Essential Question: How do historic places, documents, and symbols represent our nation?
In this module, students will listen to, read, and view a variety of texts and media that present them with information about important U.S. documents and symbols.
A genre focus on nonfiction provides students with opportunities to identify central idea, text structure, and media techniques in order to better understand unfamiliar texts. Students will also encounter videos to build knowledge across genres.
As students build their vocabulary and synthesize topic knowledge, they will learn more about our country's history and how various symbols came to represent the values and ideals of the United States.