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Flashback

This is a picture that describes a large amount of peoples American Creed. This shows a flashback to someone when they were in their home country where they couldn't defend themselves. Then is shows a comparison of their life now that expresses a life they desire and strive for.

By Diana Bailey from Scott County High School in Kentucky

Scott County High School

US History

This is a class of mostly 11th grade U.S. History Students from Georgetown, KY.

American Creed

The importance of small town events and impacting others.

Red White and Blue

The United States of America is a country that’s full of opportunity, greatness, and the chance to really become the best person you can be.

American Creed

Is America the way it is portrayed? Is freedom used fairly?

My American Creed

My American Creed is to defend my family and friends.

American creed

This is my American creed

A View of America From the Outside

I'm a foreign exchange student from Germany and grew up in a culture different from the American one. While watching the movie "American Creed" I noticed some differences and similarities between those two cultures.

Under a Flag of 50 Stars

A poem about the qualities that make us American.

America is.....

A poem about America.

American Creed

For my project I drew an American flag and drew the symbols that I believe America stands for: freedom, faith, peace, outgoing, strength, equality, competitive, diversity, justice, and love. America to me is strength and freedom. What does America mean to you?

American Creed

People say they want the American dream but what happens if the dream doesn't turn out to be good?

My American Creed: Family and Service

It is about how my community, family, and I help the community and how we help others and how I think we can help those who are in need.

My American Creed

My piece is going to be about my dad raising me and my 3 siblings as a single parent.

Bad Dreams & Frostbite

The American dream; as long as you keep dreaming.

Diversity in America

From segregation to melting pot: diversity in America.

American Creed-Freedom

A Simple summary of American freedom and how we are fortunate to have these freedoms.

My American Creed

My piece is about how we need to create peace and become more unified as a country

Freedom Don't Come Free

A song about the cost of freedom.

This is America

I chose to show the American Creed through art, songs, etc. For my collage, I chose to use a poem by Rupi Kaur, a newspaper article, two songs including the Star-Spangled Banner and America the beautiful, then I included the American Creed monument, and the Statue of Liberty.

More responses from Kentucky

My American Creed: Jackson Walters

My American Creed is defined by my ancestry. My family immigrated here because of the opportunity the United States gave. We embraced multiculturalism, and fought to preserve the American Dream by serving in the military. This is my American Creed.

American Creed essay Gabby Marrow

This is my essay of what I think it means to be an American and what I think about racism LGBTQ and immigrants

What It Means to Be an American

What it means to me to be an American

American Creed: Shelby Lamb

This is my American Creed presentation about what it means to me to be an American

My American Creed

This poster shows my word wall describing America in words and what America means to me.

Jerry American creed

This is my American creed

Make a stand, Change the world

Don’t settle for less, Work for more We always say we try to do better But never start doing We always say we need to be better But never start to be Nobody ever looks in the mirror Maybe it's time we do that We need change Now How could everyone

Caitlynn's Creed

This slide show is a collection of words that describe my American Creed.

My American Creed

In America we have the ability to have responsibility, opportunity, and freedom. America wouldn’t be America without these three words. This is why I’m proud to be an American.

My American Creed

My American creed consist of my language freedoms and responsibilities and how they will shape me as a person and shape my future.

American Creed

Being American means you have endless choices and freedom to believe in or be whatever you want like careers, politics, sexuality, and religion. America is a land of fruitful opportunities and boundless freedom where you can be anything as long as you work towards your goals.

My Creed

More responses about "dream", "education", "freedom", and "war"

Daphne cobb's American Creed

For my american creed assignment I chose to make a word collage. Each word is one that I feel represents being an american.

My Family's Past

My Writing is about the American Dream my family's past and heritage.

Red White and Blue

The United States of America is a country that’s full of opportunity, greatness, and the chance to really become the best person you can be.

My American Creed

This slideshow I created helps me describe my American Creed. Four words that help me describe it are freedom, citizenship, culture, and education.

America's Foundation

To learn about the American Creed, we made a Photoshop masking project. This project has taught me a lot about the land I live in. I chose this image because it symbolizes the foundations of our country.

What is my American Creed

My poster explains my American Creed because it shows four words and the meaning to my American Creed. It shows what the words mean to my American Creed.

America

My thoughts on America.

The Creed and Dreams of the American People

The analysis of the quote that claims “...Powers are derived from the consent of the governed...” and how it relates to the illusive American Dream that we all share, as well as what it means to me.

This is what it means to be an American.

An American is only truly the embodiment of America if they are exemplary, like George Washington. America is often said to be the embodiment of freedom, but behind the blinds, there is much more which occurs. All Americans strive to live the American Dream, which is even more than what MLK Jr. d...

Inspiration in American

Americans have a history of being inspired by their own society, and the people around them.

Home of the Free Land of the Immigrants

My piece discusses the anti-migrant stigma that has re-developed in America.

American Fundamentals

It doesn't matter where we come from, or what our backgrounds may be. All that matters, is fundamentals.

America Our World

As an American, I believe we all have the right to freedom. No matter if you're privileged, low class, etc. Freedom belongs to everyone and that's why I wrote this argument to help others see my point of view as a young American.

How Diverse Americans Understand The American Creed

It talks about how Condoleezza Rice, Joe Maddon, and Deidre Prevett follow and understand the American Creed

American Creed

My thoughts on being an American.

What Is Your American Creed?

I discuss my personal American Creed and how the position I have been born into has affected that outlook

Inequality

My poem is about the inequality in our country. I focus on three main types of inequality in our country that affect large amounts of people. The goal of my poem is to open each person's eyes about these problems in our country and that each person deserves equality.

American Creed

People say they want the American dream but what happens if the dream doesn't turn out to be good?

The American Dream

What our group talked about was what it meant to be an American. We talked about our personal experiences, past history, and we also had to reflect off of what one another said.

The American Creed

A poem about the American Creed

How the American Creed has Affected my Family.

My grandparents came from Russia in search of a better life for their family. They came to America to achieve freedom and follow the American Dream. Throughout their experience they have developed their own American Creed and now I have started to develop one as well.

AMERICA!!!

I created this poster to express my belief of what my american creed is and how it affects me and other people.

Reconstruction in today's society and what it means to be American

The biggest similarity in society since reconstruction and today is what people think it means to be American. Some Americans think to be American you need to bow to the flag and leaders just because you are American.

The DREAM For The Students

Everyone should know that education is one of the most important things in our life. Some people take school for granted, but there are groups of people who actually want to do good in school. They are the ones who help out this country.

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