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(Texas) Capitol Visitors Center, Pre-Visit Lesson Plan, Grades K-3 Lesson Plan(Texas) Capitol Visitors Center, Pre-Visit Lesson Plan, Grades K-3 Lesson Plan
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(Texas) Capitol Visitors Center, Pre-Visit Lesson Plan, Grades K-3

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Pupils examine pictures of the four flags Texas had had through history. They discuss similarities among the flags and they relate the flag as a patriotic symbol of Texas. Then they create their own flag incorporating a Lone Star somewhere in the design.

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K - 3rd
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Social Studies & History
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