College of Education K-12 International Education Outreach

Flags Curriculum

Through the years, flags have played an important role for many countries. They represent significant parts of each country's identities.

Pre-Visit

Brainstorm and make a class list of some of the purposes of flags in modern time.

   Why do you think flags were first designed?

Brainstorm and make a class list of some of the purposes of flags in historical times.

            Keep these lists to help with the POST-visit activities

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Resources
Theodora - Flags of All Countries
This is an excellent resource for finding any flag and the symbolism of that flag. It has print-outs of flags for students to color. If you click on the flag, it will give details about that country. 		Flag Guessing Game
Guess which flag is being displayed.  Have fun & learn at the same time.
1 Up Travel - Flags
Every country is listed on this site. Click on the country and it will show you a picture of that country’s flag. 		Flags.Net
This is an excellent resource for pictures of flags with a brief country history.
Flagspot.net - Coloring Book
Click on the area of the world you want and then click on the country flag to get a black line picture to print and color.
EXCELLENT SITE!		 3DFlags.Com
Awesome website!! It is full of 3d downloadable flags.  *** Caution - advertisement box stays at the top of the pages. The site is really great and worth the bother of the flashing ad box.
Flagspot.Net - Flags of World
This is a wonderful site for many resources about flags of the world.
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Post-Visit

  After your trip to the International Cultural Center, what have you learned about the significance of flags through time?

Add to your class lists about the purpose of flags in historical and modern times based on what you learned from the “Flags” program you attended at the International Cultural Center.
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