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Historic Takes
Students examine photographs of memorials for veterans. They identify who is being honored and why. They research one hero they find interesting and create a memorial for them. They share their hero with the class.
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Sweethearts and Data Analysis
Young scholars explore the concept collecting and representing data. In this collecting and representing data lesson, students record the different colors of sweetheart candies in their sweethearts box. Young scholars create a table of...
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Retirement: Show Me the Money!
Students explore the concept of retirement finances. In this retirement finances lesson, students discuss what it means to save, invest, risk, or the time value of money. Students play the stock market game. Students interview a parent...
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After 15 years, Air Force gets memorial over capital
Learners examine the meaning of a new air force memorial. In this reading comprehension lesson plan students read an article, learners discuss and brainstorm abstract concepts such as sacrifice, past, present and future. They...
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Valuable Veterans
Learners select one female veteran and research her background and contribution to the military. They explore the relationship between women and the military and how it has evolved since the Revolutionary War.
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Who's Talking the Talk and Walking the Walk?
Students discover the characteristics that make a hero or heroine. They also look at how society recognizes its heroes and how the nation represents its values and beliefs by researching heroes from the past and present.
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Jefferson on a Nickel
Students study our third president, Thomas Jefferson through stories and poems. They investigate the attributes of a nickel.
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A Penny for Abe
Students explore Abraham Lincoln through stories and poems. They also explore him being on the penny.
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Remembering World War II
Students read about America's participation in World War II. They study images, timelines, and other primary source documents.
US Government Publishing Office
Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Statues and Memorials: The Washington Monument (3 5)
Find detailed information on the Washington Monument located in Washington, DC, that honors our first president of the United States, George Washington.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Robert Mills, Lt Colonel Thomas Lincoln Casey, Washington Monument
At 555 feet high the Washington Monument towers over the National Mall and is the tallest stone building in the world today. Read the history of this monument in this essay.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: Wrapping Up the Washington Monument
As the Washington Monument was being repaired, it was still open to the public and was covered by a special cloth that allowed people to see what was happening. This is an article about the Washington Monument with some good research or...
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National Park Service: The Washington Monument
This teaching unit is designed for students in grades 5-12. Students will explore the intentions behind the memorial to George Washington, as well as some of the reasons why George Washington was so revered during the 19th century. They...
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National Park Service: Booker T. Washington National Monument
The Booker T. Washington National Monument in Hardy, Virginia, is on the site of the Burroughs Plantation where Mr. Washington was born a slave in 1856. In addition to information about monument activities, this site offers a biography,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Houdon, George Washington
After the successful conclusion of the American Revolutionary War, the Virginia General Assembly desired a statue of George Washington for display in a public space. Jean-Antoine Houdon was commissioned to complete the statue. View...
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The Washington Monument With Reflecting Pool
Find detailed information on the Washington Monument located in Washington, DC, that honors our first president of the United States, George Washington.
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Wikipedia: Featured Image: Washington Monument
Washington Monument, Washington D.C., United States as viewed at twilight/dusk.
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A View on Cities: Philadelphia: The George Washington Monument
The George Washington Monument (Philadelphia)