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.

By Jaya S. from Fayetteville High School in Arkansas

Fayetteville High School

AP Block

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

More responses about "acceptance", "creed", "diversity", "hard work", and "immigration"

Surprise Me

American Creed in Communities

American Creed is found in individuals and in their communities. The values for each group of people is different and unique but all of these values still affect the people around them and create a united country.

Defining America

This is my opinion on trying to define what an American is

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.

Alisha's American Creed

Being American means you have the ability to be who you want, do what you want to do, and remake yourself as long as you work hard. You have the right to equal opportunity and to express yourself. It means to accept it's not always about you.

What is your American Creed?

A poem describing what the American Creed means to me.

The Importance of the American Dream

My parent's stories about overcoming racial and economic adversity in different ways transform my American Creed into making sure everybody has opportunities to overcome their challenges and live their American Dream.

"Education is the Key to Success"

I see education as the key to having a successful future. Many may say that what our teachers teach us in class may not be worth any of our time when really all they're trying to do is set us on the right path for the future.

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.

Education and Community

The American Creed is education and community as described by Deidre Prevett, Condoleezza Rice, and Eric Liu

American Culture and Values

How do Diverse Americans Understand the American Creed?

We might not agree on everything, even if it's with our own family. However, we can and should understand what people of other views than us think. But, a lot of the times we don't. We need to fix that.

My American Creed

What American Creed means to Me:

The American Dream Was Worth It

The following story is realistic fiction.

How do Traditions, Customs, and Holidays Change Through Immigration?

American Creed

Small Town Anthem

While trying to go about their ordinary lives amidst a backdrop of polarization, divisiveness, and conversations around injustice, everyday Americans in small towns must look inwards to find what brings them closer together.

United by our Differences

I interviewed people in my community and asked them what the American Dream means to them. I got a wide variety of answers that mentioned the economic opportunities, freedom and rights, and even that the American Dream is a way of life.

An Immigrant's Journey

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

What Does it Mean to be American?

To be an American means to be united. We were named the United States of America, so Americans can come together to solve problems and to help this country thrive. Not to become separated over issues that Republicans and Democrats can't agree on.

How is American Creed defined by its members?

A narrative of how my immigrant mother overcame hardships to become American, relating to Gone with the Wind and the Great Gatsby, defining what American Creed is, defined by those whom belong to it.

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.

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.

American Creed Op-Ed

These are my opinions on what it means to be an American

Heroes of the American Melting Pot

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

Education and America

We as Americans should pay heed to the perspectives presented in this documentary. Instead, our society should be encouraged to focus on unity. In order to accomplish this goal, we need to properly educate the future generations.