THE UNITED STATES FLAGBy: Shauna Colli

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Basic Facts…………………………………………Slide #3 Stars………………………………………………....Slide #4 Meaning of the blue and the stars……...Slide #5 Meaning of the stripes on flag…………….Slide #6 First 8 Colonial Colonies……………………..Slide #7 Last 6 Colonial Colonies……………………..Slide #8 Map of 13 Colonies…………………………....Slide #9 Good Job……………………………………………Slide #10 The amount of stars quiz…..……………….Slide#11 Try Again!................................................Slide #12 Preparing for the last question……………Slide #13 True or False quiz………………………………Slide #14 Not Quite…………………………………………..Slide #15 The End…………………………………………….Slide #16 Reference Page…………………………………Slide #17 Go

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BASIC FACTS 50 Stars 13 Stripes in red and white. Blue square on top left corner of the

flag, is the fifty star’s background.

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• The stars represents the original 50 states.

• The blue background represents the blue sky.

• The blue background, also, shows our freedom.

•The blue background represents our respect for God.

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WHAT DO THE STRIPES MEAN? The 13 stripes represents the 13

original colonies. The color red represents courage,

blood, and life. The color white represents purity and

peace.

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13 ORIGINAL COLONIES (FIRST 7 COLONIES)

1. Virginia in 1607 2. Massachusetts in 1620. 3. New Hampshire in 1623. 4. New Jersey in 1623 5. New York in 1624. 6. Maryland in 1633. 7. Rhode Island in 1636.

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13 ORIGINAL COLONIES (COLONIES 8-13)

8. Connecticut in 1636. 9. Delaware in 1638. 10. North Carolina in 1653. 11. South Carolina in 1663. 12. Pennsylvania in 1682. 13. Georgia in 1732.

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CLICK ON THE FIRST COLONY FOUNDED:

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GOOD JOB!!!Here comes another question for you!

Think you can handle it?

Click on the globe when you are ready:

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CLICK ON THE CORRECT ANSWER.HOW MANY STARS ARE THERE ON THE FLAG?

25 78

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Very close! Try, try again!

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THINK YOU CAN GET THE

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THE COLOR RED ON THE FLAG MEANS COURAGE, BLOOD, AND LIFE.

IS THIS TRUE OR FALSE?

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1. True

2. False

Not Quite… Try Again!

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Great Job!

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REFERENCES http://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/usa-fl

ag/usa-flag-meaning.html http://www.usflag.org/colors.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1N

R2K-gazo http://antiquitieswatch.files.wordpress.

com/2009/03/us-flag.jpg http://fisd.us/CharacterED/lessonplans/J

oeLebouff/Montages/Colonies%20Picture.gif

http://webpages.shepherd.edu/IBEICH01/13Colonies.jpg

http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html