Memorial Day Activites to Use in Your Class

by Lorri Giovinco-Harte (Published in the May 2008 issue of Harry S Truman HS Faculty Newsletter)

There are several ways that interested students and teachers can do something positive for
Memorial Day. Associated Content gives several suggestions on their website
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/656635/how_to_celebrate_memorial_day_in_your.html

1. Bulletin Board With Information About Past Wars. Put your students into groups and assign each group a war to do research about. The American Civil War, the First World War, Second World War, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Iraq war can all be assigned to different groups. Have your students find information about each war, including how many soldiers died in the war (on both sides). Then ask each group to create a bulletin board for the classroom about the war they were assigned.

2. War Heroes. Find some information about a famous war hero from each war and create a notebook about ‘War Heroes’. Your students can then read personal stories about soldiers who died, which brings home the war on a more personal level.

3. Write To A Soldier in Iraq. Many soldiers would love to receive letters or parcels from people back home. There are several organizations you can contact who will assign you a soldier to write to. On Memorial Day, it would be nice to send a care package to a soldier overseas so ask each child to bring in something small to add to the package.

4. Family Members in the War. If some students have family members who are in the war in Iraq or Afghanistan, have them talk about them. They can share with the class information like who they are, what they like to do, how long they have been in Iraq or Afghanistan and what they do there.

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