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Teaching What Veterans’ Poems Can Teach Us About Healing on Memorial Day

What Veterans’ Poems Can Teach Us About Healing on Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a national holiday to honor the 1.17 million men and women who have died to create and maintain the freedoms outlined in the US Constitution. But it is not the only Memorial Day.

James Dubinsky, Associate Professor of English, Virginia Tech
The Conversation

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How are we all connected by veterans' sacrifices?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

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