A Digital Scavenger Hunt

HONORING OUR VETERANS WebQuest:

A DIGITAL SCAVENGER HUNT

Directions: What do you know about Veterans Day? Explore the Web sites given to learn about that national holiday. Then read each statement below and answer it based on your research!

Part I: Veterans Day

http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/vetdayhistory.asp

1.  This U.S. president was the first to declare November 11 a holiday in 1919 ______.

2.  In 1954, which U.S. president changed the name of the holiday celebrated on November 11 to Veterans Day? ______

3.  November 11 was chosen as the day for honoring U.S. veterans because which war ended on November 11, 1918? ______

4.  This year, Americans will celebrate Veterans Day on this date. ______, ______

List 2 additional facts that you have learned from this website:

1.  ______

2.  ______

http://www.usflag.org/colors.html

5.  What do the colors of our flag stand for?

a.  Red: ______

b.  White: ______

c.  Blue: ______

http://www.usflag.org/history/powmia.html

6.  In what year was the POW-MIA Flag created? ______

7.  What is the motto of the flag? ______

http://www.pow-miafamilies.org/about-the-league/

8.  What do POW and MIA stand for?

9.  What does the message at the bottom of the flag mean?

List 2 additional facts that you have learned from this website:

1.  ______

2.  ______

Part II: Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore/Changing-of-the-Guard

1.  Where is the Tomb of the Unknowns located? ______

2.  How often does the “changing of the guard” occur? ______

3.  What is significant about the number 21? ______

4.  What are Sentinels? Why are they important?

List 2 additional facts that you have learned from this website:

1.  ______

2.  ______

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore/Tomb-of-the-Unknown-Soldier

5.  The first soldier buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns died in what war? ______

6.  What do the three figures sculpted on the Tomb of the Unknowns represent? ______, ______and ______.

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/btt/veterans_day/history.shtml

7.  How many unidentified soldiers have there been?

8.  What is “Taps”? Why is it significant?

List 2 additional facts that you have learned from this website:

9.  ______

10.  ______

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore-the-Cemetery/Notable-Graves/Presidents

11.  Name two presidents that have been buried at Arlington National Ceremony.

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore-the-Cemetery/Notable-Graves/Minorities/Foreign-Nationals

12.  How many “foreign nationals” have been buried there?