Lesson that helps students understand the importance of the United States flag. Students discuss The Flag We Love by Pam Munoz Ryan and then work together to create a paper chain flag for display.

Students become familiar with "The Star-Spangled Banner" and discuss what the United States flag means to them.

This creative and collaborative project is centered around the poetry of Langston Hughes, and incorporates art, multi-cultural ideas, and student performance. The site is full of examples, information, lessons and explanation.

Lesson in which students create American symbol folders to help them understand and identify national symbols.

Teach ELL students about American holidays and symbols. Many hands-on activities are included.

Lesson plan suggests many ways to improve students' patterning skills and investigates how symbols unite families and classmates.

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This lesson plan is based on the "America Responds" series where students explore the concepts of valuing diversity and appreciation of cultural differences. An integrated art, social studies, and language arts lesson plan that is...

Enhance teaching about Flag Day with this impressive collection of resources providing lesson plans, activities, interactive sites and more.

This very complete lesson plan uses an article from the Journal of American History to teach about the student movement of the the 1960s and 1970s. Everything necessary for the lesson is provided including the exercises for teaching the...

Provides printouts, fact sheets, suggestions and more on teaching any student to know about songs and symbols of America.

Alma Woodsey Thomas is the focus of this lesson plan that introduces students to abstract art. Students will come to understand how the art elements can be used to express emotion and communicate ideas without including objects in the...

A complete unit on constitutional law that uses the court case of Texas vs. Johnson, in which Gregory Lee Johnson was convicted of desecration of a venerated object after lighting an American flag on fire. The case became an argument...

This mini-lesson covers the basics of the Supreme Court's decision that burning the American flag is a form of political speech protected by the First Amendment. Students learn about the First Amendment freedom of speech and the...

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Comprehensive reference tool with an abundance of country specific information about the Central American country of Costa Rica. Content covered includes photos, symbols, history, economy, geography, climate, population, culture, maps,...

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From the very beginning and through the twentieth century, this comprehensive collection of lessons will enrich students studying the history in between and the effects on South Dakota.

This "President's Day: George Washington" unit will provide many downloads and resources. Teach ESL young scholars about the first president, U.S. Flag, and the American colonies. It provides internet sites for further research.

This personal site provides information and lesson plans about U.S. patriotic symbols. Additional information is organized by states.

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