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Seal of Los Angeles

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

Name: 

Date: 

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/seal-of-los-angeles

Step 2 · Questions

  1. 1. What is the date of official seal adoption?

  2. 2. What is the city founding year?

  3. 3. When was the seal adopted?

  4. 4. Why does the seal show the year 1781?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

  • Heraldic

  • Municipality

  • Escutcheon

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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