Americas Greatest Treasure

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The Statue of Liberty

• Americas Greatest Treasure

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The Statue of Liberty

• Key Terms
• History
• Construction
• "Liberty Enlightening the World"
• Map
• The Size of the Statue
• Web Activity
• Bibliography

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Key Terms

• Independence
• Freedom from outside control. The American
  Revolution was fought for independence from
  England.
• Liberty
• freedom from control by another government. The
  American colonies fought for liberty from
  England.
• The American Revolution
• the war of 1775-83 in which the American colonies
  won their independence from Great Britain.  
• Sculptor
• an artist who makes sculptures.

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History of the Statue of Liberty

• The Statue of Liberty was given to the United
  States by France to celebrate the of the
  friendship that formed between the 2 nations
  during the American Revolution.
• It was supposed to be given to mark the
  centennial anniversary of the United States
  independence from England.
• However, because the two nations had trouble
  raising the money needed to build the statue, it
  arrived 10 years after the 100th anniversary in
  1886.

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The Construction of the Statue of Liberty

• The statue was transported from France to the
  United States and was re-assembled on a new
  pedestal that took four months to do.
• The Statue was placed on a pedestal inside the
  courtyard of Fort Wood on what is today Ellis
  Island, New York.
• On October 28th, 1886 the statue was unveiled.

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"Liberty Enlightening the World"

• Auguste Bartholdi
• Was the sculptor that designed the statue of
  liberty.
• The title of the statue is "Liberty Enlightening
  the World"
• The statue is a symbol of liberty especially to
  all the immigrants who have came to the United
  States in search of liberty and freedom.

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Can you locate the statue of liberty?
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The Size of the Statue

• Heel to top of head
• 111 feet and 1 inch tall!
• Length of hand
• 16 feet 5 inches long.
• Length of nose
• 4 feet and 6 inches long
• Width of mouth
• 3 feet wide

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Web Activity

• Virtual Fieldtrip to the Statue of Liberty
• http//www.ucs.louisiana.edu/hah9062/vftlesson.PD
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• Study Guide for Virtual Fieldtrip
• http//www.ucs.louisiana.edu/hah9062/vftstudy.PDF
  

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Bibliography

• PBS. Liberty Today. 1997. http//www.pbs.org/ktca/
  liberty/libertytoday/today4.html.(25, October
  2003).
• Wordsmyth. Wordsymth Childrens Dictionary. 2002.
  http//www.wordsmyth.net/live/home.php(25,
  October 2003).
• Teaching Portfolio of Hillary Bordelon . Virtual
  Fieldtrip to the statue of liberty for a third
  grade class.2002. http//www.ucs.louisiana.edu/ha
  h9062/vftlesson.PDF. (25, October 2003).
• Teaching Portfolio of Hillary Bordelon . Virtual
  Fieldtrip to the statue of liberty for a third
  grade class.2002.http//www.ucs.louisiana.edu/hah
  9062/vftstudy.PDF. (25, October 2003).
• MSN Learning and Research. Maps Center. 2003.
  http//encarta.msn.com/xmedia/onlinemaps/Max/comp/
  T627960A.gif. (25, October 2003).
• American Park Network. History Statue of Liberty.
  2001.
• http//www.americanparknetwork.com/parkinfo/sl/his
  tory/liberty.html. (25, October 2003).