Veteran's Day links...                                updated 10/21/03                                   
November 11

Activities:  assembly, visits from Veterans, Posting of Colors,
patriotic music, student essay contest, readings of
well-known patriotic addresses, moment of silence - Taps,
flag raising, poster contest, downloadable posters, school or class newspaper,
book jackets or library shelf, patriotic decorations 
throughout the school, visits from historical groups,
student interviews with Veterans, uniform exhibits,
paper hats, official emblems/seals in mosaics, appliqué,
decoupage, painting/drawings, research on relatives
or community members who served our country, research
on American symbols to honor Veterans

New site.  http://www.va.gov/pubaff/celebam/acts4vd.htm
activities that schools and communities can use

Excellent site. Click on Veteran's Day. Links in various
subject areas, by grade level
http://www.teachervision.com/

Excellent agenda for a Veteran's Day salute
http://www.vfw.org/amesm/prog.shtml

Primary sources from the Smithsonian American Memory collection,
music by George Cohen, speeches, President Wilson's notes, posters,
virtual tour of photos representing the time period,
exceptional links. Scroll down the page to Veteran's Day.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov11.html

Teacher's guide. Statistics, rules on displaying the flag,
history of Veteran's Day
http://www.va.gov/vetsday/docs/vetkit01.pdf

More info, links to poetry, music, monuments in Washington, DC to
honor veterans
http://www.linkup-parents.com/memorial.htm

http://www.teach-nology.com/
Veteran's Day worksheets

14 essays. Discussions of national symbols and customs.
http://www.va.gov/pubaff/celebam/caindex.htm

See also http://www.va.gov/Veteranedu/

http://www.kidsdomain.com/kids/links/Salute_to_Veterans.html

http://artforkids.about.com/kids/artforkids/library/weekly/aa110798.htm

links to all holidays. scroll down to November
http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edholiday.htm

http://www.middleschool.net/Holidays/holidmain.htm
links for middle school teachers

http://www.appc1.va.gov/vetsday/docs/SRes204.pdf
the official Resolution for Veteran’s Week
note the SC Congressmen

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/holidays.html
scroll down to Veteran’s Day
includes a sample program

http://www.pitt.edu/~psla/Project_Ideas/Veterans.htm
scroll down to the projects
note the service projects

TOP SITE http://emints.more.net/ethemes/resources/S00000507.shtml
EVERYTHING that you want
Grades 3,4,5
Adaptable for other grades
Includes crafts, historical references, memorials, lesson plans
Links to EXCELLENT resources

http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Holidays/Veterans_Day/
links to EXCELLENT resources
greeting cards, music, poems, photos
link to the poem "In Flanders Fields"
NOTE. Check some of these sites carefully before bookmarking them.