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Without powerful lobbyists or veterans left to help promote a national memorial on the Mall in Washington, students can learn and honor history by raising funds and bringing attention to the situation.
Many of our students will visit Washington in their lifetimes. This involvement really makes that monument have deeper meaning. They can experience the knowledge that collectively they made a contribution and have the personal satisfaction of "making a difference."
The opportunity to research their own family history through genealogy charts generated conversations that usually don't occur between middle school students and their parents and relatives. Sometimes we all wait too late to have these conversations. Stories were shared and connections were made. Many were placed on a school blog set up for that purpose.
Students had opportunities for public speaking, created flyers for distribution in the community, created artwork and performed music of the era in a celebratory final patriotic assembly.
