Fun Facts

Scott Foresman Social Studies

Symbols of Our Land

by Barbara L. Luciano

• Our country’s flag has seven red stripes and six white stripes.

• The Statue of Liberty’s hand is more than sixteen feet long!

• The Liberty Bell is made mostly of copper.

Genre Text Features

Nonfi ction • Glossary

• Symbols

ISBN 0-328-17448-3

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In this book you will read about flags, birds, and other symbols. Some are symbols of the state of California. Others are symbols of our country.

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ISBN: 0-328-17448-3

Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.

All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions Department, Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025.

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Write your sentence on another sheet of paper.

Read Together

Write to It!

Draw a picture of a flag. Write one sentence about your flag.

Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions.

Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the property of Scott Foresman, a division of Pearson Education.

Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R), Background (Bkgd)

Opener: Joseph Nettis/Photo Researchers, Inc.; 1 Joseph Nettis/Photo Researchers, Inc.; 2 Brand X Pictures; 3 Gibson Stock Photography; 4 Getty Images; 5 Corbis; 6 Getty Images; 7 Joseph Nettis/Photo Researchers, Inc.

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Symbols of Our Land

by Barbara L. Luciano

Editorial Offices: Glenview, Illinois • Parsippany, New Jersey • New York, New YorkSales Offices: Needham, Massachusetts • Duluth, Georgia • Glenview, Illinois

Coppell, Texas • Sacramento, California • Mesa, Arizona

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Our country’s flag is red, white, and blue. It has stars and stripes.

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California’s state flag has a picture of a bear on it. It also has one red star.

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The bald eagle is our country’s bird. It has a white head and a yellow beak.

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The quail is California’s state bird. It has a black beak.

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This is the Statue of Liberty. She is a symbol of our country. She welcomes people to the United States.

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This is the Liberty Bell. It is a symbol of freedom.

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country a land where a group of people lives

state a part of a country

symbol stands for something

Glossary

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In this book you will read about flags, birds, and other symbols. Some are symbols of the state of California. Others are symbols of our country.

Vocabularycountrystatesymbol

ISBN: 0-328-17448-3

Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.

All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions Department, Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V0G1 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05

Write your sentence on another sheet of paper.

Read Together

Write to It!

Draw a picture of a flag. Write one sentence about your flag.

Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions.

Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the property of Scott Foresman, a division of Pearson Education.

Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R), Background (Bkgd)

Opener: Joseph Nettis/Photo Researchers, Inc.; 1 Joseph Nettis/Photo Researchers, Inc.; 2 Brand X Pictures; 3 Gibson Stock Photography; 4 Getty Images; 5 Corbis; 6 Getty Images; 7 Joseph Nettis/Photo Researchers, Inc.

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