What does it mean to be an American?

My World Cultures classes each had to come up with 100 one word answers to the question: What does it mean to be an American?

What do you think it means to be an American?




I have to give my quick plug for Wordle here. It is a terrific way to organize a survey or display understanding of a lot of terms.

Remembering 9/11

Today students presented their 9/11 Memorial Books. Everyone worked very hard researching and creating these mini-memorials to the victims and survivors of 9/11/2001.

This lead directly into a discussion of the current debate over the Islamic community center that is proposed for Ground Zero, and the nature of Islam itself.

What is Islam