The Flag and National Symbols
Episode of the series Awesome Stuff
The episode
Meet the flag, the bald eagle, the national anthem, and the Statue of Liberty — and discover the surprising French connection behind them all.
Episode worksheets (2)
- Student sheet In your teacher account
- Teacher sheet In your teacher account
Teaching guide
Objective & content
Jessa, the guide, and the learner, who jokes along, start from a guessing game about the first American thing you picture. They then take four national symbols in turn: the flag with its fifty stars and thirteen stripes, the bald eagle, the Star-Spangled Banner and the Statue of Liberty. The language focus is present simple and short comparatives (wider than a dinner table, taller than a building), with a few passive phrases such as "chosen for the national seal" and numbers, dates and measurements. The vocabulary covers government, historical dates and famous people. Learners practise listening for facts; the flag gets its own joke: "So it's basically a scoreboard."
Materials & prerequisites
- Student sheet and teacher sheet (PDF and HTML versions, in `printables/`).
- Prerequisites: present simple, basic numbers, and the idea of a comparative.
Curriculum alignment
Tagged to the cycle 3 axis "the child and the wider environment" (6e). The episode targets CEFR level A1+.
Possible adaptations
- Lower levels: Offer segmented listening and additional visual aids.
- Advanced levels: Encourage an oral summary and a debate in English on the theme.
- Large groups: Organise group work with differentiated roles.
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