Honor Unknown Soldiers with a memorial. Make a replica of a landmark tomb or design an original structure.
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# The students will be able to understand that many of the liberties we enjoy in America today were earned by the patriotism shown by veterans. John McCrae is best remembered as the author of iconic war memorial and Remembrance Day poem, In Flanders Fields however he accomplished a great deal more in his short life. Students will analyze the structure of In Flanders Fields poem and through application, explore McCrae’s use of form, rhyme, imagery and contrast. This lesson will also help students to explore the poem’s meaning, introducing the varied interpretations of message of In Flanders Fields poem. Canadian physician Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae wrote the In Flanders Fields poem on May 3, 1915 while still at the battlefront during the Second Battle of Ypres in WWI |
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