Summary
Watt and his friends want a flag for their club, and the City Island Flag itself explains how a good one works: a few shapes and colors that stand for something the group cares about. Symbol-making made concrete.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Three quick questions to run after the short.
- What do the colors and shapes on a flag stand for?
- What did Watt's club decide to put on their flag, and why?
- If our class made a flag, what should be on it?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: flag, symbol, design.
Try it: Design a flag for our class using two colors and one shape, and explain what each one means.