, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Education, Fall 2018, Politics, Showcase, Student-Centered, 0
Teachers around the world are strikingly different. We come from different backgrounds, speak different languages, believe different subjects are...
, , , Fall 2018, Politics, 0
Gerrymandering is on the 2018 November ballot. Propestion 4 is attempting to get rid of gerrymandering by creating a...
Net neutrality refers to the concept that internet providers should allow access equally to online content without judgement of...
, , , Politics, Showcase, 2
Most issues have multiple sides and arguments to them. Net Neutrality is one of those issues. Net Neutrality is...
, , , Immigration, Politics, Showcase, 1
What can we do about the kids that have parents that are deported and left here in the United...
, , , American Dream, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Crime, Immigration, Incarceration, Inequality, Politics, Prison, Rights, Showcase, 1
Immigration may well be the hottest issue in the United States today. Some people want to build physical walls...
, , , Arts & Entertainment, Books, Fall 2018, Politics, Showcase, Writing & Communication, 1
Books have been banned for various reasons. For instance, some have been banned for sexual content, uses of slurs,...
, , , Animal Protection, Politics, Showcase, 3
A very controversial issue in today’s society is whether or not animals have the same rights as humans. Not...
, , , Con Trump, Decision Making, Gender, Politics, Rights, Showcase, This I Believe, Women, 0
Roe V. Wade is one of the largest contemporary judicial controversies. It has spawned avid opposition and support throughout...
Teenage years are some of the most important in a young adults life. It is also the time where...
, , , Education, History, Politics, Racism, Showcase, Spring 2018, This is America, 2
When the video starts the camera zooms in on Childish Gambino, he turns around and starts to dance ....
, , , Education, Politics, Shakespeare, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
Desdemona 1.3.208-218 My noble father, I do perceive here a divided duty: To you I am bound for life...
, , , Immigration, Politics, Racism, Refugees, Religion, Showcase, Spring 2018, 1
Islamophobia is a large issue in the United States. The term describes the prejudice that occurs against Muslims, a...
, , , Immigration, Politics, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
The issue is whether illegal immigrants be deported or be allowed to stay in the US. I am passionate...
, , , Gender, History, Inequality, Politics, Rape Culture, Religion, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2018, Women, 0
The issue that is discussed in the video is the oppression of women residing in the Middle East. I’m...
, , , Guns, March for Our Lives, Politics, Pro Gun Control, Showcase, Spring 2018, 2
In our modern issue — about guns and murders; is a somewhat-considerably a serious matter of our community. It...
, , , Argument, Bullying, Community, Emotional Health, Gender, Homeless LGBTQ, Inequality, LGBTQA, Love, Politics, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
The LGBTQIA+ movement has become more well known throughout America. This movement fights for more acceptance of those in...
, , , Minimum Wage, Politics, Showcase, Slavery, Social Class, Spring 2018, The Fifth Column, 1
Throughout the world many people experience unfair work conditions that are both torturous and inhumane. Shedding light upon this...
I feel that fake news is a very serious issue that affects any nation of the world, and it...
, , , History, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
The topic of my video is the “Polish Death Camps” Law. It interested me because I’m from Poland, and...
, , , Education, Family, Immigration, Latino Power, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2018, Stories, 0
I chose to do my video on DACA, also known as The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. This topic...
Hi, this following video is about unemployment. It contains information on the victims of unemployment, possible solutions to it,...
, , , Economy, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2018, Violence, Voting, War, 0
The crisis in Crimea is that Russia had annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine, and illegally occupied it. I...
, , , Decision Making, Politics, Protest, Showcase, Spring 2018, Voting, 0
In the following video, I discuss the issues of polling places and how the US Supreme Court has decided...
, , , Abortion, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
My topic for this project was abortion rights and what each side things about abortion. Before I started this...
, , , Community, Education, Guns, History, Inequality, Politics, Protest, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
On March 14, 2018, students all across the country walked out of their schools at 10:00 AM in order...
, , , Education, Guns, Politics, Protest, Showcase, Spring 2018, 7
Gun control can be explained in many different ways but, teens speak everywhere across the United States saying why...
, , , Health, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
To prove that there is a battle of belief/misinformation among the Affordable Care Act, I conducted a survey. The...
, , , Education, Health, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2018, 3
My mother is an Italian. Her parents are both Italians and during her youth they would travel back over...
, , , American Dream, Biases, Economy, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
In an article by Robert L. FitzPatrick, the president of the Pyramid Scheme Alert and co-author of False Profits:...
I have changed my topic to Net Neutrality, because it makes a lot more sense, I know there are...
, , , A Day in My Life, American Dream, Argument, Call to Action, Community, Decision Making, Education, Family, Friendship, Happiness, Health, Point of View, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
In one of my earlier post “Why memorization doesn’t work” I addressed the issue that in the US education system...
, , , Politics, Religion, Showcase, Spring 2018, 1
I have recently been thinking about my original thesis for my essay, the only concern of it was if...
, , , Abortion, Politics, Religion, Showcase, Spring 2018, Women, 1
Over the past few months in the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has worked vigorously...
, , , American Dream, Con Trump, Immigration, Inequality, Latino Power, Politics, Racism, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
Recently in the news, we have seen a lot about the arguments between parties and members in the same...
, , , Education, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
There is much confusion in terminology used when describing an individual who is young and in this country...
People tend to avoid change. Whether it is social, economic, or governmental, the human race favors what is familiar....
, , , Education, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
Immigration helps americans in the long run. There are many social truths to this but the thing that should...
My topic for my research paper has morphed from an informative essay regarding the ways in which colonialism has...
, , , American Dream, Debt, Happiness, Health, Incarceration, Politics, Prison, Psychology, Social Class, 0
In business, there exists a competitive craving to be smarter, faster, and bigger than everyone else. This urge stems...
, , , American Dream, Immigration, Inequality, Latino Power, Politics, Racism, 0
In order to confront immigration and it’s problems, we must identify why most illegal immigrants come to the U.S....
, , , Books, Community, Economy, Education, Fall 2017, Health, Politics, Showcase, Social Media, Spring 2018, Stress, 1
The US education system has been obviously failing the students and lacking in its job to create self sufficient,...
, , , Education, Fall 2017, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
President Donald Trump made it very clear where he stood on immigration in his announcement speech that he would...
America’s political system has two major parties in it, the democrat and republican party with smaller third parties existing...
, , , Books, Call to Action, Education, Fall 2017, Happiness, Language, Media, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2018, Technology, 8
US curriculum is one of the worst ways of “grading” one’s intellect. We use these ideas of memory and...
While crafting this essay I realized I am going against, the standard academic format my Humanities teacher, Mr. Reed...
, , , Call to Action, Fall 2017, History, Politics, Showcase, The Fifth Column, 4
Proper education on the statues and names of confederates on buildings or monuments is needed to teach future generations...
, , , Con Trump, Decision Making, Education, Fall 2017, Immigration, Inequality, Language, Politics, Racism, Raise Your Voice, Refugees, Rights, Showcase, Violence, 1
Throughout Donald Trumps time in the American spotlight we have seen who he really is. From the beginning of...
, , , 2nextprez, Biases, Debt, Decision Making, Drugs, Economy, Emotional Health, Fall 2017, Family, Friendship, Happiness, Incarceration, Politics, Poverty, Prison, Protest, Research Help, Science, Showcase, Violence, Voting, War, 0
The United States does not tolerate drugs at all, since Ronald Reagan started the war on drugs. If someone...
, , , Fall 2017, Politics, Science, Showcase, Space, Technology, 3
Recently the our president Donald Trump has declared that he plans to shift NASA’s direct focus from Mars back...
, , , American Dream, Immigration, Inequality, Latino Power, Politics, Rights, 3
DACA is an acronym that stands for the Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals. It is a program put into place during the...
According to deathpenaltyinfo.org (https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/death-penalty-international-perspective), in 2015 the United States executed the fifth most people in the world, behind China,...
, , , Argument, Crime, Death Penalty, Fall 2017, Incarceration, Politics, Showcase, 2
A few hundred years ago, all around the world, the penal system was absolutely. People would be sentenced to...
, , , American Dream, Argument, Biases, Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Community, Debt, Decision Making, Economy, Education, Goals, Health, Housing, Inequality, Latino Power, Point of View, Politics, Poverty, Racism, Showcase, The Fifth Column, 1
The achievement gap is the measurable disparity of the socioeconomic statuses and educational performance of different groups of people...
, , , Community, Decision Making, Education, Fall 2017, Happiness, Inquiry, Language, Point of View, Politics, Showcase, 1
1984 and Brave New World contain key attributes that define the way each society behaves. These attributes...
, , , Argument, Fall 2017, Politics, Showcase, Social Class, 0
Brave New World and 1984 are both dystopian novels written in the early to mid 20th century. These books...
, , , Animal Protection, Call to Action, Nature, Politics, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, What do I stand for?, 1
America has a knack for ignoring uncomfortable issues, regardless of the degree of importance. Perhaps we take too much...
, , , Fall 2017, Point of View, Politics, Showcase, 0
Has the talk of things like building a border wall or the administration’s latest travel ban made people feel...
America was designed with an intent that neighbors would encourage each other to practice their beliefs, especially if their...
, , , Death Penalty, Incarceration, Inequality, Inquiry, Politics, Prison, Racism, Showcase, Violence, 0
In privileged communities across America, the phrase “kids are the future” is sung to remind children that they matter....
, , , American Dream, Economy, Fall 2017, Immigration, Inequality, Latino Power, Politics, Rights, Showcase, 1
There is a rise in immigration into the United States, and there has been in years’ past. With Trump’s...
Economic regulation is always a hot button topic in politics; one of those topics that nearly everyone disagrees on....
, , , Black Lives Matter, Community, Crime, Decision Making, Education, Fall 2017, Gender, Incarceration, Inequality, Police Brutality, Politics, Racism, Showcase, Women, 11
Are Black Children Forced to Grow Up Faster Than White Children YES Black kids are forced to grow up...
We all love our country. One of the ways we show this is by standing for the American flag...
, , , Argument, Biases, Community, Education, Goals, Inequality, Media, Point of View, Politics, Pro Trump, Showcase, 0
“When is a train most free? Is it when it goes bouncing across the field off the track? No....
, , , American Dream, Fall 2017, Inequality, Inquiry, Politics, Showcase, 2
What is happening to America? In the past few decades, our country and all of its inhabitants have made...
, , , Biases, Community, Decision Making, Economy, History, Point of View, Politics, Showcase, 1
It seems that people tend to have similar beliefs as those who live in the same geographic area as...
I think that leaders do in fact have moral obligations. As a leader, it is their responsibility to set...
, , , Argument, Politics, Protest, Showcase, Sports, Taking a Knee, 10
You have the right to kneel if you want too. What people say about you shouldn’t matter. If you...
, , , Argument, Black Lives Matter, Con Trump, Fall 2017, Politics, Racism, Rights, Taking a Knee, 5
Many home are divided on this topic. People can fully disagree with their own family, friends, colleagues, and neighbors....
Living in Utah, I am always hearing things like “Utah is growing very fast” on the news. I have...
, , , Animal Protection, Argument, Call to Action, Community, Education, Food, Goals, Happiness, Health, Love, Nature, Photography, Politics, Raise Your Voice, Science, Social Media, Sports, Terrorism, Violence, What do I stand for?, 1
Whalers kill dolphins, whales, porpoises, and other marine mammals. In Japan, they do so in a cruel and shocking...
, , , Biases, Decision Making, Getting Started, Inquiry, Media, Point of View, Politics, Psychology, Rights, Showcase, Social Media, War, 2
A little while ago, I visited the Moral Machines website. It’s a study put out by MIT to see...
Utah is perhaps best know for the young men and women it sends out in white oxfords and names...
, , , Getting Started, Inquiry, Politics, Religion, Showcase, 5
When travelling to other states, almost always, the first question people ask me after I tell them I’m from...
, , , Black Lives Matter, Decision Making, Education, Inequality, Politics, Raise Your Voice, Social Media, Taking a Knee, What do I stand for?, 0
As Americans we have a lot of freedom. One of those freedoms being to peacefully protest. Kneeling during the...
, , , Black Lives Matter, Charlottesville, Inequality, LGBTQA, Politics, Racism, Rights, Showcase, 3
Dear Leaders of America, As we all know the United States of America is a great country, however we...
, , , Black Lives Matter, Bullying, Call to Action, Charlottesville, Community, Con Trump, Fall 2017, Inequality, LGBTQA, Politics, Showcase, 3
Dear Leaders of America, My name is Amanda. I grew up just off of Lake Saint Clair in the...
Social media has had a large impact on our society for the past decade, not only in the United...
, , , American Dream, Call to Action, Community, Crime, Education, Fall 2017, History, Inequality, Media, Politics, Protest, Racism, Raise Your Voice, Research Help, Rights, Showcase, Social Class, Student-Centered, Violence, What do I stand for?, 6
High School textbooks don’t have anything on Asian Americans during the civil rights era. There were a lot of...
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