Memorial Day
| Internet Scavenger Hunt: Honoring the Veterans - explore the Veterans Day Web site to learn about that national holiday. | Make a Memorial Day Book - work sheet offers an 8-page mini book for primary-grade students to cut and fold. The mini book tells of the origins and celebrations of Memorial Day. | Make a Memorial Day Windsock - work sheet provides directions for designing and creating a red-white-and-blue windsock | The Memory Shall Be Ours: Celebrating Memorial Day - introduce students to the true meaning of the holiday, and provide them with a glimpse into the lives of the men and women it honors. Included: An Internet Treasure Hunt plus Web-based activities for learning about and celebrating Memorial Day | Put the "Memory" Back in Memorial Day - Ways your students and schools can commemorate Memorial Day. |
| Remembering
Those Who Gave Their Lives: Lessons for Memorial Day - five lessons
help students understand the meaning of Memorial Day
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Teaching Citizenship’s Five Themes - activities from the editors of Weekly Reader can help develop K-6 students' understanding of the five citizenship themes---honesty, compassion, respect, responsibility, and courage |
Page updated November 30, 2007