What is your American creed

What is your American creed?

By Zoe U. from Gerstell Academy in Maryland

My American creed is having freedom of speech, it's having the freedom to practice, or not practice any religion and it's having the freedom to vote. I believe it's being able to work and go to school to improve yourself and the community around you. It's learning from the past to better our future. To better achieve this we have to work together as one country and not as individuals.

Gerstell Academy

Leadership and Change Section 1

Senior level leadership class responses, section 1/3

What it Means to be American

A poem written about what it means to be an American and how our ancestors actions have shaped our country into what it is today.

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.

My American Creed

I wrote a poem about the flag and what it means to me. I talked about how bad it hurts when I find that my flag is being burned and disrespected by the very people who live here

Unified throughout history

I did a photo essay (The website wouldn't let me include my pictures) tp look through major events in US history and talk about what made the country either unified or divided during that time in history.

To Achieve Unity

Personal definitions of American Creed can be achieved by taking action, by proposing different ways to insure change. Here is my way of taking part in this change.

Change: The Symbols of American Creed

Since its beginning, the United States of America have always been brave, progressive, and rebellious. The Land of the Free, throughout hundreds of years, has had people that seek change, who come together to form the iconic symbols we know today.

Creating an American

A villanelle poem about my family's experience in America.

What Being American Means to Me

Rap about what it means to be American.

My American Creed

My American Creed

American Creed Essay option #2

I chose "How does your family & community history connect to your American creed?" and talked about how my parents immigrated to the US in order to give me a better life and connected it to the American Creed.

How do words, symbols, or rituals express the American creed?

My opinion on words and symbols that either divide or define us as a country.

More responses from Gerstell Academy

Surprise Me

More responses about "education system" and "unity"

Surprise Me

Unite, Not Divide

My opinion piece on why we need to look at what we have in common and unite

Learning What it Means to be an American in New York City

In one trip, I learned some of the most important values of what it truly means to be an American.

Unity in America

My piece is about my observations in the world of politics, and how much more conflict there is than cooperation.

Is America Changing for the Better

As we progress as a society, we experience many changes - some of which are good, while others are bad. Miguel C., Tyler J. and Paul B. interviewed Americans who have experienced these changes first hand to find the answer to their question.

Land of Opportunity

I wrote a poem about diverse Americans' understanding of the American creed. My poem expresses the unity that has been formed between immigrants and American citizens. It also shows that immigrants can come from humble beginnings and still become something great, as long as they

The American Dream

I wrote this op-ed about my ideas on the American Dream based on the information from the documentary.

Americanism and Individuality

Americans gather with like-minded people, but respect the opinions of others

Unity Among Americans

A paper about the division Americans are facing.

My American Creed

My American creed is unity. Without unity we have nothing.

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.

The UNITED states

My essay is not just my American creed but also how we as a people can implement it in our daily lives.

My American Creed ...

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

Change In America

My friend Giordan and I made a slide show describing the hardships for Americans in "marginalized areas". In the slides we described how there still is hope for America and how these hardships can be changed. With us coming together in Unity, we can change America.

New Faces, Old Creed

No matter your origin, you are another face that America recognizes as its child. It's not about where you came from, but where you're going should be what people choose to hinge onto. Coming from anywhere going everywhere, should be the automatic thought that comes to our head.

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.

American Creed

Having trust and respect in your community will make the whole community progress. That relationship between everyone in your community is the key for the progress and will keep towns from falling.

To Achieve Unity

Personal definitions of American Creed can be achieved by taking action, by proposing different ways to insure change. Here is my way of taking part in this change.

Unity Through the American Creed

We are divided as a people, but through listening and bringing people together, regardless of who they are, we will become closer.

American Creed

What it means to be an American as a multiracial individual.

My American Creed

I believe that the American Creed means that we have a duty as Americans to fight to defend the core values the Founding Fathers instilled in the Constitution, but more importantly, we must respect one another.

How do Words, Symbols, or Rituals Express the American Creed?

How can a simple word represent ones belief on the American Creed? Everyone has a different opinion on what can represent the American Creed, it is just the way how it connects back to one.

Unified throughout history

I did a photo essay (The website wouldn't let me include my pictures) tp look through major events in US history and talk about what made the country either unified or divided during that time in history.

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

Not As One, But As All United

This is my op-ed essay on the importance of working on uniting to solve our problems.

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