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Memorial Day Lesson Plans
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Students explore U.S. history by creating soldier related art projects. In this Memorial Day instructional activity, students discuss the meaning behind the holiday and who exactly has sacrificed for the well being of our country. Students write letters to veterans and create a "memory wall" using photographs of former soldiers.
Students examine the history of U.S. conflict and Memorial Day. They conduct research, develop a timeline of U.S. conflict, and create a shoebox Memorial Day Parade to commemorate veterans and soldiers.
Students investigate the meaning of Memorial Day. In this holiday lesson, students read selected poetry on Memorial Day and circle phrases in the poem that are meaningful to them. Students write their own poem about Memorial Day.
Pupils explore the history and origin of Memorial Day. They conduct research on various websites, view videos, send an e-card to someone in honor of Memorial Day, and complete Memorial Day crafts.
Learners design their own memorial after learning about many memorials. For this Memorial Day lesson plan, students define memorial vocabulary, discuss memorials, and design their own.
Young scholars explain why we celebrate Memorial Day. In this Memorial Day celebration, students are introduced to the history behind the holiday. Then, young scholars plan a parade and celebration at their school in honor of this special day.
Young scholars discuss what it means to be a veteran, general history of Memorial Day and why poppies are associated with remembering soldiers who died for America. They create red poppies as pencil toppers.
Third graders engage in a lesson that is about the concept of Memorial Day and how it is compared to some of the others in America. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The lesson includes websites in order to guide the young students.
Fifth graders discover the true meaning of Memorial Day. In groups, they create a PowerPoint presentation to honor those who have given their lives to keep our country free. They listen to an audio CD about the Vietnam Memorial and brainstorm a list of words that come to mind.
Students create maps of areas of the world involved in World War II. In this mapping lesson, students map different areas with colors to show different factions in World War II. Students compile World War II books of maps in commemoration of Memorial Day.
