The Star-Spangled Banner

Today for history we read the story of Francis Scott Key and the events surrounding his writing our national anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner. I also had a great book from the library with the lyrics of the song illustrated very well that we "sang through" after the story in his history book.

The activity to go along with history, was supposed to be a paper with both fireworks/flag on the same paper but since K had used the dot pens for one of her letter projects earlier in the morning and he begged to use them, I adjusted his project accordingly.

He used a sticker flag, drew a fort on a hill below it and then used the dot pens & markers to make "fireworks" in the sky like the rockets that Francis Scott Key had seen during the War of 1812.