Honoring Our Veterans-November 11 is Veterans' Day

Honoring Our Veterans--November 11
On the 11th month, the 11th day, at the 11th hour, take a moment and stop for two minutes to remember those who served our country.
The following web sites will give us information for a theme unit, a newspaper, an article, a story, other projects, arts, crafts, books, links, resources, and activities:
VA Kids, K-5th (for children kindergarten through 5th grade; also contains games!)
Wikipedia: Veterans Day
Kids’ Turn Central: Remembering Those Who Served (facts for children)
DLTK’s Holiday Activities for Kids: Remembrance Day or Veterans Day Activities (crafts, games, printables, and more about Veterans Day)
Apples4theteacher.com: Veterans Day Activities (The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, poetry, word search, and reading suggestions)
Department of Veterans Affairs: Celebrating America’s Freedoms
Military.com: Ways to Celebrate Veteran’s Day with Your Children
Blackwell’s Best: Veterans Day / Memorial Day (tons of information!)
Kids Konnect: Veterans Day (lots of great facts and much more for children!!!!!)
Wikipedia: In Flanders Fields (poem written by John McCrae in 1915)
Web sites with how to write a newspaper paper (for kids), newspaper article template, and an example of a student newspaper:
Bedfordshire Libraries: How to write a newspaper article
Spencerville Adventist Academy: The Point newspaper (PDF file)
More Resources to teach about Veteran's Day Theme or Unit at:
http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/remembrance.php
http://www.teach-nology.com/themes/holidays/veterans/
http://edhelper.com/VeteransDay.htm
http://www.themeunits.com/Remembrance_c.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/military.shtml
http://www.vickiblackwell.com/memorial.html
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/november/veterans.html
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=9
http://www.first-school.ws/THEME/h_united_states.htm
http://www.geocities.com/mrsjacksonsclass/uspatrioticthemes.htm
http://www.geocities.com/mrsjacksonsclass/veteransday.htm