Fife and drum sound clips
History of fife and drum in 1800’s Virginia
History of fife and drums
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/newsletter/pdf/Fall2008ElementaryLevelLearningActivity.pdf flag lesson
http://www.flaghouse.org/ Pickersgill house
http://www.usflag.org/history/the15starflag.html 15 star flag history
Star Spangled Banner Music
http://gba.wavethemes.net/music-ssb.html music performed by numerous singers/musical groups. Great idea is to have students compare two performances.
http://www.star-spangled-banner.info/ music downloads, history, click on black/white photo for you tube video and book sources.
http://imslp.org/wiki/The_StarSpangled_Banner_%28Smith,_John_Stafford%29 The Anacreontic Song
http://americanhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/ Smithsonian web site
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/key-pens-star-spangled-banner This Day in History is a great overview.
http://www.history.com/topics/war-of-1812/videos#americans-and-british-face-off-in-war-of-1812 History Channel 3-4 min. video clips
http://history.resultspage.com/search?w=war+of+1812&v=history purchase History Channel Presents- The War of 1812, about $19.99
http://www.history.com/classroom-study-guides Time Machine: First Invasion: The War of 1812 PDF teaching guide
http://wars.mrdonn.org/1812.html lesson plans, more 1812 resources
http://www.42explore2.com/1812war.htm Great site for everything having to do with 1812.
http://www.easternshore1812.org/ visual timeline and links to an 1812 army manual.
http://www.ourwhitehouse.org/warof1812.html Primary sources on Dolley Madison saving White House treasures.
http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_live_data/view.php?id=1833&record_id=170&p=2 Second grade lesson plans
http://www.friendsoffortmchenry.org/ Lesson plans grade 4-8 on Fort McHenry
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?
30 X 42 foot Star-Spangled banner
17 X 25 foot is the Garrison flag
(Paid $405 for the flags more than was earned by normal citizens in a year.)