The Pledge of Allegiance

• Create a Pledge of Allegiance poster board with the full text of the pledge written out on it in red, white and blue colors. At the beginning of each day, chose one line of the pledge to discuss and build a craft session around that line. For example, the first day you can address the phrase, “I pledge allegiance to the flag.” Incorporate a lesson plan about the American flag for that day to continue the theme. Then, each day continue to discuss the meanings of each phrase of the pledge, continuing to incorporate parts of the specific line of the pledge throughout the day's lessons, until the children understand and remember the entire Pledge of Allegiance.
  
  

The American Flag

• Examine the American flag and discuss the symbolic meaning of the number of stars and stripes as well as the colors. Have each child make their own miniature American flags using rectangles of paper that they can color red, white and blue. Attach the flags to wooden craft sticks and have the children pledge their allegiance to their own American flags for the remainder of the week.
  
  

The Liberty Bell

• The Liberty Bell is a long-standing icon of America’s independence and liberty. Explain the history of the Liberty Bell and how the Founding Fathers rang the Liberty Bell after they signed the Declaration of Independence, which stated that America was now a free country and no longer under the law of England. Show kindergartners a map or globe of the world, pointing out England and the United States. Discuss how important it was for America to be free of England, which was so far away, so that Americans could make and follow their own laws. Print out drawings of the Liberty Bell for kids to color.
  
  

America's Flower: The Rose

• Teach children that the official flower of the United States is the rose. Explain that in 1985 the members of Congress, a government body of elected people, asked then-President Ronald Reagan, another elected person, to sign a bill that would make a law that said the nation’s official flower would be the rose. Use this lesson plan to introduce preliminary concepts of elected government and how laws or bills are made. Incorporate a craft by making tissue paper roses so the students can have their own patriotic flowers. Use different colors of reds and pinks for the petals as well as twisted green tissue paper for stems and leaves.
  
  

Mount Rushmore

• Mount Rushmore is an exciting topic for kindergartners because it teaches about geography and history, as well as patriotism, at the same time. Tell the story of how the artist, Gutzon Borglum, wanted to show his patriotism by carving a great monument to the presidents he admired. Show pictures of Mount Rushmore and talk about how long it took Borglum to carve it and how he dedicated almost his entire life to the project. Tape coins featuring different American presidents to the wall or blackboard. Have the children place blank sheets of paper over the coins and allow them to make their own presidential art by rubbing imprints of the coins onto their papers by using crayons. Print out facts about the different presidents they chose to put on this “Mount Rushmore” and glue those to their papers to make an informative collage they can keep.