Veteran's Day Projects

Project 2 - Create the American flag in Word using the lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner

Show your pride by formatting a document so that it looks like an American Flag! First, type the words to the Star Spangled Banner. Feel free to sing the words (to yourself) if necessary as you type! Use proper punctuation, but format the song as if it was one, big paragraph. Save it as FLAG. Read the following instructions to help  you format your document. 

• 1. Change the margins to 1 inch top and bottom, and 1 inch for each side

  2. Make the orientation of the paper size "landscape" to represent the shape of a flag.

  3. Also, changing the alignment to "justify" instead of "left" makes the flag look better. So, use your knowledge to justify the document so that the right ends of each line right at the margin

  4. Adjust the font size of the entire document so that the paragraph fits on one page. but fill the page. You may also change the font style if you desire. 

  5. Change the font color to light gray and use the highlighter button to highlight the blue section of the flag OR change the font color of that section to blue. Choose a navy blue color. 

  6. Change the font color for the rest of the flag to red or light gray to represent the red and white stripes OR, change the font color to light gray and use the highlighter button to highlight the red stripes and make them red. Leave the white stripes alone so they have white backgrounds and light gray font. 

  7. If you used the blue font in the blue field, change every other letter in the blue field to light gray to represent stars. Change one letter to light gray. Highlight it. Double-click the Format Painter button. Now highlight every other letter in the blue field to make it light gray. When you are done, click once on the Format Painter button to turn it off. 

  8. Save again!

  9. Print Preview your document to see if you can tell what it is! Key your name in the right-side of the footer. 

  10. Once approved you will print in color. 

Project 3 - Meaning of Veteran's Day and other related Military Activities

Create a power point or something similar explaining the different concepts associated with veterans and military services

• • Veteran's Day

    • When, Why did we start nationally honor our Veterans  

    • Why is it on November 11

    • Who made it a national holiday  

  • Branches of Military

    • Ranks

    • Honors/Bars/patches (this may need to be a slide all by itself) 

    • Songs (include example of that branches theme music)

    • Uniform - field and public attire

    • Why is the flag printed "backwards" on military sleeves? 

  • Significance of Poppies

  • Guarding of the Unknown Soldiers

    • Who guards

    • What are the qualifications of the guard

    • The significance of the routine of the guard

  • The Pledge of Allegiance

    • Who created it

    • Why do we say it

    • What are we actually meaning when we say these words

  • The Star-Spangled Banner

    • Who created it

    • Why do we say it

    • What are we actually meaning when we say these words

  •  The flag

    • Why is the flag design the way it is

    • Why is the flag folded in a special way

    • Who designed it

    • When did it become our Nation's flag 

    • Flag etiquette

  • The Battlefield Cross

    • What is it

    • What is the importance of this design

  • Marine Corp War Memorial

    • What is it, Importance