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- 2. Oklahoma students join together in November to Celebrate our Freedoms!
- 3. What ARE our Freedoms?
- 4. We can find them in a very important paper…
- 5. Written many years ago in 1776…
- 6. The Declaration of Independence
- 7. When American was young, we were ruled by England’s king.
- 8. But in July of 1776, leaders from the Americans colonies met to declare we wanted our independence!
- 9. They sent a written message to the king, asking for freedoms and the right to rule themselves!
- 10. Several American leaders helped write the Declaration of Independence, like John Adams and Benjamin Franklin…
- 11. But the final job was done by Thomas Jefferson of Virginia.
- 12. Americans wanted to explain why ruling themselves was important.
- 13. On July 4th, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to everyone!
- 14. This is why we celebrate the 4th of July and why we study the Declaration of Independence this November during Celebrate Freedom Week!
- 15. So, what does the Declaration of Independence say?
- 16. Here are some of its most important words and ideas…
- 17. Americans believed that they should be treated equally…
- 18. “ We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal …”
- 19. Americans believe we all have rights to be free…
- 20. What are these “rights” ? The right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
- 21. These basic rights are unalienable - this means that everyone is born with them and no one can take them away.
- 22. “… that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
- 23. And what is one of the most important jobs for our government ?
- 24. “… That to secure these rights , Governments are instituted among Men,”
- 25. Americans believe that governments should protect our freedoms (our rights.)
- 26. Americans also believe that we are the ones who say what government should do for us… We have the POWER!
- 27. “… deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed .”
- 28. So what happened after the colonies declared their independence?
- 29. The colonists had to fight a war to get their independence!
- 30. Since then, other countries have read our Declaration of Independence and have made sure their government protect their freedoms!
- 31. Let’s recite the Declaration of Independence together!
- 32. “ We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal …”
- 33. “… that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
- 34. “… That to secure these rights , Governments are instituted among Men,”
- 35. “… deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed .”
- 37. Created for Edmond Public Schools Sources: Documents of Freedom , by Judith Yero and the National Archives and Records Administration