Native American Heritage

I come from a line of Cherokee Native American heritage including people like the famous Sequoyah and Chief Young Tassel! My family and many others were forced on the Trail of Tears and discriminated because of their different cultural backgrounds.

By Addison M. from Fayetteville High School in Arkansas


Click here to see my painting and analysis of my Native American Heritage!

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Fayetteville High School

AP Block

This is a 10th grade PreAP Honors English 10 class co-taught with AP U.S. history.

What Shapes Us

America provides many opportunities for those who are willing to work. “Good luck is the residue of hard work. The harder you work, the luckier you get.”

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.

It Runs In the Family, Kind Of

Although family is a significant factor in determining one’s American creed, individual experiences are more influential. To better understand this, I interviewed six family members and turned their thoughts into an essay.

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.

Social Issues in America

People are ignorant of many of the social issues that are still happening today. Through these drawings will help you be more aware of these important issues.

Action Through Artistic Expression

An analysis of the expression of American Creed and how it is portrayed in classical American art and how young artist can use their talents to show their creed in a similar manner.

Saying the ‘I Believe’: Religion and Our Creeds

For this project, I interviewed the rector at my Episcopalian church. My goal with this project was to explore my own creed through my religion, and hopefully prompt others to do the same.

Germany to America: Family History Shaping My American Creed

Without my Grandmother's efforts and her coming to The United States, I would not be apart of THE ALLEE family. This heavily impacts MY American Creed. The United States of America was and still is a place of opportunity for the less fortunate. 

Immigration and its Effects on the American Dream

As the daughter of immigrants I have been able to see and get a second-hand experience of how their hardships and battle scars have affected their political and social views. Find out how immigration affects one´s views of the American Dream.

Individuality

The question I chose was how does your family and community history connect to your american creed. This essay reflects on my family, the comforts I was raised in, and how they affected my current struggle to figure out who I am.

Connected American Creed across the country

From the original colonists who created the foundation of American Creed, it spread throughout the country, the ideals passed down through their descendants, and shared with new Immigrants as time passes.

A Profile in Service: My American Creed

"Legacy is not leaving something of people. It's leaving something in people" ----Peter Strople My family's legacy of service to others has not only shaped me into the person I am, but the person I aspire to be.

Alienated

This is an essay about how my family affects how I fit in, my motivations to being successful, and my belief systems. Their choices or actions from before and after my birth have affected every aspect of my life.

Symbols Defining the American Creed

The creation and development of rituals and symbols supports the nations national identity and represents the American Creed. This annotated photo essay describes how the American Creed is made up by symbols and rituals of everyday life.

A Journey to America: Finding an American Dream

Determination, bravery, and love brings the story of my grandparent’s journey to America from India. This project explores my Grandmother's American Creed and how she adapted to a place so new, yet equally filled with opportunity.

Refugees: A Unifying Force

It is very important for local communities to have organizations that help with the refugee crisis. In this work I illustrate the ability of students to come together for a common, selfless goal.

Contrasting Reflections

One of the biggest impacts you can have on someone’s life is being a flashlight in their rainstorm, and contrasting the world around them. This is how that belief has affected me and my relationships with those around me.

Minorities Migration for their American Creed

My project is to explain how the American Creed isn’t always exemplified through immigrants and people of color in America. While America was founded by immigrants, and built on the backs of people of color, time and time again these people are discr

Ethnicities' Ethical Creeds

America is chock full of different nationalities, ethnicities, and cultures, and these different ethnicities that make up our country understand the American Creed differently based on their unique backgrounds.

More responses about "culture", "equality", "native american", "opportunity", and "symbolism"

Surprise Me

Just world

This piece is about the American dream of equal opportunity. This work is specifically focused on the just world hypothesis and how it leads to the misconception that is the American dream.

How the American Creed is different for immigrants?

Audio interview of someone who immigrated here from Romania and their outlook on the American Creed.

The Melting Pot

America is a melting pot of people, beliefs, and dreams. Everybody has dreams, and everybody wishes they would come true. I believe that America should be a place where the opportunity to follow your dreams is available to everyone.

Requiem for the American Creed

A Poem about some of the flaws in America, with some chunks of good in it.

My American Creed

Equality is my American Creed...

What Is Your American Creed?

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

Opportunity.

How your life can Instantly change for the better and make you reflect on

Treat Others How They ALL Deserve

This letter encourages others to treat others with equality and to realize that everyone is in fact, human.

Our "United" States of America

This argumentative essay talks about my American creed. The importance of unity and community and working towards achieving them is my American creed.

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.

Heroes of the American Melting Pot

My piece explores leaders who have fought back against discrimination and created opportunities for future generations of Americans.

United Women of America

Ever wonder what challenges women face in America? How about minority women? In this website I will do an analysis of the beliefs of six very different women and sum up their personal experiences and in short essay.

American creed

Cultural diversity, Immigration

American Creed

American creed is what makes you American. Your freedom, the democracy, the education, etc.

When I Think of Home

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

The Land of Opportunity

A comparison of the American Creed throughout my families history.

America Is

America is many things. Some of which are good, and some are not. This piece elaborates on a few of the words that represent America from all perspectives.

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.

Heroes of the American Melting Pot

My piece explores leaders who have fought back against discrimination and created opportunities for future generations of Americans.

My American Creed ...

I believe that opportunities should be distributed equally and shouldn't discriminate against differences.

American Creed

No matter who you are you have the same privileges to check out as many as book you like. Instead of people decimalizing on other races, age, or religion we could improve on working our skills as a citizen to make our nation stronger

My American Creed

This is the overview of my "American Creed" and how my community and family has influenced me path over the years.

The Electoral College is Failing America

The Electoral College is why Trump is in Office

Opportunities

I created this to respond to the segment about Arkansas in the film and the fact that some may have opportunities that others don't

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