1. Miss Crawford explains
important events in American
American Flag
History leading to the making In this unit we will be
of the American flag. looking at how America
became the country it is
Students will study
today. We will focus a good
the flag and come up
bit of time on the flag and
As a teacher I will the need of flags of their own
its importance
your help in explaining the and relate their flags
signifigance of our countries to the American flag.
traditions. Students will begin to understand a little
about American history and develop a base
to further expand on in the next history
class they take.
Standard #2 Kindergarten Social Studies.
What is a flag?
What is the importance of the Objective: Discuss the difference in
American flag? feelings when one is alone or one is with a
Why do all countries have group. Discuss a few different flags. Make
different flags?
Who formed the American flag? a new flag for your classroom.
Why was the flag designed the
way it was? contact me with questions:
wtcrawford@crimson.ua.edu
Project based learning (PBL) is using hands on activities and projects to examplify what you teach. In this unit we will do
group projects making flags to represent the group as a state. And a class flag to represent the class as a country. These flags
will help students understand how state flags (groups) form a bigger country flag (class.)