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How does your family & community history connect to your American creed?
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Quinn J., Staples High School , Connecticut
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My American Creed is about both sides of my family immigrating from both Italy and Russia.
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A Penny for your Thoughts
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Jael V., Project Citizen , Connecticut
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This is a poem to get you thinking about how something that seems worthless is actually worth more then you think it is.
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Give Back To Freedom
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Daniel R., Staples High School , Connecticut
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This letter highlights different perspectives and strories 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 t...
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American Creed
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Dillon, Staples High School , Connecticut
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My artwork represents my blended Irish and American heritage.
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It's Hard to Keep Talking
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Jalen J., Project Citizen , Connecticut
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I struggled to write about the idea of American Creed because it's a topic that everybody hears of so many times throughout school. To express personal opinions can only happen so many times. This ...
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Expectations of America
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Samira S., Staples High School , Connecticut
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This piece is an attempt to explain what it takes to move one's entire life across the world. It shows what makes one want to leave and what makes one choose America. The boy pictured is my father ...
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