Foundations of Liberty and Freedom

The liberty and freedom that people associate with the Statue of Liberty is built on the language in our legislation, so in the image, I made the interior of the statue filled with images of the Constitution to signify where our Freedom comes from.

By Anthony H. from Staples High School in Connecticut

Image Sources:

“19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote. Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and Ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment Granted Women the Right to Vote.” Alarmy, www.alamy.com/image-details-popup.asp?imageid={033C3AB7-E50B-4A08-AF10-CA32D81C5735}&mid=41152&siteID=MRu_ISar6sQ-MoUIAcTTMh8h9O_mOfQxfQ&utm_source=LS&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_content=US.

“Archives.gov.” Archives.gov, www.archives.gov/legislative/features/bor.

Gibstein, Todd. “Getty Images.” Getty Images, www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/facsimile-of-the-preamble-to-the-us-high-res-stock-photography/520669388?adppopup=true.

“We the People.” IStockPhoto, www.istockphoto.com/sg/photo/we-the-people-gm140443836-3288724.

Staples High School

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How does your family & community history connect to your American creed?

My American Creed is about both sides of my family immigrating from both Italy and Russia.

Pop's Story

I wrote a story about my Pop, who grew up in poverty, and how he proves that the American Dream is, in fact, attainable to any American through hard work, perseverance despite wealth, social status, and circumstances at birth.

The American Creed Through Action

In my essay I discuss what I believe the American Creed is, and how we can promote it through action. Change doesn't need to mean a big commitment or a large cost, and can be as easy as helping a neighbor.

How my Grandfather influenced my view on American Creed

My grandfather worked his way from the bottom to achieve success, and his experiences serve as the basis of my American Creed

How Diverse Americans Understand the American Creed

Different cultures, although having different ideologies, interpret the American Creed as the right to pursue the American Dream. This allows a stronger communal bond to be formed within America, as we all are striving to achieve the same goals.

Freedom, Opportunity and the American Creed

My piece is about the history of my grandparents and how their lives in Italy were able to connect to my American Creed.

Expectations of America

This piece is an attempt to explain what it takes to move one's entire life across the world. It shows what makes one want to leave and what makes one choose America. The boy pictured is my father at age 11, on the bottom, where he came from; above, where he wanted to go.

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.

The American Opportunity

This paper argues that one is able to express their American Creed by taking advantage of the distinct opportunities offered to them as Americans, and proposes that the best way for people to express their American Creed via action is by taking advantage of these opportunities.

How does your family & community history connect to your American creed?

My piece is about how my family is connects to my American Creed. In this instance I wrote a photo story explaining how it does. I write about the journey my parents took from Afghanistan to Russia to The United States.

American Creed

My artwork represents my blended Irish and American heritage.

Interview with my Grandmother from Korea

In order to answer the question "how does your family and community history connect to your American creed?" I interviewed my grandmother who immigrated from Korea in 1973 to learn about what drew her to America.

How Do Diverse Americans Understand The American Creed?

My essay talks about the diversity of the U.S. and how that effects the American Creed. I summarize how The American Dream is not always achievable and how your background effects your American Creed.

How Do You Express Your American Creed?

My text is about how my family and I have expressed our American creeds together. It talks about what it is and means to be an American and the rights that you are given.

Protecting basic human rights

This video explains how service men and women, similar to my ancestors, selflessly risk their lives in order for people to live out their American Creed.

How does your family & community history connect to your American creed?

My Paper outlines my families history and how their experiences have impacted me or how I hope they will end up impacting me, And how their different journies have affected me.

More responses from Staples High School

Surprise Me

Made In America

My poetry anthology is about my thoughts and the world that influences them. Everything from American history to random thinking, are all compiled into one anthology.

How my family shapes my American Creed...

My project, looking through the lens of my father's American story, focuses on how my family has shaped my view of the American identity.

Climbing to Success

This photo represents how my grandparents self-perseverance have built my American creed. The three phases under the staircase show how my grandparents self-perseverance allowed them to create good lives for themselves and their family.

Creed of Rights

My American creed is that anyone and everyone should be able to do what they want, regardless of societal limitations. But, as you'll see, even I'm limiting myself with my current creed. Let's change that.

My American Creed

My American Creed is broken down into three main topics. Keeping a good mindset and focusing on improvement, being adventurous and gaining good experience from those things, and finally how all these things lead to better self-expression so you can be you.

My American Creed

My American Creed is my support system because of the way it helped shape the young adult I am. This system consists of my family and teachers. It is my American Creed because of how much value they have to me.

My American Creed

Exploring my family history through art in order to explain my American Creed

My American Creed: Helping Our Fellow Americans

Through an audio story containing multiple interviews, I explore how I learned the importance of helping others from my family and community members.

My American Creed

This piece is about what my American Creed is and what it could do for the United States.

The Importance of Family

my American creed is the importance of family

The American's dream

My American Creed is that Americans have had the opportunities to work hard to take advantage of the markets and systems in America so that they can achieve their life goals and dreams and do what they love.

Unity in the United States

My response to the question "How can you express your American creed through action?" comes in the form of an essay. My goal is that others will be able to apply this writing to their own lives in order to make the United States truly together as one.

More responses about "constitution" and "liberty"

Surprise Me

George Washington Photoshop Mask

This is an image I made to represent our first president, George Washington. With the help of my peers and facilitators, I was able to 'mask' George Washington using the words I believe represent the American Creed.

The Reamble

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

American Creed

My American Creed poster is about how I feel and what makes me an American Creed. I feel free and freedom of speech and my ancestors.

Lights in the future

This poem is about making the choice to not let things get in your way, but instead, trying to make a difference and give hope to the world.

My American Creed thru the American symbols

How symbols influence what our American creed is.

American Freedom

I drew an outline of an American Soldier in honor of the soldiers that fight for our country and I drew all the words that stand out to me when I think of American Creed.

Symbols, Rituals, and the American Creed

Traditions and the things we do every day show our American beliefs. However, some that are fortunate enough to live in this land do not recognize their liberties. Our symbols and rituals go farther beyond the flag and the pledge of allegiance.

American Creed Argument

If you want to be able to have individual liberty and opportunity, you are going to come across struggle. We live in the land of the free but in order to have this, there will be struggles that come along.

The American Spirit

The American Spirit, and how we can bounce back and come back stronger than ever.

Because of Freedom and Liberty

The United States of America. The country that gave my mother numerous opportunities that were not present in her homeland, and the country that sealed for me the birthright of freedom and liberty.

My Ideals and Aspirations Regarding the American Creed

This presentation captures my personal definition of the American creed and the pillars I've chosen to represent the creed. Included in the slides are quotes by scholars and other participants from the American Creed documentary and interviews from close family and friends.

The Freedom of Speech

Why the right to protest is the American Creed.

Liberty Bell

These are words I chose that describe the American Creed in the shape of a bell.

American Creed:Through a Veteran's Eyes

I am beyond excited to be able to share my grandfather's story not only because I find it touching, but because I think others should know how my grandfather has contributed to my family's American creed.

The Continuation of the Constitution

The Constitution has been the highest law in America for 200 years, yet today, this law is not reaching far enough to continue to represent the freedoms all Americans must possess. As our society shifts, the Constitution must adapt to the people’s needs.

Symbols in the South

As I think of words or symbols that express my American Creed, I think of being from the south where we say the pledge everyday, where we support the flag non-stop, and where we exercise the right to vote.

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.

My American Creed

My American Creed - To me, it's not about my bloodline. It's about my liberties, my rights, the rights I get to exercise, my government, and my choices.

The American Creed and Our Failures

The American Dream is a representation of the people, and we fail to live up to that standard every day. I hope we find what made America special.

What it means to be an American

My Oped is about what my American creed is and what it means to be an American.

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