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National Woman's History Museum

How Do We Remember and Honor the Contributions of Women in Public Space?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Public art, especially monuments and memorials, are designed to celebrate and honor those who have made significant contributions to a community or even an entire nation. Here's a instructional activity that asks scholars to consider who...
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Memorial Day picture

For Students K - 2nd
In this Memorial Day worksheet, learners color a picture of balloons and trace and write the phrase "May 31, 2010". Students color, trace, and write one time each.
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Why do we remember people?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
How do some people get put into history books, and why are they remembered? Younger kids review a series of people who have been remembered throughout history for the things they did. Whether infamous or simply famous, these historical...
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

Hometown Heroes

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
Transform studying about veterans in a textbook to personal interviews with veterans in the community. Four varying lesson plans make up an entire unit or individualized learning based on your class's needs. Exercises include researching...
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Slave Trade Memorial

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Learners develop a memorial to the slave who endured the Middle Passage. In this slavery memorial lesson, student culminate a unit of study about slavery by creating a memorial for Africans who traveled the Middle Passage to slavery....
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Memorial Day

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Memorial Day worksheet, students fill in a crossword puzzle as they figure out the answers to ten facts about Memorial Day.
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Memorial Day Word Search

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this word search about Memorial Day instructional activity, students refer to the word bank to identify and find words. Students locate 40 words.
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Memorials and Meaning

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the Civil War. In this Civil War instructional activity, students collaborate to research the war. They examine Matthew Brady photographs that inspire them to create a memorial to honor those who served in the Civil War.
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Class Memorial

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Student commemorate the victims of the Holocaust. In this Holocaust lesson, students plan and implement a memorial service for Holocaust victims as the culmination of a Holocaust unit.
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Monuments, Memorials and Public Spaces

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Monument and memorial lesson plans can get students thinking about important topics and time periods in history.
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Creating A Memorial Day Poster Poem

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this activity, students create a Memorial Day word web and use it to create a poem about Memorial Day. They can write the poem and illustrate it as a poster.
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A 'Stone of Hope'

For Students 7th - 10th
Kids uncover the who, what, when, where, and why regarding the dedication of the Martin Luther King National Memorial. They read the provided New York Times article and then answer each of the 10 comprehension questions.
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U.S. Symbols

For Students K - 3rd Standards
United States symbols are the subject of a video brought to you by BrainPop Jr. Hosts, Annie and Moby, begin with a definition of the word symbol, then go on to detail ten American symbols—the American flag, a Bald Eagle, the Liberty...
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Facing The Unknown

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss how images help us to mark the passing of time, and to remember people, places and events from the past. They discuss the different ideas and images related to life, death and the idea of the afterlife. Students also...
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Memorial Day Printables

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this acrostic poem worksheet, students use the letters in the words 'Memorial Day' to create an acrostic poem. Students create a 10 line poem.
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Memorial Day Word Jumble

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Memorial Day worksheet, students unscramble a set of Memorial Day related words. Worksheet has links to additional activities.
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Memorial Day: ESL Read Aloud Activity

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Memorial Day read aloud worksheet, students read a short text about the observance of Memorial Day. There are no questions to answer here.
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Class Memorial

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students prepare and conduct memorial service commemorating the victims of the Holocaust.
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World War II

For Teachers 1st - 10th
Almost every big city has a war memorial, and many have memorials specific to WWII. This is a preparatory instructional activity for learners going on a trip to visit a local war memorial site. They are introduced to WWII through a...
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Memorial Day Fun

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students research Memorial Day and complete activities about the day. In this Memorial Day lesson, students discuss the definition of the word 'memorial' to understand its meaning. Students create flags for the day and listen to a...
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Memorial Day Quiz

For Students 4th - 6th
For this Memorial Day quiz worksheet, students complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions about Memorial Day. Students may click an "answer" button for immediate feedback, worksheet is labeled ESL, but is not exclusive.
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Brick Memorial Flyer

For Teachers 7th - 8th
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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Haiku Society of American

Haiku: Lesson Plan for Teachers

For Teachers 1st - 9th
After examining winning entries to the Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Haiku Competition, young poets try their hand at this fixed form.
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Facing History and Ourselves

After Charlottesville: Public Memory and the Contested Meaning of Monuments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Are Civil War monuments a kind remembrance or a reminder of a dark past? The instructional activity focuses on the public's memory of the Civil War and the monuments that represent it. Young academics explore past efforts to change...

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