Marking Memorial Day Memories

TITLE Noting Names Through Marking Memorial Day Memories


BY Shannon Bridget Murphy


SUBJECT History and Geography


GRADE LEVEL Elementary School Grades 1-3


MATERIALS A notebook, several pens or pencils



INTRODUCTION Although Memorial Day was established to honor veterans beginning with the Civil War, those who served during the Revolutionary War can have their place of honor for Memorial Day. A trip to your local cemetary can reveal the Revolutionary War in action.



DIRECTIONS


1 Take a trip to a cemetary where there are gravesites of Revolutionary War veterans.


2 Walking through the gravesites, record the names of veterans who served during the Revolutionary War. You should note their names, dates of birth and dates of death.


3 Note what states the veterans came from. The states that they came from can be found with their birth and death dates.


4 Take your notes back to the classroom to share through discussion.



QUESTIONS


1 How many different states were mentioned through the gravesites?


2 Was the state that you live in found through the gravesites?



Shannon Bridget Murphy