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Students learn about the U.S. Military before taking a journey through the cemetery to explore its history and cultural importance.
Grades: 2–5 | Format: MagiCore WebLink + Google Slides + Seesaw
Build background knowledge about Arlington for Memorial Day while students practice reading and writing. Videos, images, and response tasks support the lesson.
Printable activities included! Extend learning with:
Pick and choose the printable activities that fit your students and lesson. There’s no need to complete them all! Teacher directions are included.
Students learn about the U.S. Military before taking a journey through the cemetery to explore its history and cultural importance.
Whole-class exploration, small groups, centers, or cross-curricular enrichment. Model with grades 2–3; on-level grades 4–5 can work independently.
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.
Reading comprehension, written responses, and interpreting multimedia sources.
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A Latte Literacy –
Such a great activity for Memorial Day. My kids love these virtual field trips.
Holly R. –
What an amazing, comprehensive resource! Engaging, easy to use, informative and FUN!
Mary Strickland –
Students enjoyed learning about Memorial Day. Very engaging and interactive.
Beth Roos –
This was a great supplement to my curriculum. The students were engaged, which helped them be successful. Highly recommend!
Nicole B. –
My students enjoyed learning about Memorial Day through this virtual field trip.
mavy W. –
MY STUDENTS REALLY ENJOYED THESE SLIDES. THANK YOU.
Brynn C. –
Thank you! This resource was a fun addition to our classroom!
Kelly R. –
I am a big fan of this seller’s virtual field trips. I do go into the slideshow to add the video links, but since I’ve figured out to do this, it is relatively quick. My kids are engaged and learned a lot. Will definitely use each year!
Beatriz B. –
Great for third graders! Very well organized and engaging as always!
Michelle F. –
This was a huge help! Thank you for creating and offering this resource!
Lana M. –
I love this resource. Thank you for creating it and sharing it with us.
Lauren C. –
Awesome resource! It was an engaging and fun activity to incorporate in class.
Regina H. –
Thank you!!! This was a great resource and was very engaging.
Patricia K. –
Great Resource! My students loved using this resource!
Lauren E. –
Virtual field trips make learning so much more fun! This is the perfect way to teach students about Memorial Day. Thanks for such a great resource!
Kristin R. –
This was a great teaching tool to teach about this special holiday
Lori B. –
I used this once we returned to school but the world was still shut down. We used it during morning meeting as a little fun field trip. The students really loved it.
Megan P. –
I loved this – so few of my kids have been to DC, and this really gave them great context.
jonathan –
Thanks, Megan!
Bridget C. –
Loved using this to help teach my students about Memorial Day!
Teresa E. –
Our class LOVED this activity. Better than I would have thought up. Thank you!
Angela Bowman –
This was a very fun end of year activity
Carole B. –
I loved including this in my presentation during Memorial Day. Very well done!
Elementary Imagineer –
I love teaching about American history, and a lot of my students have never heard of Arlington Cemetery. This was a great Memorial Day activity.
DIANA K. –
Very engaging resource. The videos were great, as well.
Kathy O. –
Great Resource
Especially Positive –
My students loved this!
Brett C. –
Great resource!
Kimberly F. –
Great activity for Memorial Day.
Gretchen P. –
Great resource! Unfortunately some of the videos wouldn’t work for us (I believe it is our school’s filter, not the resource) but I would still use it again!
jonathan –
Thank you for your feedback, Mrs. P! We have reviewed the resource to ensure that the links work as designed. You may want to reach out to your school’s IT department to see if they can assist.
-Jessica with MagiCore
Tiffany H. –
Perfect for an end of the year fun day. Thank you!
jonathan –
Thank you, Tiffany!
The Red Peppers –
Great resource!
Minsoo C. –
My kids had so much fun with this engaging activity!
Erin J. –
This resource was great for sharing information about Arlington and Memorial Day. They are now looking forward to their 5th grade trip to DC.
jonathan –
Thank you for your feedback, Erin! We hope your students have a great time 🙂
-Jessica with MagiCore
Marnie T. –
A great resource! Thank you!
Jessica H. –
This was very engaging and my class loved. They would re-watch the videos throughout the rest of the year!
Sarah Kaminski –
This was great for my classroom of mixed learners. Thank you!
christie G. –
great
Tonya S. –
My fifth graders loved this information. They were very interested. I did have a hard time sharing it as a Google assignment. Somehow, I did not make each kid a copy of their own in Google Classroom. (I probably did not do something right.) I did get to share the slides with the classes though.
Melanie M. –
Students completed this assignment as a morning work activity and learned more about the holiday.
Jamie G. –
Very in depth informational resource. I love the passages as well. Unfortunately, a lot of the videos did not work for us but that could be due to my district and not the actual resource.
Christina H. –
great
Jenna Crocker –
Great resource and engaging for the kids!
Marshanell G. –
An engaging way for students to learn about Memorial Day.
Lee Ann R. –
My students loved learning about Memorial Day with this virtual field trip. They enjoyed completing the activities independently and over a period of days.
Courtney’s Classroom –
Love this! I love the videos, passages, activities – fabulous! It is great to have it all together and teach about the upcoming holiday. I then post it on Google Classroom for them to explore more. Thankyou!
Jamey H. –
great activity for my students!
Connie H. –
I loved all the videos! Short and powerful!! My school blocked the video due to Youtube so my student couldn’t do it in partner so I did it whole class. Great discussion. Buy it
Sacia S. –
Great resource for teaching students about Memorial Day. Highly engaging.
Laura S. –
A great resource explaining Memorial Day and insights into Arlington National Cemetery.
Allison L. –
This is a really well made resource. The only issue we had was that almost all of the videos were blocked by my district. If they had worked it would have been even better!