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Maps & Flags
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Maps and Flags of the World The World Gazetteer 
* current population figures for cities, towns and places of all countries 
* largest cities of the world
* images of national flags		 Altapedia
contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
Discovering Maps Latitude and Longitude Outline Maps
Look it Up
(name-State-County-Lat/Long-Elevation
Population-Remark-Postal code-Nation)		 National Geographic
Round Earth, Flat Maps		 View above Earth
Fun with maps
(coloring project)		 Betsy Ross Homepage

How to Cut a 5-Pointed Star in One Snip
Get your scissors and a piece of paper! Look here to learn how five-pointed stars are cut. 		 Flag Tag Game
The American Flag:
  • is a symbol for our country and the people who live in our country.
  • is known by some nicknames such as Old Glory, Stars and Stripes,  Star-Spangled Banner

    • has 50 stars representing our 50 states and 13 stripes representing the first 13 colonies. When the United States first became a country there were 13 states. 
  • has several rules:
    • Fly the flag at every school. 
    • Fold the flag in a triangle shape to store it. 
    • Keep the flag from touching the ground.
    • Take the flag down in bad weather.
Go to the Flag Factory to make a flag!
See also
Geography Page

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