, , , Clean Water and Sanitation, Fall 2019, Family, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, 1
“I hate you.” That is the last thing I remember saying. During dinner, my mother and I had gotten...
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, diversity is the inclusion of different types of people (such as people of different...
There are three things that Americans value most, justice, equality, and freedom. Americans are greatly influenced by their constitutions...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Clean Water and Sanitation, Fall 2019, History, Immigration, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Refugees, This is America, Writing, 4
Immigration and refuge have always been part of America’s history. There is not a person in the US that...
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“With family on your side, there isn’t a battle you can’t lose”. It is more than fair to say...
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Culture defines us. But how can we define American culture? The answer is we can’t, at least not completely....
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Laura Ruby’s novel, Bone Gap, features a tight-knit community in Illinois. Everybody knows everybody’s business, and when Finn’s inability...
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As most would know, World war II made a huge impact on the whole world. But what some may...
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In the memoir Americanized by Sara Saedi, she talks about the fact that she struggled with identity as an...
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“Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair” (Mann). After the 9/11 attack that was...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Terrorism, This is America, 1
The book BullyVille presents a real-life event and also what happens in many parts of the United States. When...
When the topic of crime and criminals come up, what do we think of? Do we think of the...
As Americans we all have similar values and morals. We have these similar values because we are a united...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, Immigration, Showcase, 1
In the last couple of years, there has been an increase in deportation and voluntary departure. “Voluntary departure allows...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, Immigration, Showcase, 1
The United States is known as a melting pot – a country with different people, “Mexico is the top...
Being an American means a lot of things, whether you were born here in the United States or immigrated...
, , , American Dream, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, Showcase, 3
The “American Dream”. The dictionary definition is “the aspirational belief in the US that all individuals are entitled to...
The land of the free and opportunity, the United States of America. It was established on the ideal of freedom...
After reading Love hate and Other Filters, a book written by Samira Ahmed that follows a 17-year-old Muslim girl...
In America, people might think that there is only one culture, but there is more than one culture because...
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Values are the foundation of a society, they direct the society accordingly in a path with established boundaries, and...
, , , Black Lives Matter, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Fall 2019, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Responsible Consumption and Production, 1
American values include the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Patrisse Khan-Cullors, co-founder of The Black...
“What are our American values?” And “What is the American dream?” Are very important questions in this country. Arthur...
, , , American Creed, Books, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Fall 2019, Gender Equity (Women), Showcase, 5
Women’s rights have been a topic of American discussion for a long time now. Although America isn’t the only...
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The Hired Girl deals with quite a few controversial topics that relate to American culture. One I would like...
“Literacy is. . .the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can...
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I believe that the book This is Where it Ends has everything to do with American culture. You do...
It is really hard to describe American culture for many reasons. First, it is something that seems everywhere but...
In the book Proud, Ibtihaj Muhammad describes the discrimination she faced because she was a woman, because she was...
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Poverty is a major problem around the world. The issues of hunger and poverty are struggles that almost every...
, , , American Creed, Bullying, Fall 2019, LGBTQ+ Rights, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, 1
Our American Culture is something that each and everyone of us see everyday. Whether or not we see it...
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In America throughout history, we address the idea of dreams, that build the country up from where it started...
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Corruption has plagued the United States, as well as other nations, for many years. The novel All the King’s...
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The promise of housing for all is one of the essential values we hold as Americans. In Evicted, by...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Black Lives Matter, Fall 2019, Guns, Police, Politics, Showcase, 2
Everyone has a different definition of being American, although many of us can agree that being American is about...
, , , Call to Action, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, 0
The book Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich takes you into the everyday life of lower income families and...
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The Green Mile by Stephen King is a book about death, both in life and on death row in...
, , , American Creed, Clean Water and Sanitation, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, No Poverty (Economy), Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Social Class, 1
Poverty can be defined as “the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Black Lives Matter, Fall 2019, Police, Showcase, 1
One concept that has been paved in American minds is the American Creed. The American Creed includes the ideas...
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In Little Fires Everywhere By Celeste Ng, a woman named Bebe Chow gives her child away fearing she cannot...
The words buzzed beneath the scratches hitting the pin. Light low, rest of the world silent. I hummed along...
What does it mean to be American? There is no clear cut answer to that question as it differs...
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Being American is viewed differently by every person. I view it as being accepting and giving everyone an equal...
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American beliefs and values are what this country is built on and how we unite ourselves as a nation....
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Accepting others, embracing differences, and learning about new cultures in our melting pot of a country are all parts...
Throughout history, Americans have changed and become different in their values and beliefs. Equality, as an example, started out...
American values, cultures, and creed can be interpreted in many different ways by very different people. This is what...
Banning guns would be detrimental to American society. Guns are a large part of American heritage, and banning them...
There is no certain, definitive answer to the question that we ask ourselves day to day. What truly defines...
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Freedom and equality are great pillars of the United States. We have always valued these pillars ever since the...
Martin Luther King Jr once said, “I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will...
“This is America: a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light, in a broad and...
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Although America is looked at as a melting pot and an accepting nation we have always kept it in...
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American culture, values, and creeds are all have different meanings to Americans. They are what makes you different from...
Since I grew up in America, being an American should be nothing new to me, but the concept of...
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The U.S. has long been known as a country with a perfect constitution providing liberty, equality, and the pursuit...
What does it mean to be an “American”? An American is someone who has values like equality, or beliefs...
Being American means different things to different people. Being American to me means having freedom, equality of genders and...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, Immigration, Showcase, This is America, 0
American values most important to the continued development of our culture are Social Equality and Equal Opportunity to obtain...
Back in the day, America was all about the American dream, but that dream has shifted. People wanted land,...
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Your American values and beliefs come from the way you were raised as a child and form from certain...
, , , Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, No Poverty (Economy), Peer Interview, Refugees, Rights, Showcase, This is America, 1
America is one of the most diverse countries in the world and you cannot say that is has one...
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There are many American values like personal control over the environment. The environment has become a huge discussion today...
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Being an American is being accepting of all people. Before and at the beginning of our country, America was...
, , , American Creed, Argument, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, Showcase, 1
One thing that stands out to me about being American is our patriotism. Every sporting event I have ever...
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As Americans, we believe that schooling is one of the most important values and rights that define us into...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Fall 2019, Showcase, This is America, 2
People from around the world and in the United State strive to achieve what’s recognized as the most important...
To be American is to be able to fight for both your freedom and the freedom of others that...
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I believe, and so do many other people I know, that a key value to american culture is the...
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What do Americans value the most? Money, of course. They still value their rights and their freedom but money...
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Everyone values freedom. Nobody wants to live in an oppressed country. Specifically, people of minority races have been fighting...
, , , American Creed, Arts & Entertainment, Creative Writing, Fall 2019, Music, Protest, Showcase, Slavery, Social Media, War, Writing, 6
American culture is forever changing and music is the best way to explore this. This is evident through the...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, Showcase, 1
I have a friend, H, who lives in a small country in Europe called Estonia. She always talks about...
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Americans all have different cultures that bring us together. No two families have the exact same beliefs and values,...
To be American is to take part in your country, it is to support your country even when some...
When our founding fathers established this country, a major proponent that they wanted in this United States was equality...
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Can we, as the American people, agree that some important values include the rights to life, liberty, and the...
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Fall 2019, Showcase, 1
What does it mean to be an American? You could do a survey of one-hundred people asking this question...
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Equality and freedom are two of the most important values in America. Equality is to have equal opportunities and...
When the constitution was written, our Founding Fathers knew nothing of the change that was going to be brought...
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Hard work is an American value that has been extremely important throughout history. It is the backbone behind the...
My name is Calaia Hoskins, I am an overachiever and a hard worker. I was born on September 25th,...
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Hello, my name is Ari Bozann. I was born in Okemos Michigan 17 years ago and have lived here...
I believe in America. My friends and family believe in America. My entire school believes in America. But what...
When I think of what it means to be American the first things that comes to mind are equality...
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My name is Joey Shears, and yes I am a girl you can blame my parents for the name....
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I, too wanna state a purpose. I am the bad guy. They send me to rethink things about me...
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Creative Writing, Environment & World, Fall 2019, Good Health and Well-Being, Poetry, Read/Write Poems, Showcase, 2
How many children will die in school shootings? Depends on if we try to stop them. How many teens...
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