NAME:_____________________
DATE:_______________
APUSH #:________
The Power of a Symbol
Your task:
 Create a new colonial seal for your assigned region
 Your seal must have at least three (3) different visual elements
(Social-Political-Economic)
 A motto
 The trick.....you must choose a revisionist style seal and motto
or a traditional style seal and motto.
 In two paragraphs minimum-explain why you chose the three
visual elements and the motto
REQUIREMENTS:
 ALL colonies from your region must be represented in the image and writing in some way.
 You must explain why you chose either a traditional or revisionist perspective.
 A description of how your motto best represents your region with evidence.
 Analysis of your image and how your colonies represent your visual—with evidence
 Visual should be neat and colorful (points will be deducted)
RUBRIC:
Total Points: ___________/25
Seal-at least three element from all colonies that appropriately represents the region and historical view _____/10
Comments:
Motto-Represents the region and appropriate historical view _____/5
Comments:
Written Analysis: Analysis explains all elements of the assignment (seal and motto), linking them to the
appropriate colony and the appropriate historical view _______/10
Comments:
GROUP MEMBERS:___________________________________________________________-
NAME:_____________________
DATE:_______________
APUSH #:________
Symbols Matter: Controversies Over Confederate and Other Flags, National Symbols, Won’t Go
Away, Expert Says
Released: 23-Jul-2015 3:05 PM EDT
Source Newsroom: Georgia State University
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ATLANTA – Despite the historic and final decision by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and the
state legislature to remove the Confederate battle flag from the state house grounds, flags – and
other national symbols – will continue to be points of debate as they hold meaning beyond simple
identifiers of a nation-state or a group, a Georgia State University historian said.
Dr. Harcourt Fuller, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History at Georgia State, is an expert on the
history of the development of national symbols, such as flags, national anthems, coats -of-arms,
paper currency and coins, postage stamps, museum exhibits, monuments, statues, memorials,
and more.
Dr. Fuller is the author of “Building the Ghanaian Nation-State: Kwame Nkrumah’s Symbolic
Nationalism” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), and is also a creator and co-producer of the new
documentary “Queen Nanny: Legendary Maroon Chieftainess,” which is slated for an Oct. 19
premier at the United Nations. The documentary is about a Jamaican heroine, now depicted on
the country’s currency, who fought the British in the early 18th century.
“The recent removal of the Confederate battle flag, and the flying of various other flags during
protests and counter-demonstrations at the state house grounds in South Carolina demonstrate
that symbols matter,” Dr. Fuller said. “Since the establishment of modern independent countries,
mainly between the 18th and 20th centuries, people have created and contested symbols that
not only reflect the foundations, histories, identities and cultures of nations, but also ethno -racial,
regional, political or religious groups.”
Many areas of the world have experienced turbulent histories resulting from nationalist and other
kinds of revolutions, civil wars, foreign conflicts, and segregationist regimes, and these histories
add to the symbolism and meaning behind national symbols.
“Displays of symbols related to these histories often expose the conflicted legacies of the past,”
Dr. Fuller said. “Despite the historic and final decision by Gov. Haley to remove the Confederate
battle flag from the state house grounds, the controversy will continue as long as this and other
contested symbols are displayed in public spaces, and insofar as there continues to be
drastically differing views about the history, meaning and current relevance of these symbols in
the larger American society.”
Dr. Fuller holds a doctorate in international history and a Master of Science degree in history of
international relations from the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), along
with degrees from the City University of New York (CUNY). His extensive research interests in
international history include Africa and the African diaspora, African nationalism, the trans Atlantic slave trade, and more.