In my artwork, I chose to honor Rosa Parks. I think she should be honored in the Tapestry of NY because she stood up for what she believed in. She was brave for not giving up her seat on the bus to a white man. She helped with the Civil Rights Movement for all people…
In my artwork, I chose to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I believe he deserves to be honored in the Tapestry of NY because he helped Black people achieve equal rights in the United States of America. The details I included are Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s focused facial expression.
This describes my community. In my community I have my family, my school, my home, and the sports that I play.
I added different things to my quilt that I feel represents my community. I added school, store and America, and USA because I feel like those are words that represent my community and where I live. I drew a picture of me standing on a globe because I am apart of my own community. I…
My mom is a big part of my community so I added a picture of her and my teacher. Both of them help me everyday at home and at school. I also added a picture of my house and my school. I feel safe in my community and at school so I wrote the word…
I added different things to my collage that I felt like represented the way I see community. I was born in the Philippines and moved to the United States when I was four years old. I added the Philippines flag to represent that part of my life and my culture. I added pictures of home…
I think to have a good community you have to have people that can work together and do things to help each other. I think your community can be your family or your friends so I added those two words to my collage. I also added the word America because that is where we live…
Even today, women are greatly underrepresented in government and society, showing that the ideals of “We the People” have not yet been fully achieved. The ratio of men to women in Congress is 381 men to 154 women, and women are often taught from a young age to change their behavior to avoid unwanted attention….
For my project, I added things that represent my community where I live and the community where I’m from. I am from Ecuador so I added the Ecuador flag and the Ecuador Angel statue because that represents my home and my community. I added the church and library because that is where I spend a…
To me, community means coming together, friends and happiness. For my project I added different images that I felt like represented my community. I am new to the community so I added the word friend because I have been able to meet a lot of new people in school and have made new friendships within…
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