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Readiness:
I. Goals/Objectives/Standard(s)
A. Goal(s)—Students will be able to understand the beginnings of America and how it
has changed over time due to people who desired freedom and representation.
B. Objective(s)—
The students will demonstrate through a grand discussion, their knowledge of
the American flag and what the colors represent.
After learning about the symbolism of the American Flag, students will
demonstrate their knowledge by filling out a page in the American symbol flip
book.
C. Standard(s)—IAS: 1.1.3 Identify American songs and symbols and discuss their origins.
Example: Songs: “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “Yankee Doodle”, Symbols: The
United States Flag, the bald eagle and the Statue of Liberty
NCSS: Time, Continuity, and Change
IV. Purpose Statement: “Today we are going to learn about the American flag and what
the colors represent. This is important to know because the American flag is a symbol
of how our country has changed over time.”
V. Lesson Presentation
A. Input Modeling/Modeled Practice
I will have pictures on a PowerPoint that has symbols that we see every day
(fast food, shoe/clothes companies, well known brands) and explain how
when we see them, we understand that the symbol represents something about
that company. The same applies for the different symbols we have for
America.
I will begin the lesson by pulling up the YouTube video of the Star-Spangled
Banner and play it for the students.
I will then go to a picture of Francis Scott Key. I will tell students how this
song was written by a man who saw his fellow men fighting for their country
against a very powerful army. When he saw the American flag waving, he
wrote this song to recognize their bravery and strength. Just like this song
represents the courage and strength of our people when they were fighting for
freedom, that is what the colors of the American flag represent.
I will pull up slides that are red, blue, and white, each one with the
explanation of what each color means. Each student will be given a paper with
a flag that has no color, and as we go through each color the students will
color in the flag. This paper will be put in their American symbol booklet.
I will ask a student to read it aloud for everyone. After each student reads a
slide, I will pass out the food items that correlate with the color of the flag we
are going over.
Students are to color in the part of the flag we went over, once they have done
that, they are allowed to eat the food item if they wish too. I will provide
baggies for students who do not want to eat them right away.
B. Checking Understanding
At the end of the lesson, I will ask targeted questions that will evaluate whether or not
students understand which colors are on the flag, how they came to be, and why it’s
important we know them today even though our country has changed over time.
C. Guided Practice
Students will then show they understand what the flag and its colors mean by filling
out the American flag page for the symbol booklet they will complete later on. A
writing prompt will be provided but students are expected to complete the sentence
with the knowledge they have gained from the lesson.
D. Independent Practice
As students are finishing their guided practice activity, students will go to a white
poster flag placed in the classroom. They are to dip their hands in red or white paint
and fill up the American flag and write their names on their handprints once the paint
has dried.
Summative: Students are going to be creating an American Symbols booklet between the two
social studies lessons. They will be turning this in and it will allow me to assess whether students
are understanding the significance of the American symbols and why they exist.