• Other ideas?

Broadly, the topic is the American dream.

Start by brainstorming concepts that come to mind when you consider the phrase the American Dream with regard to current events. Maybe the American Dream is a new idea for you, maybe it is something you grew up with. Maybe your focus would be the Mexican Dream or the California Dream or the Bahamian Dream in contrast to the American Dream.

Have a good grasp on your own interpretation of how the concept of the American Dream is relevant to the current event(s) you have selected. This will come as a result of thorough brainstorming. Once you have completed a few different methods of brainstorming, select two that have good detail and upload them here.

Since some types of brainstorming are non-linear and may require handwriting or use of an app or software program, please either photograph and upload your brainstorming –or– take a screenshot and upload the screenshot.