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= LESSON PLAN = created by: Mary McAllister, Jenny Moore, Jen Ramsey, Cindy Skillicorn, Linda Smith (Sego Lily First Grade Team)

__Core Objective/Standard__:
Demonstrate respect for patriotic practices and customs (e.g., Pledge of Allegiance and flag etiquette).

__Student learning objective__:
Students will learn the words to the Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem and gain appreciation for them.

__Materials needed__:
"Pledge of Allegiance" Big Book Words to the Pledge of Allegiance and the Star-Spangled Banner on Chart Paper or SmartBoard (Notebook software) Story of the War of 1812 defense or Fort McHenry (background to the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner. See http://www.miketodd.net/encyc/anthem.htm for information.)

Mini-books for "The Pledge of Allegiance" and "The Star-Spangled Banner" (scans coming) Dictionary

Take one day for each (Pledge of Allegiance and Star-Spangled Banner) Optional: Pledge of Allegiance music by Irving Caesar available for purchase at http://www.classroomclassics.com/filecabinet/htmlfiles/A2.html

__Instructions for Teaching__:
Pledge of Allegiance Lesson
 * Read the Pledge of Allegiance Big Book to the Students
 * Read the book with the Students
 * Show the words (on the chart paper or SmartBoard) of the Pledge of Allegiance to the students. Highlight the big words (pledge, allegiance, republic, indivisible, liberty, justice)
 * Ask the students for ideas of what the big words mean.
 * Look them up in the dictionary and tell them the meaning and talk about the words.
 * Teach them the "Pledge of Allegiance" song by Irving Caesar
 * Students practice the song.
 * Students make and color their Pledge of Allegiance mini-book.


 * Assessment**: Listen to and observe students during the Pledge of Allegiance for proper reciting of the Pledge and demonstrating respect for the flag.

Extensions: Read a book about the making of the Flag or the History of the Flag such as //Red, White, and Blue// by John Herman (All Aboard Reading).

Star-Spangled Banner Lesson Summarize the story of the Defense of Fort McHenry (writing of the Star-Spangled Banner) For example) "The United States was in a big fight (war) with another country and the people in the United States were not sure if we were going to win. As they went to bed at night, they saw the bombs in the air, the sky was red because of the fires. They knew that if the flag was still flying in the morning, then the United States won. When Francis woke up in the morning he looked up at the fort and saw a flag flying. When he saw that it was the United States Flag, he was so happy he wrote about how he felt."


 * Summarize the words to the first verse of the Star-Spangled Banner without reading them.
 * Show the students the words and highlight the big/unknown words (dawn, twilight, perilous, ramparts, gallantly, star-spangled banner).
 * Ask the students for ideas of what the big words mean.
 * Look them up in the dictionary and tell them the meaning and talk about the words.
 * Teach the students "The Star-Spangled Banner."
 * Students practice the song.
 * Students make and color their "Star-Spangled Banner" mini-book.


 * Assessment:** Students sing the song.

Extensions to go with Objective 3e: http://www.texaslre.org/asymbols/symbolsgame.html