The Fourth of July

1. The Fourth of July Click the arrow to go on

2. MAIN PAGEHere is a list of the things we will cover today. Click on the “INTRO” button to continue. • INTRO • HISTORY • THE FLAG • THE DELCARATION • SONGS

3. Introduction • When you see: • This button, click to go on • This button, click to go back • This button, click to go back to the timeline

4. Meet Sparky! • This is Sparky the sparkler. He is going to lead you through different activites and help you learn more about the Fourth of July! Hi, I’m Sparky. If you’re ready, go ahead and click the arrow to get started!

5. Today: • You will learn about Fourth of July history and traditions. We’ll play some games and maybe learn some songs along the way! Come on, Let’s go!

6. Click on each arrow pointing up or down to learn about that date. Make sure to go in order, start with 1774. History: Timeline April June July 4 July 8 July 4 17751776 1776 1776 1777 1774 May June 28 July 6 August Present Day 1776 1776 1776 1776

7. 1774 • The 13 colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to make the first continental congress. Even though they were sick and tired of the way things were done, the colonies were not ready to declare war on Britain.

8. April 1775 • King George, the king of Britain, sent his troops to move towards Massachusetts. You may have heard of Paul Revere before, he saw the British heading in and jumped on his horse and made his midnight ride yelling the famous line “The British are coming, the British are coming!”

9. May 1776 • After trying to work out their differences with England for almost a year, the colonies sent representatives to the continental congress again.

10. June 1776 • A committee was formed to compose the formal Declaration of Independence. Lead by Thomas Jefferson, the group also included John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Philip Livingston, and Roger Shurman.

11. June 28 1776 • Jefferson presents the first draft of the declaration to congress.

12. July 4 1776 • After many changes to the original draft, out of all 13 colonies 9 voted in favor of the declaration.

13. July 4 1776 cont. • John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress, was the first to sign the declaration. It is said he signed his name “with a great flourish,” “so King George can read that with out spectacles!”

14. July 6 1776 • The Pennsylvania Evening Post is the first newspaper to print the Declaration of Independence.

15. July 8 1776 • The first public reading of the declaration takes place in Independence Square.

16. August 1776 • The signing of the declaration was completed, even though it begun on July 4.

17. July 4 1777 • The first Independence Day celebration takes place. It’s interesting to think of what those first Fourth of July festivities were like. By the early 1800’s the tradition of parades, picnics, and fireworks were firmly established as part of American Independence Day culture.

18. Pop Quiz • 1. What did Paul Revere yell on his midnight ride? • A. Run and Hide, Run and Hide! • B. The British are coming, the British are coming! • C. Duck and cover, duck and cover!

19. Correct Great Job!!!!!

20. Sorry try again Remember, Paul Revere was warning everyone about King George’s troops coming their way!

21. The Flag This is what the flag looks like today!

22. The Flag This is what the first American flag looked like!

23. About the flag • 13 stripes represent the original 13 colonies • The stars represent the states • Nicknames: The Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, The Star Spangled Banner

24. Flag Etiquette • The flag should never be dipped to any person or thing • The Flag should never touch the ground • If flown at night, the flag should be illuminated • If the edges of a flag become tattered, it should be repaired or replaced • If it is tattered and cannot be fixed, it should be burned

25. POP QUIZ! • True or False? • The American Flag can touch the ground as long as it’s already dirty. • A. TRUE • B.FALSE

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28. The Declaration of Independence • An act of the second continental congress adopted on July 4, 1776 which delcared that the 13 colonies in North America were “free and independent states,” and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is and ought to be totally dissolved.

29. The Declaration of Independence

30. SONG BREAK!!

31. The Star Spangled Banner • The National Anthem of the United States lyrics come from a poem written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key. Although the song has four stanzas, only the first is commonly sung today.

32. Star Spangled Banner (first stanza) • Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light • What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? • Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, • O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? • And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, • Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. • Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave • O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

33. Star Spangled Banner (second stanza) • On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, • Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, • What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, • As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? • Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, • In full glory reflected now shines in the stream: • 'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave • O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

34. Star Spangled Banner (third stanza) • And where is that band who so vauntingly swore • That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion, • A home and a country should leave us no more! • Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. • No refuge could save the hireling and slave • From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave: • And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave • O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

35. Star Spangled Banner (fourth stanza) • Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand • Between their loved home and the war's desolation! • Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land • Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. • Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, • And this be our motto: "In God is our trust." • And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave • O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

36. GRAND FINALE QUIZ! • 1. Who was the first person to sign the declaration? • A. George Washington • B. Thomas Jefferson • C. John Hancock

37. CORRECT! Great Job!!! Wooohooo!

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39. True or False? • The flag has changed many times since the original was made. • A. True • B. False

40. CORRECT! Good job, one more question to go!

41. Sorry, try again! Remember the pictures of the flag, did they all look the same?

42. 3. How many stanzas of the Star Spangled Banner do we usually sing? • A. 1 • B. 11 • C. 4

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45. Sources • http://www.pbs.org/capitolfourth/occurrences.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States • http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.acclaimimages.com/_gallery/_SM/0093-0707-2319-3071_SM.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.acclaimimages.com/_gallery/_pages/0093-0707-2319-3071.html&h=298&w=300&sz=35&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=p_zAYv9mCqaTXM:&tbnh=115&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddynamite%2Bcartoon%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN