The Music Connection
K
Silver Burdett Ginn copyright 1995
Unit 13, Lessons 2 & 3
pages 119, 120-121
These lessons uses music to help students
recognize national symbols.
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1. Welcome to the
White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov
/WH/kids/html/home.html
Description: Socks, the First Cat, helps children
understand the importance of the White House to their country's history.
Comments: Socks the First Cat, takes the young
student on a tour of the White House giving children a sense of its importance
in their lives.
Resource Type: True
Graphics Content: True
2. Star Spangled Web
Site - Links to 4th of
July Sites
http://www.bostonharbor.com
/july4.html
Description: This is a compilation of 4th
of July links.
Comments: Teachers should review each site
before students access them to be sure they are current and lead to comprehensible
resources.
Resource Type: Compilation of Links
Graphics Content: High
3. Wildlife Gallery
http://www2.delta.dfg.ca.
gov/gallery/index.html
Description: The links here are to photos
and sounds of California wildlife.
Comments: The photos are wonderful and the
sounds are fun to listen to!
Resource Type: True
Graphics Content: True
4. Star Spangled Banner
http://banzai.neosoft.com/
citylink/usa/ssb.html
Description: Here are the
words of the Star Spangled
Banner. Click on http://banzai.neosoft.com/
citylink/usa/sounds/ssb.wav for a child's
voice singing the National Anthem.
Resource Type:
Sound or Music
Graphics Content:
Low
5. California Poppy
http://virtual-markets.net/
vme/ARNHA/poppy.html
Description: This contains a brief description
of the California state flower and how it was used by Native Californians.
Resource Type: Secondary Text
Graphics Content: Low
6. National Anthem
http://www.law.ou.edu/
ssb.html
Description: This site
has the text of the "Star Spangled Banner".
Resource Type: Other
Graphics Content: High
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Our Flag: Art
and Social Studies Activity
In this activity children make a United States
flag collage. They understand that the flag is a national symbol, explain
what the stars and stripes stand for, and appreciate the role national
symbols play in our society.
http://www.eduplace.com/
ss/act/ourflag.htm
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My Favorite American
Monument
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
activity/favoritemonument/
You have just won a trip to five historical
sites! To get going on your trip you must send us pictures, a project and
keep a journal of your trip. At the end you will give a presentation of
your favorite site to our committee. By doing this you will be help improve
us our contest brochure for next year. Pack your suitcase and camera and
be ready for an adventure of a life time! Lincoln Memorial -- Mt. Rushmore
-- White House -- Statue of Liberty
Author: Lupita Paredes
2. Independence Day
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
activity/indepday/index.html
National holidays, songs and symbols. Your
class will make their own flag, monument, anthem and holiday for their
own Independence Day.
Author: Joe Williamson
3. Celebrate America
http://ed.info.apple.com/
education/techlearn/ccenter/
america/celebrate.html
Here are lots of neat activities using the
computer to celebrate July 4th.
Author: Apple Ideas for Educators
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Students will recite
the "Pledge of Allegiance" while facing the flag.
Students will identify by pointing to pictures
of national and state symbols such as the California flag, the bald eagle,
and Statue of Liberty.
Have students finish this sentence:
The Statue of Liberty stands for ___________.
Ask them to illustrate their sentences.
* Ask students to draw a symbol of the United States.
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In small groups, children draw or paint pictures
of important places in their school (e.g., the cafeteria, the office, the
playground, the flagpole) after having visited them during a class walk.
They work together to display their pictures in correct sequence of the
visit. Later, each pupil is able to identify the place he/she drew
and explain some of the work people do in those places. This activity
helps students gain a base of geographic and economic understanding and
helps them think chronologically (time and place).
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