BELLWORK: Star Spangled Banner

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BELLWORK Star Spangled Banner

1. Who was the poem written for?
2. What was the purpose of the poem?
3. What topic or concern of the era does the poem
   represent?
4. What does the poem reveal about the artist and
   the Keys viewpoint? Do you agree with this
   viewpoint?
5. What does the piece say about what life was like
   in the past?
6. What is Francis Scott Keys overall tone? (happy,
   proud, scared, worried, etc.)

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The Star Spangled Banner!
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• Francis Scott Key
• Detained in a British ship outside Ft. McHenry in
  Baltimore, Maryland
• As dawn was approaching, he saw the failed
  British bombardment of the fort
• A lawyer, he was part of a delegation negotiating
  the release of American prisoners and was
  compelled to remain on board a Royal Navy warship
  
• The nights intense bombardment inspired his poem
  The Star-Spangled Banner, which became the
  words off the Unites States national anthem

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Ft. McHenry
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Star Spangled Banner FUN FACTS!

• Made in Baltimore, Maryland in July-August 1813
  by flag maker Mary Pickersgill
• Creation was commissioned by Major George
  Armistead, commander of Ft. McHenry
• Pickersgill was under government contract and was
  assisted by her daughter, two nieces and a black
  slave. (Paid 405)
• Original size 30 feet by 42 feet
• ¼ size of a basketball court!
• Fifteen stars and Fifteen stripes
• Preserved by the Armistead family as a memento of
  the battle. The family would eventually give away
  over 200 square feet to war veterans (including
  one of the stars!)
• During the Civil War, the Confederate South
  created their own songs Farewell to the Star
  Spangled Banner and Adieu to the Star Spangled
  Banner forever
• Keys poem was first put into song in 1816, and
  in 1931, President Hoover named it the official
  anthem of the U.S.
• The song was heavily criticized as being too
  violent, too difficult to sing, and by
  prohibitionists, basically a drinking song.
• Since 1964, its been on display at the Museum of
  Natural History

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War of 1812 Cartoon Strip

• This is due Monday and worth 40 points!