If you are interested, the poem we used is actually a song by Michael W. Smith called "There She Stands." Click HERE to hear it! I think it is a beautiful song. Enjoy!
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Our First Seminar
Today is Patriot's Day--a day set aside to remember and honor the Americans who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. We had a seminar today that tied in with Patriot's Day. The students were given a copy of a poem that was written about the American flag. It was written after 9-11 and so it has many references to that tragic day. So the students talked about what they knew and we discussed how important the flag was right after all of that happened. I told them how it was such an important and unifying symbol for Americans. The students then worked with a partner to complete a seminar product. They were to pick any American flag throughout history and describe what it would have seen, felt, and said if it could do that. Some chose to be the flag on the Twin Towers, others picked the first flag sewn by Betsy Ross; we even had students chose the flag on the moon and one used during the Civil Rights Movement! I think the seminar went well! I hope your child talks with you about it tonight!
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I think that this song was crated
to respect the American Flag and
it`s joy it has given God and the
people of America.
Thank you for sharing that song with our children. It is so important especially now for our children to know the sacrifice and the honor it is to live in this country. It may not be perfect, but it's ours and we should stand by it all the same. I remind my children that every night during our prayers that there are other children who sleep through a war raging right outside of their windows every night. Thank you for reminding us to be thankful.
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