What Is Patriotism?

Love and pride for your country.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 46

Patriotism means love and pride for your country. Pride is a happy, good feeling about something you or your group did.
The flag is a symbol of our country. Its 50 stars stand for the 50 states. Its 13 stripes stand for the 13 colonies.
People show patriotism when they say the Pledge of Allegiance, stand for the national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, and fly the flag on holidays like the Fourth of July.
Other symbols of our country are the bald eagle, the Statue of Liberty in New York, and the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia.
Patriotism also means helping your neighbors and your community. Patriots love their country, and they work to make it better, like Ruby Bridges did.
Americans also show patriotism by singing songs about their country. You'll learn two: America, and America the Beautiful!
Your turn! Sort them. Does each one show patriotism, or not?
Try it with a grown-up! Find a flag in your neighborhood. Count its stripes together.

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:

SS1CG2 — Explore the concept of patriotism through the words in the songs America (My Country 'Tis of Thee) and America the Beautiful (for example: brotherhood, liberty, freedom, pride, etc.).