Why is the Statue of Liberty Green?

What is the main purpose of the Statue of Liberty?

• to serve as a lighthouse

• to symbolize freedom and democracy

• to commemorate a famous battle

• to mark the entrance to New York Harbor

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

Why is the Statue of Liberty green?

• It has always been green.

• It is made of gold, which reflects the green color of the water around the island.

• It is made of copper, and the weather has changed its color from brown

• It is on an island, and the plants that live on the island coated the statue so it looks green.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.7

What is the Statue of Liberty a symbol of?

• joy

• power

• beauty

• freedom

Fill in the blank with the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence:

We rode the ________________ across the Hudson River to Ellis Island to see the Statue of Liberty.

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.RI.3.4

Fill in the blank with the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence:

The Statue of Liberty is a large ______________________ that was a gift from France.

• monument
• castle

• inspired

• sculptor

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

Fill in the blank with the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence:

The flame on the _______________ of the Statue of Liberty can be seen at night from as far as 12 miles away.

• torch
• monument

• inspired

• declared

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

The setting of the story is __________________.

• on a field trip

• on the beach

• in 1996

• in the country

The genre of this text is a ________________________________.

• narrative nonfiction
• fantasy

• mystery

• Fiction

Another name for the Statue of Liberty is ___________________.

• Lady Liberty

• Lady Enlightening

• Liberty Bell

• Lady New York

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

The author's purpose for writing this story is ______________-.

• to inform

• to persuade

• to entertain

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CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.6