Veterans Day is celebrated in the United States today.
|Grades||3 – 12| |Calendar Activity Type||Holiday & School
Celebration| Today, the United States honors those soldiers who
have fought for their country in military service. Across
America, ceremonies are held to commemorate the efforts of our
armed forces past and present, and to remind us of both the
strength and the compassion of our country. Have students write
biographical poems about a soldier by completing each of the
following lines of the poem. This classroom activity is adapted
from a lesson plan by Nancy Haugen of Arizona. - Line 1: Soldier
- Line 2: Four words describing what a soldier is expected to do
(teachers can specify that the words be adjectives, gerunds,
etc.) - Line 3: Who feels . . . - Line 4: Who needs . . . - Line
5: Who fears . . . - Line 6: Who loves . . . - Line 7: Who
thinks . . . - Line 8: Who believes . . . - Line 9: Synonym for
"soldier" - Veterans History Project This project, from the
Library of Congress's American Folkli