Towards an understanding of America and what it stands for; where its values can be seen nowadays and how they need rethinking.
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1. Inventing America
2. What made America? The chosen Individualism The American
Dream
3. Who am I? Egalitarianism, Pragmatism, Democracy Selfcreation
The frontier Becoming Wilderness
4. More words, more Ideas SURVIVAL SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
CHALLENGE Trust thyself. Insist on yourself; never imitate.
SELFRELIANCE EXPERIENCE
5. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/emerson/ complete collection of
Emersons writings (Nature, Self-reliance)
http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v5n1/ On American
Individualism http://www.learner.org/courses/amerhistory/units/
American history (videos per historical period)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/style/longterm/books/chap1/americanexceptionalism.htm
http://www.jcpa.org/dje/articles/cov-amer.htm about the covenant
and the chosen nation
http://quizlet.com/13238468/ap-gov-chapter-2-quiz-questions-flash-cards/
quiz on American government history and principles