As the nation prepares to celebrate 247 years of the country’s independence, smaller U.S. towns are marking holiday with their own traditions. VOA’s Saqib Ul Islam takes us to one small Virginia town that celebrated ahead of the July Fourth holiday.
Citizenship Resources for Independence Day
SI.edu/USCIS: Preparing for the Oath: U.S. History and Civics for Citizenship
This web resource provides online videos and activities on the 100 civics questions from the naturalization test and highlights museum objects from the Smithsonian Institution.
This web resource provides online videos and activities on the 100 civics questions from the naturalization test and highlights museum objects from the Smithsonian Institution.
USCIS: List of Naturalization Ceremonies on Independence Day 2024
USCIS: For Independence Day
USCIS highlights some of the resources for learners and teachers that are related to this important holiday. Includes Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence and Establishing Independence. Also check out two pdfs from the 13-pdf A More Perfect Union series: The Civics Test Guide to the Memorial to the Signers of Declaration of Independence and The Civics Test Guide to the Jefferson Memorial
USCIS: Civics Questions Playlist
USCIS helps you prepare for the civics test by posting a new playlist: one video for each civics and history question asked by different examiners. For Independence Day, check out 100:08, 09, 61, 62, 63, 64, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100. Good job, USCIS!
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American English at State: Celebrate Independence Day (pdf)
Americans celebrate Independence Day on July 4 because on July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, officially breaking bonds with England and forming a new independent nation, the United States of America. (more lessons)
USCIS: For Independence Day
USCIS highlights some of the resources for learners and teachers that are related to this important holiday. Includes Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence and Establishing Independence. Also check out two pdfs from the 13-pdf A More Perfect Union series: The Civics Test Guide to the Memorial to the Signers of Declaration of Independence and The Civics Test Guide to the Jefferson Memorial
USCIS: Civics Questions Playlist
USCIS helps you prepare for the civics test by posting a new playlist: one video for each civics and history question asked by different examiners. For Independence Day, check out 100:08, 09, 61, 62, 63, 64, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100. Good job, USCIS!
More Resources
American English at State: Celebrate Independence Day (pdf)
Americans celebrate Independence Day on July 4 because on July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, officially breaking bonds with England and forming a new independent nation, the United States of America. (more lessons)
Archives.gov: Independence Day at the National Archives
Census.gov: The Fourth of July 2024
Jennifer ESL: Lesson 26 - Red, White & Blue Idioms - Happy Fourth of July!
Learn six idioms based on the colors red, white, and blue. MORE PRACTICE
Museum of the American Revolution: Season of Independence
NPS.gov: Independence Day
NMAAHC.si.edu: A Nation's Story: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
Rachel's English: 4th of July Traditions
Happy 4th of July! This is the day we celebrate America’s independence. Study vocabulary, pronunciation, and phrases as we study REAL English conversation and learn about 4th of July traditions in the US.
si.edu: Spotlight: Independence Day
state.gov: Celebrating Independence Day: The Resilience of U.S. Democracy (2021)
This #IndependenceDay, we celebrate our democracy's progress toward a more equitable and prosperous society of the people, by the people, and for the people.
TED-ED: What you might not know about the Declaration of Independence - Kenneth C. Davis (video)
In June 1776, a little over a year after the start of the American Revolutionary War, the US Continental Congress huddled together in a hot room in Philadelphia to talk independence. Kenneth C. Davis dives into some of the lesser known facts about the process of writing the Declaration of Independence and questions one very controversial omission.
uscitizenpod: Independence Day Citizenship Interview with Lien Ho (2017)
uscitizenpod: A Quick Interview Based on the N-400r plus 10qs for Independence Day
New for 2016: 24 questions based on the N-400r plus 10 civics question.
We will discuss the Declaration of Independence, the Compromise of 1850, and abolitionist Fredrick Douglass.
uscitizenpod: US Citizenship Podcast Independence Day Quiz (video)
Celebrate Independence Day with uscitizenpod. Here is a quiz based on USCIS 100:08, 09, 61, 62, 63, 64, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100.
Celebrate Independence Day with uscitizenpod. Here is a quiz based on USCIS 100:08, 09, 61, 62, 63, 64, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100.
VOA News: What was the 'first American novel'? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started (2024)
William Hill Brown's The Power of Sympathy, published anonymously by Isaiah Thomas & Company, is widely cited as something momentous: the first American novel.
One of the themes of this year's Smithsonian Folk Life Festival is immigration. As part of the festival events, a group of 25 children were sworn in as U.S. Citizens, just ahead of America's Independence Day holiday. VOA's Elizabeth Cherneff reports.
This week, our U.S. National Parks journey takes us to the eastern city of Philadelphia, an important place in American history.
wh.gov: President Biden Participates in a Naturalization Ceremony (2021)
President Biden Participates in a Naturalization Ceremony to Welcome Citizens to Our Country Ahead of Independence Day
