National Cemetery Administration

Curricular Materials:

• All About Veterans (Grade K)
• What is a Veteran? (Grades K – 1)
• Discovering our Veterans: Carving their Stories out of Primary Sources (Grade 4)
• English Language Arts Writing Practice – Lives and Legacies of US Veterans: Teacher Packet (Grades 4 – 5)
• English Language Arts Writing Prompt – Jewish American Veterans in World War II (Grades 4 – 5)
• English Language Arts Writing Prompt – Italian American Veterans (Grades 4 – 5)
• Reading and Presenting Biographies (Grades 4 – 5)
• Discovering our Veterans and their Relation to France (Grade 5)
• Taking Care of U.S. Veterans: Student Packet (Grades 4 – 8)
• Taking Care of U.S. Veterans: Teacher Packet (Grades 4 – 8)
• How do Historians Create a Story? (Grades 9 – 12)
• The Greatest Sacrifice (Grade 11)

Grade-Leveled Biography Resources:

• Elementary School
• Middle School
• High School

Veteran Biography Packet Resources:

Virtual Tour:

The file linked below contains color photographs of each of the 100+ grave markers corresponding to the biographies of Florida National Cemetery veterans on this website. To create a virtual tour of the cemetery for your classroom, print whichever subset of pages match your lesson goals. If you print them in color, the images will allow you to use the augmented reality app to access the biographies. If printed in black and white, you may use the QR codes to access the biographies.

• Virtual Tour Images: Surnames A – K
• Virtual Tour Images: Surnames L – Z
• Virtual Tour Augmented Reality Guide

Introduction: Black Hills National Cemetery — Lesson Plan:

• Introduction: Black Hills National Cemetery Presentation
• Introduction: Black Hills National Cemetery Lesson Plan

American Soldier — Lesson Plan:

• American Soldier Lesson Plan (Grades 3 – 5)

Branches of the Military — Lesson Plan:

• Branches of the Military Presentation
• Branches of the Military Lesson Plan
• Branches of the Military Rubric

Cpl. William Bywater (POW) — Lesson Plan:

• Cpl. William Bywater (POW) Lesson Plan 1
• Cpl. William Bywater (POW) Lesson Plan 2
• Cpl. William Bywater (POW) Artifacts Packet

Daniel Sullivan — Lesson Plan:

• Daniel Sullivan Biography
• Daniel Sullivan Lesson Plans

Emblems and Symbols — Lesson Plan:

• Emblems of Belief Presentation
• Available Emblems of Belief for Placement on Government Headstones and Markers
• Symbols Presentation
• Symbols Lesson Plans
• State Symbols Writing Assignment

Francis Case — Lesson Plan:

• Francis Case Presentation
• Francis Case Lesson Plan 1 Introduction
• Francis Case Lesson Plan 2 Branches of the Military
• Francis Case Lesson Plan 3 Mock Town Meeting
• Francis Case Lesson Plan 4 Classroom Newspaper
• Francis Case Newspaper Production Checklist
• South Dakota Magazine article about Leland Case

Richard Ellsworth — Lesson Plan:

• Richard Ellsworth Timeline Presentation
• Richard Ellsworth Timeline Lesson Plans

Rosebud Cemetery — Lesson Plan:

• Rosebud History Presentation
• Rosebud History Lesson Plan
• Rosebud History Rubric
• Sicangu Akicita Owicahe Tribal Veterans Cemetery Unit Plan
• Anthem Checklist
• Anthem Lesson Plan
• Anthem Rubric
• Flag Song

Sam DeCory — Lesson Plan:

• Sam DeCory Biography
• Sam DeCory Note Taking Guide
• Sam DeCory Lesson Plan 1
• Sam DeCory Lesson Plan 2
• Sam DeCory Assignment
• Sam DeCory Rubric

South Dakota History — Lesson Plan:

• South Dakota History Lesson Plans (Grades 4 – 5)

Women in the Military — Lesson Plan:

• Women in the Military Lesson Plan
• Women in the Military Image Resources

World War II — Lesson Plan:

• World War II and the Lives Within Lesson Plan