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Let's Celebrate this November: Veterans Day and Thanksgiving

By Jessica Winstanley

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November has two very special holidays, Veterans Day and Thanksgiving.  It is important that we, as educators, help our students to understand the significance of these days and help foster an appreciation for the things we have and the people who help protect us and our nation.  In honor of these two very special holidays, here are a few resources highlighted this month on the FreeTech4Teachers blog.

To all the Vets out there, our family, our colleagues, our friends....Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Veterans Day: Bet You Didn't Know

Here is a short 2 minute video that does a great job highlighting what Veterans day is and why we celebrate it each November 11th.  To learn more about the video and to check out other lesson resources check out this blog post: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/11/bet-you-didnt-know-short-lesson-on.html


Thanksgiving: 5 Great ideas for teaching about Thanksgiving

  1. You Are the Historian: Investigating the First Thanksgiving
  2. Voyage on the Mayflower
  3. The First Thanksgiving: Daily Life
  4. The Year We Had Two Thanksgivings
  5. When Is Thanksgiving? Colonizing America
To learn more about these resources check out this article:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/11/a-handful-of-resources-for-teaching.html

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