SOCIAL STUDIES TEST BOOKLET 2 5 DOCUMENT-BASED …

1 5 THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKGRADE 5 ELEMENTARY-LEVEL SOCIAL STUDIES TESTBOOKLET 2 DOCUMENT-BASED QUESTION (DBQ)NOVEMBER 17, 2009 Student Name School Name Print your name and the name of your school on the lines test has three parts. Today you will take Part III of the III is based on several III Acontains the documents. Each document is followed byone or more questions.

2 Write your answer to each question in thistest BOOKLET in the space provided. You will use your answers to thequestions to help you write the III Bcontains one essay question based on the your answer to this question in the separate essay answerbooklet, beginning on the first page of the will have 1 hours to answer the questions in BOOKLET 2 andwrite your NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO 2009 THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKTHE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENTALBANY, NEW YORK 1223412 grade 5 SOCIAL STUDIES Nov.

3 09[2]Part IIIDOCUMENT-BASED QUESTIOND irections:The task below is based on documents 1 through 7. This task isdesigned to test your ability to work with historical at each document and answer the question or questions aftereach document. Use your answers to the questions to help writeyour Background:Throughout the history of the United States, the American flag has beenan important symbol of freedom and democracy for its :For Part A, read eachdocument carefully and answer the question orquestions after each document.

4 Then read the directions for Part B andwrite your Part B, use your answers to the questions in Part A, the informationfrom the documents, and your knowledge of SOCIAL STUDIES to write a well-organized essay in your own words. In your essay, you should Write about the history of the United States flagand its importance as a symbol of the UnitedStatesGrade 5 SOCIAL STUDIES Nov. 09[3][OVER] grade 5 SOCIAL STUDIES Nov. 09[4]Part AShort-Answer QuestionsDirections:Read each document and answer the question or questions that follow each document in the space 1 The Flag s BirthdayOn June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress authorizedthe use of a new flag to symbolize [represent] the newly formedUnited States of America.

5 At the time, the flag consisted ofthirteen stripes, alternating red and white, and a union ofthirteen white stars on a blue field. Although Congress changedthe flag several times between 1777 and 1959, June 14 isconsidered the birthday of the original American flag..Source: Editors of , The Care and Display of the American Flag, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2004 (adapted)1 What did the first American flag represent? [ ]_____17771959 Source: Patricia Ryon Quiri, The American Flag, Children s Press, 1998 (adapted)ScoreGrade 5 SOCIAL STUDIES Nov. 09[5][OVER]Document 2 After 1818, more and more states joined the Union.

6 But if anew stripe were added for each new state, the flag would get toobig. Congressman Peter H. Wendover of New York City had anidea. He suggested that the number of stripes should always bethirteen in honor of the thirteen original [colonies] states, andthat a star should be added for each new state that joined theUnion..Source: Patricia Ryon Quiri, The American Flag, Children s Press, 19982aWhat do the stripeson the flag represent? [ ]_____bWhat do the starson the flag represent? [ ]_____ScoreScoreGrade 5 SOCIAL STUDIES Nov. 09[6]Document 3.

7 Every part of our [United States] Flag has a meaning whichwe American citizens should be able to read. The blue field andits fifty white stars stand for the Union of our fifty states, thatis, for the United States of America. The thirteen stripes of redand white stand for the thirteen original colonies, which becamethe first thirteen states of the United States. The colors of theFlag are also symbolic. For hundreds of years red has been thecolor for courage. The red in our Flag represents courage, too the courage of our forefathers who fought for independence, thecourage of patriots who died for their country, and the courage ofall the brave men and women who helped to build our stands for liberty the spirit of America.

8 Blue, true blue,is the color of the heavens and stands for loyalty the loyaltyof all Americans to their country and their , liberty, loyalty this is the message that the Red,White, and Blue has for us..Source: Brown and Guadagnolo, America Is My Country, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961 3aWhat does the redon our flag represent? [ ]_____bWhat does the whiteon our flag represent? [ ]_____cWhat does the blueon our flag represent? [ ]_____ScoreScoreScoreGrade 5 SOCIAL STUDIES Nov. 09[7][OVER]Document 4 The original pledge to the flag was written and published in 1892.

9 When peoplerecite the Pledge of Allegiance, they are promising to be loyal to the United Statesof America. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of Americaand to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God,indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Source: are people promising to do when they say the Pledge of Allegiance? [ ]_____ScoreGrade 5 SOCIAL STUDIES Nov. 09[8]Document 5 Displaying the Flag Raise it quickly and lower itslowly with ceremony. Do not let it touch anythingbeneath it the ground, the floor,or water.

10 Do not place an object or symbol ofany kind above the flag. Display it from sunrise to sunset. Display it at night only if properlylighted. Do not display it in bad weatherunless it is on this document, list tworules for displaying the flag. [ , ](1)_____(2)_____Source: Patricia Ryon Quiri, The American Flag,Children s Press, 1998 (adapted)ScoreScoreGrade 5 SOCIAL STUDIES Nov. 09[9][OVER]Document 6 The Star-Spangled Banner became our national anthem in 1931. The wordswere written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812. He was happy to seethe flag still flying at the end of a battle with Great Britain.