Celebrating Our Differences Kindergarten Social Studies Unit Four
Visit the library of congress to learn more about the history of veterans day:
Armistice day celebration in Philadelphia, 1918 This image shows people crowding the streets of Philadelphia at the time of the beginning of the Armistice ending WWI (11:00 on 11/11/1918).
Armistice day parade in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1942 Note that this image was taken less than one year into U.S. involvement in WWII.
Veterans day parade in savannah, Georgia, 2015
“You are the historian,” at plimoth plantation
Newspaper illustration from 1887, showing immigrants seeing the statue of liberty
Young immigrants seeing lady liberty, 1920s
Immigrants to ellis island, circa 1900
Visit live video feed from the statue of liberty
What do you notice about the different bills? Each dollar amount is called a ‘denomination.’ For more information about currency denominations: https://www.uscurrency.gov/denominations.