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Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: Veterans History Project

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection, sponsored by the Library of Congress, of stories and experiences of veterans "while they are still among us." Students can also interview a veteran using the Project Kit supplied. Choose: How to participate in the Project...
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Website
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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Lesson Plan
University of California

History Project: The Bonus Army in Washington

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this high school lesson plan, students will analyze twenty-two primary source documents then answer questions pertaining to the "bonus marchers" in Washington in the summer of 1932.
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Activity
Ibis Communications

Eyewitness to History: America in the 1930s: The Bonus Army

For Students 9th - 10th
Vivid and succinct account of the efforts and struggles of WWI veterans who marched on Washtington D.C. to demand their veterans' benefits. Article describes their forced dispersement by the army, which strained the confidence of the...
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Website
Other

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,