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Heroes and the American Dream
 
Heroes and the American Dream

Heroes and the American Dream

Student Reference Material

Related Print Materials

Selected Works by Academy of Achievement Panelists

Berg, A. Scott. Preface to Against the Current: As I Remember F. Scott Fitzgerald by Francis Kroll Ring; Goldwyn: A Biography; Max Perkins: Editor of Genius; Lindbergh.

King, Coretta Scott. My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr.

McCourt Frank. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir; 'Tis: A Memoir.

Rowland, Pleasant T. American Girl Magazine.

 

Recommended Resources

Literature and Mythology

Albee, Edward. The American Dream.

Campbell, Joseph. The Hero With a Thousand Faces; The Transformation of Myth Through Time.

Dreiser, Theodore. An American Tragedy.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Introduction by Alfred Kazin.

Faulkner, William. The Unvanquished.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby.

Gibson, William. The Miracle Worker.

Knowles, John. A Separate Peace.

Lawrence, Jerome, and Robert E. Lee. Inherit the Wind; The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail.

Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird.

Moyers, Bill. The Power of Myth. (Book and video series. See especially, "The Story of the Hero.")

Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman.

Norman, Dorothy. The Hero: Myth, Image, and Symbol.

Roethke, Theodore. "My Papa's Waltz"

Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice.

Thoreau, Henry David. Walden; Civil Disobedience and Other Essays.

Warren, Robert Penn. All the King's Men.

Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass.

 

History and Politics

Button, James W. Blacks and Social Change: Impact of the Civil Rights Movement in Southern Communities.

Chadha, Yogesh. Gandhi: A Life.

Fallows, James. Breaking the News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy.

Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchandi. Ghandi on Non-Violence. Thomas Merton, editor.

Graber, Doris A. Mass Media and American Politics.

Hachey, Thomas E. Britain and Irish Separatism: From the Fenians to the Free State, 1867-1922.

Haskins, James. The Day Martin Luther King Jr. Was Shot: A Photo History of the Civil Rights Movement.

Holliday, Laurel. Children of the Troubles: Our Lives in the Crossfire of Northern Ireland.

Hughes, William. Creating a New Ireland: A Tribute to the Irish Lobby.

Kasher Steven, and Myrlie Evers-Williams. The Civil Rights Movement: A Photographic History, 1954-68.

King, Martin Luther, Jr. Why We Can't Wait; The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr., Clayborne Carson, editor; I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World, James Melvin Washington, editor.

McKissack, Patricia, and Fredrick L. McKissack. The Civil Rights Movement in America: From 1865 to the Present.

Metress, Seamus. The American Irish and Irish Nationalism: A Sociohistorical Introduction.

O'Connor, Thomas H. The Boston Irish: A Political History.

 

Psychology of Parenting

Brazelton, Terry Berry. Earliest Relationship: Parents, Infants, and the Drama of Early Attachment.

Dinkmeyer, Don and Gary McKay. Systematic Training for Effective Parenting.

Dreikurs, Rudolph. Children: The Challenge.

James, Muriel, and Dorothy Jongeward. Born to Win: Transactional Analysis with Gestalt Experiments.

Nelsen. Jane. Positive Discipline: A to Z; Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World.

Satir, Virginia. The New Peoplemaking.

Sears, William, and Martha Sears. Everything You Need to Know: >From Birth to Age Five.

 

Media, Sports, and Entertainment

Baker, Aaron, and Todd Boyd, editors. Out of Bounds: Sports, Media, and the Politics of Identity.

Koppett, Leonard. Sports Illusion, Sports Reality: A Reporter's View of Sports, Journalism, and Society.
Marshall, P. David. Celebrity and Power: Fame in Contemporary Culture.

McGlothlin, Bruce. Careers Inside the World of Sports and Entertainment.

Monaco, James. Celebrity: The Media As Image Makers.

Rowe, David. Sport, Culture and the Media: The Unruly Trinity.

Sherman, Len. Big League, Big Time: The Birth of the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Billion-Dollar Business of Sports, and the Power of the Media in America.

Wolf, Michael J. Entertainment Economy: How Mega-Media Forces Are Transforming Our Lives.

 

Related Web Sites

Academy of Achivement Panelists

Edmonds, Kenneth "Babyface"

Find out about Edmonds' Grammy nomination at Mr. ShowBiz.

Berg, Scott A.

At amazon.com see lists of Berg's biographies and read blurbs and reviews.

McCourt, Frank

At Browse.com review summaries, reviews, and excerpts from Angela's Ashes and 'Tis; at Ann Online, Potpourri Magazine, and Reader's Electronic Digest, read interviews with McCourt and biographical information. At Angela's Ashes: The Movie, view images and information about the film.

Rowland, Pleasant T.

At the American Girl site explore the history of the company, its retail lines, its philosophy, and its philanthropic activities.

Wilkens, Lenny

Read a biographical statement at National Basketball Association: Coach Bio; at Lenny Wilkens Legacy Series learn about basketball from Lenny Wilkens using a CD/Video series.

Yearwood, Trisha

Visit the Trisha Yearwood HomePage and the Trisha Yearwood Page. Explore links to other sites on Yearwood, including MCA Nashville, a site that promotes its recordings of country music stars.

Organizations and Institutions

Active Parenting Publishing

This web site provides information about the work of Dr. Michael Popkin, a reliable, practicing child and family therapist who offers workshops and video information on effective parenting.

Country Music Association Awards Site

Find out information about current and past winners of the Country Music Awards and the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change

Find out about the King Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Scroll down to find King Center Program Links for excellent resources for studying King's life and works. The King Center is an extremely important institution in American life and is contributing significantly to carrying on Dr. King's legacy.

Morehouse College

One of the most outstanding African-American colleges in the nation, Morehouse College is in Atlanta, Georgia. Select The Morehouse Legacy and scroll down to History. Read about Dr. Benjamin Mayes, the sixth president of Morehouse College.

National Basketball Hall of Fame

Discover the museum in Springfield, Massachusetts, and the Hall of Fame inductees.

Princeton University

One of the top Ivy League universities, Princeton is located in Princeton, New Jersey. Explore the resources available at this official site.

Stuyvesant High School Alumni Association

Explore the history and accomplishments of this unusual high school in New York City. Use the navigation menu at the top to find out about the history of the school and the current activities of many of its alumni.