INTEGRATED LITERACY ASSIGNMENTBy: Kelsie Frick

GLCE:K-C2.0.1

•Identify our country’s flag as an important symbol of the United States.

The American Flag

United States of America

Music!• Star Spangled Banner• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i426pbQJZ_g

• You’re a Grand Ol’ Flag• http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=JZuvUWJRRbc

• America the Beautiful (kids)• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Wt4XlXUrc• Landscape• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LINsNCaxZ5U&feature

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Artwork

Sweet Books• Red, White and Blue - The Story of the American Flag by John Herman,

Robin Roraback (Illustrator)

• Describes how the American flag came into being, how it has changed over the years, and its importance as the symbol of our country.

F is for Flag by Wendy Cheyette Lewison, Barbara Duke (Illustrator)

• June 14 is Flag Day, but with so many American flags proudly displayed, every day seems like Flag Day. Perfect for reading together with a young child, F Is for Flag shows in simple terms how one flag can mean many things: a symbol of unity, a sign of welcome, and a reminder that-in good times and in bad-everyone in our country is part of one great big family.

The Flag We Love by Pam Munoz Ryan, Ralph Masiello (Illustrator)

• Enjoy a red-white-and-blue introduction to our nation's most cherished ideals in this look at Old Glory. Dazzling illustrations and inspiring verse bring to life many famous moments in our country's history and reveal fascinating facts about one of its most enduring symbols.

The Pledge of Allegiance by Scholastic Inc (Corporate Author), Francis Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag Bellamy (Editor)

• The text of the Pledge of Allegiance is illustrated with stunning photographs of American landscapes, monuments, and flags. The meaning of the pledge, its history, and information about the flag are included.

The Flag Keeper by Stacy Juba

Elizabeth the bear wakes up the American flag in the morning and puts it to bed at night. She acts as her father’s flag keeper; helping him with his daily tasks of raising the flag and retiring it for the evening. She soaks up the etiquette facts that Dad teaches her, including don’t leave the flag out in the dark without a spotlight. When Dad leaves for a business trip, it frustrates Elizabeth that their flag will be stuck in a boring garage. Every flag she sees reminds her of her job as flag keeper, and Elizabeth grows determined to make her father proud.

This illustrated picture book is designed to teach children about U.S. flag etiquette through an educational fiction story. It includes discussion questions, flag facts, and an activity.

Pledge of allegiance• Pledge of allegiance video• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmE0ZjHGOso

I pledge allegianceto the Flag

of the United States of America,and to the Republicfor which it stands,

one nationunder God,indivisible,

with liberty and justice for all.

How to properly handle/fold the flag• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Be5zGXXC7Y&featur

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Flag/ Patriotic PoemsA Song of Our Flag by Wilbur D. Nesbit

Your Flag and my Flag! And, oh, how much it holds - Your land and my land - Secure within its folds! Your heart and my heart Beat quicker at the sight; Sun-kissed and wind-tossed, Red and blue and white. The one Flag - the great Flag - the Flag for me and you - Glorified all else beside - the red and white and blue!

Your Flag and my Flag! To every star and stripe The drums beat as hearts beat And fifers shrilly pipe! Your Flag and my Flag - A blessing in the sky; Your hope and my hope - It never hid a lie! Home land and far land and half the world around, Old Glory hears our glad salute and ripples to the sound!

Liberty

by Roger W Hancock

Red shed, white right,blue pure, freedom be.Flag fly,flag free.Liberty!

Patriotic Poem Sites for Kidshttp://www.poetpatriot.com/poems-rhy.liberty.htm]

http://www.hellokids.com/r_373/reading/poems/patriotic-poems/

http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/more/poetry.html

Cool Website Resources• Flag Day! (Apples4theteacher)• http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/flag-day/

• Teachervision• http://www.teachervision.fen.com/flag-day/teacher-resources/6620.html

• Smithsonian• http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/making-the-flag.aspx

• Lessonsplanpage• http://www.lessonplanspage.com/flagday-htm