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Creating a
Culture of
Civic
Responsibility
Ivy Tech ECED 260
Advocacy Project

Fall 2015
Military facts:
-As of 2010, there are
2,266,883 troops that
serve in the US military.
-Even when we are not in
an active war, we have
over 160,000 active
soldiers deployed
throughout the world.
-Nearly 20% of service
members in Iraq and
Afghanistan experience
acute stress, depression,
and/or anxiety. Getting
thank-you notes has a
positive impact on
soldiers.

What is Veterans Day as

told by children
Veterans day is saying the pledge before a football
game.

- 8 year-old boy

How do they get Veterans Day care packages over

seas?
-11 year-old Cmya
Saluting to people in camouflage uniforms.
- 6-year-old Weston

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Developmentally
Appropriate Activity
Ideas for Preschool
-10 Veterans Day Words
(Navy, Marines, Army, soldier, marching,
fighter, flag, defend, honor, service)
-Learn the Pledge and talk about why we
put our hands on our hearts. Make a flag
with handprints.
-Make thank you notes, and write down
what the children say to the soldiers.

Developmentally
Appropriate Activity
Ideas for School Age
-Collect, create and send care packages.
-Have pen pals between children and
soldiers.
-Community day
Plant flowers around a flagpole.
Place flags around local area.
-Read the constitution, and create a
classroom constitution.

Fall 2015
Helping Make
Veterans Day a
Part of Your
Classroom
Culture
On a weekly basis go have
students talk about the
things they are thankful
for.
Have a armed force, or
veteran visit the
classroom in uniform.
Hang the American flag
where everyone can see it
at all times.
Read patriotic books on a
regular basis, and not just
the holidays.
Have the class participate
in a long-term community
missions such as
collecting canned goods
through out the year and
delivering them to the
local VA.
Create lesson plans
around community
support.
Instill the importance of
students civic
responsibility in the
school, home, and
community.

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Field Trip Ideas

Anderson Military
Museum

Local VFW Post

The Soldiers and Sailors

Monuments

Indiana World War

Memorial

Marion National Cemetery

in Grant County Indiana

National Military History

Center in Indianapolis

Indiana Military Museum

in Indianapolis

Resources to
Support Military
Families

Helping Heros of America

American Red Cross

U.S. Department of Health

& Human Services

Military OneSource

The American LEgion

Fall 2015

Childrens Book Resources

H is for Honor
by Devin Scillian

Peppers Purple Heart

by Heather French Henry

A Veterans Day Celebration

by Beth Hammett

The Impossible Patriotism

Project
by Linda Skeers

America: A Patriotic
Primer

The Wall
by Eve Bunting

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