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Eagle Figure

Eagle Figure

Grade Range: 5-12
Resource Type(s): Artifacts
Date Posted: 8/13/2018


National Standards

Standards in History (Grades K-4)

Topic 3: The History of the United States: Democratic Principles and Values and the People from Many Cultures Who Contributed to Its Cultural, Economic, and Political Heritage

4: How Democratic Values Came to Be, and How They Have Been Exemplified by People, Events, and Symbols
 
4E: The student understands national symbols through which American values and principles are expressed.
 

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