Fresh Start

The process of the digital story was very eye-opening. Along the way, I’ve learned so much about myself. I found all of this out by researching. I have discovered things my family didn’t even know until now!

By Annie B. from New Tech High at Coppell in Texas


I feel so connected to my family and I am very thankful for the decisions they have made that impacted my life in a good way. I have never written a poem this way before. My facilitator, Mrs. Bence, gave us links to websites that explain the writer's version of American Creed. There were also links to poems from famous writers that sparked our brain to an idea that could change the whole poem. We had to write personal connections to the links and put it into a poem. I learned about my family history and when the Brandenburg Family came to America. I learned that I had a royal family in Germany. I had a lot of trouble answering, what stories impacted what I consider to be American? I struggled to answer that because I didn’t know anything about my family. I searched and searched and searched. I think this activity was really important because it gets you more connected to your family and where you came from. It is crazy that 1 thing could change your life forever.

More responses from New Tech High at Coppell

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The Creed of The Past, Present and Future

As we have wrapped up our unit on the American Creed, we wrote an expository essay in which we wrote what the American Creed means to us personally. I wrote that the American Creed encompasses our past, the present, and the future, as well as everything America was meant to be.

Soldiers

I recently made a digital story over what makes up the American Creed. I knew I needed to discuss soldiers because without them we wouldn't have the freedom to be Americans.

Lucy Impacts America

We used Photoshop to create an image of someone we feel impacted America. I chose Lucille Ball because I grew up watching I Love Lucy and knew that the show was a big part of other peoples' childhoods as well as mine.

Every American's Creed

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Shattered Glass

During our American Creed project, we all made a digital story to represent our personal idea of what the American Creed means to us. I saw the American Creed as a representation of Patriotism, Equality, Unity, and Freedom.

Martin Luther King Jr. Masking

My masking assignment is over Martin Luther King Jr. I will continue to look up to his bravery. He understood the importance of diversity and freedom for all. This man not only stood up for what he believed in but also made a difference in history.

Honest Abe

We had to pick someone from history that represents American Creed. I picked Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln has done so anything for this country so I thought he was an example of American Creed.

Darkness

This is the digital story about the American Creed that I created in my critical literacies class. I wanted to show what America was really like in a poetic form. I'm glad I got to create this because I got to express my ideas.

Home of the Brave

This is a masking project of an eagle filled with the words Justice, Freedom, Equality, Unity made in Photoshop to show the values the American Creed.

Let Dreamers Dream

This is a poem I wrote about the values that America cherishes and exemplifies the rights that everyone possesses. No matter how different you may look or the way you act, everyone is given the right to be treated the same and this is why we should truly value the American Creed.

American Creed Essay

With this essay, we were able to explore for ourselves what it means to be an American, which is impactful for every person. When I write I incorporate quotes to find meaning. So I leave you with this: “Life itself is a quotation” - Jorge Luis Borges

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...

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How the American Creed can be explored in the traditions passed down from my immigrant ancestors.

What is Your American Creed

My American Creed is based on acceptance, integrity, diversity, and perseverance.

My Great Grandparents Journey

My grandparents made a great journey to the U.S. to better their lives.

The Hope of America

My group discussed how immigration is a very important subject that affects America constantly. We have talked about how many of us are descendants of immigrants, and how America itself was basically brought to life by immigration, so it why not add to the melting pot.

From Discrimination to Immigration; My Jewish American Creed

In order to understand how my family has affected the way I view my own American creed, I conducted interviews with my mother, father, and grandmother. Ultimately my goal was to figure out, connect, and contrast on how my family history has affected my American Creed.

Italy To Opportunity

My Grandfather (Nonno) and Grandmother's (Nonna) migration from Italy to the United States.

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My grandpa's American dream.

The American Ritual

To determine what rituals and traditions define the American Creed, I interviewed immigrants who are recent citizens about their opinion of the prompt.

Biological Family? Perhaps not

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Almost Losing My Best Friend

I found out my beloved Grandmother had cancer. It destroyed me, but a new person grew, one who's more loving and conscious of every moment.

America: The Dark Side of the Dream

My essay is regarding our country's foundation of the American Dream, and how it eventually influenced my family to emigrate to the States, even in the present day of unjust immigrant laws.

Entre Dos Mundos

A recount of my own family history, alternating between English and Spanish representing what it's like to be Between Two Worlds.

Preserving Family Culture

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'Murican Creed

The issue of Immigration

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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.

Credo Americano

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My Family's Past

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

American Creed Words

I created a Phrankenword and a Line & Caret edited word to respond to the documentary.

American Creed

The main point of this essay is to show that with the hard work the opportunity of ones family gets a bigger chance of succeeding in life with a better community and family.

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.

Our American Creed

I decided to make my poem about my parents and what it took for them to come here. How they see us (my siblings and I) as Pakistani Americans and their perspective on America and what it holds for us.

Important Words from American Creed

These are my creations for the Line and Caret and Phrankenword activities to respond to the film American Creed

My American Creed

This piece is about how I interpret my American Creed, and how my family and their history has helped me come to my conclusion of it.

Diversity & Equality

Diversity and equality go hand in hand. One's culture can determine how much they are open to the issue of diversity and being different and how, other than those who are open minded, there still are people who cause conflicts due to their biases.

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