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

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

What Being American Means to Me

Rap about what it means to be American.

Creating an American

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

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.

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.

My American Creed

My American Creed

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

More responses from Gerstell Academy

Surprise Me

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.

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.

American Creed Prompt Number 1

This Prompt is about my American Creed and how we as a nation can better ourselves to become united and ultimately one of the most powerful nations in the world

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.

My American Creed

My American Creed

How can you express your American creed through action?

This essay is about ways you can help and bring your community together.

American Creed-What Is Your American Creed?

Explaining what American Creed means to me

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.

American Creed

My American Creed essay, responding to the second prompt.

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.

Symbols and Ceremonies

I wrote about the role of symbols and ceremonies in our society.

More responses about "education system" and "unity"

Surprise Me

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.

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.

My American Creed ...

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

Light In Action

I believe that opportunity is what makes the United States so special. Just because we are granted opportunity, does not mean success is easily achieved. Part of my American Creed is that nothing comes easy and we must be selfless by helping one another out.

Overcoming the American Struggle

The Creed of American's is the struggle that they endure and then overcome. In our nation there's multiple roadblocks to success, such as struggle to afford education and mental health issues. Overcoming these struggles proves the strength and drive of Americans.

Not As One, But As All United

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

In Search of the American Creed

YHS students, Morgan C., Samantha B., and Louis S., interviewed local workers to determine if American is really united and identify the real 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

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.

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.

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.

Ukulele of Unity

What does it mean to be American? Well, it takes more than one string to play a note, more than one fret to build a neck, and more than one person to be a band...

What does it mean to be an American?

To be an American is to have unlimited possibilities, be different and unique, and to unite with your community.

The American Creed: What is Your Idea of the American Creed?

This piece encompasses the American Creed by explaining the ideals set down through the history of America and, using the American Creed, applies them to the people of this nation.

Freedom is Happiness

A collage of pictures summarizing my ideals of freedom and what I believe it means to be free. Descriptions for each picture are also included.

It Doesn't Matter Where You Came From

I chose this project because I wanted to further my understanding of all perspectives of what people expect from U.S and how diversity impacts the way people see U.S.I was able to relate the interviews back to myself and my own community by thinking about my own American Creed.

The American Dream

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

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.

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

Community and unity are two essential values in the process of building the American dream and the American identity. They are an essential part of societies so that we can become better citizens and human beings.

Enforcing the Law in a United America

YHS students, Jack W., Sam V., and Will R., interviewed Yreka PD Detective Derek Duncan regarding the American Creed and whether America is really united in our modern world.

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.

Education in America

There are many things wrong with the education system in America. A lot of people don't seem to realize just how bad our education system is. I will be talking about the many issues that our education system has, and how we can fix them.

American Teamwork

Our piece talks about teamwork in America, unity, and how it should be more valued in our country

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