Table of Contents
Rationale
Websites for K-2
Websites for 3-5
Activity 1
Activity 2
Software Review
Links to Other Websites
What does the American Flag represent?
Rationale
Not all children know many things about the American Flag. The American Flag is a part of our country's history that all children in the Unites States should be educated about. Children would value the American Flag if they knew its true meaning.
The Star Spangled Banner
By Francis Scott Key 1814
Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Websites for K-2
Kids Flag Website
This website contains a lot of information about the American Flag. This site can be used to teach what red and white stripes represent and what the stars represent. It can also be used to begin teaching flag etiquette and patriotic songs.
Flag Day Songs and Activities
This website can be used to teach children about Flag Day. Flag Day is June 14, and many children do not know why Flag Day exists. There are several Flag Day songs and craft ideas located on this website.
Happy Birthday America!
This website could be used when talking about July 4th. It contains various activities relating to July 4th. The true meaning of July 4th and the American Flag can be taught using fun activities on this website.
Pitter Patter Craft Library
This website has craft ideas that may be used when teaching young children about the
American Flag. Crafts such as flag made of construction paper, a patriotic pot, and a firework craft.
Websites for 3-5
Flag Terminology
This website will be helpful for students learning the different parts of the flag. It has a detailed diagram that will help explain where each part of the flag is located. There is also a brief description of each part of the flag.
Plastic Flag Idea
This website has craft ideas. The plastic flag could be made during Math or Social Studies. There are directions for making each part of the American Flag.
Previous American Flags
All previous American Flags are listed on this website. This website would be useful when studying the history of the country and flag.
Do You Know Old Glory?
This website is designed for a third grade class, but can be used for second through fifth grades. This website can be used in teaching the Pledge of Allegiance, who made the first flag, other symbols of freedom, and flags of other counties. The site also contains a list of children's books and websites containing information about the American Flag.
Lesson
Activity 1
American Flag Mural
Students will create a mural of the American Flag using paint and sheets of white paper.
Grade Level: First Grade
Subjext Areas: Fine Arts and Social Studies
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Website Used: Kids Flag Website
Procedure: Use the website above to teach the meaning of the 50 stars, the 13 red stripes and the 13 white stripes. Ask students if they know what the stars and stripes represent before telling them. Make sure each child knows what the stars and strips represent before giving the directions for the art activity. After checking for understanding, give each student some red, white, and blue paint and a large sheet of white paper. Instruct the children that they are to paint a flag consisting of 50 stars, 13 red stripes, and 13 white stripes. After the completion of the art activity, review with the children the meaning of the stars adn stripes.
Assessment: Each child will create a flag to look like a real American Flag. Make sure each child has properly painted his/her flag and check them off in the grade book.
Lesson
Activity 2
Plastic Flag Craft
Students will create a mural of the American Flag using paint and sheets of white paper.
Grade Level: Fourth Grade
Subjext Areas: Fine Arts and Social Studies
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Website Used: Plastic Flag Idea
Procedure: Tell the studetns that the calss will be making American Flags, but they will each have to read the directions and create the flag independently. Make sure each students understands the class instructions. Use the website above to provide the directions for the students to follow to use tools and materials properly to make a plastic American Flag. The students should read the instructions on the website and follow the step-by-step instructions.
Assessment: Each student will create a American Flag made from plastic. If the studnet follows directions, his/her flag will look like that sample. If the flag looks correct, check off the student tin the grade book.. Make sure each child has properly painted his/her flag and check them off in the grade book.
Software Review
Starfall
Published by: Blue Mountain Arts
This software is used in Echols County. Starfall is designed for children learning to read. There are many different interactive activities to enhance the children's reading ability. The children can read books online and have the computer sound out new of difficult words.
There are also many games to build knowledge of site words, letter sounds and much more. The program is user friendly even for children.
I Spy Junior
Published by: Scholastic
This program works on children's visual skills. As the child solves the riddles, he/she is taken a higher level. This is a fun program for children while at the same time, the program helps the child's visual discrimination, helps the child to learn to follow directions, and works on counting skills. This software is user friendly.
Little Bear Rainy Day Activities
Published by: The Learning Company
This is a good program to encourage children's thinking skills. The children can create their own stickers, play matching games, and build thinking skills. There are many cooking and painting activities for the children. There is follow up work for most of the activities to ensure understanding. The program is user friendly.
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