The Makor Project K–5 Lesson
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Decode & Timeline

Three Voices, One Country · Grades 3–5

Part ACrack the 1790 sentence

“…which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance…”
bigotry
 
sanction
 
persecution
 
assistance
 
Meanings to choose from: help · hating a group of people for who they are · a yes, approval · hurting people or chasing them out because of who they are
The President is promising that the government will…
He is promising it to…

Part BThe statue speaks

A family is arriving in America today. They have had a long trip. The Statue of Liberty can speak. Write what she says to them. Borrow Emma Lazarus’s words or use your own.

“Give me your…
One word from the poem I used: __________
One word of my own: __________

Part CTimeline cards: cut apart, fill in, put in order

A letter
1790
Written by
Written to
Its promise, in a few words
A poem
1883
Written by
Where it is now
Who is speaking in it
A nurse
1893
Who
Where she worked
What she started
A studio
1915
Built by
He arrived in America in
What it made
A song
1918
Written by
He arrived in New York in
Its title
A scientist
1940
Who
Hitler took power in
What happened in 1940
My voice
20__
Written by
My welcome or my promise, in one line
Word bank: George Washington · Emma Lazarus · Irving Berlin · the Jewish congregation of Newport, Rhode Island · inside the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal · the statue · 1893 · “God Bless America” · no help for hate · Carl Laemmle · 1884 · movies · Albert Einstein · 1933 · he became an American citizen · Lillian Wald · the Lower East Side · nurses who visit people at home