https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g en-us 2018-04-24 13:28:53 UTC 2025-01-31 20:56:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png evatop7419 https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/254823677 Scholastic asked a group of 10-12 year old's what they think it means to be an American. Many of them answered "free." I think that is because at a young age there is a huge emphasis on our freedom. ]]> 2018-04-24 13:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/254823677 evatop7419 https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/254826133 This TIME cover story is by Jose Vargas, who is an illegal immigrant. Often times many people in American society don't believe immigrants are true Americans, even though most Americans are here because of their ancestors immigration. This article challenges that perspective, and helps answer the question, "What does it mean to be an American?"
http://time.com/2987974/jose-vargas-detained-time-cover-story/]]> 2018-04-24 13:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/254826133 evatop7419 https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/254833888 This country song by Brooks & Dunn talks about America as the "promised land." It says "We all get a chance...Only in America." Based on this song, being an American means dreaming big and having many opportunities. ]]> 2018-04-24 14:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/254833888 evatop7419 https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/254837221 This exhibit at the Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, poses and answers the same question, "Who is an American" through 30 figurative paintings and sculptures through 1930 and 1945. ]]> 2018-04-24 14:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/254837221 evatop7419 https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/256842507 "Humanae" by Angelica Davis is a project motivated on the idea of race in America. On the website it states, "HUMANAE* illustrates an enlightened narrative of humanity as a beautiful mosaic of colors, shapes, sizes, agepresented au natural, and individual that contributes to the collective whole." This contributes to the idea of American diversity, because in America we have people from all types of backgrounds.]]> 2018-05-01 13:36:13 UTC https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/256842507 evatop7419 https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/256844695 WNYC went to to Baruch College in New York City during the election year, and asked them the question "What does it mean to be an American?"]]> 2018-05-01 13:40:31 UTC https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/256844695 evatop7419 https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/256846684 In the Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is able to overcome his poor past to live a very social lavish lifestyle during the 1920s. Both of his parents were farmers, however he is able to rise above his family's social status, and create a new persona for himself. Gatsby throws extravagant parties every weekend, and has well social status among most of West Egg and New York. Gatsby's past and transformation of wealth in the novel displays that being an American means opportunity for anyone who works hard enough. In chapter 4, Nick remarks, "Anything can happen now that we've slid over this bridge," I thought; Anything at all..." Even Gatsby could happen, without any particular wonder" (Fitzgerald 69). Nick is referring to the bridge to New York. New York epitomizes America, because it is where immigrants first come, and it is the beginning of the land of opportunity. This displays the American Dream, and Gatsby's work to climb to the top.]]> 2018-05-01 13:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/256846684 evatop7419 https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/256854638 Jasper Johns, an artist has a new collection on view at the Broad Museum in Los Angeles in California. The collections shows many flags painted in different styles. Also in the collection, are many different maps of the United States. These paintings show that being an American is being proud. If Johns wasn't proud of his country he wouldn't have painted the many flags and maps. He said that one night he dreamed of painting the flag, and the next day he did it.]]> 2018-05-01 14:00:34 UTC https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/256854638 evatop7419 https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/256857197 The Ellis Island Archives has records of more than 51 million immigrants, crew members and passengers that came through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1957. Almost everyone is an immigrant or is a descendant of immigrants. Being an American means diversity, and being an immigrant. Often, we as Americans ostracize immigrants, however most of us have been in those very shoes. ]]> 2018-05-01 14:05:41 UTC https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/256857197 evatop7419 https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/258867929 In the poem by Langson Hughes, Hughes states, "O, let my land be a land where Liberty. Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath,
But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe." Langston is saying that America used to be this great place, where equality was a reality, however it is not anymore. In the poem he is saying how what we are living today is not America. To Langston Hughes, being an American means getting opportunity and equality no matter who you are.]]> 2018-05-08 12:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/258867929 evatop7419 https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/259512459 Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Adress is one of the best known American speeches in history. Almost anyone can recite, "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this content a new nation..." A strong piece of this address is the statement, "that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from this Earth" This is a strong statement, due to the emphasis on American unity in the government. Many Americans have a lot of pride in democracy and the right to vote.

The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln]]> 2018-05-10 03:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/259512459 evatop7419 https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/259600749 2018-05-10 13:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/259600749 evatop7419 https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/259602346 2018-05-10 13:20:25 UTC https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/259602346 evatop7419 https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/259604399 2018-05-10 13:25:07 UTC https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/259604399 evatop7419 https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/259604774 2018-05-10 13:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/evatop7419/2j3oie3ysu8g/wish/259604774