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United States LandmarksBy: Katie E. Wright
ED 417-02
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Unit of Landmarks
• Grade Level: 2nd grade• Lesson: Learning the importance of
some of the United States landmarks and understanding the ideals that each of them represent.
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Objective
• The students will be able to explain the importance of landmarks in the United States and the ideals that they represent.
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Materials Needed
• Presentation slides• Paper, pencils, markers, crayons• Blank postcards• Jeopardy game on smartboard• Posterboard• Map of the United States of America.
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Websites
• www.ushistory.org• www.monticello.org• www.pbs.org• www.whitehouse.gov• www.historic-landmarks.com
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Activity #1
• Make a book using information from the presentation slides.
• Facts and pictures should be drawn and written on their own.
• Include a cover page and an about the author page.
• Publish for the students to use as a reference for future activities.
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Activity #2
• Create a postcard.• Pick one landmark from the
presentation slides and have the students write to someone about where they have been and what they have seen.
• Be sure to include at least one detail about the landmark of their choice.
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Activity #3
• Play Jeopardy.• Create the game using a smartboard.
You can separate class into teams, but be sure they know this is for learning purposes and not about winning or losing.
• Use this a way to help the students review their US landmarks.
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Activity #4
• Have the students create their own landmark.
• Make sure they are able to describe why the landmark they make has a purpose.
• They can present their landmark in a poster presentation.
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Activity #5
• Map Worksheet.• Have a blank map of the United States
of America.• Allow students to review presentation
slides and place proper keys to indicate where each landmark is on the map.
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Presentation Slides:
• Washington Monument• Lincoln Memorial• Jefferson Memorial• Statue of Liberty• Mount Rushmore• Liberty Bell
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Washington MonumentWashington D.C.
• Built to remember our 1st president, George Washington.
• Honors George Washington as the Father of Our Country.
• It is about 555 feet tall and has a pointed top.
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Lincoln MemorialWashington D.C.
• Built to remember Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president.
• Honors his work to end slavery.
• A 19 foot statue that shows President Lincoln sitting in a chair.
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Jefferson Memorial
• Built to remember our 3rd president, Thomas Jefferson.
• President Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence.
• Built the plantation, Monticello.
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Statue of LibertyNew York City
• The seven spikes on the crown represent the light of liberty shining on the seven seas and continents.
• The torch stands for lighting the way to freedom.
• The tablet shows the date the Declaration of Independence was signed.
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Mount RushmoreSouth Dakota
• Honors George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
• Faces are about 60 feet tall.
• About 400 workers help build the monument.
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Liberty BellPennsylvania
• Rang in 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was signed.
• Rang for many years until it cracked in 1835.
• You can see the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia.