Veterans' Day book/activity

[Karen Mensinger <kmen@ORCA.ESD114.WEDNET.EDU>]

Thank you to those who shared the following ideas:
        The Wall by Eve Bunting is available as a picture book and a
Reading Rainbow video.  The video features Maya Lin-the wall architect and
info on construction of Mount Rushmore too.  A couple of ideas to go along
with The Wall are to make wall rubbings or to send home with students
certificates asking for names, dates, locations, etc. of family members who
are veterans.  The students return the certificates to school and they are
shared outside of classrooms or in a wall display.
        Linda Granfield's In Flanders Fields:  The story of the poem by
John McCrae, could be used to do a choral reading and then have students
individually tell some of the background information about WWI presented
there.  They could also write out the poem and make poppy posters.
        For older kids, Michael Foreman's picture book War Game, portrays
life in the trenches during WWI, and a Christmas hiatus in the fighting
where the opposing sides played a rousing soccer game together.

Karen R. Mensinger
Belfair Elem. Lib.
Belfair, WA

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