Country pennants

What do you need? 

1. white drawing paper 
2. felt tip pens
3. black fineliner
4. black paper

Instruction
Each country has its own specific things: national anthem, flag, language, traditional dish, monument, special events. When you think of the Netherlands, certain symbols immediately come to mind. While some are stereotypes, such as clogs (wooden shoes), we no longer wear in daily life—they remain uniquely characteristic of our heritage. Other iconic Dutch symbols are windmills and canal houses. Also discuss some other countries and the typical things that go with them.

Discuss the term: pennant. Students will recognize them from the sports club. What is the purpose of a pennant? What do you notice about the shape? (symmetry) Show a number of shapes and discuss 
the difference between a pennant and a flag.

In this lesson children will make a pennant with characteristics about a self chosen country. The pennant should have four distinctive things to recognize a country, so other children will instantly know to which country the vane belongs. In one of the sections they should draw the flag of the country they have chosen.

What should you do?

1. Think of a country you want to make a pennant for and which typical things belong to it.
   
2. Draw a pennant with a pencil and cut it out.
3. Divide your pennant into four sections.
4. Draw characteristic things of the country in the sections. The country's flag must go in one of the sections.
5. Color it in with felt-tip pens.
6. Outline everything with a black fineliner.
7. Glue your pennant onto black paper.

Drawings made by students of grade 6.