The Star-Spangled Banner across the Arts

 image2nd grade lesson by Jennifer Butler, Northwoods Fine Arts Academy
Sand Springs, Oklahoma

2nd grade students will be learning about the Battle at Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key, and the composition of The Star-Spangled Banner through music, art, and dance.  Students will study paintings about the Battle at Fort McHenry in art class, learn about Francis Scott Key and the story of The Star-Spangled Banner and to sing the song in music class, and learn a colonial dance from 1814 in physical education class.
Learning Objectives:
1. To learn about the Battle at Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key and the writing of the song The Star-Spangled Banner through multiple methods.
2. To prepare the singing of Patriotic songs for the Star-Spangled Banner Day school assembly on 9/12/14.
3. To learn and perform a colonial dance from 1814.
Visual Arts lesson-Studying paintings of the Battle at Fort McHenry
Physical Education lesson-Learning a Colonial dance
Music lesson-Learning about Francis Scott Key and the song The Star-Spangled Banner
Additional resources-Smithsonian Education
Maryland Historical Society
Fort McHenry-National Park Society
JenniferHead0001-webJennifer Butler, jennifer.butler@sandites.org
Jennifer has taught band, general and vocal music K-12 in public schools for 14 years.  She started her teaching career in New York State and has taught general music for the last four years in Oklahoma.  She  has a Bachelors degree in music performance from Oklahoma State University, Masters degree in music performance from University of Minnesota, and Masters degree in music education from Syracuse University.
About Banner Moments
Made available as part of the 2014 Banner Moments K-12 Institute—a project of the American Music Institute of the University of Michigan and the Star Spangled Music Foundation, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities