Veteran Heroes Project
| Title:Veteran Heroes Project | Author:Linda S. White |
| Subject(s): English Language Arts | |
| Grade Level(s): 6 - 8 Middle School | Total Time: 120 minutes |
Overview / Description:
Veterans are revered and honored throughout the United States. Serving in one of the branches of military is very high in Indian Country. Everyone knows someone either related or unrelated to them who is serving or has served in one of the branches of the military. Students will identify and make a tribute to at least one veteran in their family or that they know of who is unrelated to them.
Learning goals/objectives:
After completing this activity, students should be able to identify someone they know who is or has served in the military and make a tribute to them in the form of a poster (paper or digital), poem, story, song or diorama.
Workplace Readiness Skill:
| X | Social Skills | X | Communication |
| Teamwork | Critical Thinking | ||
| Attitude and Initiative | X | Planning and Organization | |
| Professionalism | X | Media Etiquette |
Content Standards:
Reading Standards for Informational Text
Writing Standards 6–12
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
7. Conduct short research projects to answer
a question, drawing on several sources and
generating additional related, focused questions
for further research and investigation.
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing
Text Types and Purposes*
1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. Production and distribution of Writing
4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others. research to Build and Present Knowledge
7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis,
Materials: Computer, Paper, Markers, Shoe boxes and any other craft material at your disposal.
Learning Activities:
WHO (T=Teacher Focus Lesson; WG=Whole Group\; SM=Small Group; I=Independent)
| Learning Activity Task | WHO is responsible for this step? | Approximate time for task |
| Prior to beginning this activity, the teacher will need to have students take home and complete a basic information sheet for gathering information about who they choose to honor. Students will need to gather a list of names of people and the branches of the military they served in, including any deployments, special honors, or other details that they want included in their project. | Teacher Whole-Group | 10 minutes |
| Students will choose a veteran to honor with either an essay, poem, song, story, diorama, poster (paper or digital) or some other medium using the information from the basic information sheet they were previously given. | Individual | 120 minutes |
| Teacher will need to check progress regularly to insure students are staying on task. | Teacher | on-going |
| Upon completion or projects, teacher will have them on display in a significant area in the school. | ||
Assessment: On-going, checking progress of project.
Did they include required items in their tribute? Is it aesthetically appealing? Is it accurate?
Wrap-Up:
Share/display tributes and allow students to present them to the class.
Extension Activity (for intervention or enrichment):
Creative Common License:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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