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Five Famous Symbols of American Culture ★ The Statue of Liberty ★ Barbie ★ American Gothic ★ The Buffalo Nickel ★ Uncle Sam The Statue of Liberty ★ Background Information ★ Expressions Patterns ★ Text ★ Questions Answers ★ Discussion ★ Homework Background information The Statue of Liberty, is one of the most colossal sculptures in the history of the world, symbolizes freedom throughout the world. Its formal name is the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World. The statue itself is designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. Background information Her left hand holds a tablet inscribed with the date July 4, 1776 (in Roman numerals), the day the United States declared its independence from England. She is wearing flowing robes and the seven rays of her spiked crown symbolize the seven seas and continents. Questions Answers 1. Who created the Statue of Liberty and what was he? When? 2. What is the purpose to create the statue? 3. How did he create the Statue of Liberty? 4. When did the creator finish the statue? How did he like the statue? Questions Answers Who created the Statue of Liberty and what was he? When? Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, French artist in the mid-1870s (Para. 2) Questions Answers 2. What is the purpose to create the statue? Celebrating US independence and France-America alliance (Para. 2) Questions Answers 3. How did he create the Statue of Liberty? It is said that he had used his wife’s arm as the model, but felt her face was too beautiful for the statue. So for the face, he chose his mother’s. (Para. 3) Questions Answers 4. When did the creator finish the statue? How did he like the statue? In 1886; the creator called it “my daughter, Liberty”. (Para. 4) Five famous symbols of American culture 1 The Statue of Liberty 2 In the mid-1870s, French artist Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was working on an enormous project called Liberty Enlightening the World, Five famo