social studies citizenship lesson our flag 2 nd grade linda hamilton october 2001
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Social StudiesCitizenship
LessonOur Flag2nd Grade
Linda HamiltonOctober 2001
Goals and Rational
Students will be able will gain knowledge about being Americans and what the Pledge of Allegiance
means. Language arts skills of memorization, recitation,
comprehension and writing will be incorporated into the lesson.
Objectives
1. The students will prewrite what the American Flag means to them. The prewrite will be used as a draft to be completed after the lesson.
2. The students will watch this PowerPoint presentation.
3. The students will make American Flags4. The students the receipt the Pledge of
Allegiance.5. The students will watch a video of their
peers.
I was born on June 14, 1777, in Philadelphia.
My thirteen stripes alternating red and white, with a union of thirteen white stars in a field of blue, represented a new constellation, a new nation dedicated to the personal and religious liberty of mankind.
Today fifty stars signal from my union, one for each of the fifty sovereign states in the greatest constitutional republic the world has ever known.
My colors symbolize the patriotic ideals and spiritual qualities of the citizens of my country.
What am I?
This is our pledge to our country. You hear it often.
What does it mean?
I pledge allegianceto the flag
of the United States of America
and to the Republicfor which it stands,
one Nationunder God,indivisible,
with liberty and justicefor all.
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
I pledge allegianceto the flag
of the United States of Americaand to the Republicfor which it stands,
one Nationunder God,indivisible,
with liberty and justicefor all.
(I promise to be true)
I pledge allegiance
(to the symbol of our country)
to the flag
(each state that has joined to make
our country)
of the United States of America
(a republic is a country where the people choose
others to make laws -- the government is
for the people)
and to the Republic
(the flag means the country)
for which it stands,
(a single country)
one Nation
(the people believe in a supreme being)
under God,
(the country cannot be split into parts)
indivisible,
(with freedom and fairness)
with liberty and justice
(for each person in the country...you and me!)
for all.
50 stars for the 50 states
13 stripes for 13 colonies
Betsy Ross made the first flag.
The first flag had 13 stars in a circle. A circle was used to show that no state was superior to another.
The flag is a symbol
of our freedom.
Iwo Jima Monument
Neil Armstrong is the first man towalk on the moon
(1969).
Flag flying off the coast of San Francisco
Our President George W. Bush
6,000 People gather at O’Hare Airport in Chicago
to meet the president.
Flag displayed on thePentagon after
the September 11,2001plane crash of
terrorists.
"In this time of need, it is the greatest of heroes who step up to meet the challenge.
Never forget 9/11/2001."
Make a flagMaterials for each student
Glue White Crayon
Construction PaperRed – big sheet
White – cut into 6 stripsBlue – small
1.Glue the white strips on the red sheet for the stripes.
2.Glue the blue sheet on for the stars.
3.Draw 50 stars with a white Crayon.
Directions
http://www.usflag.org/ http://www.ushistory.org/
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