The Eagle on the Great Seal, Read and Answer

Look at the back of a one-dollar bill together and find the eagle before reading. Then check the questions with the answer key.

Read what the olive branch and 13 arrows on the Great Seal's eagle stand for and where to find it. A seal is a special picture that is printed on important papers. The directions on the page read: Read the passage. Then, turn the page and answer the questions. On page 2: Circle the letter of the best answer for questions 1 to 3, and write the answers to questions 4 and 5 on the lines. The answer key covers the questions on page 2.

Yes, both. We made it for 2nd Grade National Symbols, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with The Great Seal. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

A seal is a special picture that is printed on important papers. The Great Seal is printed on important papers of the United States. Leaders chose it in 1782, it is still used today, and you can find it on the back of the one-dollar bill.

In one claw, the eagle on the Great Seal holds an olive branch, which stands for peace. In its other claw it holds 13 arrows, which stand for strength.

E pluribus unum means out of many, one. The words are on a ribbon in the eagle's beak.