American Flag
Where have we seen flags? (elicite answers from kids and write on an anchor chart)
Smartboard activity – Where have we seen Flags?
What do we already know about the Flag?
Smartboard activity - KWL
What do they look like? Colors? Designs? Pictures?
Compare and contrast flags from around the Nation & World.
Smartboard activity – Compare & Contrast flags
Why do you think those colors, designs, and pictures are used?
(elicite answers from kids and write on an anchor chart)
What does our country’s flag look like?
(elicite answers from kids and write on an anchor chart)
Picture walk & Read: Stars and Stripes: The Story
of the American Flag by Sarah L. Thomson
(or another Flag book ie: F is for Flag by Wendy C.Lewison)
Smartboard activity – Design the Flag
Did it always look the way it does today?
Read Aloud (all or sections of): American Flag
from the Smithsonian
Smartboard activity – Put the Flags in order.
Why do we have flags? (elicit answers from kids and write on an anchor chart)
Our country’s flag is a symbol of…
Freedom
Growth…
Click here to see/hear about the Star Spangled Banner
(On the opening screen click on the Star Spangled Banner)
Click here to see the music/words of the Star Spangled Banner
(Smartboard actv.)
How should we treat the Flag?
Respect
Caring…
Read Aloud: The Biggest (and Best) Flag That
Ever Flew by Rebecca C. Jones
See pictures of Rebecca Young’s House (via Smartboard -where the flag was sewn)
Smartboard activity – Compare and Contrast 1812 Flag to Today’s
Flag
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Discuss where Baltimore and Fort McHenry are on your pull down
classroom map.
How did the War of 1812 influence America’s feelings and use of the
flag?
o See pictures of Fort McHenry (via smartboard)
o Sing a song about the Flag (via Smartboard - sung to Mary Had a Little Lamb)
Celebration!!! È
If we were to ask Mary Pickersgill to sew a class flag – what would it look
like and why would we have one?
What does it mean to have community, respect, courage,
responsibility, caring, and other character attributes?
Make a class flag based on the above attributes, and what we have
already learned about colors, designs, and pictures. Using the
democratic process to come to a decision.
Are the kids STILL interested? È
Now that we know about our country’s Flag as a symbol
of the United States of America, we are going to look
at other symbols of the United States.
Picture walk and Read: Oh, Say! Can You See
designed by Karen Morrison
Read: L is for Liberty by Wendy C. Lewison
Smartboard activity and videos – Other American Symbols
(click on paperclip next to the captions for the videos)
More Sites / Activities!!!!!
Here is a link for more info on the preservation of
The Star Spangled Banner
Math lessons for The Star Spangled Banner (PDF file)
The Pledge of Allegiance (via smartboard)
Compare and contrast Mo. State Flag and American Flag (Smartboard Actv.)
Lesson complied by: B. Brady, D. Dressel, K. Keachie, L. Menard, M. Schafer, & K. Robertson