Topics for Essays and Projects

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The official Essay topic "What America Means to Me" Guidelines from the America250.org website are listed here. They are good guidelines to use in classrooms and other contests.

• Elementary School (3rd to 5th Grade): Students may submit artwork, including physical or digital artwork through a high-res photo or a short written response (up to 100 words).
• Middle School (6th to 8th Grade): Students may submit artwork, including physical or digital artwork through a high-res photo, or a written response (up to 250 words).
• High School (9th to 12th Grade): Students may submit artwork, including physical or digital artwork through a high-res photo, or a written response (up to 500 words).

Educators, schools, state and local fairs, clubs, groups, organizations can create assignments, categories etc. around the topic "250 Years of". This project explores how things have changed over the past 250 years. 

For example, participants can research and create a presentation or a diorama, including a timeline, about National Monuments. In this case the first National Monument was established in 1906, it was Devils Tower in Wyoming. They could choose other significant monuments over the years. The most recent was Avi Kwa Ame in Nevada established in 2023.

See Topic Ideas below