A FLAG WORTH DYING FOR
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      Subject Social Studies — US Government
      Grade Level Grades 9-12
      Resource Type Handout, Lesson Plan, Presentation, Worksheet
      Standards Alignment
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      About This Lesson

      ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
      HOW CAN THE POWER AND POLITICS OF A SYMBOL BOTH UNITE AND DIVIDE US?

      Objectives:

      Students will be able to analyze, evaluate and synthesize primary and secondary source evidence to support historical and contemporary understandings of the American flag as a powerful political symbol

      Citations:

      Book:  Marshall, Tim (2016) A Flag Worth Dying For:  The Power and Politics of National Symbols.  New York:  Scribner (pgs. 1-36)

      Warm Up Video:

      VIDEO :  Tim Marshall on the United States Flag (1:32 mins)

      https://youtu.be/2n6ZoOu2e9U

      Online Articles:

      Texas v. Johnson

      http://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educationalactivites/factrs-and-case-summaries

      Why do people believe myths about the Confederacy? – The Washington Post 7/1/2015

      http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/up/2015/07/01/why-do-people-believe-myths-about-the-confederacy

      The Swastika:  A Sign of Good Luck Becomes a Symbol of Evil

      https://www.holocaust-trc-org/holocauset-education-program-resource-guide/the-swastiska

      Standards

      Rights and responsibilities of citizenship across time and space
      Read More About D.4
      analyze the disparities between civic values expressed in the United States Constitution and the United Nation Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the realities as evidenced in the political, social, and economic life in the United States and throughout the world
      Read More About 5.2.2
      Citizens should be informed about rights and freedoms, and committed to balancing personal liberties with a social responsibility to others.
      Read More About 12.G3a
      understand how citizenship includes the exercise of certain personal responsibilities, including voting, considering the rights and interests of others, behaving in a civil manner, and accepting responsibility for the consequences of one’s actions (Adapted from The National Standards for Civics and Government, 1994)
      Read More About 5.3.1
      consider the need to respect the rights of others, to respect others’ points of view (Adapted from The National Standards for Civics and Government, 1996)
      Read More About 5.4.4
      freedom of expression outside of school;
      Read More About F.19.1.a

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