1. The Great Seal of the United States
Reverse
Find and list seven instances of the number 13 (including obverse and reverse). What does this number represent?
Annuit Cœptis means “He [God] has favored our new undertaking.” Novus Ordo Seclorum means “new order of the ages.” Why are these phrases on the seal, and how are they related to the pyramid and the eye?
What do you think the eye represents?
What do you think the pyramid represents? Why is it incomplete?
What do the Roman numerals MDCCLXXVI represent?
Obverse (Front)
Reverse (Back)
The Great Seal of the United States
Obverse
Which way is the eagle facing, and what do you think this means?
The eagle holds an olive branch and a bundle of arrows in its claws. These symbols are opposites… what do you think they represent?
Why do you think the bald eagle was chosen as our national symbol?
E pluribus unum is Latin for “out of many, one.” What do you think this means?
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