Holidays and History

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Holidays History
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Georgia Performance Standards
(for more information visit www.georgiastandards.org)

 

SSKH1 The student will identify the purpose of national holidays and describe the people or events celebrated.
a. Labor Day
b. Columbus Day (Christopher Columbus)
c. Veterans Day
d. Thanksgiving Day
e. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
f. Presidents Day (George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and the current President)
g. Memorial Day
h. Flag Day
i. Independence Day
SSKH2 The student will identify important American symbols and explain their meaning.
a. The national and state flags (United States and Georgia flags)
b. The bald eagle
c. The Statue of Liberty
d. Lincoln Memorial
e. Washington Monument
f. White House
g. Pledge of Allegiance
h. Star Spangled Banner
SSKH3 The student will correctly use words and phrases related to chronology and time to explain how things change.
a. Now, long ago
b. Before, after
c. Morning, afternoon, night
d. Today, tomorrow, yesterday
e. First, last, next
f. Day, week, month, year
g. Past, present, future

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