San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the National Anthem in 2016 as a form of protest. Were his actions appropriate? Using the provided website, pupils attempt to decide for themselves by reading the main...

There are several important components in this how to build a PowerPoint presentation. Luckily there are some explicit instructions on how to put these components into the PowerPoint. This is a short, 3 slide, assignment on finding a...

“I am. I think. I will.” Seek the secrets of words. Ayn Rand’s Anthem provides the text for a series of exercises that ask readers to analyze how Rand uses antimetabole, epistrophe, parallelism, and repetition to create meaning. Using...

Students visit the World Viewer internet site created by National Geographic Xpeditions. They fill out a blank outline of the world map with the names of the countries they studied. They compare our national anthem with those of other...

Get your kids moving as they learn about the history of the United States National Anthem. Scholars examine the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key, and the meaning behind The Star Spangled Banner as they listen to an 18-minute...

For this National Anthem worksheet, students read the lyrics to the National Anthem and describe them in their own words. They draw a picture to match their explanation. 

A good addition to a unit on the War of 1812, this slideshow details causes, specific battles, political contexts, and several campaigns of the war. Maps and pictures with broad topics allow teachers to bring their own discussion topics...

Though September 11 was the most devastating attack on American soil, it was not the first. Middle schoolers discuss the symbolism of the American flag pulled from the debris at the World Trade Center, and how the flag connects to that...

After reading Anthem by Ayn Rand and completing a series of related activities, learners can quiz themselves on how well they understand the themes in the poem. This is an interactive quiz which gives the test taker one minute and twenty...

The Pledge of Allegiance, the Gettysburg Address, the National Anthem, and the Preamble to the Constitution all get close attention in an exercise that asks learners to rewrite these formally-worded documents into informal language....

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 11 short answer and essay questions based on themes in Ayn Rand's Anthem.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on the theme of philisophical viewpoints in Anthem. Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.

In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions based on the theme of freedom and confinement in Anthem. Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on the themes society and class in Anthem. Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on the theme of happiness in Anthem. Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on the theme of science in Anthem. Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on the theme of love in Anthem. Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.

In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on the theme of loyalty in Anthem. Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 multiple choice questions based on the quotes in Anthem. Students may submit their answers to be scored on this timed quiz.

Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept national anthems and how they are used to boosted the moral of a nation. The lesson contains background information for the teacher to use. Then they create a new anthem for...

The orchestra plays the National Anthem and discusses their origin. Students listen to other nation's National Anthems, and discuss how they felt while listening. As the students play the National Anthem, the teacher sings. The students...

Students discover the writing of the National Anthem by viewing a slide-show.  In this U.S. history lesson, students view several images from a PowerPoint slide-show based on the man who wrote "The Star Spangled Banner."  Students...

Students explore the national anthem. In this "Star Spangled Banner" lesson students view a primary source picture of the War of 1812. Students discover the meaning of the lyrics.

Second graders learn the national anthems of other countries of the world. Using the melody of America/My Country 'Tis of Thee, they write their own anthem.