Star Spangled Banner MEGA Activity Pack - Lesson Plans, Centers, Presentation
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Star Spangled Banner MEGA Activity Pack – Lesson Plans, Centers, Presentation

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Are you looking for a great way to present the Star-Spangled Banner to your students? Look no further! This pack will give you everything you need! This unit is perfect for studying our national anthem by Francis Scott Key – use for 9/11, Memorial Day, President’s Day, or just because!

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Are you looking for a great way to present the Star-Spangled Banner to your students? Look no further! This pack will give you everything you need! This unit is perfect for studying our national anthem by Francis Scott Key – use for 9/11, Memorial Day, President’s Day, or just because!


In this resource:

  • LESSON PLANS – Complete, extremely detailed lesson plans that are editable for your needs. Standards marked for the Georgia GPS music standards for 3rd grade but I also included the 1994 National Music Standards, K-4 and Core Arts Standards, 3rd, for you to switch out. This lesson could easily be modified for a multitude of grade levels by switching out the activities.
  • POWERPOINT PRESENTATION – This presentation will walk you through the lesson. The notes in the notes section will guide you along your way. Slide numbers are referenced in the lesson plans.
  • 27 Pages of STUDENT ASSESSMENTS, ACTIVITIES, and CENTERS – A variety of ways to assess students is provided; you may pick and choose which items to use with your students.



    • The PowerPoint guides students through:

    • PRE-ASSESSMENT – Students will write down what they already know about the Star-Spangled Banner.
    • LISTENING EXAMPLES – Safe-share links to provide students with authentic performances of the Star-Spangled Banner.
    • BEFORE YOU SING…. – Students will be guided through how to act and stand appropriately when performing or listening to the national anthem.
    • SING ALONGS – Safe-share links and mp3 to provide students with chances to perform the Star-Spangled Banner themselves.
    • WHERE YOU CAN HEAR THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER – Students will explore where the national anthem is played and why it first began playing at many of these events.
    • HISTORY BEHIND THE SONG – The students will explore why Francis Scott Key first penned this song. This includes an excellent safe-share link to a video that will enthrall your students!
    • THE FLAG – A comparison of the 1915 flag that inspired Francis Scott Key and the modern flag.
    • MEANING OF THE WORDS – A detailed look at each phrase of the first verse in the songs as well as exposure to all the verses and how it was originally performed.
    • BLANK SLIDE WITH MATCHING BACKGROUND – For your use with your own materials!



    • STUDENT CENTERED ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS, and CENTERS

      • PRE-ASSESSMENT – Students will write down what they already know about the Star Spangled Banner.
      • READ ALONGS – Students will read along and answer questions about the history of the Star Spangled Banner.
      • VOCABULARY – Students will figure out synonyms to words found in “The Star Spangled Banner.”
      • REWRITE THE WORDS – Students will put the words of “The Star Spangled Banner” into their own words. (POSSIBLE CENTER!)
      • FILL IN THE BLANK – Students will fill in the missing word in the lyrics of “The Star Spangled Banner.” (POSSIBLE CENTER!)
      • PUT THEM IN ORDER – Students will put the lyrics of “The Star Spangled Banner” in order using sentence strips.
      • “HELP! I’M FINISHED EARLY! ACTIVITIES” – Students who finish a previous activity early may complete the wordsearch or “fill in the blank lyrics” crossword puzzle.
      • MY FAVORITE PERFORMANCE LISTENING ACTIVITY – Students are given several different listening examples and must decide what their favorite and least favorite performance is. Samples include traditionally “good” and “bad” performances. (POSSIBLE CENTER!)
      • MY PERSONAL BANNER – Students will choose colors and symbols to represent their own personal banner (POSSIBLE CENTER!)
      • STAR SPANGLED BANNER MINI-BOOK – Students will color and create their own lyric book and/or history and lyric book (POSSIBLE CENTER!)



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