Sunday, January 11, 2009

SECOND GRADE PERSONAL FLAGS

The Second Grade learned about different countries around the world in Social Studies. As part of the unit of study, they researched and reported in their classrooms about Christmas/holiday traditions and celebrations in other countries. In the computer lab, second graders went out on the internet and looked at flags of different countries and states. They read about the meanings behind the colors and symbols found on flags, and what those things told you about a nation. Inspired by that information, students thought about themselves as if they too were a country, and tried to think of colors and images that represented them and their lives. These flags are a sort of "self-portrait" of each child who designed it.

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