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Veterans' Voyages
Introduce your middle and high schoolers to a different perspective on war: that of  soldier's. Read Guisseppi Ungaretti's poem "Vigil" to kick-start this lesson. After discussing his perspective, read "The Screaming Eagles Fly to the...
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American Veterans: Past and Present
Research groups present an audio report on modern veteran issues in a radio show format.
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World War II Veteran Interview Project
Pupils learn interview skills by formulating questions and videotaping an interview with a veteran.
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High School Students meet Veterans
Students meet Veterans. In this veteran lesson, students interview groups of Veterans from WWII, The Vietnam War, the Gulf War, The Korean War, and our current war. Â Students collect audio and visual media to create a website dedicated...
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Brick Memorial Flyer
Students conduct research using the internet, school server and newspapers on the history of the brick memorial for veterans and its developmental process. They create and design a three column page layout for a brochure using Microsoft...
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Veterans Day Newspaper
Young scholars examine the reasons for and origins of the Veterans Day holiday. They define key vocabulary terms, read and discuss the article "The Origins of Veterans Day," conduct research and complete a worksheet, and create a class...
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Remember Our Soldiers
Students talk about and grow in their understanding of the important role our troops play, and the important role citizens play in keeping up our troops' morale. They involve themselves in community service by writing letters for, or...
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The Wall Inspires Letters to Veterans
Young scholars examine the Vietnam war. They listen to and discuss the book, "The Wall," by Eve Bunting, conduct Internet research, and write a letter or send a card to U.S. military veterans in a local Veteran's Hospital.
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First Nations Veterans
Students generate a list of heroic qualities of veterans. In this American veterans lesson, students research a First Nations veteran and create a poster presentation on their figure.
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Do The Research! Veterans
In this Veterans Day activity, students do research about the holiday of Veterans Day. Students answer three short essay questions the information they learned.
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Veterans KWL Chart
In this veterans worksheet, students complete a KWL chart in preparation for an essay or report. Students record what they know, what they want to learn, and what they have learned about veterans.
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Veterans Acrostic Poem
For this veterans acrostic poem worksheet, students read an example of an acrostic poem and then write one using the letters VETERAN.
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Reading Comprehension Worksheet Veterans
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage regarding veterans of war and then respond to 4 short answer questions.
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Lest We Forget...Memorial Day
In this Memorial Day activity worksheet, students study the picture and identify the important activity the boy and man are doing. Students then color the page.
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Honoring Our Veterans Scavenger Hunt
In this Veterans Day worksheet, students explore the Internet to access a specific website to answer five fill in the blank questions that completes each statement regarding the history of Veterans Day.
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Veterans Day
In this Veterans Day reading comprehension learning exercise, students read a passage detailing the history of Veterans Day. Students answer 7 questions.
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Connecting Past and Present...Virtues of Military Veterans
Students explore personalities of those who served as medical personnel in American Civil War, compare qualities those troops possessed to qualities shown by troops currently serving in Armed Forces, and express appreciation to...
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Literature: War-Themed Poetry and Drama
Eleventh graders examine Arthur Miller's play, "All My Sons" to discover major dramatic elements. After reading several war-themed poems, they connect the concepts presented in them back to a major character in Miller's play. ...
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The Road to World War II
Students research the orgins and early events of World War II using online and off line resources. They conduct an interview with a local World War II veteral and present their findings to the class.
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Veterans
Students explain what the term veteran means to them. They discuss the meaning of remberence day. They also examine how war affects people throughout the world.
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Fielding Fears
Students consider how real the threat of terrorism might be after military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, and then explore the terrorist attacks of May, 2003.
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Welcome Home
Learners explore, examine and study about the war in Iraq and consider the problems and concerns faced by injured veterans coming home. They then create questions and conduct interviews with veterans in order to develop proposals for...
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War Support
Students view a video clip on Vietnam war veterans. They discuss the video on Vietnam War veterans. Students use the veterans statements about the war to relate it to the decrease in support for the war. They read section 3, and...
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Veterans of Past American Wars Project
Students interview United States war veterans to gain an understanding of the impact that war has had on the society, economy, family, individual and other aspects of life in American History.