Animated Lessons
Memorial Day
Korean War Veterans Memorial - “Freedom is not free.” Here, one finds the expression of American gratitude to those who restored freedom to South Korea. Nineteen stainless steel sculptures stand silently under the watchful eye of a sea of faces upon a granite wall—reminders of the human cost of defending freedom. These elements all bear witness to the patriotism, devotion to duty, and courage of Korean War veterans. (Y, M, O, T)
Memorial Day - From EasyFunSchool.com (Y,M)
Salute to Veterans - From Kidsdomain.com (Y,M)
Annie's "Memorial Day Kids" Page - Memorial Day ScreenSavers & Wallpaper, American & Related Coloring Pages, ages for Kids, Recipes and Cooking Ideas, Pages from and for Parents, Crafts, Activities and Games. (Y,M)
The Meaning Behind Memorial Day - From TimeforKids.com - Originally called Decoration Day, the holiday got started on May 30, 1868, when Union General John A. Logan declared the day an occasion to decorate the graves of Civil War soldiers. (Y,M)
Memorial Day Activities - Crossword Puzzles, Logic Puzzles, Online Picture Puzzles, Quizzes, Word Fill-Ins, Word Search Puzzles and Sites listing lesson plans and activities available from the Web. (Y,M)
Celebrating Memorial Day - From KidsTurnCentral.com (Y,M)
Memorial Day - From ASKACOP.org (Y,M)
Memorial Day Activities for Kids - From Apples4theteacher.com includes Memorial Day Activities and Games, Coloring pages, crafts for kids, word searches, book reviews, poems and rhymes, stories. (Y,M)
Memorial Day - From NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange. (Y,M)
Kid Memorial Day Craft Ideas - From Freekidcrafts.com. (Y,M)
USS Arizona Memorial - the official website of the memorial from the National Park Service (Y, M, O, T)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial - From the National Park Service. Deliberately setting aside the controversies of the war, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial honors the men and women who served when their Nation called upon them. The designer, Maya Lin, felt that “the politics had eclipsed the veterans, their service and their lives.” She kept the design elegantly simple to “allow everyone to respond and remember.” (Y, M, O, T)
Arlington National Cemetary - Official website of the cemetery. If you can not visit the cemetery, check out the site map to this website or the historical information tab located on the home page. (Y, M, O, T)
National D-Day Memorial - Find resources remembering the Normandy Invasion, commonly known as D-Day, by the Allied Forces. From the National D-Day Memorial site in Bedford, Virginia (so located because proportionally Bedford suffered the greatest number of losses from any US community. (T)
Celebrating America's Freedoms - From the Virginia DOE, most of these Veteran's Day activities would work well for Memorial Day as well. (T)
Veterans in my family - Students create a visual of family members who are/were veterans. Grades Pre-K-12 (Y, M, O, T)
Memorial Day crafts, projects, and printouts - elementary crafts and printouts from Enchanted Learning (Y)
Memorial Day websites - Celebrated in most states on the last Monday in May, Memorial Day is a time to remember the U.S. men and woman who lost their lives serving their country. Originally known as Decoration Day, it was established in 1868 to commemorate the dead from the Civil War. Over the years it came to serve as a day to remember all U.S. men and women killed or missing in action in all wars. (T)
Memorial Day printables - Puzzles and many printables from EdHelper.com. Grades 2-6 (Y,M)
Why remember? - resources for A Day of Remembrance from Veterans' Affairs Canada (Y, M, O, T)
Korean War Veterans Memorial - from the National Park Service (Y, M, O, T)
