The Statue of Liberty stands in New York Harbor. But did you know that she’s not just standing? In fact, the heel of her right foot is lifted, as if she’s about to take a step. But where would she be going?
Get the facts and have some fun thinking about where Lady Liberty might go with Her Right Foot (Chronicle Books) by Dave Eggers. To win a copy, submit a comment to this blog by 11:59 pm on Wednesday, July 18. In your comment, guess what size shoe the Great Lady would wear. (I’ll give you a hint, it’s less than size 1,000.) You don’t need the right answer to win, so just take a wild guess! One lucky teacher will be randomly selected to win this book.
Here are some monumental freebies, all related to US history, for you to enjoy this week:
Enacted after the Civil War, the 14th Amendment guarantees the rights and privileges of citizenship to anyone born in or naturalized to the United States. The Amendment is 150 years old this year, and the National Constitution Center has a free downloadable calendar packed with historical milestones, holidays, activities, lesson plans, events, and much more. Get yours at constitutioncenter.org/media/files/2018-Civic-CalendarWEB.pdf or click here.
Let Ben Franklin be your guide as students learn about the different branches of government. Ben’s Guide to the US Government includes free games, crossword puzzles, and more. Declare your independence and get started at bensguide.gpo.gov.
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Hope your July 4th holiday includes lots of fireworks, friends, family, fun, and food!
Karen |
PS: Here’s another fun fact from Her Right Foot: the Statue of Liberty was fully assembled in Paris, then taken apart and shipped to the United States. Reassembling her took hundreds of workers 17 months.
I would guess she would wear a size 802. This looks like a great book to go along with all that is going on in our country right now.
A size 242. What a cool book
The Statue of Liberty is walking to light the way to FREEDOM.
She wears a size 878 shoes.
I bet she wears a size 828 shoe. This looks like a neat book!
879, She is a beautiful symbol of our democracy.
827
What a great writing idea! Size 928
I wear a size 8, so my guess is 888. LOL A beautiful symbol of freedom.
That looks like an awesome book! Wow, I thought I had trouble finding shoes! I am going to go with the 999 1/2 shoe size!
875
She wears a size 879.
I am betting on size 776 (reminds me of 1776 and Independence Day). I love teaching about Lady Liberty every May as part of our American symbols unit. This would be a great addition – thanks!
Love that tie-in! 🙂
This is one of my favorite books! Her shoe size would be 704 ~ July 4th’s date in numbers!
Love that tie-in as well! 🙂
678
Her shoe size would be 514! 🙂
714
Hmmm….size 870? Love the idea of this book!
I would think the Statue of Liberty would wear a size 670.
I think her shoe size is 248. This would be an awesome book for my class!
I would guess a 715! American symbols is one of my favorite units!! Would love this book. Thanks!!
900
Her size is 776. I would love to have this book for our USA unit!
How about 476
Someone else said the size that I was going to enter, but I’ll enter it anyway, because I don’t see anything that says two people can’t have the same choice. She wears a size 776 shoe.
682
102
Lady Liberty probably wears a size 750 shoe. I’d love to win this book!
The lady wears a size 972 of course! The book looks really cute!
She wears size 879
I think she would were size 875 extra wide!
757
She wears a 990!!! Thanks!
I think she’d wear a size 997.
I noticed that part of her foot is covered, so maybe size 480.
I got to see “Libby” last December! I love her so much, I cried when I saw her! I think she would wear a size 659!
This books like a great book!
her shoe size would be 1776!
What a fascinating book! I’ll guess Lady Liberty wears a size 400 shoe????
A size that’s bigger than Big Bird, but smaller than Godzilla! I do believe it’s size 879, however it would be impolite to ask her!
879
975
704