Welcome to our In the Know topic for July, Fourth of July. You may wish to take a look at other grade spans and recommend articles to students that are below or above their grade’s reading level.
Grades K-1 look at how people celebrate the Fourth of July.
Grades 2-3 explore what it means to be American.
Grades 4-5 look at the debate about what patriotism means in America today.
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Photo Credit: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, LOC, Prints and Photographs Division
