The True Story of the Star Spangled Banner

Today we learned about the War of 1812, in which we fought against Great Britain for the second time in 30 years. During one of the battles, a young lawyer named Francis Scott Key was stuck on a British war ship as Fort McHenry in Baltimore was bombed. Based on his experience on September 13, 1814, he wrote a poem which later became our national anthem. Today we had the opportunity of listening to a retelling of this experience. Ask your student to tell you the details of the story and how they felt about it.