Social Studies
Citizenship
Lesson
Our Flag
nd
2 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.
What am I?
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.
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.
This is our pledge to our country.
You hear it often.
What does it mean?
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 pledge allegiance
(I promise to be true)
to the flag
(to the symbol of
our country)
of the
United States of America
(each state that has
joined to make
our country)
and to the Republic
(a republic is a country
where the people choose
others to make laws
-- the government is
for the people)
for which it stands,
(the flag means
the country)
one Nation
(a single country)
under God,
(the people believe
in a supreme being)
indivisible,
(the country cannot
be split into parts)
with liberty and justice
(with freedom
and fairness)
for all.
(for each person in
the country...you and me!)
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
Construction Paper
Red – big sheet
White – cut into 6 strips
Blue – small
Glue
White Crayon
Directions
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.
Web Sites
http://www.usflag.org/
http://www.ushistory.org/