SS Wk 11 - Freedom Week

Thomas Jefferson wrote most of _________.

• The Declaration of Independence

• Yankee Doodle Dandy

• the Armistice of November 11 at 11a.m.

• Oklahoma’s “Celebrate Freedom Week”

Based on what you have learned about Celebrate Freedom Week, why is it important for students to honor veterans?

• Veterans have made sacrifices for our country and we should honor them.

• There wasn't enough holidays during the school year.

• Scott Milford thought that all third graders in Oklahoma should read his interview.

• Oklahoma is the place where all veterans go when they retire.

What are some ways that students can honor veterans?

a: sing patriotic songs

b: take care of important places like Fort Ticonderoga

c: recite the social contract of The Declaration of Independence

d: all of the above

• sing patriotic songs

• take care of important places like Fort Ticonderoga

• recite the social contract of The Declaration of Independence

• all of the above

In 1918, people celebrated Armistice Day by dancing in the streets and singing songs because ______.

• the soldiers were coming home

• World War I was over

• both A and B

• none of the above

What are the "unalienable Rights"?

• the truths to be self-evident

• Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness

• secure these rights

• Governments are instituted among Men

What does the contract mean by "all men are created equal"?

• The “men” are supposed to mean everyone – men, women, boys and girls.

• The “men” are supposed to mean only the Founding Fathers.

• The “men” are supposed to mean only people between the ages of 21 and 91.

• The “men” are supposed to mean men and women who live in Canada.

Why was Armistice Day changed to Veterans Day?

• Congress never changed the name, it has always been called Veterans Day.

• The U.S. Congress flipped a coin to decide what the holiday should be called.

• The United States has not been in any wars, but Congress changed the name because it sounded better.

• The United States has been in more wars, so Congress later changed the name of the holiday to Veterans Day to remember and honor veterans of all the armed forces every year.

According to this social contract, how does our government gain power?

• from the governed (the citizens)

• from their Creator

• from the Statue of Liberty

• none of the above

The United States has five branches of the armed forces. They are _______.

• executive, legislative, judicial, presidential and NASA

• Army, Marines, Coast Guard, Navy and the Air Force

• Coast Guard, executive, Marines, planes and ships

• Army, Navy, polar white, camouflage and aquamarine

Veterans have had to make __________ for our country to preserve and protect our freedom

• cookies

• sacrifices

• lunch

• cakes