5th Grade Skills
Introduction:
Have you ever wondered...
Where did we get the Statue of Liberty?
Why is the U.S. flag red, white and blue?
How did the Liberty Bell get a crack in it?
Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
In this webquest, you will visit various websites to learn the answers to these questions and many more. You will learn about important American symbols and how they came to be important.
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Task:
You will be working in a pair or group.
Your teacher will provide you with an Information Sheet to take notes
with.
Read through the list of American
Symbols (in the Resources and
Links section) and
choose four to research. Make sure that at least two of
them are
new to you.
Click on the links below to visit the
Internet sites to research the
symbols.
Take
notes on all four that you'll need for your brochure.
Brochure:
After you have traveled around the country and researched four symbols
to include in your brochure, you will create it. The brochure
should give others important information about the symbols of America.
1. Fold a piece of paper into thirds.
2. On the front flap, title your brochure TRAVELING AMERICA by
________________________________.
3. Then, using the four other sections, decribe the four symbols
that you have chosen and researched. Include an illustration of
the symbol, and the facts that you have gathered (location, meaning,
history, etc.). Use one section for each symbol.
4. Decorate all of the pages in your brochure in red, white and
blue.
Click here for an example.
Resources and Links:
The Bald Eagle
The Flag 
The Liberty Bell 
The Lincoln Memorial 
Mount Rushmore 
The National Anthem 
The Pledge of Allegiance 
Statue of Liberty 
The Tomb of the Unknowns 
Uncle Sam 
The Vietnam War Memorial 
The Washington Monument 
The White House 
Information Page
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Evaluation
Students will be evaluated on the information that they present in a
whole class presentation.
Students need to have a completed brochure about four (4) American
Symbols.
Students should follow directions when decorating the brochure.
Click here for a copy of the rubric.
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Conclusion
Now that you have visited
different symbols of the United
States, you can share your Traveling America Brochure with others in
your class and school. Congratulations!
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Barry Elementary School, Cortland, New York.
Summer 2006