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Flag: An American Biography is a vivid narrative that uncovers little-known facts and sheds new light on the more than 200-year history of the American flag.
The thirteen-stripe, fifty-star flag is as familiar an American icon as any that has existed in the nation's history. Yet the history of the flag, especially its origins, is cloaked in myth and misinformation. Flag: An American Biography rectifies that situation by presenting a lively, comprehensive,...
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The Blood Flag was last seen on October 18, 1944, when Heinrich Himmler displayed it proudly as he commissioned the Volkssturm, the Nazi Party's new militia created to avert the certain defeat that awaited Germany. Hitler believed the Blood Flag, Blutfahne, carried sacred powers. It held the blood of the first Nazi martyrs, those killed in the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich in 1923, when Hitler first tried to take over Germany. Several Nazis were shot...
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The American flag represents a symbol of freedom in the American culture. The flag should never touch the ground and should be handled respectfully. The Spanish version of this wordless e-Book shows the construction of the flag to its use. Early learners will be encouraged to learn about the importance of the American flag by determining the meaning behind each photograph. Aligned to the National Council for the Social Studies and other state standards,...
10) Grand Old Flag
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The American flag represents a symbol of freedom in the American culture. The flag should never touch the ground and should be handled respectfully. This wordless e-book shows the construction of the flag to its use. Early learners will be encouraged to learn about the importance of the American flag by determining the meaning behind each photograph. Aligned to the National Council for the Social Studies and other state standards, this e-book is a...
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Picture Window Books
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IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Relates the Revolutionary War adventures of Betsy Ross, who sewed the first American flag at the request of George Washington, interspersed with verses of original song lyrics to be sung to the tune of "Yankee Doodle."
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Although many kids say the pledge of allegiance at the beginning of the day, they sometimes don't show a lot of sincerity while doing it because they don't fully understand what the flag means to America. I'm Your Flag so Please Treat Me Right! is a story told by the American flag. It explains through the eyes of our flag what the red, white and blue stand for, and what the flag means to all Americans.
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Presents a history of the national anthem of the United States, the Star-Spangled Banner, written from the perspective of its author, Francis Scott Key. Includes information about the battle that inspired the song, how the song first appeared as a poem, and the transformation of that poem into song.
17) Flags
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Rourke Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Describes the designs and symbolism of the flags that represent the fifty states and the District of Columbia.
18) Betsy Ross
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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An introduction to the life of the Philadelphia seamstress credited with sewing the first American flag.
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Philomel
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2023.
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English
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"A powerful story about the mixture of pride and pain that one Black family finds in the American flag, and an invitation for each of us to choose how we relate to America, its history, and the flag that means so many things to so many people"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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With bombs bursting overhead, a tattered flag flying ... Joined by two cartoon flies and their factual narrative infused with kid-friendly fun, readers go above deck with Francis Scott Key and witness the birth of the U.S. national anthem during the War of 1812.
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