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Veterans Day in the Classroom

Lesson plans, activities, and resources focus on wartime service and sacrifice.
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Published: November 9, 2020 Last Updated: October 27, 2022

On November 11, we honor the wartime service and sacrifice of men and women in the armed forces. Originally proclaimed Armistice Day in 1919 to commemorate the end of World War I, it was renamed Veterans Day in 1954 to include American veterans of all wars.

The following lessons, activities, games, and resources will help your students celebrate service men and women past and present.

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