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Description

Create a small paper Union Flag (national flag of the United Kingdom) by colouring in and folding together the three national flags of Scotland, England and Ireland.

Resources

Print outs of the Union Flag template (attached)
Red and blue felt pens/pencils/crayons
Scissors

Instructions

Detailed instructions are on the attached "make_a_union_flag" template.
Simply colour in the flag parts as instructed, cut out, then fold them over.

A suitable introduction/reflection could be to talk about the Union Flag and its meaning in terms of the United Kingdom:

- The St George's Cross (patron saint of England since the 1270's) is a red cross on a white ground.
- The cross saltire of St Andrew (patron saint of Scotland) is a diagonal white cross on a blue ground.
- These two flags were combined in 1606, after James I succeeded to the throne.
- The cross saltire of St Patrick (patron saint of Ireland) is a diagonal red cross on a white ground.
- This was combined with the previous Union Flag of St George and St Andrew, after the Act of Union of Ireland with England (and Wales) and Scotland on 1 January 1801, to create the Union Flag that has been flown ever since.
- See the attached "FlagHistory" image for an easy summary of this.
- The Welsh flag does not appear because when the first Union Flag was created the Principality of Wales was already united with England and was no longer a separate principality.
- The Union Flag is sometimes referred to as the Union Jack, though that term should only really be used when it is flying from a ship.

Tags

• flag
• Great Britain
• National flag
• UK flags
• union flag
• Union jack

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