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The Poppy Remembrance Day November 11. A Remembrance Day Poppy Art Activity For Grade 5 Students. What is the poppy for?. To help us remember the sacrifice soldiers and veterans gave for our country. Whose idea was it to use the poppy?. Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae.
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The PoppyRemembrance DayNovember 11 A Remembrance Day Poppy Art Activity For Grade 5 Students
What is the poppy for? • To help us remember the sacrifice soldiers and veterans gave for our country.
Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae • Born in Guelph, Ontario on Novmeber 30th, 1872. • Canadian doctor, serving in France during World War 1. • Died January 28th, 1918 in France of pneumonia (age 46). • Author of the poem “In Flanders Fields”.
Where is Flanders Fields? • Flanders is an area in the countryside of northern France and Belgium. • It’s about 6,000 Km from Lieutenant-Colonel McCrae’s home in Guelph.
IN FLANDERS FIELDS In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae
What is the poppy campaign for? • To raise money to help support veterans and their family members.
Making our own poppies • Step 1:
What is the poppy for? • To help us remember the sacrifice soldiers and veterans gave for our country.