3 2 6 state quarters (social studies)

Flip over that quarter, and you’ll see an eagle.. Lady Liberty appeared on quarters until 1932... But people saved their old Lady Liberty quarters.. The eagle stayed on the quarter unti

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by E C Hill

Do you have an eagle in your pocket?

Or a President in your piggy bank?

Look at the coins you have What do you see? There’s a President on the

quarter He was our first President,

George Washington Flip over that

quarter, and you’ll see an eagle

These kids are collecting coins.

Quarters have been around for a

long time Many of them are special

and fun So before you and your friends dart into stores to spend your coins, you might want to look at them You’ll learn some history

This quarter shows

Caesar Rodney, who signed

the Declaration of Independence.

The First Quarters

When our country was new, people needed money to buy things So the

leaders scrambled to make coins for

them One of the coins they made was the quarter People have had quarters to spend for more than 300 years

Lady Liberty was on the first quarters Lady Liberty was a symbol of freedom Her picture changed over the years

Sometimes she had long hair, sometimes short Her dress changed over time, too Then in 1932, she disappeared!

Lady Liberty appeared

on quarters until 1932.

Why did the quarter change in 1932? Well, George Washington was born 200 years earlier, in 1732 People wanted to

do something special to honor our first President So they decided to put him

on the quarter

So Washington rapidly replaced

Lady Liberty But people saved their

old Lady Liberty quarters Old coins

are worth a lot

Quarters continued to show an eagle

on the flip side The eagle was so small

it looked like a pigeon! Over

the years, the bird got

bigger The eagle

stayed on the

quarter until 1999

The eagle is our

national bird.

Which State Was First?

Which Was Last?

The first state quarter was for Delaware,

and the last was for Hawaii The state quarters

were made in order, based on the date that

each state joined the United States.

The State Quarters

In 1999, the state quarter program began When the program was

completed in 2008, there were 50 new quarters, one for each state

George Washington still is on one side of the new quarter But each state decided what would go on the other side

of its state quarter You can study each state’s quarter to learn a little about that state’s history

Some states chose to put famous

people on their quarters Abraham

Lincoln is on the coin from Illinois He went to school and worked there as a

lawyer He is buried there, too

Some states put famous events or

landmarks on their quarters

Lincoln lived and

worked in Illinois.

People in California care a lot about nature and the outdoors So they put John Muir on their quarter He worked hard to save the redwoods and other

California trees He also helped save wild lands

This quarter also shows Yosemite

Valley, a beautiful, wild place The coin even includes the condor The condor is the state bird

This is Yosemite Valley.

Looking at the Georgia quarter will

make you hungry Georgia doesn’t have a famous person on its coin It has a peach! Georgia is famous for its peaches The

coin also shows oak branches because

Georgia has many beautiful oaks The

quarter includes an outline of the state

Georgia grows many peaches and is called the

“peach state.”

Learn about History

Coin collectors love the new quarters It’s a fun way to learn about our country Plus the coins will last for a long time They won’t get ragged like paper money What could you find if you sorted through the change in your pockets? Are there any quarters in there? If so, take a close look You might learn a lot!

The lariat, or rope, that

circles the Texas quarter

stands for the cowboy

history of Texas

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