Lessons Activities and Resources to Support the Commemoration of Veterans Day
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Elementary<br />
The following online databases are available through <strong>the</strong> Library Media Services Virtual Library located at<br />
http://it.dadeschools.net/library/index.htm. The databases highlighted below contain resources, including primary<br />
sources/documents, which provide information on <strong>the</strong> his<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>and</strong> observance <strong>of</strong> <strong>Veterans</strong> <strong>Day</strong> in <strong>the</strong> United States. Along with<br />
reference content, some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> online databases listed below include lesson plans, multimedia files (pho<strong>to</strong>graphs, videos,<br />
charts/graphs), activities, worksheets, <strong>and</strong> answer keys. Contact your library media specialist for username <strong>and</strong> password.<br />
All <strong>the</strong> online databases listed below may be accessed from <strong>the</strong> District‘s Virtual Library located at<br />
http://virtuallibrary.dadeschools.net/elem_resources.htm.<br />
Database<br />
Suggested<br />
Search Term(s)<br />
Type <strong>of</strong> Files<br />
Gale Kids InfoBits <strong>Veterans</strong> <strong>Day</strong> Reference articles, magazine<br />
articles, newspaper articles,<br />
maps/flags <strong>and</strong> seals, charts &<br />
graphs, images<br />
Grolier Online <strong>Veterans</strong> <strong>Day</strong>, The Encyclopedia articles, websites,<br />
Great War, armed media, news feature s<strong>to</strong>ries<br />
forces, Air Force, <strong>and</strong> magazines<br />
Army, U. S. Marine<br />
Corps, Navy<br />
World Book Online Soldiers, <strong>Veterans</strong><br />
<strong>Day</strong>, Air Force,<br />
Army, U. S. Marine<br />
Corps, Navy<br />
Encyclopedia articles, tables,<br />
sounds, his<strong>to</strong>rical maps,<br />
pictures, videos, ―back in time<br />
articles,‖ special reports, web<br />
sites, research guides,<br />
timelines.<br />
(This database contains<br />
Spanish <strong>and</strong> French<br />
encyclopedias, Enciclopedia<br />
Estudiantil <strong>and</strong> L’Encyclopédie<br />
Découverte.)<br />
Sample Search(es)<br />
Enter search term <strong>Veterans</strong> <strong>Day</strong>. Click on<br />
“<strong>Veterans</strong> <strong>Day</strong>." Kids InfoBits Presents: Holidays <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> World” <strong>to</strong> read about <strong>the</strong> his<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>and</strong><br />
celebration <strong>of</strong> <strong>Veterans</strong> <strong>Day</strong>.<br />
Enter <strong>the</strong> search term The Great War. Read <strong>the</strong><br />
article on <strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong> World War I <strong>and</strong> click on<br />
<strong>the</strong> Multimedia link on <strong>the</strong> bot<strong>to</strong>m right <strong>to</strong> see video<br />
(map animation) <strong>of</strong> how World War I was started.<br />
Enter search terms Air Force, Army, U. S. Marine<br />
Corps, Navy for articles <strong>and</strong> pho<strong>to</strong>graphs about <strong>the</strong><br />
his<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> United States Armed Forces.<br />
Enter search term soldiers for articles <strong>and</strong><br />
pictures <strong>of</strong> different kinds <strong>of</strong> soldiers at different<br />
points in his<strong>to</strong>ry, such as Marines, Minutemen,<br />
Buffalo Soldiers, Green Mountain Boys, Airborne<br />
Troops, etc.<br />
Enter search term <strong>Veterans</strong> <strong>and</strong> click on<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Veteran Affairs <strong>to</strong> read about <strong>the</strong><br />
his<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>of</strong> this executive department <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> US<br />
government which administers benefits for US<br />
veterans.
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