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ASU Preparatory Academy

McDowell: 4th hour

Mrs. McDowell's 4th hour

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Embrace Your Identity

You don't have to fit the American name to be an American. Let your creed show your identity.

How freedom is an essential aspect to American life's

American lives are lived with freedom and sometimes we take that for granted and I believe if we didn't have that freedom are lives would be completely different.

"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.

Ideals in America are but luck and chance, determined by government standards.

My piece talks about the ideals of rags-to-riches and how as a country we might not be able to achieve that because of governmental standards.

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.
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Credo Americano

In America, hearing the phrase “I can accomplish my dreams and whatever goal I set” sparks a lot of commotion. It is a touchy subject that not everyone agrees with. I chose to interview my mother regarding this topic, an educated, successful, Mexican American immigrant.

Symbols for an American Creed

I talked about the symbols that signify the American Creed. I only talked about three different symbols but one of the symbols are words. I mentioned those symbols because I could relate to them the most and I could connect it back to my own American Creed.

How and Why My Understanding of the American Creed is different

My piece explains how being a minority changes my understanding of the American Creed "all men are created equal"

My American Creed

Americans should strive to succeed to improve their own lives and make a difference in their communities.
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Equality shows everywhere:symbols,words,rituals

My project is about how equality is everywhere and how it can be represented in so many ways for example in my project I have a picture of the Statue of Liberty she is basically representing freedom how she’s putting her tourch in the air for light to lead them The right way.

Everyone should be treated with the same equality and respect!

My creed is that everyone should be treated with the same equality and respect so that we all have the same possibilities to achieve our own American dream. I see this problem most in schools dealing with minorities.

My Community's American Creed

In this Op-ed I will be explaining My Family's and Community's American creed, stating what it means to me and what it mean to my family and community. I asked a few people about what American creed means to them.

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American Creed Project: Leadership

My American Creed Project is about Leadership. Leadership is about encouraging others to move along on the right path, mentoring them to achieve their full potential, and creating an inviting environment around themselves.

What We Used To Be. What We Can Still Be.

I wrote about what my American Creed was and what I thought needs to be done in America. Most of these ideals I learned about when I was writing this OpEd and some of them are things that I have learned as I live my life.

Together We Stand

My acrostic poem is about what it means to be an American to me and all the qualities an average American should have.

Is the American Creed the Villian against Race?

Your race may affect whether you receive the American Creed.

What it's like to be an American

My piece is my opinion on what it's like being American but also how some people don't get to live their American Dream.

Plan of Success

This piece is about how I view America. My focus might be different from others.

It's A Choice Not A Necessity.

My poem is about my thoughts, questions and beliefs on the Pledge of Allegiance.

Everyone should be treated with the same equality and respect!

My creed is that everyone should be treated with the same equality and respect so that we all have the same possibilities to achieve our own American dream. I see this problem most in schools dealing with minorities.

What is my American Creed?

What My Op-Ed is about people's beliefs and how we can have the right to believe in what we want to believe in and how false information is told on the internet that creates stereotypes and makes people think differently.

Education

My American Creed is how everyone should be given the opportunity to education regardless of their ethnicity

My American Creed.

Living in America, gives everyone the privilege to earn an education. Taking your education seriously, can lead you to prosperity and achieving your American dreams.
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Equality shows everywhere:symbols,words,rituals

My project is about how equality is everywhere and how it can be represented in so many ways for example in my project I have a picture of the Statue of Liberty she is basically representing freedom how she’s putting her tourch in the air for light to lead them The right way.

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Family and an American Identity

An exploration of the relationship between family values and how those values influence who we are as Americans.

Unity Among Americans

A paper about the division Americans are facing.

American creed

I wrote about a variety of topics because I thought they were key points that I needed to hit. This is my opinion on what I think the American Creed is.

What Is Your American Creed?

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

Home of the Free Land of the Immigrants

My piece discusses the anti-migrant stigma that has re-developed in America.
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My American Creed

A comic of how diversity plays a role in American Society.

Generational Legacy

This is the story of how my family has made a name for themselves and set examples that many black people in America don't get.

Homeless Inequality in America

My article is about the homeless inequality or the reasons that people are homeless.

My American Creed

My American Creed is to defend my family and friends.

The American Dream

What the American Dream means to me and the U.S.

My American Creed

In America we have the ability to have responsibility, opportunity, and freedom. America wouldn’t be America without these three words. This is why I’m proud to be an American.
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Give Back To Freedom

This letter highlights different perspectives and strorie​s about what it means to give back. In my short lifetime, I have learned the incredible value of freedom and the sacrifices made in order to achieve it.

My American Creed

My story is about the journey my grandmother took from Germany to America. She went through many hardships in Germany and had to overcome them in America.
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A Foreign Perspective on the US

A YHS student interviewed students from Spain and England while on a school exchange and asked them how they perceived the American Creed. She also asked them to share their thoughts on whether the US was succeeding as a nation.

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.

American Opportunity

An evaluation of the American stereotype

Equal Access to Education

Schools in the United States should have equal access to education, regardless of where the school is located.

American creed

In the movie American creed, the question that is asked how does your families and the community history connect to your american creed? My parents didn't really struggle in america, but in Nigeria people still have the struggle to go get that american dream.

What the American Creed Means To ME

I wrote about the impact of the American Creed on ideologies about America and what values every American has. The essay also includes how to perfect the American standard
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Broken America

This is a poem that brings all my ideas about mass incarceration, the issues towards felonies' rights ,and the impact this has on the American dream in one piece of writing. I have also added an illustration I drew to further push these ideas.

My American Creed.

Living in America, gives everyone the privilege to earn an education. Taking your education seriously, can lead you to prosperity and achieving your American dreams.

American Creed

The problems that we are still facing in America.

Dear America

America break up letter.

OPPORTUNITY

To me, being an American means creating your own story.

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