Royal Oak High School

AP Lang 2019

Personal responses to American Creed, the documentary.

The American Creed of Diverse Americans As Expressed Through Art

This essay is about how diverse Americans and Americans whose demographic have a history of oppression understand the American Creed. I investigated this question specifically by looking at pieces of art that were created by and on the topic of diverse Americans.

My family Immigration American Creed

My paper is about my family history and how they immigrated to America in order to get hands on experience with new opportunity. I talk about their definition of American Creed and how they feel about it.

Immigration Travel Processes

Immigration has changed since Ellis Island travelers first started coming over to America. Today immigrants risk everything to find a safe place to stay. When Ellis Island travelers came over they came for work and to live the American dream.

The Falsity of The American Creed

This argument highlights and explains the way that diverse Americans (particularly immigrants) may view the false or fake ideas promised by the American Creed. The argument will delve into issues of incarceration and racism seen in America.

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.

Rebuilding Detroit

For years, Detroit was one of the lowest economic ranking cities in the U.S. Now, it's on the rise and it's giving many Americans hope for growth in the community.

Same Motivations, Different Century

How our own history shapes our ability to understand others and create an accepting American creed

Mental Creed

How my family and community history has affected my journey for a healthy mindset and personal growth.

How Mental Health Affects the American Creed

This essay discusses the lack of mental health care available to Americans, and why it is vital for the American Governmental systems to provide adequate services to help all Americans, no matter how diverse.

American Values

My essay is argues that american values can never be the same for all american citizens. In this essay I look at why these values become so diverse and how that plays a role in our country.

Opportunity for Immigrants in America

Gives an outlook of the opportunities that immigrants have in America.

Expressing American Creed

How does music express the thoughts of diverse Americans on what it means to be American?

Food and the American Creed

How food represents the American Creed and its values and how food is symbolic of something greater than just a basic human need. Food can represent a culture's values and history.

To Develop Your Town

Development is a general term, one that applies to many paths of change. This one term, however, is important to individuals as well as their towns. It's definition may be broadly applied, but the process which it underscores allows for a continuation of American ideals.

Overcoming the American Struggle

The Creed of American's is the struggle that they endure and then overcome. In our nation there's multiple roadblocks to success, such as struggle to afford education and mental health issues. Overcoming these struggles proves the strength and drive of Americans.

Being an Immigrant American

This writing piece is about how first generation immigrants view living in America, versus second generation immigrants and some of the struggles they go through to really feel American. You will see these peoples experiences and perspectives of what being American means to them.

Our Struggle

This describes my family's ethnic origins and the struggles they faced that define my american creed. This uses evidence from interviews to illustrate how our American creed is formed from our family's struggles and hardships in life in America.

A Country of Immigrants

A very large majority of the people currently living in America are immigrants, or from immigrant families. Despite the large immigrant population in our countries, we still face challenges prompted by our different backgrounds.

The Evolution of the American Identity

The American Creed of young Americans today is not the same as that of their parents. What causes these changes, and why is this difference significant to Americans?

Diversity Through Art

Diverse americans use music to express themselves and get points across that otherwise might have been ignored.

Value of Community regarding the American Creed

Analyzation of the sense of community that drives people to help others around them, specifically in the case of Detroit neighborhoods and downtown area.

Illegal Immigration and the American Creed

Do illegal immigrants deserve to fulfill their American Creed?

The Language Of Music

This is a video about how music is a ritual which expresses the American Creed.

Critiquing The White American Creed

This piece is about how many white Americans believe that being American means you have to be white and you have to promote certain cultural values. This can be shown by the political actions of the U.S. in the past and in the present.

Immigrants and their Role in the American Creed

The United States has been called a "country of immigrants." Immigrants play a major role in our life as Americans and they have shaped our country over the past hundreds of years.

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.

Family and an American Identity

An exploration of the relationship between family values and how those values influence who we are as Americans.

The World is Changing, We Need to Change With it

The older generation is the largest percent of the voter turnout but the younger voters need help. People need to be willing and able to change their views of freedom to adapt to the ever changing world we live in.

The Aspect of Community

I interviewed people I know to find out how a person's community affects their understanding of the American Creed.

A Diverse Perspective on the American Creed

Analysis of the American Creed from the eyes of diverse Americans, and how they involve the American Creed within their lives.

The American Creed as Seen Through Family and Community

This is a 7-page picture book about my personal experiences with the American Creed, and how others can relate to it.

Progress By Criticism

Exploring how artists can incite change through art, criticism, and freedom of expression.

American Activism

This piece is about why activism is important to American culture and the overall American identity. It explores how older and more recent movements have impacted American history and how they represent American ideals.

American Creed: Cultural tradition and immigration

Do you have many different cultural traditions that your family may have brought over to America that are very important to you? Join me in learning how cultural tradition and immigration plays a role in elements of diverse Americans' identity

An Immigrant's Journey

The story of my grandparent's journeys to America and the freedom they found here.

Participating for Change

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

Made in America

The way in which life in America has positively influenced the opportunities available to my family and the surrounding community.

Diversity and Tolerance in America

Diversity is debated in America. This essay shows the validity of those who support and don't support diversity, and how diversity creates tolerance.

Experiences Shaping Americans

Ones own idea of their American Creed is greatly shaped on their community and family and, most of all, experiences. Experiences shape each individual in different ways and below you will see a few specific contrasting factors that shape certain individuals as American's.

The Impact of Religion

Religion has completely changed our past, making our free exercise of religion one of the most important parts of America.

Identity In America

In this piece I expose the ideas of identity in America and how it reflects American values.

The Italian Perspective

The Italian way of immigration. Through family experiences and other perspectives of Italians. What they went through and how they faced them and let it shape them to be who they are.

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A Legacy of Honor

My family has a history of serving in the military and it has engraved in me a high sense of patriotism. Each stanza in the poem is directed to a specific audience, friends and family, government, and fellow soldiers; also each photo relates in someway to each stanza.

The American Dream

The American Dream is Achieved by Hard Work

How My Dad's Future Impacts My Own

I dd an interview with my father about his job and the things he loved and hated about it. It helped me think about the different jobs I want to look into further when I start searching for colleges or career paths.

My American Creed

My piece is about how I believe if you’re determined, you don’t have to be born in America to achieve the American Dream.

The Freedom of Speech

Why the right to protest is the American Creed.

American Creed

An essay about immigration and being American.

Marching Toward our American Creed

I discuss the ways we can reach the original American Dream by communicating with those with differing backgrounds and beliefs, and by joining together to make our voice stronger. I also discuss how we can become closer to understanding our American Creed by communicating.

American Soldiers

My writing peace is about the soldiers in our military that do not get the respect and recognition they deserve. Our soldiers defend are country to keep us safe and for us to have freedom. Our american soldiers risk everything they have to protect the country they love.

The Social Contract

The following discussion and reflections were prompted by four questions centered around the topic of gun control, with the purpose of evaluating how we as Americans consider the social contract and alterations to our rights.

The Value of Family

Does the amount of value you place on your family alter with the knowledge of ancestral background? For me, the two are unrelated, but I interviewed my family as well and realized it's not where you came from, it's where you're going; experiences are more meaningful than history.

We Shouldn't Hide Our Feelings

I believe you shouldn't hide or bottle up your feelings.

Heidelberg

My piece is about poverty in America and how pieces of the American Creed have both caused issues within society, but can also help to heal them.

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When I Think of Home

The American Creed is not always as equally attainable as it may seem.

American Creed vs American Dream

In my essay I talk about the American creed and how it relates to the American dream. I compare and contrast the actual definition of the two historical terms.

Is the American Dream Achievable for everyone?

My response is about the everyday positives and negatives of being an american. It also focuses on immagrants and student debt. It answers the question, Is the American dream achievable for everyone?

Privacy in America: How We Have Changed

How has American people's value of privacy been affected by our new technological age?

Education in America

Why education has been and is still a strong aspect of our American culture.

The Vitality of American Entertainment and Sports

Exploring how entertainment is a vital part of the United States of America and her culture.

American Creed Interview

Inspired by the American Creed documentary, we decided to make our own version by interviewing people of different ages, races and gender to get the diverse views of students at our high school. We found many commonalities and many differences among Americans.

Discussion on Midterms and other subjects

7 friends have a discussion around the recent midterm elections and their effects on the US moving forward

What Have We Become?

A poem questioning the state of our nation.

Being Black in America

This is a short video explaining my perception of being a young black man in America and my view on our country's history of what it was being black in America. Has there been much progress? Is there still more progress to be made?

America, The Land of the Free?

America is called the land of the free and we are supposed to have enumerable rights. Minorities in this country have to endure many hardships and only when everyone can come together as equals will America be a great country.

Problems in America

America is a great country, but with problems that need to be fixed. Luckily many Americans are aware of the problems in America like police brutality, high incarceration rates, low ill-maintained education system, etc.

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Diversity

The United States is a beautiful dream and can open doors for many individuals; unfortunately, for some members of our country, doors remain closed.

The Idiocy of Defunding Planned Parenthood

My prompt is based off of the idea of defunding planned parenthood and making abortions illegal. It goes on to talk about how it'll affect many young individuals in a negative way and why it shouldn't be defunded in the first place.

My American Creed

America is portrayed as the land of the free but not many people get the freedom they need. Many groups of people are challenged in the U.S and struggle to better their lives, I believe that everyone should be given the same opportunities .

What is Your American Creed?

When I think about my American Creed, I think of overcoming adversity and rising above the statistics set upon me based on my situation.

Privilege

Privilege

My American Creed

My speech is about my personal American creed and what it means to me. What I believe makes me American is my freedom, responsibility, and equality. Everyone in America is held to the same standard and has the same opportunity to achieve greatness.

A Diverse Perspective on the American Creed

Analysis of the American Creed from the eyes of diverse Americans, and how they involve the American Creed within their lives.

Holding the Door

I feel what guides us is what we believe to be right. I came to the conclusion that my creed is following the beliefs of leaders that have fought discrimination; to me that is what I think is right. Here is my art piece that reflects this creed:

Eclipse Glasses

Colored storms meets the catastrophic miracle.

Importance of Change

The importance of change and diversity in our society

A Southerner's Perspective: Black In America

The stereotype of being black in America, is that all black people own illegal guns, all steal, all are broke and all are gang members, when that is not true. All of us are equal.

A Country of Immigrants

Through the experiences of talking to my mother, who was born and raised and Ukraine, I came to learn an important lesson on what it means to be "American".

Everyone should be treated with the same equality and respect!

My creed is that everyone should be treated with the same equality and respect so that we all have the same possibilities to achieve our own American dream. I see this problem most in schools dealing with minorities.

The American Creed of Diverse Americans As Expressed Through Art

This essay is about how diverse Americans and Americans whose demographic have a history of oppression understand the American Creed. I investigated this question specifically by looking at pieces of art that were created by and on the topic of diverse Americans.

American Soldiers

My writing peace is about the soldiers in our military that do not get the respect and recognition they deserve. Our soldiers defend are country to keep us safe and for us to have freedom. Our american soldiers risk everything they have to protect the country they love.

The People of the World

These are my thoughts on diversity in America

American Creed

With freedom comes opportunity. As Americans, what are we to do with our freedom? I believe this freedom we have been given should be used to benefit others.

Equal Rights for Me

I want people to be treated equal. In the end, we are all the same.

School to Prison Pipelines

My letter is about different ways equality is presented in America, especially in schools. It needs to be changed and addressed more since America is "supposed' to be a equal place.

America

My American Creed

Compassion Connects People

Sometimes the best way to discover a person's American creed is through the way they help their community and relate with the people in need around them.

The American Dream

I describe what brings us together as an immigrant.

American Mentor

I chose an image of Oprah to represent the American Creed because she has been a very impactful person on America. The words I used were, Freedom, Equality, Service and Diversity.

Is there really a true "american"?

I wrote this essay with the intended goal of explaining the idea that even though America is "ideal" there is an unspoken animosity against specific communities. Prejudice and ignorance need to be addressed and conquered. If not then history will repeat itself.

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