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Mapping Your State's Role in the Vietnam War

For Teachers K - 12th
Students recognize reasons to celebrate Memorial Day. Students create a map of victims of the VIetnam War. Using the internet, students research information about soldiers from their state who were killd in action in Vietnam. Students...
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Memorial Day Shoebox Parade

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners 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.
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab

For Students 7th - 8th
For this vocabulary worksheet, students select the best word choice to complete the sentence. All words correspond to the theme of Memorial Day.
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Memorial Day

For Teachers 7th - 12th
As a way to understand Memorial Day, build citizenship, practice vocabulary, and discuss current international conflicts, learners create their own Memorial Day. They design their own memorial after learning about the various types of...
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Federal Holidays

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete various activities pertaining to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, and Veteran's Day. They conduct research and complete writing and art activities on the...
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ESL Holiday Lessons: Memorial Day

For Students 6th - 10th
Improve language skills by having your class read an article about Memorial Day. After reading, they respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill-in-the-blank questions, 30 multiple-choice questions, 12 word-scramble questions, 30...
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Memorial Day: National Cemeteries

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Honor the fallen heroes of our country with this Memorial Day presentation. It contains a series of photographs from national cemetaries from all over the United States. You could use this presentation in an ESL class, or in any class...
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Memorial Day Memories Scavenger Hunt

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Memorial Day activity, students utilize the Internet to access one specific website to participate in a scavenger hunt to find the answers to five multiple choice questions about the history of Memorial Day.
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Memorial Day

For Students 4th - 7th
In this Memorial Day activity worksheet, students practice and utilize various skills in unscrambling nineteen words associated with Memorial Day.
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Remember Our Soldiers

For Teachers K - 12th
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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Memorial Day picture

For Students K - 2nd
In this Memorial Day activity, students 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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Memorial Day: Print and Color

For Students Pre-K - 1st
For this word recognition worksheet, students trace the words "Memorial Day May 31st," write the words independently, and color the picture.
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Memorial Day Alphabetical Order Worksheet

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this online interactive Memorial Day worksheet, students examine 10 holiday-related words and then write them in alphabetical order on the lines provided. This worksheet may also be printed for classroom use.
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Memorial Day Word Search

For Students 4th - 5th
In this holiday worksheet, students locate 20 words related to Memorial Day in a word search puzzle. They find words such as soldier, fireworks, freedom, and hero.
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ELL/ESL Reading and Reasoning Selection- Memorial Day

For Students 8th - 12th
In this ELL/ESL reading and reasoning worksheet, students read a short selection about Memorial Day. They answer 5 true or false questions before they write about their Memorial Day plans.
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Memorial Day

For Students K - 1st
In this holiday worksheet, students read a short book about Memorial Day. Students also color a Memorial Day pattern using red, white, and blue colors.
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MEMORIAL DAY

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Memorial Day word search activity sheet, students are given 19 words to find in a word search puzzle which is shaped like the United States.
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Remembering Veterans

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students discuss the importance of remembrance and memorials. Students explore different war and memorials throughout the world. They examine the purpose of Remembrance/Memorial Day. They examine how emotions can be expressed through...
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Memorial Day--The Gettysburg Address

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the reasons why Memorial Day is celebrated in the United States. They examine how and why those who died for their country are honored. They memorize the Gettysburg Address and how it is used to celebrate Memorial Day.
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Writing: Wall of Peace Bulletin Board

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students discuss holidays dealing with patriotic national holidays or remembrances. After choosing a teacher-provided prompt. they write responses to it. They write their paragraphs on paper shaped like bricks and pin them to a "wall...
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Thinking About Our Troops

For Teachers K - 12th
Students examine various ways to support America's military troops. They conduct Internet research, and compose and send online letters to troops overseas through the "Operation Dear Abby" program.
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Memorial Day

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners 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.
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Pen Pal Letters to Soldiers Overseas

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write letters to soldiers overseas with correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization. They learn three facts about the geography of the area where the pen pal is located and about the pen pal.
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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...