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Acknowledgments

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Thanks to the amnesty coordinators and instructors of the Los Angeles Community College District and surrounding schools for supporting this project and offering helpful suggestions, as well as to Victoria Richart of Los Angeles Mission College and the Los Angeles and Orange County curriculum committee for the creation of complete course outlines and guidelines. Special appreciation goes to Jon Hendershot of Los Angeles Southwest College and Jack Fujimoto of the LACCD for initiation of the project.

And as usual, thanks to the hard-working staff and freelancers:

John Dermody for research and initial drafts, Pat Campbell for editing, Terry Wilson for expressive artwork, Suzette Mahr for typesetting, Anthony Thorne-Booth for falling in love with the new computer,

Chuck Alessio for putting it all together, and all of us for long, long workdays and evenings.

In advance, appreciation goes to Dick Patchin of Delta System and the sales staff for enthusiasm and being out there.

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CONTENTS

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About the U.S.A.

Published by the Office of English Language Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the United States Department of State, Washington, DC 20547

Author
Elaine Kirn

Copyright 1989 by Author and Editors and Etcetera Graphics

ENGLISH THROUGH CITIZENSHIP: Student Book Intermediate Level A. Elaine Kirn. 1989. McHenry, Illinois: Delta Systems Co., Inc.

ENGLISH THROUGH CITIZENSHIP: Student Book Intermediate Level B. Elaine Kirn. 1989. McHenry, Illinois: Delta Systems Co., Inc.

Selected by Tom Miller and adapted by Frank Smolinski and Damon Anderson with permission from Delta Systems Company, Inc.

UNIT 1
Symbols and Holidays

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A The Flag of the United States

1. 
   This is the British (English) flag. Before the American Revolution, it was the flag of the thirteen American colonies.
2. 
   This was the Great Union Flag. It was the flag of the American army during the Revolutionary War. The flag of England was in the corner. The red and white stripes were symbols for the thirteen American colonies.
3. 
   Some people say that Betsy Ross made the first American flag. In the corner, there were thirteen white stars in a field of blue. The new flag also had seven red stripes and six white stripes.
4. 
   During the War of 1812 the flag had fifteen stars and fifteen stripes for the fifteen states. After a battle Francis Scott Key wrote a song about the American flag. The Star-Spangled Banner became the national anthem of the United States.
5. 
   The United States grew and admitted more states to the Union. Now the flag has thirteen stripes for the thirteen original colonies and fifty stars for the fifty states.
6. 
   American citizens and immigrants sometimes recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. The pledge is a promise of loyalty to the United States.

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

B Write T for true and F for false. Correct the false sentences.

1. T Before the American Revolution, the British flag was the flag of the thirteen American colonies.

2. ___ The Great Union flag was the flag of England during the Revolutionary War.

3. ___ Some people say that Abraham Lincoln made the first American flag.

4. ___ The Star-Spangled Banner is a song about the Liberty Bell and the Statue of Liberty.

5. ___ The flag of the United States now has thirteen stars for the American colonies and fifty stripes for the fifty states.

6. ___ The Pledge of Allegiance is a promise of loyalty to the United States.

C Write the words from the box.

blue

stars

colonies

Revolution

white

stripes

Union

anthem

The British flag was the flag of the thirteen American (1) colonies before the American (2) . During the Revolutionary War, the red and (3) stripes were symbols of these colonies on the Great (4) flag. The first American flag had thirteen (5) in a field of (6) . In the War of 1812, the flag had fifteen stars and (7) . Now the Star-Spangled Banner is the national (8) of the United States.

D Number the flags 15 in time order. Tell about each flag.

E More American Symbols

1. 
   The delegates of the thirteen American colonies planned the Declaration of Independence, and Thomas Jefferson wrote it. The document declared the independence (separation) of the colonies from England.
2. 
   Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, and the delegates signed the document on July 4, 1776. The Liberty Bell in the State House in Philadelphia rang out on that day.
3. 

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