AMERICAN FLAG

PROTOCOL INITIATIVE:

EDUCATING CHILDREN &

THEIR COMMUNITIES

Military Officers Association of Sarasota

Sarasota County Schools

November 15, 2014

Welcome

• Why, Where, and How the Program

Started

• Four Components• Flag Retreat Ceremony

• Flag Collection and Retirement Ceremony

• Outreach to Business and Civic

Organizations

• Academic Curriculum

The Lessons

• Development

– The Team

• Dr. Bernadette Bennett

• Dr. Tammi Purdin

• Dawn Vittorio

• Carol Lavallee

Curriculum

• 10 Lessons

– 9 in the classrooms (grades 4-5)

– Lesson 10: Presented by JROTC and veterans’ organizations

• Focus on:

– Primary sources

– Disciplinary literacy

– Aligned to Florida Content Standards

The 9 Classroom Lessons

• Lessons 1 & 2: Understanding the Origins of the American Flag

• Lesson 3: Symbols of the United States

• Lesson 4: Flag Etiquette

• Lessons 5 & 6: Patriotism, The Star Spangled Banner

• Lesson 7: Respecting the United States Flag

• Lessons 8 & 9: Showing Respect for the United States Flag (Part 1 and 2)

Sample: Lesson 2 Origin of

the U.S. Flag (Part 2)

• Document A: Third Congress of the U.S. at the First Session, 1794

– "An act making an alteration in the Flag of the United States" 01/13/1794 (ARC ID 1501721); 3rd Congress, 1st Session; General Records of the United States Government; Record Group 11; National Archives and Records Administration

– http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/?dod-date=113

National Archives website: “Approved by President George

Washington on January 13, 1794, this act called for the Flag

of the United States to have fifteen stripes and fifteen stars,

reflecting the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the

Union. Faced with the admission of five more states in 1818,

the flag design would return to the original thirteen stripes.

Document B:

Fifteenth Congress Session 1,

1818

The Betsy Ross Flag

ca. 1783 – 1795

• National Archives: “We don't have proof that

Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag, but

this flag made by her (ca. 1783–1795) may be

the earliest known U.S. flag in existence.

(Courtesy of Claude and Inez Harkins)”

Activity: Using the Primary source documents: The First

Session, 1794; The Fifteenth Congress, Session 1,

1818; and The Oldest United States Flag in Existence

1783-1795 photo, compare and contract the information

in these documents and complete the triple Venn

diagram.

Lesson 10

• JROTC– Online self-paced review of student lessons

– Hands-on with students • Review of content

• Hands-on flag folding exercise

• Veterans Organizations– Supporting Lesson 10

– Certificates for each of the elementary students who participate

Reflections

• Student Reactions

• Questions and Answers