Quick History of Veterans’ Day Before I share some really easy ideas for Veterans Day’, let me give you a quick origin of the holiday as a recap. In my opinion every day should be Veterans’ Day, but the official holiday is always technically November 11th. That is because the holiday originated as Armistice Day. The armistice, or end to fighting, for World War I was at 11:00 a.m. on November 11th, 1918. A year later a ceremony was held to commemorate the anniversary of the armistice. As time went on, it was necessary to celebrate veterans of other wars so the name of the day was officially changed along with it becoming a national holiday. My description is definitely making a long story short and not intended just to hit main ideas. Easy Ideas to Honor Veterans Year-Round One of my go-to easy Veterans Day activities is to integrate literacy by using reading passages from sites like ReadWorks or Eyewitness to History. Lots of times I would have kids go back and glue the passages in their Interactive Notebooks after I graded the questions. If you would like to know more about how I used “INB’s” in my classroom … Continue reading Easy Veterans’ Day Ideas