WHERE FREEDOM SPEAKS: Sample Lessons and Worksheets

Levels 2 and 3

Using the picture of the Statue of Freedom and the information on pages 4 and 54-57 of We, the People, answer the following questions:
1. Who was Thomas Crawford?
2. What is the importance of the date December 2, 1863? (hint)
3. What objects does Freedom have in her hands? What is the significance of these objects?
4. How would you describe her expression?
5. Why do you think she is dressed in classical clothing?
6. Describe her headdress.
7. Why was there controversy over her headdress? (hint)
8. She faces eastward on the Capitol Dome. From what you have read in We, The People, why do you think this was done?
9. What does the statue symbolize to you personally?

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