Christopherson-+U.S.+History

**PATRIOTISM PAPER (for Tim Christopherson)** //Directions// : Your goal is to discover: what is patriotism? What does it mean to be patriotic? How do you show patriotism? What evidence do you have that you are patriotic? You must type (for full credit) a paper regarding patriotism. Your research will be directed by the options that you have selected below.

__**Choose TWO of the following to research:**__ Why is it red, white, and blue? Who made the flag? When? What does the flag mean to you? In what ways do American’s display the flag to show their patriotism? Why can’t you burn the flag? What do you do if you have an old flag and it needs to be discarded? How come the flag can’t touch the ground? Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner? When? Under what conditions was it written? When did it become the national anthem? How/why does the Anthem inspire patriotism? When was it written? Why do you think it is recited in school daily? What does the Pledge mean to you? Do you stand for the pledge? Why or why not? What signal are you sending if you sit for the Pledge? Why is it appropriate to stop what you’re doing when the Pledge is being recited? What are you pledging? What was the original capitol? When did DC become the capitol? What monuments are there? How does the capitol/monuments inspire patriotism?
 * o The United States Flag:**
 * o 2. The Star Spangled Banner:**
 * o 3. The Pledge of Allegiance:**
 * o 4. Washington DC, our Nation’s Capitol:**

__**You must ALSO research**__ __**TWO**__ __**patriotic songs:**__ Patriotic Songs: Choose one “ //military// ” patriotic song and one //other// to research and report on. You may research them at school, buy you may have to listen to them at home. You may bring headphones with you to the lab to //LISTEN TO PATRIOTIC SONGS//, **not** to listen to OTHER personal music.


 * Things to think about:**
 * What is the song about? How or why does the song inspire patriotism?
 * Who wrote the song? When?
 * What colony or state is the song from?

Ø **You will lose computer privileges if you are using the computers for anything but this assignment**.

__**//Research the links below to assist you in writing a response to these questions.//**__

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 * __Ø Pledge of Allegiance__ (** Excellent site on the history of the Pledge including its meaning.)

__**Ø Patriotic (military-war based) Songs**__ //•Yankee Doodle// (Yankee Doodle lyrics) [] [] //•Battle Hymn of the Republic// [] [] //•When Johnny Comes Marching Home// [] Lyrics []

•Flag etiquette and rules [] •Historic flags and history []
 * __History of the song__**
 * Ø American Flag**

__**Ø Patriotic Songs:**__ //•Star Spangled Banner// ( Star Spangled Banner ) []

//•America the Beautiful// (America the Beautiful; lyrics + song) [] •Katharine Lee Bates-writer of America the Beautiful []

•Bio of author of //Dixie// []

//•My Country Tis of Thee// [] •My Country Tis of Thee; History (Excellent site regarding the History of //America// (My Country Tis of Thee)) []

//•God Bless the USA// []

•History of Washington DC [|**http://washington.org/visiting/experience-dc/knowledge-seeker/dc-history-african-american**] •Extensive site on the history of Washington DC [] •Timeline/history of DC []
 * Ø** __**Our Nation's Capital: Washington DC**__

**Misc…Information for most groups—Great Stuff!**

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 * Must See! Excellent source to get you started! Information and many patriotic themes; Star Spangled Banner, America the Beautiful, The Pledge, Constitution, White House, etc…**

[] Excellent site; access to many historic documents.

[] Link to lyrics/songs for most groups

[] Site with “quick facts”