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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Maya Lin

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to learn about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the architect who designed it, Maya Lin.
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Digital History

Digital History: Bonus Army

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the government's reaction to the unemployed World War I veterans who comprised the Bonus Army encamped in Washington, D.C. See what the the veterans were asking for, and see how their treatment assured the election of Franklin...
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Vvmf: Wall of Faces

For Students 9th - 10th
Website containing photos and biographical information of Vietnam War veterans.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Gi Bill

For Students 9th - 10th
The GI Bill is explained. It provided benefits to American veterans of World War II in the form of education, loans, unemployment income, etc.
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Read Works

Read Works: Thanking Brave Americans

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Veterans Day. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: Doughboy Center: Sad Tale of the Bonus Marchers

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the Bonus March, when World War I veterans, whose war benefit payments could not be redeemed due to the Great Depression, marched on Washington D.C. in 1932 and were forcibly disbanded by the U.S. Army and President Hoover.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Maya Lin 1959

For Students 3rd - 8th
Trace the enchanting life of artist and architect, Maya Lin, who in 1983 designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and in the 1990s designed new monuments/memorials at various universities. Now she has her own line of furniture.
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Digital History

Digital History: Race

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the racial unrest in the turbulent times right after World War I when African Americans were moving north and black veterans were demanding their civil rights. Find out about the violent race riot in Tulsa in 1921, and the...
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US Department of Education

U. S. Department of Education: What to Expect Your First Year of Teaching

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Veteran teachers provide advice for first-year teachers in this publication titled, "What to Expect Your First Year of Teaching."
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US Department of Education

U. S. Department of Education: What to Expect Your First Year of Teaching

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Veteran teachers provide advice for first-year teachers in this publication titled, "What to Expect Your First Year of Teaching."
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The United States of America: Vietnam War Commemoration

For Students 1st - 9th
Website commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War celebrates veterans and their families, allies and Armed Forces. Provides history, maps and timeline of events.
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National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Maya Lin

For Students 9th - 10th
Maya Lin became famous at the age of 21 as the architect and creator of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial. Here you can read about her numerous architectural projects and her promotion of human rights.
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Homer Hickam: About: Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography describes the life and career of West Virginia-born author and war veteran Homer Hickam, Jr.
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Read Works

Read Works: What Is a Memorial?

For Teachers K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage defines the term "memorial" and describes the following famous ones: Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, and Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Questions that...
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Detroit Historical Society: Armistice Day

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the first Armistice Day on November 11, 1918. It also explains how Armistice Day was established as a holiday and changed to Veterans Day.
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US Department of Education

U.s. Department of Education: Survival Guide for New Teachers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site provides an excellent guide for new teachers, addressing how to work with a variety of people, including veteran teachers, parents, principals, and others.
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US Department of Education

U.s. Department of Education: Survival Guide for New Teachers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site provides an excellent guide for new teachers, addressing how to work with a variety of people, including veteran teachers, parents, principals, and others.
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Gbt Television: The March of the Bonus Army

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief description of the march on Washington, D.C., in 1932 by veterans of World War I. Find out which military leaders helped to rout the men from their Bonus Army camps,
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Liberating the First Nazi Camp

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Liberating the First Nazi Camp" by Veterans History Project, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: African Americans, Women, and the Gi Bill

For Students 9th - 10th
Female and minority veterans faced difficulties accessing their GI Bill benefits.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Veteran's History Project: The Art of War

For Students 9th - 10th
The stories of wars told through artwork. The photographs, drawings, cartoons, paintings, etc. tell the stories of World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam.
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Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement: The Sit Ins

For Students 9th - 10th
Find photographs of many of the sit-ins at lunch counters in stores in the South to protest "whites only" laws. Each photo has information about the sit-ins and the results.
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Civil Rights Movement Veterans

For Students 9th - 10th
Remembrances of Civil Rights Movement workers who were active in the 1960s and '70s. Excellent site to gauge the impact of the movement on the workers themselves. Information about the Movement with eyewitness stories, poetry,...
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Veterans Affairs Canada

Veterans Affairs Canada: Dieppe Photo Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
Twenty two images recount the Battle of Dieppe, which was one of the bloodiest battles in Canadian Military History. Included is the Dieppe Bar which is awarded to those who participated in the Dieppe Raid

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