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WHY AMERICA? Toward a More Perfect Union Student Essay Challenge

Has your participation in Why America? helped you to teach your students what it means to form A More Perfect Union? Have your students show us by March 30, 2021 and you and they will qualify to win recognition from the nation’s leading education organization and an Amazon gift card!

Here’s how:

Using one or more of the topics featured this year in Why America? Toward a More Perfect Union program, Students should tell us iin between 200-350 words how that topic helped them learn  what “toward a more perfect union” means.

Essays should cite particular lessons and reference data shares in that lesson as well as bring in outside learning where helpful.

Prizes will be awarded to the students whose work most demonstrates knowledge and appreciation of the topic.

CER will select one grand prize winner and one honorable mention for each of the following grade levels: 4th-6th grade, 7th-9th grade, 10th-12th grade.  

DETAILS:

Qualifications: 

  • In order for your students to qualify, the educator (a teacher or parent) must be registered for the Why America? Toward a More Perfect Union Program. Registration is free by simply signing up here.
  • Students in public, private, charter, online or homeschool in grades 4-12 are eligible to submit an essay.

Prizes:

  • In late February, we will select a student grand prize winner and an honorable mention in each grade level – 
    • Grand prize winners will receive $500 Amazon gift cards

    • Honorable mention winners will receive $250 Amazon gift cards

  • Each educator who submits a winning student essay will receive a $50 Amazon gift card.

To Enter:  To submit student essays, educators please complete this form and copy and paste the essay.

For questions, please write to events@edreform.com

Click here for an announcement to use with your students

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