1 ✨ Spark
Why does every country have its own flag? What does our flag tell the world?
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2 🧊 3D Explore
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🦚 India and our symbols
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3 📖 Explain
Our national flag has three stripes: saffron at the top for courage, white in the middle for peace and truth, and green at the bottom for growth. In the centre is the navy-blue Ashoka Chakra with 24 spokes.
Our national symbols include the peacock (bird), tiger (animal), lotus (flower), mango (fruit), banyan (tree) and the national anthem "Jana Gana Mana". New Delhi is our capital.
On Independence Day (15 August) and Republic Day (26 January), the flag is hoisted in schools and people sing the national anthem standing still.
✗ The flag can be hung any way up.
✓ Saffron must always be at the top; the flag is treated with respect and never touches the ground.
📒 Glossary
- national symbol
- something chosen to stand for the whole country
- Ashoka Chakra
- the 24-spoke wheel on the flag
- capital
- the city where the national government works
4 ✍️ Practice
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My mastery (right first time / played)
- Easy0 / 0
- Medium0 / 0
- Challenge0 / 0
5 🏡 Real-life task
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Scenario At a school event, the flag is hoisted and the anthem begins. How should you behave and why?
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Stand still and straight, stay quiet and sing along, to show respect for the country.
Draw and colour the national flag with the correct order of stripes and 24 spokes. Make a card for each national symbol.
6 💭 Reflect
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Observation In the 3D scene, look at the waving flag. Name the colours from top to bottom and the colour of the wheel.
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Saffron, white, green from top to bottom, and a navy-blue wheel in the middle.
Explain / create Make a quiz of four national symbols for a friend.
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National bird? Peacock. Animal? Tiger. Flower? Lotus. Fruit? Mango.