About This Lesson
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: WHY DO WE CELEBRATE VETERANS DAY?
Objectives: To have students analyze and evaluate why we celebrate Veterans Day
Citations:
Video: Bet You Didn’t Know (2:11 mins)
https://pbs.rog/newshour/extra/lesson_plans/veterans-day/
Timeline of American Wars
http://www.rosewellmemorialday.com/history/timeline-of-americas-wars/
Library of Congress – Veterans History Project – Voices of War
http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/voicesofwar
Presidential Proclamation Speech 2016 (Obama) –
http://www.whitehouse.gov/thepress-office/216/11/08/presidential-proclamation-veterans-day-2016
Tom Hanks Speech on American Resilience
http://www.google.com/amp/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_582c3330e4b)aa8940hdbabe/amp?client-safari
Veteran’s Issues Today: Suicide, Trauma, Addiction, Homelessness
President Lincoln’s Cottage –Washington, D.C.
http://www.slideshare.net/mobile/lheiman/national-building/museum-presentation
Lincoln’s Cottage Fact Sheet
http://www.lincolncottage.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Fact-Sheet-2015.pdf
Emancipation Proclamation – National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipiation-proclamation
