Okay dear MPS website readers. It is time to take a step back and go to high school again. Wednesday, November 11, is Veterans Day. To ensure that her students knew what Veterans Day is and to underscore its importance, Monroe High School Principal Mrs. Sandra Kreps developed a lesson to be shared during Trojan Family time. Check out the piece below and click on the links to see what the high school kids are seeing this week. And then think about writing a Facebook post to a veteran. Enjoy, and thank you Mrs. Kreps for your great lesson plan. May all ages learn from it.
History of Veterans Day
Excerpt from http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/vetdayhistory.asp
World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, November 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.” In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: "To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations…"
Veterans Day Tribute to the American Solider by Ryan Kohler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a77DhwalG6A&index=3&list=RD1lG8GDYdKsc
What Veterans Day means to you
Who in your class has a relative, friend, teacher or neighbor that is a veteran?
Which branch of the military did they serve in? When did they serve?
If you wrote a Facebook post or a note to them on Veterans Day, what would you say?
Please take a few moments today in class or on your own to write your post or note.
This week, please take a few more moments to post or send your note to the Veteran.