Making and Using the Trading Cards Making the Cards 1

Making and Using the Trading Cards Making the Cards 1. Cut on the straight dotted lines. Do NOT cut the solid line. 2. Fold the card on the solid line. 3. Glue the backs of the cards together so that one one side has the American Symbol picture and the other side has information. 4. Save time by having the students create the cards! Or, create them yourself and laminate for multiple uses. Using the Cards 1. Place the cards in a center, and have students use the cards to complete the activities. 2. Give partners a card to study and present to the class. 3. Give partners a set of cards and have them complete the activities together. 4. Have students practice their fluency with repeated readings of a card to different partners.

American Flag Liberty Bell Statue of Liberty

the 50 states. states. 50 the crack. the of because tall. feet 305 about is statue The

currently has 50 stars to represent represent to stars 50 has currently been rung or tapped gently gently tapped or rung been freedom. represent to feet her at

as new states are added. Our flag flag Our added. are states new as 1846. Since then, it it has only only has it it then, Since 1846. chains broken are There England.

but new stars are added to the flag flag the to added are stars new but George Washington’s birthday in in birthday Washington’s George from independence it’s declared

represent the 13 original colonies, colonies, original 13 the represent the bell was rung fully was on on was fully rung was bell the States United the that date the –

the 13 red and white stripes to to stripes white and red 13 the but it cracked again! The last time time last The again! cracked it but it on 1776 4, July date the has that

at the time. Our flag now still has has still now flag Our time. the at that the crack could be repaired, repaired, be could crack the that hand left her in tablet a holding

stripes represented the 13 colonies colonies 13 the represented stripes It was recast several times so so times several recast was It woman a depicts Statue The

but only 13 stars. The 13 stars and and stars 13 The stars. 13 only but cracked very soon after arriving. arriving. after soon very cracked France.

had 13 stripes, like our flag today, today, flag our like stripes, 13 had Pennsylvania. The Liberty Bell Bell Liberty The Pennsylvania. from gift a was Liberty of Statue

Congress on June 14, 1777. This flag flag This 1777. 14, June on Congress before being sent to Philadelphia, Philadelphia, to sent being before The however. States, United the

was approved by the Continental Continental the by approved was cast in London, England in 1752 1752 in England London, in cast in made not was It States. United

fought for. The first official flag flag official first The for. fought it was was it however States, United the in democracy and freedom –

our country and the freedom we we freedom the and country our States. It wasn’t created in the the in created wasn’t It States. symbolize to come has It Harbor.

symbol for Americans, representing representing Americans, for symbol freedom to people in the United United the in people to freedom York New in Island Liberty on

The American flag is an important important an is flag American The

The Liberty Bell is a symbol of of symbol a is Bell Liberty The located is Liberty of Statue The

Bald Eagle Uncle Sam White House

Army.”

rooms, and 35 bathrooms. bathrooms. 35 and rooms, on a dollar bill. bill. dollar a on

says “I Want You For The U.S. U.S. The For You Want “I says

White House has 6 floors, 132 132 floors, 6 has House White find the bald eagle and Great Seal Seal Great and eagle bald the find

tall hat pointing with a caption that that caption a with pointing hat tall

House is open to the public. The The public. the to open is House American people. You can also also can You people. American

posters, where Uncle Sam is in a a in is Sam Uncle where posters,

completed. Part of the White White the of Part completed. freedom and strength to the the to strength and freedom

was used on army recruiting recruiting army on used was

time the construction was was construction the time bald eagle has been a symbol for for symbol a been has eagle bald

well known picture of Uncle Sam Sam Uncle of picture known well

but was no longer President by the the by President longer no was but as the Great Seal. Since then, the the then, Since Seal. Great the as

today popular. Probably the most most the Probably popular. today

the White House would be built, built, be would House White the arrows on it was finally approved approved finally was it on arrows

of Uncle Sam that we recognize recognize we that Sam Uncle of

Washington, who decided where where decided who Washington, eagle with an olive branch and 13 13 and branch olive an with eagle

and cartoonists made the images images the made cartoonists and

President except for George George for except President what should be on the seal, a bald bald a seal, the on be should what

is supposedly named for. Artists Artists for. named supposedly is

the home of every United States States United every of home the After 6 years of discussion about about discussion of years 6 After

the Samuel Wilson that Uncle Sam Sam Uncle that Wilson Samuel the

States. The White House has been been has House White The States. seal to represent the new country. country. new the represent to seal

with a goatee looks nothing like like nothing looks goatee a with

most famous home in the United United the in home famous most decided that America needed a a needed America that decided

history. The tall, white-haired man man white-haired tall, The history.

Washington D.C., is possibly the the possibly is D.C., Washington 1776, the Founding Fathers Fathers Founding the 1776,

United States, has an interesting interesting an has States, United

Pennsylvania Avenue in in Avenue Pennsylvania Declaration of Independence in in Independence of Declaration

that has come to represent the the represent to come has that

The White House, at 1600 1600 at House, White The

After the signing of the the of signing the After

Uncle Sam, a well-known image image well-known a Sam, Uncle

Mount Rushmore Washington Monument Lincoln Memorial

rock. rock. . states.

Lincoln Memorial. Memorial. Lincoln

dynamite to blast away tons of of tons away blast to dynamite 50 the represent to flags 50 are

Speech” from the steps of the the of steps the from Speech”

memorial was created using using created was memorial Monument Washington the of base

gave his famous “I Have a Dream Dream a Have “I famous his gave

years later in 1941. Most of the the of Most 1941. in later years the At problems. money continued

example, Martin Luther King, Jr. Jr. King, Luther Martin example,

and was not completed until 14 14 until completed not was and of because 1884 until completed

have taken place here. For For here. place taken have

This huge project began in 1927 1927 in began project huge This not was it but 1848, 4, July

completion, many important events events important many completion,

Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln. Abraham and Roosevelt, on monument this on began Work

memorial in 1914. Since it’s it’s Since 1914. in memorial

Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Theodore Jefferson, Thomas D.C. Washington in Monument

Construction began on this this on began Construction

George Washington, Washington, George presidents Washington the than taller –

is a statue of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln. Abraham of statue a is

United States’ most admired admired most States’ United structure a building from anybody

leading up to it. Inside the building building the Inside it. to up leading

high rock carving of four of the the of four of carving rock high prevents that law a is there

with 36 columns and 145 steps steps 145 and columns 36 with

the United States. It is a 60 foot foot 60 a is It States. United the and D.C., Washington in building

the Civil War. It is a huge building building huge a is It War. Civil the

development, and preservation of of preservation and development, tallest the is It Washington.

Lincoln, who was President during during President was who Lincoln,

celebrating the birth, growth, growth, birth, the celebrating George Country, our of Father the

President, Abraham Abraham President, 16 our

in the Black Hills of South Dakota Dakota South of Hills Black the in honor to built building tall foot 555

The Lincoln Memorial honors honors Memorial Lincoln The

Mount Rushmore is a memorial memorial a is Rushmore Mount a is Monument Washington The

These activities require students to refer back to the cards in order to be successful at answering the questions. Answer keys for three of the activities are included. Some activities do not have answer keys because the answers will vary depending on the student.

© 2014 Kalena Baker. All rights reserved. American Symbols Use the information from the trading cards to list which American symbols you can find where. Do not include the flag, the bald eagle, or Uncle Sam as these symbols do not have a fixed location. Washington D.C. Pennsylvania South Dakota New York

On the map, label all of the places where you can find one of the above American symbols.

© 2014 Kalena Baker. All rights reserved. American Symbols Think about what information you already knew from the trading cards, and what information you learned from the trading cards. List 3 things you already knew and 3 things you learned.

3 Things I Already Knew 3 Things I Learned 1. ______1. ______

2. ______2. ______

3. ______3. ______

Look at the heights of the following symbols: Many of the symbols honor a past President. Find the symbols that honor a President, and 1. Statue of Liberty use that information to fill in the chart below. 2. Mount Rushmore 3. Washington Monument President(s) the Fill in the chart below, putting these 3 symbols American Symbol Symbol Honors in order from shortest to tallest.

American Symbol Height (in feet)

Which of the symbols was created in a country other Which of the symbols would have to be adjusted if the than the United States? United States gained a new state?

______

Why would these symbols have to be adjusted? Which of the symbols became popular from an army ______recruiting poster? ______

Where did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his famous “I Have a Dream Speech?” What four Presidents make up Mount Rushmore? . ______Which of the symbols was created using dynamite? ______

Which of the symbols has a crack on it? Which one of the symbols is home to the President? ______

American Symbol Why It Is Important

The American flag is important because it represents American Flag freedom in the United States.

© 2014 Kalena Baker. All rights reserved. American Symbols Choose any 5 dates from the trading cards, and then use those dates to create a timeline below. Be sure to put the dates in order and explain what happened on each date.

© 2014 Kalena Baker. All rights reserved. American Symbols Of all of the symbols on the trading cards, which one represents the United States best? Justify your thinking. Be sure to include details from the trading cards in your answer.

______

© 2014 Kalena Baker. All rights reserved. American Symbols Choose 2 trading cards, and then compare and contrast them using the Venn Diagram. Then, write a short paragraph explaining the most important similarities and differences between the 2 American symbols.

American Symbol:______American Symbol:______

______© 2014 Kalena Baker. All rights reserved. American Symbols Choose a trading card, and read it carefully. Then, write 2 facts and 1 fib about that symbol, in any order you want. See if a partner can find the fib!

American Symbol: American Symbol: ______

1. ______1. ______

2. ______2. ______

3. ______3. ______

© 2014 Kalena Baker. All rights reserved. American Symbols Choose 5 American Symbol trading cards, and rank them in order from which symbol is the most important to the United States, to which is the the least important. Defend your thinking.

Most Important Symbol Justify your rankings. Be sure to explain the reasoning for the placement of all of the symbols. 1. ______2. ______3. ______4. ______5. ______Least Important Symbol ______

White House

On the map, label all of South New Dakota York the places Pennsylvania where you can find one Washington D.C. of the above American symbols.

Students might need some assistance with Washington D.C. © 2014 Kalena Baker. All rights reserved. American Symbols Use the information from the trading cards to answer the questions below. Many of the symbols honor a President. Find Look at the heights of the following symbols the symbols that honor a President, and use : that information to fill in the chart below. 1. Statue of Liberty Some students might include the White House 2. Mount Rushmore as a symbol that honors all of the Presidents. 3. Washington Monument President(s) the Fill in the chart below, putting these 3 symbols American Symbol Symbol Honors in order from shortest to tallest.

George Washington, American Symbol Height (in feet) Mount Thomas Jefferson, Rushmore Theodore Roosevelt, Mount Abraham Lincoln Rushmore 60 Feet Washington George Statue of Monument Washington 305 Feet Liberty

Washington Lincoln Memorial Abraham Lincoln 555 Feet Monument

Which of the symbols was created in a country other Which of the symbols would have to be adjusted if the than the United States? United States gained a new state?

______Statue of Liberty ______American Flag ______Liberty Bell ______Washington Monument

Why would these symbols have to be adjusted? Which of the symbols became popular from an army ______The flag has 50 stars, and the Washington recruiting poster? ______Monument has 50 flags, to represent the 50 states. ______Uncle Sam ______A new star and flag would have to be added if the ______United States gained a new state.

Where did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his famous “I Have a Dream Speech?” What four Presidents make up Mount Rushmore? . ______Lincoln Memorial ______George Washington ______Thomas Jefferson Which of the symbols was created using dynamite? ______Theodore Roosevelt ______Mount Rushmore ______Abraham Lincoln

Which of the symbols has a crack on it? Which one of the symbols is home to the President? ______Liberty Bell ______White House