Welcome to Havre de Grace Elementary School’s ! To be a patriot means to: o value and maintain the national identify, culture, and customs of your country o give back to your community by contributing time, talent, or resources to improve your community o love, support, and defend our country and its interests with devotion ! *Please keep this packet at home in a safe place. Use the summary checklist below to keep track of your child’s progress. *All testing will take place from 9:00-9:30 a.m. starting the week of October 14. If you are interested in testing students during that time (one day per week), please contact Joann Bolen at 410-939-6616. ! Fifth Grade Summary of Requirements: Check off as your child completes 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. United States Flag 3. Patriotic Song 4. Symbols, Monuments, Landmarks, and Places 5. Presidents 6. Government Officials and Citizenship 7. Map of U.S. 8. Community Service Requirement 1 The Pledge of Allegiance Complete part a and part b of this requirement. a) Be able to correctly recite “The Pledge of Allegiance” for your tester. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. b) Rewrite the words to The Pledge of Allegiance – see attached page Requirement 2 United States Flag Complete the attached worksheet on the evolution of the United States Flag. Turn the worksheet into your tester when it is finished. Requirement 3 Patriotic Song Memorize and be prepared to sing or recite the first stanza of “The Star Spangled Banner” for your tester. Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Requirement 4 Symbols, Monuments, Landmarks, and Places Be prepared to tell your tester the city and state for each landmark below. Complete the chart below and use it as a study guide. Landmark City and State Constitution Hall Liberty Bell US Naval Academy Old North Church Independence Hall US State House Yorktown Plymouth Rock Jamestown White House Statue of Liberty Maryland State House Requirement 5 Presidents Turn the booklet into your tester when it is complete. Create a booklet about 5 American Presidents (your choice). On each page of the booklet include the name of the president, their picture and a paragraph containing date and place of birth, family, education, dates of presidency, important events during presidency and any cool facts that you have learned about the presidents you chose. Requirement 6 Government Officials and Citizenship Turn the letter into your tester when it is complete. Write a letter to a government official of your choice (the president, the governor of Maryland, the mayor of Havre de Grace, the Harford County Executive, etc.) . The letter can be handwritten or typed. The letter should be about an issue that you are concerned about (suggested issues – the environment, healthy lunches, traffic, education, school uniforms, or an issue that you have a concern about.) Requirement 7 Map of the United States Label the attached map of the United States with the 50 states. Study the location of the fifty states. You will have to label a blank map of the United States with the 50 states for your tester. You will need to get an 80% or higher to receive credit for this requirement. Requirement 8 Community Service We are asking that you “pay it forward” in a community activity. It can either be done by donation or volunteering. Complete the attached “Pay It Forward” Record Sheet to your tester after you complete your community service project. Name _______________________ The Pledge of Allegiance Requirement 1 (part b) Rewrite The Pledge of Allegiance in your own words. Turn this sheet into your tester when it is complete. Every morning at school, you stand and say the Pledge of Allegiance. Have you ever stopped to reflect upon what the Pledge of Allegiance is really saying? Please read the meanings below and rewrite the Pledge of Allegiance by substituting these words: Pledge = promise Allegiance = loyalty (to be faithful and true) Republic = a country with elected leaders Nation = a country Indivisible = cannot be separated or divided Liberty = freedom Justice = fairness _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Name ________________________ United States Flag Requirement 2 Complete this worksheet and turn this in to your tester when you finish. The United States Flag throughout History 1. Draw a picture of the original flag from 1776 with the original 13 colonies in the space provided below. 2. List the 13 original colonies from the flag flown in 1776. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Name ________________________ Pay it Forward Record Sheet Requirement 8 This is to verify that ____________________________________________, who is a student at Havre de Grace Elementary School, supported your agency, (name of center)__________________________________________ Write about your volunteer activity. _________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Signed by: _____________________________________________________ Student’s Signature: _____________________________________________ Parent’s Signature: ______________________________________________ Turn this form into your tester when it is complete. .