AW Ch.

2—Traditional American Values and Beliefs

BEFORE YOU READ

Preview Vocabulary pp. 28-

1-5 Constitution, status, individual, achieve, resources

6-9 benefit (reliant), ethical, foundation--English, welfare
Pursuit, self-evident, inalienable, endowed

AFTER YOU READ

Understand Main Ideas p. 38
A.
2. values
B.
2. self-reliance
C. Equality of Opportunity and Competition
1. succeed
2. The price for equality of opportunity is competition.
D. Material Wealth and Hard Work
1. living
2. The price for material wealth is hard work.
E. American Values and the State of the American Dream
1. happen/come true
2. almost every facet of American life

Understand Details (p. 39)

1. a 2. c 3. a 4. c 5. c 6. a 7. b 8. b 9. a 10. c

SKILL BUILDING
Improve Your Reading Skills: Scanning (p. 40)
1. p. 32—freedom from the power of kings and governments, priests and churches, noblemen and
aristocrats
2. p. 32—Declaration of Independence
3. p. 32—1787
4. p. 32—desire and right of all individuals to control their own destiny without government interference
5. p. 34—forbidden by the Constitution
6. p. 36— father of the American Constitution; differences in material possessions
reflect differences in personal abilities
7. p. 34—Abraham Lincoln

Develop Your Critical Thinking Skills

Using poll data to support research conclusions (p. 41)
1. e 2. d 3. a 4. c 5. b

Build Your Vocabulary

More AWL Words (p. 42)
1.d 2. f 3.h 4.a 5.g 6.c
7.i 8.k 9.b 10.j 11.l 12.e

Use Context Clues (p. 42)

 1. b 2. a 3. a 4. a 5. a

Word Partners (p. 43)

1. surveys public opinion 2. control their own destiny 3. seek their fortunes
4. provide a decent standard of living 5. face challenges

Word Forms (p. 44)

1. reliance 2. emphasize 3. concept 4. achieve 5. reject

Chapter Vocabulary

p. 28--- Constitution, status, individual, achieve, resources

benefit (reliant), ethical, foundation--English, welfare
Pursuit, self-evident, inalienable, endowed

p. 42---accumulate, authoriity, convert, diminish, eliminate

energy, ethic, financial, fundamental, global,
promote shift
p. 43---defied, destiny, materialistic, constant, abundant