Star Spangled Banner Responses

Yesterday students used QR codes in three centers around the room to learn about our National Anthem.  One QR code led students to a site where they learned interesting facts about the Star Spangled Banner.  Another QR code allowed students to view what is considered one of the best - if not the best - performance of the Star Spangled Banner.  The last QR code led students to the site history4kids and students read an article about what happened when the Star Spangled Banner was written as well as who wrote it and why it was written.

Below are responses that fourth grade students sent in on their Google doc telling about what they learned:

"I learned that the Star-Spangled Banner was made by Francis Scott .he was inspired by the American flag to write the national anthem.i found out that there is 13 stripes in the flag.i learned that the athem was made during the war .the flag has 50 stars. The Star-Spangled Banner is usually used before games or in front of veterans."

"I learned that the Star-Spangled Banner was a poem that a person wrote,but got turned into a song in 1931.The Star-Spangled Banner was built in Britten on a ship in 1814.The Star-Spangled Banner has a lot of verses,but we mainly use the first verse.The Star-Spangled Banner stands for the time of war,and when the people saw the American flag and knew that the war was over."

"I learned that the Star-Spangled Banner was not known by a lot of people.  I learned that the same people who shot cannons burnt down the White House.  The people shot cannons from miles so the Americans couldn't get to them."

"I learned that most adults don't know about the Star-Spangled Banner.Britsh burned down the state capital in1814.Baltmore harbor was pertected by Fort Mchenry.The next moring British stoped fireing."