The lesson plan outlines activities for teaching 6th grade students about the national symbols of the USA and Georgia, including the Statue of Liberty and Kartlis Deda. Students will learn vocabulary to describe national symbols and complete activities matching words and pictures, reading facts, filling out a Venn diagram, and writing a comparative essay. The lesson aims to help students understand similarities and differences between the two national symbols through various exercises and assessments.

1. L e s s o n P l a n
Teacher: Maia Teliashvili/Vale PublicSchool No1
LessonTopic: National Symbols
Grade 6
Overall Objective: studentswill learnlanguage to describe National Symbols, they will also be able to
write an essay about themusing comparative language
Language Objective: SWBAtouse target vocabulary and comparative language to speak about the
Statue of Libertyand Kartlis Deda
CivicEducationObjective: SWBAto learn lotsof informationabout the national symbolsof the USA
and Georgia
Curriculum connection:
Class contextand needs:Intermediate (B1) level,Secondarystudents
Sequencing:studentscanlearnthe mainfacts aboutthese national symbols
Materials:Attached
Activities:warmup, picturesof National Symbols,wordcards
Assessment:essay assessment
Reflection:

2. Overall Objective: studentswill learn language to describe National Symbols,they will also be able to
write an essay about themusing comparative language
Language Objective:SWBAto use target vocabulary and comparative language to speak about the
Statue of Libertyand Kartlis Deda
CivicEducation Objective:SWBA to learn lotsof informationabout the national symbolsof the USA
and Georgia
Stage of Lesson Activity Time
Warm up –revising
the comparisonsof
adjectives
Teacherhandoutsthe studentspictures of the statue of Liberty,
KartlisDedaand Eiffel Tower andalsowordcards(tall,taller,the
tallest,old,older,the oldest, short,shorterthe shortest)andasks
the studentstomatch themand afterthat to make up sentences
usingthese comparativesandsuperlatives.(e.g.KartlisDedaistall,
The Statue of LibertyistallerthanKartlisDeda, Eiffel Toweristhe
tallest)
5 min.
Activity 1 Teacherintroducesthe new wordssuchas a torch, a bowl of wine,
a sword, goddess,atablet of laws,anniversary,commemorate.
she displays the imagesof these words,thenshowsthe wordsand
makesstudentsguessthe meaningof these words.Thenstudents
match the wordswiththeirimages
5 min
Activity 2 Teacherhandsout handout1and asks the studentstoreadthe
mainfacts aboutthe Statue of LibertyandKartlisDeda, afterthat
asksstudentsmarkif eachfact isthe example of similarityor
difference.
10 min
Activity 3 Teachershowsstudentshow toworkon VennDiagram, thenhands
out handouts2andasks themto fill inVennDiagrams,the
similaritiesanddifferences
10 min
Activity 4 Teacherexplainsthe structure of anessay, then handsout
handout3and asks studentstowrite anessayaboutNational
Symbols,abouttheirsimilaritiesanddifferences
10 min
Assessment studentswill be gradedaccordingtothe criteriathat are made
beforehand.Atthe endof the lessonteacherasksthe students
whatthey have learnt,whattheyliked.
5 min

3. Handout1
Read the main facts and mark if these facts are similar or different
The statue of Liberty Kartlis Deda Similarityor
Difference
If different,compare
1. Which country’s
national symbols
are they?
The USA Georgia
2.Whenwere they
constructed?
It was constructedin1876-
1886
It was constructedin1958
3.How tall are
they?
It is93 meterstall It is20 meterstall
4.Where are they
located?
It islocatedon Ellis islandnear
NewYork CityHarbor
It islocatedon Sololaki near
NarikalaFortressinTbilisi
5.Who designed
them?
SculptorFredericBartholdi
designedit. Americanpeople
were responsible forthe
pedestal andthe Frenchpeople
were responsible forthe statue
GeorgiansculptorElguja
Amashukelidesignedit
6.Physical
characteristics
It isthe iconof Roman
GoddessofFreedom.She
holdsa torch inone hand and
a tabletof laws inanother
It isthe iconof a Georgian
woman in Georgiannational
dress.She holdsa bowl of wine
inher lefthandto greetthe
friendsand a sword in herright
handfor enemies

4. 7. What are they
made of?
It ismade of copper It ismade of aluminum
8. Why was the
structure built?
The Statue of Libertywasbuilt
to commemorate 100th
anniversaryof Am.
Independence
KartlisDedawasbuiltto
commemorate the 1500 year
anniversaryof the cityof Tbilisi
9. What do they
symbolize?
It symbolizesnational value.It
isthe symbol of friendship.Itis
alsoa symbol of freedomfor
newimmigrantstothiscountry
It symbolizesnational value.It
isthe symbol of national
character

5. Handout2
Fill inthe Venndiagram

6. Handout3
Write an essay “National symbols- KartlisDedaand the Statue of Liberty” using argumentsfromthe
Venn Diagram.
National symbolsandmonumentsare anation’sicons.Everycountryhasits ownnational symbol.
………………………….. isa symbol of ……………………………( country). …………………………………………..is a symbol
of ………………………… .I wouldlike tocompare andshow similaritiesanddifferencesbetweenthese two
countries.
Kartlis Deda and the Statue of Liberty have several similarities.Theyboth…..
Kartlis Deda and the Statue ofLiberty also have several differences.
In conclusion,we believe thatthere are more ………………………… than ………………………. .(
similarities/differences).Butwe believe thatKartlisDeda andThe Statue of Libertybothrepresentthe
traditional valuesof eachcountry.

7. The statue of Liberty
It was constructed in 1876-1886
It is 93 meters tall

8. Kartlis Deda
It was constructed in 1958
It is20 meters tall

9. Eiffel Tower
It was constructed in 1889
It is 324 meters tall

10. Word cards
tall taller
the tallest
old older

11. the oldest
short
shorter
the shortest

12. criteria for grading essays
3 2 1
Similarities and
differences are
presented
logically
Similarities
and
differences
are presented
fully and
logically
There are 2-3
errors
Similarities
and
differences
are not
presented
fully and
logically
Spelling
4-5 errors 6-7 errors 8-9 errors
Grammar
1-2 errors 3-4 errors 5-6 errors