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 http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://www.vickiblackwell.com/me morial.html 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 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.
Timeline U.S. conflicts cut out along outer edges and fold accordion style. Attach to each other by overlapping one section and gluing.
Picture for front cover of
Timeline of Veteran s Day
Graphic for cover Veteran s poem follows
Official celebration cut along outer edges fold on center line
Tomb of the unknown you can find a photo for the front at this site http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/tombofun.htm
Ways we celebrate cut out around edges and fasten together with brass fastner.
Activity 10-cut along edges, fold accordion style
Activity 11 cut along outer edges and fold along center line Ac
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.
Activity 4 Military branches
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