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3rd grade · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 10

Parks, Symbols & Landmarks

From the yellowhammer to the Edmund Pettus Bridge

What your child practices

Alabama's state symbols, state and national parks in Alabama and why they are preserved, and landmarks and monuments in Alabama and the nation.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 3.3; 3.4 · state and national parks in Alabama and their benefits, and state and national symbols, landmarks and monuments

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. The yellowhammer is Alabama’s state bird. Symbols stand for the state.
  2. Parks are preserved to protect nature and history for everyone.
  3. Landmarks include the space and rocket museum in Huntsville and the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma.

Example: Which Alabama city has a famous space and rocket museum? It is in north Alabama, where rockets were built. That city is Huntsville. Answer: Huntsville

Parks, Symbols & Landmarks in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 5 of 10 in 3rd grade Social Studies, after Alabama's Rivers and before People & the Environment.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Horseshoe Bend National Military Park marks the place of a battle in…

    • 1814
    • 1965
    • 1776
    • 1945

  2. Question 2

    The national bird of the United States is the…

    • pelican
    • yellowhammer
    • wild turkey
    • bald eagle

  3. Question 3

    The National Park Service, which runs national parks, was created in…

    • 1916
    • 1492
    • 2010
    • 1819

  4. Question 4

    Parks help a town's economy because visitors…

    • never buy anything
    • spend money on food, gas and hotels
    • close the stores
    • stop paying taxes

  5. Question 5

    The Gateway Arch is in…

    • St. Louis, Missouri
    • Washington, D.C.
    • Montgomery, Alabama
    • Boston, Massachusetts

  6. Question 6

    Alabama's state nut is the…

    • walnut
    • almond
    • pecan
    • peanut

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