DIY Curriculum: Flags Over California

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Flags Over California

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Flags

Project: A colorful investigation of early California history using miniature flags and interesting facts [who knew California was once under the Argentine flag?]
Supplies: Internet, cardstock, bamboo skewers, cardboard

1. Print out all 33 mini flags from:

www.loeser.us/flags/california.html

2. Glue the flags to shortened bamboo skewers and create corresponding index cards that have the basic information for each flag.

3. “Plant” your flags onto a map of California, choosing locations that correspond to where each flag first “landed”. We printed out a map and glued it to a piece of cardboard [nice and thick, from a box]. The pointy end of the flags [the bamboo skewers] poke in nicely and stay in place well.

4. You could also display your flags in a long row using two pieces of cardboard as a supportive strips.

5. Create a folder where all pieces can be stored away for future use.

Additional California flag history found at:

www.militarymuseum.org/Flags_Over_Ca.pdf

3 thoughts on “DIY Curriculum: Flags Over California

  1. This is so interesting!!

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    • Hi Kelly, thanks for stopping by. Big hugs to you and your family!

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  2. Other sources of information and images are through our museum, The Bear Flag Museum at http://www.bearflagmuseum.org and http://bearflagmuseum.blogspot.com/ as well as our facebook group Friends of the California Bear Flag.

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