Today we read a nonfiction book, The Statue of Liberty by Lisa M. Herrington. This informative book contained real pictures of the statue now and in its development. We supported this book with a Brain Pop Jr. video. In these two presentations, we learned that the statue represents freedom and stands to welcome our land's newcomers. Its seven rays on the crown represent the seven continents and seven seas. We saw that the statue was built in France and then taken apart to ship to the United States. The 350 pieces were sent in 214 boxes. It weighs 225 tons, the equivalent of 45 elephants. It is made of copper which has turned green due to water and air exposure. Morgan scored 4/5 on the follow-up easy quiz and we added this to her American Symbols booklet.