Veteran s Day Lapbook

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1 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 Coloring page of soldier Soldier at war coloring page Patriotic graphics American Flag coloring page

2 Reference Sites The Dept. of Veteran s Affairs the origins of Veteran s Day History of Veteran s Day Military Conflicts in U.S. History Veteran s Poems Arlington National Cemetery morial.html 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

3 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 Activity 7 Official Celebration write how the official celebration is done Activity 8 Tomb of the Unknown who is buried there and when

4 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. Activity 13 Flag Craft Activity 14 Medals color the medals and give a brief description of them include what they are for The first medals of honor

5 Pyramid of Honor medals The complete coloring book can be found here Activity 15 Word search Activity 16 Make a flag cake Vocabulary sheet cut out along outer edges, fold sides in on dashed lines, center line is only a guide. Cut along solid line in towards dashed lines to form flaps. Write definitions on inside and words on outside of flaps.

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7 Timeline U.S. conflicts cut out along outer edges and fold accordion style. Attach to each other by overlapping one section and gluing.

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9 Picture for front cover of

10 Timeline of Veteran s Day

11 Graphic for cover Veteran s poem follows

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13 Official celebration cut along outer edges fold on center line

14 Tomb of the unknown you can find a photo for the front at this site

15 Ways we celebrate cut out around edges and fasten together with brass fastner.

16 Activity 10-cut along edges, fold accordion style

17 Activity 11 cut along outer edges and fold along center line Ac

18 Activity 14 cut out around outside edges. Fold in half at center. Cut out as many as you need for the medals and staple along center line to form a book.

19 Activity 4 Military branches

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22 Cut out one circle for each branch of the military and affix the branch seal on one side and write about it. Then staple them together