June 29, 2011: American Symbols

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Activities:

1. Write the words "This is America!" in the center of a piece of paper. Then paste newspaper words and pictures that show symbols of America around your sentence.

2. What is your favorite American symbol? Write a few sentences explaining why.

3. Circle items in the newspaper that could be used as symbols for America's (a) beauty, (b) people, (c) foods, and (d) sports.

4. Design a new symbol for America. Draw it on a piece of paper and write a paragraph explaining what your symbol represents.

5. Use the Internet to learn about the symbols for your state. Create a poster showing the symbols. Write a paragraph describing how the symbols represent your state.

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them. This week's standard:

• Students understand how democratic values are exemplified by symbols.(U.S. History)
  
  
  (standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)