Social Studies Citizenship Lesson Our Flag 2 nd Grade Linda Hamilton October 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 Flags 4.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 allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for 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 to walk 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 the Pentagon after the September 11,2001 plane 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 flag Materials for each student Glue White Crayon Construction Paper Red – big sheet White – cut into 6 strips Blue – 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

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