Effective Preschool Theme Activities
Studying States of USA

Preschool Studying States USA Activity:

The preschool studing States USA activity willl improve the children's knowledge on the National Symbols and will teach the children more on the American National Flag!

The Star Spangled Banner refers to the National Flag of America. The preschool children will learn how and where the national flag originated, and facts on the American history.

The children will stimulate and develop their auditory -, and visual observation skills during the activity.

Materials:

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3. Colorful Pictures of the American Flag.
4. Photographs of Historical Figures.
5. Music and Lyrics of the National Anthem.
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Procedure:

• The teacher should teach the children the first verse of the National Anthem. The teacher should revise the words and explain the meaning of the words in the national anthem.
• The teacher will teach the children facts on the national symbols, for instance, the Author of the National Anthem was Sir Francis Scott Key.
• The teacher should explain the terminology autho(writer) to the children.
• The teacher will teach the children the National Anthem was first written as a Poem, with the title: "O Say Can You See."



• The author wrote the poem as he was leading his men into the battle of Baltimore, early on the morning of 14 September 1814.
• As the fog lifted early that morning ,the stars and stripes on the waving flags could be seen, and it made such an impression on him that he wrote the poem.
• Sir Thomas Carr composed the music for the lyrics. The title "The Star Spangled Banner" was added to the song, and so the American National Anthem became known.
• The American Stars and Stripes Flag was in those days in 1870 the patriotic family treasure of Colonel Armistead's family.
• The Star Spangled Banner song became very popular and the flag that indicated the writing of the song became the national heritage of all the American people.
• The words form the first verse of the Star Spangled Banner Song are being derived from the original manuscript seen in the Maryland Historical Society collection.

What so proudly we hail'd at the twighlight's last gleaming,

Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight.

O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming?

And the rocket's red glare,

the bomb bursting in air,

Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there,

O say does that star-spangled-banner yet wave,

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

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