MENC annually celebrates September 14th as National Anthem Day because it is the day that Francis Scott Key penned the lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Though he originally wrote it as a poem inspired by seeing the American flag still flying at Fort McHenry, it later became our country’s national anthem in 1931.
This year, I was thinking about downloading one of recordings from MENC’s site and splicing it using Audacity or GarageBand. My students (grade 3 and up) would then have to put the song back together in the proper order. This could be done as a class project with the Audacity or GarageBand file being projected onto one screen, or in a computer lab where each student would work individually to edit the piece back together. Either way, it will be an excellent way to assess the students’ knowledge of the lyrics of the song.
Do you celebrate this day in your classes? If so, what do you do with your students?
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