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Veterans Day Analogies
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Marine is to soldier as veteran is to flag warrior Statue of Liberty Daniel Boone .
Independence Day is to freedom as Veteran's Day is to honor history Julius Caesar Spartans .
Forgetfulness is to ingratitude as remembering is to honey respect homonym homespun .
Ingratitude is to gratitude as the selfishness is to self-serving selflessness ego self-centered .
Boldness is to chivalrous as daring is to history move forward Christians heroic .
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Veterans Day Alliteration
Alliteration is a lot of fun and great for long car rides. For alliteration help, click here.
Example: Venturesome victorious valorous veterans verily vexed venomous villains.
Do your own Veterans Day Alliteration for veteran, courage, loyalty, honor, steadfast, true, warrior,
Hint: If you have difficulty creating alliteration phrases, try the formula below ...
Veterans Day Onomatopoeia Activities Remember: Onomatopoeia = Words that imitate sounds or sounds that are linked with objects. In short, literary sound effects. (from Greek = name-making)
Pronounced: on-o-mat-o-PEE-a
Quick ... what sound ...
— What sound do flags make when the wind hits them? — What sound is heard when a family prays thanking God for their freedom by the sacrifice others have made for them? — What sound do you hear when a family secretly sends a thank you letter to a disabled veteran signing it your secret admirerers? — What sound is heard when a family writes a letter to the local Veterans of Foreign Wars or American Legion thanking them for their sacrifice? — What sound do you hear when a family writes a letter to the Pentegon thanking active duty military for their sacrifice? — What sound is heard when a family prays for the protection of those military members protecting their country?
Veterans Day Analogy Answers Marine is to soldier as veteran is to warrior; Independence Day is to freedom as Veterans Day is to honor; Forgetfulness is to ingratitude as remembering is to respect; Ingratitude is to gratitude as the selfishness is to selflessness; Boldness is to chivalrous as daring is to heroic.
Activity Ideas
1) A special get together with family, friends, and church family is always wonderful. Perhaps, a formal ceremony could occur where the young men of the group (ages 13 and up) could present the colors (the Christian Flag and the American Flag) with all rising to sing "God Bless America," "Onward Christian Soldiers," and/or "Are You a Soldier of the Cross?" immediately followed with the pledge to the Christian flag and the pledge of allegiance. Each family, group of friends and church family usually has someone that can speak well, perhaps now would be the time to have them present a 15 minute discussion about why Veterans Day should be honored from a Christian worldview. If possible, encourage all to bring pictures or family momentos of any family member(s) that has served the United States during war as either a soldier or a support person. It is so important to our young people to recognize and be aware of how much others have sacrificed so they might have freedom today. Close the formal portion of the gathering with the oldest male (i.e., patriarch) leading prayer followed with everyone verbally saying the Lord's Prayer and/or the 23rd Psalm.
2) Interview veterans. If possible interview veterans and their families. You may want to take pictures of yourself with this special individual. Be sure to thank them and, perhaps, make a batch of brownies or some other homemade delicacy as an expression of gratefulness for their willingness to protect our country. Be sure to write up your story and attach your pictures to it and send a special copy to the veteran that took such time in this project!
3) Design a Veterans Day card expressing what you think about this holiday.
4) Posters ... encourage your homeschooling group or local Christian school to design Veterans Day posters expressing the meaning of this holiday and how important that it must be recognized to be posted at the local library, post office, community bulletin board, or other community places.
5) Write a paper on ... what it would be like to be a soldier in WWI, WWII, etc. .... what it would be like to be the family member waiting and praying for their soldier ... the heavy price of freedom and liberty ... etc.
6) Memorize Patrick Henry's Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death speech.
7) Make a collage of the various military branches in the United States of America ... Airforce, Navy, Marines, Merchant Marines, Army, Coast Guard ... and learn a little bit about each branch.
Vocabulary: veteran,cessation, sanguinary, annals, resumption, perpetuate, concurring, proclamation, armistice, allegiance
Craft Ideas
1) Paper airplanes ... There are a variety of ways to make paper airplanes. From the most sophisticated to the clean lines of the most simple. However, you opt to make your airplanes, be sure to add patriotic designs !
2) Flags ... Can be made in a variety of ways .... (1) your child can make their own flag from markers or crayons; (2) coloring book pages of an American flag; (3) using construction paper (i.e., using a paper cutter to slice the red/white stripes, and cutting out 50 stars) .... however you opt to make your flag with your family, talk about how important freedom and liberty is and WHERE freedom and liberty comes from
3) Thank you letter to Veterans of Foreign Wars ... Too often we think of Veterans Day and yet forget the Veterans themselves!!! Why not encourage your family, friends and church family to write thank you letters and send them to your local Veterans of Foreign Wars or VFW Hall?
Research Assignments
1) Exactly what is a veteran and can families be veterans too? If possible, can you give me an example or two ?
2) If the following are good characteristics for soldiers from the Bible, can you think of any bad characteristics?
Soldiers — a nation's watchmen; guarding against danger
3) Today, we are hearing an awful lot about chemical warfare. Did you know that chemical warfare is not new? In what early 20th century war was chemical warfare used?
Veterans' Day Word Power (Anagrams)
Anagrams = An anagram is a rearrangement of the letters of one word to form another word or phrase.
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See how many three, four , five and six letter words can you make out of the following words in three minutes ...
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