Expand the outline you wrote in lesson 1 about the american dream into an argumentative research
essay. as in most essays, you'll need to include an introduction, body, and conclusion. you'll also need to
support your claim with evidence.
your evidence will come from sources that you researched in lesson 1, although you should feel free to
seek out new sources if you need them. take special care to integrate your sources correctly - whether
you're quoting them or paraphrasing them - so that you avoid plagiarism. you want to make it obvious
which words and ideas are your own and which come from sources. in-text citations you make this
distinction