Nevada Citizenship Award Details

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1 Nevada Citizenship Award Details The Nevada Citizenship Award is intended to encourage our fourth grade students to learn more about the state in which they live. We hope that the interest shown and knowledge gained by each student will indeed help them to be better Nevada citizens. This is a self-guided activity. Although some of the projects are required for credit as classroom assignments, completion of each requirement to fulfill the requirements of the Nevada Citizenship Award is optional, and once completed students be honored with a Certificate of Completion documenting their knowledge of Nevada studies. Certificates will be awarded to eligible participants on a date to be determined later in the school year. Students must schedule a time at the teachers discretion to be able to present at least one but not more than two requirements during the presentation. All seven required presentations of the specific criteria must be completed no later than May 20, To earn this award each student must fulfill the following requirements: 1. State Song The student will need to sing, say, or draft in writing from memory the entire state song. Only two errors or teacher assistance requests are allowed. 2. State Symbols Each student will need to recall all 15 symbols and tell what they represent either verbally or draft in writing in the presence of the teacher. Each student will need to submit on paper a drawing in color of the state flag. He/ She will need to verbally explain the state seal. Only two errors or teacher assistance requests are allowed.

2 3. Preamble Each student will need to recite or draft in writing from memory the Preamble to the Nevada State Constitution. No errors or assistance can be allowed. 4. County Map Each student will need to correctly label and spell the seventeen counties on a blank map of Nevada. (Teacher can provide map.) Only two errors or teacher assistance requests are allowed. 5. Native Americans Each student will need to correctly label and spell the name and location of the five historical Native American tribes on a blank map of Nevada. (Teacher can provide map if needed.) No errors or assistance is allowed. 6. Physical Map Each student will need to correctly label and spell the names of the required physical features on a blank map of Nevada. (Teacher can provide map if needed.) Only two errors are allowed.

3 State Song Way out in the land of the setting sun, Where the wind blows wild and free, There s a lovely spot, just the only one, That means home sweet home to me. If you follow the old Kit Carson trail, Until the desert meets the hills, Oh, you certainly will agree with me, It s the place of a thousand thrills. Home, means Nevada, Home means the hills, Home means the sage and the pines. Out by the Truckee s silvery rills, Out where the sun always shines. There is a land that I love the best Fairer than all I can see. Right in the heart of the golden west, Home means Nevada to me. Whenever the sun at the close of day, Colors all the western sky, Oh, my heart returns to the desert grey, And the mountains tow ring high. Where the moon beams play in the shadowed glen, With the spotted fawn and doe, All the livelong night until the morning light, Is the loveliest place I know.

4 County Map Carson City Churchill Clark Douglas Elko Esmeralda Eureka Humboldt Lander Lincoln Lyon Mineral Nye Pershing Storey Washoe White Pine

5 Native Americans Anasazi Northern Paiute Southern Paiute Washoe Shoshone

6 Physical Map Bordering States: California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Arizona Mountains: Ruby Mountains Rivers: Truckee, Walker, Reese, Humboldt Virgin, Meadow Valley Lakes: Lake Tahoe, Pyramid Lake, Walker Lake, Lake Mead,

7 State Symbols State Seal mining, farming, transportation, communication State Flag draw on blank flag State Trees single leaf pinion pine, bristlecone pine State Flower sagebrush State Song Home Means Nevada State Bird mountain bluebird State Animal bighorn sheep State Nicknames Silver State, Battle-Born State, and Sagebrush State State Fossil ichthyosaur State Grass Indian rice grass State Metal silver State Fish Lahontan cutthroat trout State Rock sandstone State Gemstones black fire opal, turquoise State Reptile desert tortoise State Colors silver and blue

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9 County Map

10 County Map

11 Native Americans Study Guide

12 Native Americans Test

13 Physical Features Study Guide

14 Phyiscal Features Test

15 Flag (Draw and color a picture of the flag below): State Symbols Test State Seal,,, State Flag draw on blank flag State Trees, State Flower State Song State Bird State Animal State Nicknames,, State Fossil State Grass State Metal State Fish State Rock State Gemstones, State Reptile State Colors and