This is an excellent resource to teach students how they should do after the interview, such as looking through what they wrote, re-listening to the recordings, and determining what to include in their writing.
This site is a great resource for students learning to write biographies. It describes what they are and give step by step instructions on writing a four paragraph biography. It is a source the students can use to assist in writing the biography of their veteran!
This is the first installment of a two-part blog post. The second part recounts several little known interactions that President Lincoln had with the Veterans and soldiers who surrounded him. It's typical for the president to get away from the White House from time to time, but how many presidents relocated to a U.S.
It shows students the importance of visiting veterans then and now.
This page is a great resource for teachers and students to learn more about veterans and how to show appreciation, what questions to ask them, and ideas for appreciation.
This is a PDF file that has facts and statistics about Veterans. It can be used as a teaching tool before students engage in the service learning activity.
This is a fantastic resource that gives specific questions that students can use during their interviews and visits to the veterans. It even breaks it down into sections so that if the students want to visit several times they can break the interview into visits.
Create an interactive, visually engaging timeline in minutes. Use dynamic visualization tools to display photos, videos, news and blogs in chronological order. This would be a great way for the students to tell the stories of the veterans at their celebration and to utilize technology to create!
A biography is a nonfiction book that tells all about someone's life. In this movie, Annie writes a biography about Wilma Rudolph, the first American woman to win three gold medals in one Olympics. You'll learn about the writing process and learn how to write a biography.This can assist students in their beginning when thinking about the biography for their veteran.
Using this tool, students can create virtual books using information from the biography that they write. Should families or veterans be interested then the books can be purchased! Students can upload photos, add graphics, and text.
Animoto would allow students to create a digital video that would highlight aspects of the veteran's biographies. These could be shared online or made into mini movies for the families to keep.
A biography is a nonfiction book that tells all about someone's life. In this movie, Annie writes a biography about Wilma Rudolph, the first American woman to win three gold medals in one Olympics. You'll learn about the writing process and learn how to write a biography.This can assist students in their beginning when thinking about the biography for their veteran.