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Grade 2 History and Social Studies Week 12 | Teacher Guide

Grade 2 | HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES

WEEK 12 • TEACHER GUIDE AND ANSWER KEY • DAYS 56–60

Read each lesson aloud with the child and model the worked example before practice. Do not show this key during practice. Accept oral, drawn or written answers where the child cannot yet write the whole answer. On Day 60, read aloud if needed but give no hints.

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Day 56: The American Flag

Standard: SS24.2.13d

Worked example: How many stripes on the flag are red? Worked answer: 7 stripes.

  1. The 13 original colonies.
  2. The 50 states.
  3. A star was added each time a new state joined, so the stars grew as the country grew. The stripes stand for the first 13 colonies, and that number never changes. Accept any answer that links stars to new states and stripes to the first 13.

Teaching note: Look at a real flag together and count the stripes. Point out that one of the 50 stars stands for Alabama.

Day 57: The Bald Eagle

Standard: SS24.2.13d

Practice record: Bald eagle timeline, printed on the Week 12 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: On what important design has the bald eagle appeared since 1782? Worked answer: The Great Seal of the United States.

  1. 2024.
  2. 242 years (2024 – 1782 = 242).
  3. People had called it the national bird, but no law had ever made it official. The law made the title official. Accept any answer about making it official or written into law.

Teaching note: Children often assume the eagle was always the official national bird. This lesson shows how a symbol can be used for a long time before a law names it.

Day 58: The Liberty Bell and the Statue of Liberty

Standard: SS24.2.13d

Practice record: Two symbols of liberty, printed on the Week 12 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: Where does the Liberty Bell hang? Worked answer: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

  1. The people of France.
  2. July 4, 1776.
  3. The verse tells people to proclaim, or announce, liberty to everyone in the land. That is the message the bell stands for: freedom for all. Accept any answer that connects the verse’s call for liberty to the bell’s meaning.

Teaching note: Read Leviticus 25:10 together. In the Bible, the verse announces the year of jubilee, when people were set free and land was returned.

Day 59: Monuments in Washington, D.C.

Standard: SS24.2.13d

Practice record: Monuments timeline, printed on the Week 12 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: Whom does the Washington Monument honor? Worked answer: George Washington, the first President.

  1. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President.
  2. The Lincoln Memorial (1922).
  3. Monuments help people remember the leaders and events that shaped the country, and they teach children what those people did. Accept any answer about remembering, honoring or learning from the past.

Teaching note: Look at photos of both monuments on the National Park Service websites listed in the sources, and talk about how each one honors its President.

Day 60: Independent Check: American Symbols and Monuments

Standard: SS24.2.13d

Worked example: What does a symbol do? Worked answer: It stands for an idea.

  1. 50 stars.
  2. France.
  3. Example: The Liberty Bell stands for freedom for everyone. Its words say to proclaim liberty to all the people, which reminds Americans that freedom matters. Accept any correct symbol or monument with its meaning.

Teaching note: Independent check: read aloud if needed, but give no hints.

Sources

U.S. Government Publishing Office, Ben’s Guide: The American Flag (13 stripes for the original colonies, 50 stars for the states) | PBS NewsHour (Associated Press), Biden signs bill officially anointing bald eagle as national bird, December 24, 2024 (Great Seal since 1782) | National Park Service, Independence National Historical Park: The Liberty Bell | National Park Service, Fact Sheet: Statue of Liberty National Monument (gift from the people of France; dedicated October 28, 1886; tablet reads July 4, 1776) | National Park Service, Washington Monument: History and Culture (completed 1884; honors George Washington) | National Park Service, Lincoln Memorial (dedicated May 30, 1922)

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