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MEMORIAL DAY

"Memorial Day is a United States public holiday that takes place on the last Monday of May." (Wikipedia)

 

 

(Updated on 23/04/2011)


 

 


Resource pages - Cliparts - History -
Interactive exercises - Exercises to print -
Lesson plans
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Interactive games - Games to print -
Poems
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Related pages :

Flag Day - Remembrance Day - Veterans' Day - Pledge of Allegiance -
Wars with American Involvement - Iraq War - War in Afghanistan
Civil War -
Vietnam - Terrorism in the USA -

 

 

Resource pages :

  • Fact Sheet - America's Wars
    "From the Department of Veterans Affairs, a list of all wars America has been involved in since 1775 through 2006.
    Statistics include the total of service members, battle deaths, and wounded."
    (va.gov)

 

 

Cliparts :

  • Clipart (webclipart.miningco.com)



 

History :

  • Memorial Day "is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (May 30 in 2011).
    Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. soldiers who died while in the military service.[1]
     First enacted to honor Union and Confederate soldiers following the American Civil War,[2] it was extended after World War I to honor
    Americans who have died in all wars...
    Begun as a ritual of remembrance and reconciliation after the Civil War, by the early 20th century, Memorial Day was an occasion for more
    general expressions of memory, as ordinary people visited the graves of their deceased relatives, whether they had served in the military or not.
    It also became a long weekend increasingly devoted to shopping, family get-togethers, fireworks, trips to the beach, and national media events such as the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 auto races..."

    (Wikipedia)


 

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Lesson plans :

  • Japanese WW2 soldiers found in jungle (breakingnewsenglish.com)
    - with "a news article, listening (MP3 file), communication activities, pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises."

 

 

INTERACTIVE games :

 

 

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Poems :

  • Printable Memorial Day Poems (apples4theteacher.com)
    Americans in Strength, An Old Wooden Chair, God Bless Our Native Land, Home of the Brave, One Nation Under God, Purple Heart,
    That Fateful Fourth, The American Hero, Their Courage, They Keep Us Free, This Land We Love, Those Who Dare Fight, What Heroes Gave,
    The Unknown Soldier and I Stand Before You.
  • Poetry - with Activities (sunniebunniezz.com)
    Majesty
    Little War Witches
    Majesty
    Tin and Bone
    The Little Tin Soldier
    War Witch
    Parades

 

 

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