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Name of Institution: Wake Forest University

Name of First Year Seminar:  THE AMERICAN DREAM Professor Margaret Supplee Smith, Art

Abstract of the First Year Seminar:

The American Dream of Home Ownership is the belief that, in the United States of America, hard work will lead to a better life, financial security, and homeownership. Though this notion has been seriously undermined by recent events, it has been a pervasive, though ambiguous, collective vision articulated by leaders from Thomas Jefferson to Barack Obama. In this seminar we will use the disciplines of intellectual history, architectural history, and visual cultural studies to examine a key facet of this “dream” – owning one’s own home. We will focus on private residences and public projects, suburban neighborhoods and affordable housing, and resort communities and will participate in a Habitat for Humanity project. Includes a service learning project.

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Contact smith@wfu.edu

http://college.wfu.edu/academics/FYS/docs/FYSFall10-Spring11.pdf