Our Nation's Colorful Symbol
| State | WV |    |
| Status | Ready for Users | |
| Stage | Public | |
| Subject | English/Language Arts Mathematics Social Studies | |
| Author | Brenda Smith
Becky Miller Tammie Miley | |
| Description | This unit will include lessons on the Pledge of Allegiance,
Betsy Ross and the American Flag. Students will study the meaning of the Pledge, as well as, the importance of the American Flag. In doing so, this unit will cover social studies, language arts, and math skills at the third grade level. Student activities will include a scavenger hunt, cooking lesson, use of digital camera and Internet searches. | |
| The 21st Century Tools | multimedia computer
PowerPoint data projector and screen tape recorder digital camera color printer paint program word processing program | |
| Grade Level | 3 | |
| National Standards | History
4. Understands how democratic values came to be, and how they have been exemplified by people, events, and symbols. Language Arts 1. Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process. 7. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts. 4. Gathers and uses information for research processes. Mathmatics 4. Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of measurement. 6. Understands and applies basic and advanced concepts of statistics and data analysis. | |
| Keywords | Pledge of Allegiance
American Flag Flag Code Betsy Ross Patriotism | |
| Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) | Overview
Lesson 1: The Pledge of Allegiance Lesson 2: Betsy Ross Scavenger Hunt Lesson 3: Patriotic Essay Lesson 4: Flag Etiquette Lesson 5: You CAN Have Your Cake and Eat It Too! | |
| English IGO or CSO | 3.75, 3.28, 3.38, 3.44, 3.45, 3.20, 3.68, 3.67, 3.64 | |
| Math IGO or CSO | 3.41, 3.29 | |
| Social Studies IGO or CSO | 3.5, 3.39 | |