Introduction
Tabatha Jensen January 31, 2016 - Curriculum, Methods and Assessment: Social Studies
What is the history and meaning of our National Symbols?
Students will look up a list of national symbols and discribe their history and meaning to the American people. This can be done by journaling or making a book to hold the information obtained from the websites. The symbols involved are: The American Flag, Pledge of Allegiance, Songs; National Anthem and America the Beautiful, The U.S. Capital and the Liberty Bell. Students can add as many more as they would like or have time for.
Task
What is the history and meaning of our national Symbols?
Check out the websites for the national symbols and put the information found in a book of your making. Either print or draw the symbols to give a sample of what it looks like, and give the history behind the symbol. Answer the following question for each symbol, what is the history of the symbol and what is its meaning?
The end product should be a book of your design showing the symbols that people think of when they think of America. It can be as fancy or as plain as you want, as long as it is informative.
Process
How do you accomplish your task?
You will need 4 to 5 pieces of blank paper the can be folded in half to make a blank book. Visit the websites below to answer give the history and meaning of the symbols mentioned on the introduction page. If there is another symbol that you think of when you think of America add it on at the end of your book and explain why it is important to you.
The American Flag http://usflag.org/
Pledge of Allegiance http://www.ushistory.org/documents/pledge.htm
National Anthem http://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Star-Spangled-Banner
America the Beautiful http://musiced.about.com/od/fourthofjuly/p/america.htm
The U.S. Capital https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/about-capitol
Liberty Bell http://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/historyculture/stories-libertybell.htm
Evaluation
Advanced paper - Book will contain accurate information on each symbol and what they mean to the American people. Their will be pictures or drawing where possible. Not including the songs. Writing will be up to second grade standards. Student added extra symbols and information to the book and took extra time to make the book presentable. Correct grammer and spelling.
Profiecant - Book will contain accurate information on each symbol, may or may not have meaning for the American people. Pictures or drawing for 4 out of the 6 symbols. Minamal mistakes with spelling and grammer.
Unstisfactory - Information is not presented in book form, incomplete and false information is present.
Conclusion
What is the history and meaning of our national Symbols?
Having the chance to explore sites that can provide you with information about symbols from American history that are still things we can see or hear everyday is part of the American culture. No matter your background if you are here in America you should really check these things out and have an understanding of what they mean and how they came about.
Credits
America the Beautiful http://musiced.about.com/od/fourthofjuly/p/america.htm
Arizona State Standards http://www.azed.gov/standards-practices/academic-standards/social-studies-standard/
Flag pic, http://www.ace-clipart.com/clipart/american_flag_photos/flag-l.jpg
Liberty Bell http://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/historyculture/stories-libertybell.htm
Liberty bell pic https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Liberty_Bell_2008.jpg
National Anthem http://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Star-Spangled-Banner
Pledge of Alligence http://www.ushistory.org/documents/pledge.htm
The American Flag http://usflag.org/
The U.S. Capital https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/about-capitol
Teacher Page
Arizona state standards that are being followed for this lesson are as follows.
| Strand 3: Civics/Government |
Concept 1: Foundations of Government PO 1. Describe the history and meaning of national symbols, documents, songs, and monuments that represent American democracy and values:
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Students should by able to identify and tell you something about each symbol. Advance students should be asked to do more, while lower level student will need help. Computer skill are a must and so is knowing how to explore a website.