Description
Build background knowledge about Veterans Day – 1st Grade while students practice reading and writing. Videos, images, and response tasks support the lesson.
- Grades: 1
- Format: MagiCore WebLink + Google Slides + Seesaw
Printable activities included! Extend learning with:
- Travel passport, adventure map, and picture tracker
- Postcard, drawing and writing logs, and memory pages
- Adventure book, reflection page, and exploration certificate
Designed for young learners with drawing spaces and simple sentence starters. Pick and choose the printable activities that fit your students and lesson. There’s no need to complete them all! Teacher directions are included.
Learning Objective
Students learn about the history and meaning of Veterans Day as they practice primary reading and critical thinking skills.
What’s Included
- Important Words: veteran, celebrate, appreciate
- What is Veterans Day?
- Let’s Explore: Veterans Day, U.S. Military, Saying Thank You
- Armistice Day
- Veterans Day
- What is the military?
- Five Branches of the military
- Veteran Ribbon
- Thank You
- Thanking Veterans
- Celebrating Veterans Day in the United States
- What did you see?
- Answer key
Ways to Use
Whole-class exploration, small groups, centers, or cross-curricular enrichment. Support nonreaders with teacher modeling; first-grade independence depends on reading level.
Preparation
Preview the content and links, check device and internet access, and assign your preferred version. YouTube access is required for linked videos. Video-embedding instructions are included.
Standards & Skills
Reading comprehension, written responses, and interpreting multimedia sources.





Sandra W. –
This was a great resource for my students! They really enjoy it!
Holly C. –
This was a great resource to use with my students this year!
Amber C. –
This was engaging for even my younger students to use and understand.
Katie H. –
This was a wonderful way to teach my students about Veterans Day and why we celebrate.
Lena H. –
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Jennifer M. –
My students really enjoyed this resource! Thank you!
Lauren B. –
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Jordan T. –
My kids enjoyed learning about Veterans day and what it means
Miss O’Hara’s Tidbits –
This resource was perfect for Veterans Day! The virtual field trip kept my students engaged and helped them better understand the meaning of the holiday. Easy to use and very well organized—thank you!
Annie S. –
This resource has been extremely helpful for my students.
Dianna D. –
Kids are so engaged and loved this so much! Great information and graphics
Julia G. –
The Veterans Day Virtual Field Trip is a thoughtful, age-appropriate resource that lets students connect with the stories behind the holiday. Combining interactive media with literacy and reflection, it creates an engaging, respectful way to teach about service and gratitude.
Jill Mast –
Great resource. My students loved this activity. Thank you.
Christina D. –
My students love all of these virtual field trips. They enhance our units of study.
Kristie W. –
Love all of the different virtual field trips you offer – and this one is perfect for introducing the younger grades to the meaning of Veterans Day. Thanks!!