Memorial Day Lapbook

cover

(click pictures to enlarge)

  shutterfold -- open

left file folder

• Blue Star Banner -
• Flags half-mast until noon
• Picture -- boots of fallen soldier
• Nicholas' "report"
• Nathan's copywork of 2 Timothy 4:7
• Learned about the symbolism Red Poppy
• Included poem, In Flanders Field
• Nathan's copywork of John 15:13

Left fold open --

• Studied medals  (pictures of Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, and Purple Heart)
• Mary Edwards Walker, the only women awarded the Medal of Honor
• Read The Wall by Eve Bunting
• Learned about war memorials. 
• Included pictures of WWI, WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War Memorials.

• Starting on the left
• Listed America's Wars - each fold has a war with the date, opens to see how many died in that war.
• Black banner --- FREEDOM IS NOT FREE
• Outline of Washington state.  Each Gold star represents a soldier killed in the Iraq war.  Ft Lewis had 113 casualties when we checked Sunday. 
• Learned about Taps (music), Taps (history)
• Olivia's copywork --Tap lyrics we are most familiar with
• Flags of our Armed forces  (flags were glued to toothpicks)
• Nicholas' acrostic poem on Freedom (I am a member of enchanted learning, but went w/ the small template because it fit.  ;-))

• under WA state map outline -- at the top is the US Fatality Map. 
• Fatalities for each state was written (we didn't want to just focus on WA -- they all were someone's child.   The number reflects home of record not where they were stationed.)
• The large Gold star has total fatalities since the start of the war until May 27 ---- 3,454 men and women
• Olivia's copywork - definition for Bugle

far right flap

Included some of the lyrics to Lee Greenwood's song, God Bless The U.S.A  -- (that link plays the entire song w/ lyrics)

This was definitely my favorite lapbook we've ever done.  (That's why I'm sharing it.  LOL) 

**Some of the links above were not the ones we used for our studies.  I've linked them here to give an idea of what we were learning. 

Once we finished our lapbook, we also took time to visit the Veterans section of the cemetery on Memorial Day.

Comments

[MaryM]

I can see why it would be your favorite lapbook - it is really well done and so complete. So many great ideas.

[Meredith]

This is awesome, I am so impressed at all you covered, what a beautiful job you all did together!! Thanks for sharing this, blessings!

[Jamin]

Wow Michelle! That lapbook is stunning! I am posting it a link to it on my blog! That is just fantastic!!!

I wish you and your kids were here to slide with us! 87, sheesh! LOL

J.

[Jimmie]

LOVE it! Great job!!
I came here from the link on Jamin's blog.

[Theresa ♥]

Wow, what a great job you all did on the lapbook!

[Leena]

That is the most awesome Memorial Day book I have ever seen!!!I thonk it does our country prud. Thank you so much for sharing. Jamin thanks for sending me...what a treat.

[Theresa]

Beautiful! That is a fantastic project!

[Ruth]

Incredible!!!!!