Stay Back Hotspots This part of the DC digital project will get you involved in a digital scavenger hunt. You will need to fill in the missing word(s) or answer the question, and then include a picture to document your understanding of the hot spot. Read carefully to make sure you are clear about exactly what needs to be in your images. ​
You are required to complete 20 of the 40 hot spots. ​
Feel free to use the links or the app that you downloaded to your device. Air and Space Museum visit: ​
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Click exhibits Click America by Air Click online exhibition Click Fly Across America In 1930 if you fly from Newark to San Francisco, on the Ford Tri Motor, how long will it take you? Include a picture of a Ford Tri Motor. 1. Click exhibits 2. Click The Wright Brothers & The invention of the Aerial Age 3. Click online exhibition 4. Click Inventing a Flying Machine 5. Click the year 1903 On _______________, Wilbur and Orville made four flights at Kitty Hawk, with their first powered aircraft. Include a picture of Wilbur and Orville Wright. American History Museum ​
http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions 1. Click exhibit 2. Click Artifact Walls­Frank Sinatra at 100 There is a 275 feet of glass fronted cases line the first and second floors of this museum. They reflect the museum’s core mission to ____________, _______________, and ______________ objects from our nation's rich and diverse history. Include a picture of Sinatra’s artifact wall. 1. Click exhibit 2. Click The Price of Freedom: Americans at War 3. Visit the online exhibit Enter the exhibit and go to the second page where you will find the Edward C Morse’s Purple Heart. The Purple Heart is oldest military decoration in the world in present use. General _______________ _________________ created this badge of military merit. Include a picture of a Purple Heart. Natural History Museum ​
http://naturalhistory.si.edu/exhibits/current.html Find the Carmen Lucia Ruby Exhibit: This is one of the world’s largest and finest rubies. It measures ______________ carats. Include a picture of this gemstone. Find the Sant Ocean Hall Exhibit. A precise replica of a ____________ foot long North Atlantic Right Whale, named Phoenix, has been tracked by scientists since her birth in 1987 is in this exhibit. Include a picture of this whale. Arlington National Cemetery visit: ​
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/ 1. Click Explore 2. Click the Changing of the Guard The Tomb Guard will march ______ steps behind the tomb down the black mat. He turns and faces east for ______ seconds, turns and faces north for ______ seconds, then takes _______ steps down the mat and repeats the process. This number was chosen because it symbolizes the highest military honor that we can be bestowed, the ____ gun salute. Include a picture of a tomb soldier while he is guarding the tomb. 1. Click Explore 2. Click John F. Kennedy Gravesite President John F. Kennedy is one of only two presidents buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Many people believe that he was going to be buried at the Kennedy plot in Massachusetts. Jacqueline Kennedy made the final decision on where he was to be buried. She said simply, “_______________.” Include a picture of the eternal flame where JFK is buried. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial ​
https://www.nps.gov/frde/index.htm This memorial consists of _________ outdoor rooms that represent a prologue to the presidency and the four unprecedented terms won by this president. Include a picture of the entrance to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. In the Prologue Room, there is a bronze sculpture of FDR in a wheelchair. This was not part of the original memorial. It was added by the National Organization on Disability to demonstrate that Roosevelt spent much of his life in a wheelchair. The chair depicts the wheelchair that the president designed himself from a __________ __________ and ____________ wheels. Include an image of FDR in his wheelchair from the FDR Memorial. The Marine Corps War Memorial/Iwo Jima Memorial https://www.nps.gov/gwmp/planyourvisit/usmc_memorial.htm This memorial represents this nation’s gratitude to Marines and those who have fought beside them. While the statue depicts one of the most famous incidents in _______________, the memorial is dedicated to all Marines who have given their lives in defense of the US since 1775. Include a picture of Marines in front of the Memorial honoring those who have lost their lives. The battle of Iwo Jima was fought on a 550 foot extinct volcano name ____ _________________. Include a picture of the Iwo Jima Memorial. Korean War Veterans Memorial ​
https://www.nps.gov/kowa/index.htm There are 19 military figures represented in full combat gear in this memorial When reflected in the polished granite wall, the figures represent ________ men. This number signifies the resulting border between North and South Korea. Include a picture of the military men in the memorial and their reflection in the granite wall. Faces of over 2,4000 support staff are inscribed into the 164 foot granite wall. The quote “______________________.” Is also etched on the wall. Include a picture of this quote on the Korean War Memorial granite wall. Lincoln Memorial ​
https://www.nps.gov/linc/index.htm The Lincoln memorial is based on a Greek temple with _________________ fluted columns around the exterior to represent the states in the Union in 1865 when Lincoln died. Include a picture of the Lincoln Memorial and the columns that represent the number of states in the Union when Lincoln died. Inside the memorial the walls are covered with text of Lincoln’s ____________________ and _____________________. Include a picture of this text. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial ​
https://www.nps.gov/malu/index.htm The design of the Martin Luther King Jr.Memorial focuses on themes of ___________________, ___________________, and ___________________. Include a picture of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. The Martin Luther King Jr. wall has __________ quotations on the 470­foot inscription wall. Include a picture of one of the quotes from the wall. Thomas Jefferson Memorial ​
https://www.nps.gov/thje/index.htm Thomas Jefferson holds a rolled document, most likely the ___________________, in his hand. Include a picture of the Thomas Jefferson from the Thomas Jefferson Memorial . Among many of Thomas Jefferson’s accomplishments, he enabled the _______________ ________________, which more than doubled the size of the U.S. Include a picture of a map of the Louisiana Purchase. Vietnam Veterans Memorial ​
https://www.nps.gov/vive/index.htm The Vietnam Memorial is constructed with black granite is a V shape. The _____________ of the visitors are ____________ in the walls bearing the names of the more than 58,000 men and women who died in combat. Include a picture of someone visiting the wall and seeing their reflection. The names were put on the Vietnam Memorial with the first man killed starting in the highest point on the right arm and continues toward the shorter end. The names resume on the far, short end of the left arm, continuing back toward where the two arms meet. This way the _______ deaths and the ________ deaths meet in the middle. Include a picture showing the entire Vietnam wall to see the V shaped form. World War II Memorial ​
https://www.nps.gov/wwii/index.htm The placement of the memorial between the __________________ memorial and the __________________ monument reflects the importance of that war in the preservation of the democratic ideals for which both presidents fought. Include a picture of this memorial. The Freedom Wall that is part of the WWII Memorial features ______________ gold stars, each one symbolic of 100 lives lost during the war. Include a picture of the Freedom Wall.