The Great American Flag

To me, the American flag is single-handedly, the incomparable symbol that represents the United States of America and the people and rights that go along with it.

By Reagan G. from Kearsarge Regional High School in New Hampshire

With this flag, 327.16 million American Citizens are represented behind it. This flag stands for everything that is American and the various rights behind it as well. On June 14th, 1777, this famous symbol was born into existence. It may not look the same as today’s flag, but it represented the Americas during the time of the pursuit of independence. To wave this flag, a symbol of our country, you are representing liberty, justice, and humanity. The flag's thirteen stripes alternating red and white, with a union of thirteen white stars in a field of blue, represented a new constellation, a new nation dedicated to the personal and religious liberty of mankind. Today, fifty stars represent union, one for each of the fifty states. The blue stripes in the flag stand for heaven, loyalty, and faith. The red stripes symbolize fearless courage and integrity of Americans. Lastly, the white stripes stand for liberty and justice.

Kearsarge Regional High School

KRHS--Mrs. Leslie's English 10

Kearsarge Regional High School is a rural school in New Hampshire. English 10 students from several classes are excited to add their voices to the national conversation regarding our American Creeds.

My American Creed

I think this image represents what the American Creed is for me.

My American Creed thru the American symbols

How symbols influence what our American creed is.

My American Creed

How my family has affected my American creed.

My American Creed

A comic of how diversity plays a role in American Society.

America's Kids

Interviews with elementary school students about their thoughts on America.

“How Do Words, Symbols, or Rituals Express the American Creed?”

An essay response to the question, "how do words, symbols, or rituals express the American Creed?"

American Creed

How do Words, Symbols and Rituals express the American Creed?

American Creed Project

My Prezi is about how you can express your American Creed through actions.

American Creed Project

The project I did was a poster. This poster shows shared traits of American Citizens.

Spangled

I gathered these images of friends, family, students, and acquaintances to try to put a face to our American diversity. I used the flag as my theme, as it is such a unifying symbol for Americans, often regardless of their creed.

Who is an American

Candid photos of friends and family, showing what the American people look like

American Creed Self Planner

I created a little self planner to help me achieve my American Creed and some methods to help others as well.

Prezi on American Creed

This is a Prezi about how people in my life have affected my American Creed.

American Creed Video

I and Jake C asked a lot of people what they did to be American.

My American Creed

This essay is about what I believe my American Creed is.

More responses about "creed" and "symbols"

Surprise Me

Do Sports Help Shape Your Identity?

Knowing who you are is important to self development and discovery. I believe that anything people are a part of helps to shape their identity one way or another.

Participating for Change

Understanding how citizen participation in politics has changed American society, and its impact on current American issues.

American Creed

My essay was about the perspectives of being an American from the eyes of Terrence Davenport. His views on struggle and unity, in my essay I write about how hearing his perspective on what it means to be American, and how it affected my views on struggle, ingenuity, and unity.

Symbols of the American Creed.

We were tasked with having to answer one of the many invitations about the American Creed. I took the American Flag and imported images of my friends and family, together as Americans, we make up a democracy which is an American ideal/belief that most Americans believe in.

My American Creed

My American Creed is to defend my family and friends.

American Creed-Problem in America

This is about the American dream, and what a major problem in America is.

How my family history connects my american creed

i wrote about service in America

The Reamble

My piece is a black out poem with the Preamble of the constitution.

The American Creed, A dream

A dream from America.

Anthem

My poem is about American creed; referencing the battle of Gettysburg and the national anthem, concluding to everyone's belief being derived from our shared values in society

It Doesn't Matter Where You Came From

I chose this project because I wanted to further my understanding of all perspectives of what people expect from U.S and how diversity impacts the way people see U.S.I was able to relate the interviews back to myself and my own community by thinking about my own American Creed.

My American Creed

This is what I think being an American is...

The Melting Pot

How do diverse Americans understand the American creed? While every American has their own unique set of goals they want to reach, underneath that; every American has a similar creed to work towards success.

A Divided America

America is divided but an American Creed is something to help unify us.

Give Back To Freedom

This letter highlights different perspectives and strorie​s about what it means to give back. In my short lifetime, I have learned the incredible value of freedom and the sacrifices made in order to achieve it.

My American Creed

Being an individual that is quite diverse, I have been profoundly influenced by my parents' experiences.

American creed

How do words, symbols, or rituals express the American creed?

Symbols that represent American Creed

American creed can be symbolized by different words/ symbols. Everyone has their own sense of what they think American Creed is and how it can affect them.

How Does Your Family and Community History Connect to Your American Creed?

This is how my family and community history connect to my American Creed:

Strive To Succeed

We should all follow our own American Creed. How all the immigration statuses are breaking everyone apart. We should all just be united and keep striving to get a better life than we already have.

How To Bleed the American Creed

In this piece of writing I try and demonstrate how everyone can express their American creed through various actions.

Whose America? Who's America?

My poem is about my understanding and, my experience in America vs. how a minority might experience it.

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.

What Your Family and Community Really Mean to American Creed

Throughout this essay, I focus on my Irish family history and military community to describe a personal meaning of American Creed, and what life is like in the United States today.

Writing Our Future: American Creed is part of the National Writing Project’s family of youth publishing projects, all gathered under the Writing Our Future initiative.

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