Let America Become Its Dream ... Extraordinary Student Work

Below is a poem in our Design Challenge created a few weeks ago as part of our "Making Stories Come Alive" units where students were challenged to identify a story, poem, or other work and remix it to add new value to an original work.  Students then had to perform their creation with an authentic audience.  A group of extraordinary young ladies created this poem and shared it with a group of nursing home residents.  This poem spoke profoundly to me as it was about their experiences.  The group of young ladies who wrote this poem are dynamic.  In honor of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr holiday, I am so thrilled to share this amazing creation.

Let American Become Its Dream by Saige, B, and Julianna

Let America become its dream
Let it be the dream it should be
Let it be the freedom most wants
​Let it be the fantasy most imagine
(America isn’t what it’s supposed to be)


Let it be an equal power to all
Where all people get treated
The same where no one
Feels the right to be mislead
(There’s never been equal rights or freedom for us)


I am the broken African-American
I am the unwanted Immigrant
I am the lost Native American                      
I am the wounded Caucasian
(Let all get treated the same with the same amount of wealths)


I am the Caucasian, wealthy and privileged
The one that owns many lands
The Caucasian that believes all
People should have equal rights


We are the young African Americans
Suffering from gun violence and racism
Many getting abused and neglected
(Let America Dream stop all the violence)


O, Let America Become It’s Dream
The lands that were never there
The land where every man is free
We must take back our land again


We the people shouldn’t be determined by the color of our skin
But by the love in our hearts
Instead of fighting against one another, why don’t we come together
And set a good example for the ones younger than us


O, Let America Become Its Dream
Let it be peace
Let it stop the madness
Let it be more happier and positive


Let it be CHANGED!!!!!