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=//**War of 1812**//= Essential Question: //Why is the American Flag one of the most important symbols in the world?//

1 What is a symbol?
 * an object that represents something else

2 What are some examples of objects that are symbols?
 * flags,hearts,signs

3 What are some thoughts that are conveyed by symbols?

4 Name the three most powerful symbols that you know of and what they symbolize?
 * 1) Heart - love
 * 2) Flag - freedom and justice for all
 * 3) Cross - God

5 When do we create symbols?
 * when we think something is important

6 Why do we create symbols? Or Why do people need symbols?
 * to remember whatever it is symbolic to

7 Why would the American Flag be considered a symbol?
 * everything on it has something to do with america

8 What does it symbolize?
 * 50 states
 * 13 colonies
 * freedom
 * Justice for all

9 The American Flag has been called a “living symbol.” Why?
 * it is the symbol of the declaration of independence.

10 Ask five people of different ages what the American Flag Symbolizes. Record their ages and answers below.