10 Key Values of the American Culture Values are culturally defined standards that people use to decide what is desirable‚ good‚ and beautiful and that serve as broad guidelines for social living. There are 10 key values of the American culture: Equal Opportunity‚ Individual achievement and personal success‚ Material comfort‚ Activity and work‚ Practicality and efficiency‚ Progress‚ Science‚ Democracy and free enterprise‚ Freedom‚ and Racism and group superiority. (Macionis) I would have to say
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Margaret Westman Mrs. Keiser American Literature 30 August‚ 2012 The American Identity Our modern society varies greatly from that of the Puritans in the 1600’s. The United States is decadent and materialistic; the sense of community no longer applies in many regions. The American Identity is not shaped by Puritan values because of our immorality and crime. Immorality is a part of life for a significant fraction of our nation. Firstly‚ “Playboy” magazine‚ which has been around for almost a
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Do Americans still value Freedom? America was founded upon “Certain Unalienable Rights” which among those were Life‚ Liberty‚ and the Pursuit of Happiness. Those three values‚ or wants‚ or ideals are what has shaped America to what it is today. Government of the United States has always made sure Freedom took a huge part in the way America functions. The Quarter has been worth 25 cents for quite some time and has had the emblem of “Liberty” on the left hand side of it. For the word liberty to be
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Stability In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World the motto of the new state is "COMMUNITY‚ IDENTITY‚ STABILITY"(3). Creativity‚ expression and imagination are sacrificed to attain this. Each citizen is conditioned to do what they like and like what they do. In our society people often do jobs because they think that they will make a lot of money‚ or because they are pressured by others. We are encouraged to put ourselves into thousands of dollars of debt to be successful instead of doing what we
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BIOGRAPHY OF KIRK FRANKLIN Since his debut 1993’s Kirk Franklin & the family‚ Kirk Franklin has been one of the brightest stars in contemporary gospel music. The album spent 100weeks on the gospel charts [some of those on the top]‚ crossed over to the R&B charts and became the first gospel debut album to go platinum. His second album‚ Kirk Franklin and the family Christmas‚ became the genre’s first Christmas album to make it to the number one‚ and his 1996 album Whatcha lookin’ 4 went gold
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Benjamin Franklin led an extraordinary life. He was an inventor‚ scientist‚ and writer. Benjamin Franklin has earn a number of accomplishments thought his life time those of which have greatly help us in the present day. His childhood was ordinary. Ben was removed at 10 to work with his father at candle making. Franklin furthered his education in the printed trade in Philadelphia. As an adult‚ his life was amazing. In the 1940’s Benjamin franklin was expanding with his invention of the stove. In
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How does American Literature reflect/reveal American Values‚ Attitudes‚ and Beliefs? Four writers in specific reveal to us these things in their writing. Those writers are Henry David Thoreau‚ Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ Walt Whitman‚ and Nathaniel Hawthorne. These people reveal American Values‚ Attitudes and Beliefs by showing us the we can be independent‚ we have to separate from technology every once once in a while‚ and we need to have moral relativism. To begin with‚ David Henry Thoreau shows
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Mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Banneker was born on November 9‚ 1731‚ in Ellicott’s Mills‚ Maryland. Largely self-taught‚ Banneker was one of the first African Americans to gain distinction in science. His significant accomplishments and correspondence with prominent political figures profoundly influenced how African Americans were viewed during the Federal period. Benjamin Banneker‚ originally Banna Ka‚ or Bannakay‚ was a free African American mathematician‚ astronomer‚ clockmaker‚ and publisher
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Benjamin Franklin once expressed a significant observation to the people of the eighteenth century: “Tell me and I forget‚ teach me and I remember‚ involve me and I learn.” Despite the hundreds of years that separate eighteenth and twenty-first centuries‚ this statement could not ring truer in today’s society. Franklin intricately connects the past and present by illustrating the impact of humanity’s innate curiosity. Only through active participation can a person truly understand the world around
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Benjamin frankin was born in January 17 1706 to Josiah and Abiah Franklin. Josiah wanted to send Benjamin to school to become a clergy man. But he could only pay for one year. Benjamin loved to read so he took an apprenticeship with his older brother James. When Benjamin was 12 years old he would help his older brother work on the printer press. Then he would go out and sell pamphlets and prints on the street. When Benjamin was 15 his brother started his own printing company called “The new England
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