One good thing that happened

This day: November 11

1918 — The armistice is signed

The fighting of the First World War ended at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. The anniversary became Veterans Day in the United States in 1954.

Questions to work through

  1. Put 1918 on a timeline with two other dates you already know.
  2. Find one person named here and write three sentences about what they did next.
  3. Why do you think this was worth remembering? Would you have chosen it?
  4. Find something that happened on this day in your own family. Ask somebody older.
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