students respond to american creed
Since 2018, students around the country have been discussing American Creed documentary clips in class, with curricular support from the National Writing Project. Watch this video illustrating student responses, then explore the resources below.
In 2024, we’re inviting educators and students to beta-test a new series of American Creed films, clips and project-based learning activities combining documentary photography and writing.
Sample photo essays:
“Salmon Tales – Subsistence on the Kenai Peninsula” by Sam Schimmel
“Community, Land and Care,” by Jace Charger
“Phantom of the Black Diamond” by Jonathan Blair
Educator Partners
After exploring different stories about American democracy, students compose their own work —essays, photos, videos or other media exploring their own American ideals and identity with curricular support from partnering organizations.
THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN CREED
Since its launch in 2018, the American Creed public engagement campaign has engaged ~1.5 million viewers on PBS platforms and beyond.
To create a new series of PBS documentaries and accompanying curricular activities, the producers of American Creed are gathering together a diverse cohort of young adult leaders who take on what they see as the most urgent crises facing their own communities and our democracy. Documentaries will interweave the stories of these young leaders with dialogue between them facilitated by Stanford University professors David M. Kennedy and Condoleezza Rice.
To find out how you and your students can get involved, scroll down to join our mailing list at the bottom of this page.