Part 1 -Vocabulary-
Part 2- Understandings About the Birth of Our Country
1. There were thirteen British colonies in North America.
2. The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson to declare independence from Great Britain. (Ben Franklin helped!)
3. The Boston Tea Party was where the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw the chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
4. Paul Revere made his ride to warn the colonists that the Redcoats were coming.
5. To know how Redcoats would be coming, colonists put lanterns in the church steeple: “One, if by land, and two, if by sea.” They put out two lanterns!
6. The Fourth of July is a national holiday to celebrate the approval of the Declaration of Independence.
7. According to legend, Betsy Ross sewed the flag for the new nation.
8. The “shot heard round the world” was the beginning of the fighting between the Minutemen and Redcoats.
9. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal...” are the beginning words of the Declaration of Independence.
10. Our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., was named for George Washington.
11. Native Americans, African Americans, and women were not given the same freedoms that colonial men enjoyed in colonial America.
12. The original thirteen colonies became the first thirteen states of the United States of America.
Part 3- Identify who is making these statements. Students will circle the picture or pictures that the sentence describes. See the pictures down below.
1. I was commander in chief of the Continental Army that defeated the British army at Yorktown, winning the war for the Americans. (G.W.)
2. I invented many things, including bifocal glasses, the rocking chair, and the lightning rod. (B.F.)
3. I left Monticello to become the third president of the United States. (T.J.)
4. I loved spending time at Mount Vernon with my wife, Martha. (G.W.)
5. I wrote the Declaration of Independence. (T.J.)
6. I wrote wise sayings and included them in my famous book, Poor Richard’s Almanac. (B.F.)
7. I was the first president of the United States of America. (G.W.)
8. We were Patriots and Founding Fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence. (T.J. and B.F.) (NOT George Washington; he was preparing to fight the British!)
9. Be able to recognize symbols of our country like the Liberty Bell, Bald Eagle, and Statue of Liberty
- Government: The government is the group of people who makes decisions and laws for a larger group of people.
- Representatives: Representatives are the people we send to speak for us in the government.
- Spies: Spies need to work quietly so the people they are watching don’t see them.
- Declaration of Independence: The Declaration of Independence is a document or paper that says that the colonists were not going to a part of Great Britain any more.
- The Stars and Stripes: The Stars and Stripes is the nickname given to the flag of the United States.
- Capital: Washington, D.C., is the capital of the United States.
- President: The president of the United States is a very important leader of our government.
- Justice: When people receive justice, it means they are treated fairly.
- Bald Eagle: The bald eagle is a national symbol for The United States.
- Symbols: The letters of our alphabet are symbols for sounds we hear.
- Freedoms: People usually get more freedoms, or rights, as they get older.
- Independent: Someone who is independent doesn’t need a lot of help to do things!
- Struggled: The mountain climbers struggled to climb the very high mountain.
- Wise: It is wise to take a coat outside on a very cold day.
- Anniversary: The Fourth of July is an important anniversary Americans celebrate every year.
Part 2- Understandings About the Birth of Our Country
1. There were thirteen British colonies in North America.
2. The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson to declare independence from Great Britain. (Ben Franklin helped!)
3. The Boston Tea Party was where the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw the chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
4. Paul Revere made his ride to warn the colonists that the Redcoats were coming.
5. To know how Redcoats would be coming, colonists put lanterns in the church steeple: “One, if by land, and two, if by sea.” They put out two lanterns!
6. The Fourth of July is a national holiday to celebrate the approval of the Declaration of Independence.
7. According to legend, Betsy Ross sewed the flag for the new nation.
8. The “shot heard round the world” was the beginning of the fighting between the Minutemen and Redcoats.
9. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal...” are the beginning words of the Declaration of Independence.
10. Our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., was named for George Washington.
11. Native Americans, African Americans, and women were not given the same freedoms that colonial men enjoyed in colonial America.
12. The original thirteen colonies became the first thirteen states of the United States of America.
Part 3- Identify who is making these statements. Students will circle the picture or pictures that the sentence describes. See the pictures down below.
1. I was commander in chief of the Continental Army that defeated the British army at Yorktown, winning the war for the Americans. (G.W.)
2. I invented many things, including bifocal glasses, the rocking chair, and the lightning rod. (B.F.)
3. I left Monticello to become the third president of the United States. (T.J.)
4. I loved spending time at Mount Vernon with my wife, Martha. (G.W.)
5. I wrote the Declaration of Independence. (T.J.)
6. I wrote wise sayings and included them in my famous book, Poor Richard’s Almanac. (B.F.)
7. I was the first president of the United States of America. (G.W.)
8. We were Patriots and Founding Fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence. (T.J. and B.F.) (NOT George Washington; he was preparing to fight the British!)
9. Be able to recognize symbols of our country like the Liberty Bell, Bald Eagle, and Statue of Liberty