Veteran’s Day Lapbook

Activities:

1. Vocabulary
2. Timeline of conflicts
3. Timeline of holiday
4. Military Branches
5. Veteran Poem
6. My hero stamp
7. Official celebration
8. Tomb of the Unknown
9. Ways we celebrate
10. What can we do?
11. What freedom means to me
12. Veteran memorials
13. Flag craft
14. Medals
15.  Word search
16. Flag cake   

Here are some extra things to decorate your lapbook with.

Picture of a Veteran’s memorial wreath

http://www.first-school.ws/t/cp_seasonal/us_veteran.html

Coloring page of soldier

http://www.edhelper.com/teachers/coloring_Soldier1.htm

Soldier at war coloring page

http://www.edhelper.com/teachers/coloring_Solier_at_war.htm

Patriotic graphics

http://www.ishaah.com/index.cfm?action=Backgrounds5

American Flag coloring page

http://155.44.225.28/monthlytheme/november/pdf/flag.pdf

Reference Sites

The Dept. of Veteran’s Affairs – the origins of Veteran’s Day

http://www1.va.gov/opa/feature/celebrate/vetday.asp

History of Veteran’s Day

http://www.usemb.se/Holidays/celebrate/veterans_history.html

Military Conflicts in U.S. History

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0931831.html

Veteran’s Poems

http://www.geocities.com/athens/troy/9087/veterans/poetry.html

Arlington National Cemetery

Military of the United States

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_the_United_States

Activity 1

Vocabulary:

1. veteran
2. ally
3. surrender
4. victory
5. warfare
6. hero
7. patriotic
8. honor
9. courage
10. military
11. freedom
12. POW

Activity 2

Timeline of U.S. conflicts – record all the conflicts from U.S. history on the mini book

Activity 3

Timeline of Veteran’s Day – record the origins of the holiday to the present way we celebrate it.

Activity 4

Military Branches – what are the major military branches and what is their function as part of the overall military

Activity 5

Veteran’s Poem – pick a poem from the websites to copy

Activity 6

My Hero Stamp – design a stamp of a military hero and write about them on the inside flap.  You could choose someone from history or someone you know.

Stamp template from Edu place

http://155.44.225.28/monthlytheme/pdf/stampsm.pdf

Activity 7

Official Celebration – write how the official celebration is done

Activity 8

Tomb of the Unknown – who is buried there and when

Activity 9

Ways we celebrate – name the different ways we celebrate Veteran’s day across the country

Activity 10

What can we do? – think of some ways we can honor our veterans this Veteran’s Day

Activity 11

What freedom means to you – think about what freedom means to you and write about it.

Activity 12

Veteran’s memorials – how many different memorials can you find that honor our veterans and where are they located.  Use a graduated book for this.  http://library.thinkquest.org/J001156/makingbooks/hz_graduated.htm

Activity 13

Flag Craft

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/july4/craftstickflag/

Activity 14

Medals – color the medals and give a brief description of them include what they are for

The first medals of honor

http://www.homeofheroes.com/coloringbook/02_original_medals.html

Pyramid of Honor medals

http://www.homeofheroes.com/coloringbook/22_pyramid.html

The complete coloring book can be found here

http://www.homeofheroes.com/coloringbook/index.html

Activity 15

Word search

http://www.thepotters.com/puzzles/veterans.html

Activity 16

Make a flag cake

http://recipes.kaboose.com/flag-cake.html

 Here is a couple pictures of the intended layout for this lapbook

You can find the complete lapbook with templates at Homeschooling on a Budget Google group.