Teacher Susie Estrada
Hope this page helps makes learning fun and interesting.
Introduction
Lets have fun with America symbols,
Symbols here, symbols there, symbols everywhere. Have you ever noticed certain symbols all around us? Or have you ever wondered their meaning and why they are important to our country? Well lets find out together some facts about these important marks in history.
Task
Your task is to give me 2 facts about the America symbols I have provided for you. Which are:
1. Declaration of Independence
2. Money (Dollar bills & coins)
3. Statue of Liberty
4. America Flag
5. The Alamo
6. Bald eagle
7. Liberty bell
8. Mount Rushmore
9. Star Spangle Banner
10. White House
Also I just don't mean, simple basic facts.. Try to get instresting facts because, I want an essay with the information you have gather from all the symbols. So pick your symbols that you enjoyed most and write a 1 1/2 essay paper.
Process
Some of the website links I want you to use will be the following:
https://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/symbols/
https://statesymbolsusa.org/us/symbols/national
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZwlTsiKScU
Click on each link and start writing down facts that get your attention. Have fun with the assignment, try to be unique from the rest of the class.
Evaluation
The way I will evaluate this assignment is by how you write your essay. Make sure its 1 1/2 pages, it's 12 font and double space.
1. 2 facts per symbol
2. Make sure to have all your parts of an essay, (Introduction, 3 body paragraphs and your conclusion)
Criteria |
Points Possible |
Points Received |
| Neatness | 10 | |
| Follow directions | 25 | |
| 5 paragraphs | 20 | |
| no mistakes | 20 | |
| 2 facts per symbols | 25 | |
| Total | 100 | Grade |
Conclusion
The conclusion of this project is to learn about America symbols, learn some facts and learn why they are important to America.
Credits
Links that were used to help with this project.
https://statesymbolsusa.org/us/symbols/national