Go tohttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/two-american-families/and watch PBS VIDEO – FRONTLINE Two American Families Discuss this video (200 words essay) using what you have learned from this course. The due date isTwo American FamiliesFor the past 20 years, veteran correspondent Bill Moyers followed two ordinary American families, one black and one white, who were working hard to build a better life for their families.The result was a moving portrait of the Stanleys and the Neumanns who, despite their best efforts, struggled to stay out of poverty in Milwaukee, Wis., a town that once flourished, but has crumbled in the wake of the manufacturing boom.Many viewers saw a bit of themselves in the families. To others, it proved that the American dream has died — if it ever existed at all. “I have an ache in my chest,” Zac Walker tweeted. “This should never be happening in this country.”Watch the film below, and then find out where the two families are now.What Happened to the American Dream?Since 1992, Bill Moyers has been following the story of two ordinary, hard-working families in Milwaukee — one black, one white — as they battle to keep from sliding into poverty. A remarkable portrait of perseverance, Two American Families, which airs July 9, raises unsettling questions about the changing nature of the U.S. economy and the fate of a declining middle class.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/inside-frontline/your-summer-frontline-viewing-list-film-5/
