Lessons Activities and Resources to Support the Commemoration of Veterans Day

Secondary
The following online databases are available through the Library Media Services Virtual Library located at
http://it.dadeschools.net/library/index.htm. The databases highlighted below contain resources, including primary
sources/documents, which provide information on the history and observance of Veterans Day in the United States. Along with
reference content, some of the online databases listed below include lesson plans, multimedia files (photographs, videos,
charts/graphs), activities, worksheets, and answer keys. Contact your library media specialist for username and password.
All the online databases listed below may be accessed from the District‘s Virtual Library located at
http://virtuallibrary.dadeschools.net/sec_resources.htm.
Database
Grolier Online
Suggested
Search Term(s)
Veterans Day, The
Great War, armed
forces, Air Force,
Army, U. S. Marine
Corps, Navy
Type of Files
Encyclopedia articles,
websites, media, news
feature stories and
magazines
Sample Search(es)
Enter the search term The Great War. Read the article on
the beginning of World War I and click on the Multimedia link
on the bottom right to see video (map animation) of how
World War I was started. Enter search terms Air Force,
Army, U. S. Marine Corps, Navy for articles and
photographs about the history of the United States Armed
Forces.
Facts on File Online Veterans Day Encyclopedia articles,
biographies, narrative
histories, primary sources,
images, videos, tables,
maps, charts
Enter the search term Veterans Day. Click on Media to
see a picture of African American Union Army Veterans
march in a Memorial Day parade in 1912. The caption
beneath the picture reveals that 9 percent of Union
soldiers who fought in Civil War were African American.
Enter search term Armistice Day and click on Media to
see pictures of Americans celebrating the Armistice in
Philadelphia and a video of an Armistice celebration in
Paris.