U.S Heritage Award

U.S Heritage Award

Our kids can not only earn their keys and ribbons for completing assignments in our Key of Liberty class but they can also receive the U.S Heritage Award medal for completing the requirements below. We worked on some of them today by playing "U.S History Bowl" which made it fun.

REQUIREMENTS: To earn the United States Heritage Award you must: 1. Tell when the Declaration of Independence was adopted. 2. Tell when the Constitution of the United States was signed. 3. Know the first two verses of the national anthem “The Star Spangled Banner.”     Tell who wrote it and when. 4. Know the Pledge of Allegiance. Explain what it means. 5. The United States Flag:     a. Tell what the thirteen stripes represent. Please list all thirteen.     b. From 1795 to 1818 there was something different about the US Flag.         Find out what it was and why it was changed.     c. Explain three proper ways of displaying the United States flag.     d. Tell how you show respect for the United States flag. 6. Do one of the following:     a. Find out what the parts of the flag are called. Draw a picture         showing the following: • Canton • Flag Staff • Fly •Grommet • Field (or     Ground) • Peak • Fly End • Union • Hoist • Truck • Finial • Halyard     b. Write a short story or poem about one of the following topics :         Why America Is Special To Me,         What It Means to Be An American,                   What It Means To Be Free, If I Were President. 7. Make a list of the 50 states of the United States of America. 8. Name the current President, Vice-President, and the Speaker of the House. 9. Name the two Senators for your state and the representative for your     congressional district. 10. Render a service that benefits a neighborhood or community.

     Can you believe a 14 year old girl wrote a book explaining each Article and Section of the Constitution in her own words?  Meet Juliette Turner at http://www.constitutingamerica.org/. Read her book  Our Constitution Rocks!

     We will be making a video in which our class will get a chance to recite parts of the Declaration they've memorized.  We divided the kids into groups and each group chose two injuries of King George listed in the Declaration that they will act out for the video.  We will then send the video to http://www.constitutingamerica.org/ to introduce our amazing class!  

Homework:

1.  John Adams colloquium postponed until November 1st.
2. Opinion paper: What is more important, your family or your country?

Presentation: Kaylee

Devotional: Timothy