The colors on the flag symbolize: red - valor and hardiness, white-innocence
and purity, and blue stands for vigilance, perseverance, and Justice.
Songs
I Love My Flag
(tune: Yankee Doodle)
I love my flag, my country's flag
The red and white and blue.
It has broad stripes and fifty stars,
And stands for freedom, too.
Spot with flag color page
Art
Create your own flags
Have children pick 3 colors for their flag. They must have a reason
for the colors they choose; such as, choose yellow for happiness, or
pink for love.
Add symbols to your flag. Choose 2 to 3 symbols for your flag. For
example, shamrocks, because your family came from Ireland.
Print My Flag worksheet.
Flag Day Festival (June 14th)
Have the children make a festive Flag Day tablecloth out of a long
sheet of white butcher paper. Have each child bring in a food from
home that is either red, white, or blue.
Post a sign up sheet for the parents to sign up to bring in a food
item. You may want to list the food items for the parents to sign up
to bring. Brainstorm a list with the children, putting the items into
the correct color categories.
Make a 3-dimensional American flag
Cut paper strips from red, white, and blue construction paper. Have
the children make paper chains.
red group--4 chains of 25 loops and 3 chains of 50 loops;
white group--3 chains of 25 loops and 3 chains of 50 loops;
blue group--7 chains of 25 loops.
Staple the completed chains on a bulletin board so that it looks like
the American Flag.
Other Sites
Design
A Flag Lesson (Grades K-5)
Children choose an idea and design a flag to represent it. A planning
page is used to help children focus their ideas.
The Flag of the
United States of America Page
Has to much to list everything! A must see site.
History
of the Flag Page
A concise history as well as examples of every flag the USA has flown.
The
Pledge of Allegiance: A Short History
Have
You Been Hornswoggled?
The story of the other Official US Flag!
Flag
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