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Memorial Day pays homage to the men and women who served our nation during times of war. This issue focuses specifically on events that happened over 70 years ago. On December 7, 1941, American ships were attacked in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, forcing the United States to enter into the war in the Pacific. Over 1,000 American lives were lost in the attack. One of the ships that sank with sailors on board was the USS Arizona. Rather than raise the ship, it was left in place as a tribute and memorial to the brave lives lost that infamous day. Four years later the United States and Japan boarded the Battleship Missouri to sign papers that ended the war. Today tourists can visit the memorial that spans the sunken USS Arizona and board the Battleship Missouri to pay respect and view battleships that symbolize both the beginning and the end of World War II in the Pacific Ocean.
In this issue historians will:
- read expository text about Memorial Day
- understand a special memory honoring service men and women
- learn nautical terms
- identify different branches of the service
- calculate sums and differences
- read closely to complete a “cloze” activity aboard the Battleship Missouri
- use the newspaper to locate patriotic pictures and words that express a personal meaning of Memorial Day
- learn how the USS Arizona Memorial was funded
- write a memoir about your school year
- strengthen memory skills
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