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1st grade · Social Studies · Unit 9 of 9

Symbols, Holidays & Voting

Pledge, landmarks, holidays and votes

What your child practices

The Pledge of Allegiance, songs about American ideals, national holidays and the people they honor, landmarks and documents such as the Statue of Liberty and the Constitution, and making rules by voting.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: 1.H4.1 · American symbols, documents, landmarks, holidays and leaders

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. The bald eagle is a symbol of the United States.
  2. Independence Day is on July 4.
  3. We vote on rules, or choose leaders to make them.

Example: We choose leaders to make rules for us. They are… They speak for us. They are called representatives. Answer: representatives

Symbols, Holidays & Voting in Arizona

In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 9 of 9 in 1st grade Social Studies, after School & Travel Long Ago.

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: Arizona Department of Education

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

    The Liberty Bell is in…

    • Philadelphia
    • Los Angeles
    • Chicago
    • Sacramento

  2. Question 2

    The Statue of Liberty welcomes people who…

    • come to live in America
    • sail to the Moon
    • fly kites
    • catch fish

  3. Question 3

    Which paper sets up our country's government?

    • the Constitution
    • a postcard
    • a library card
    • a map key

  4. Question 4

    Which paper says the colonies were free from Britain?

    • the Declaration of Independence
    • a menu
    • a grocery list
    • a comic book

  5. Question 5

    Which famous bridge is in San Francisco?

    • a rope bridge
    • the Brooklyn Bridge
    • the Golden Gate Bridge
    • the London Bridge

  6. Question 6

    "E pluribus unum" means…

    • out of many, one
    • stop and go
    • good morning
    • the end

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