Today we read this book, In Flanders Fields: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae, by Linda Granfield, and I could not make it through without choking up. (My 10 year old must surely think I'm crazy). In light of the 10 year anniversary (yesterday) of 9-11, this story about the fallen soldiers of WWI was quite timely.
I memorized this poem by John McCrae when I was in elementary school, and surprisingly, I still can remember it. I think I'm going to have Jacob and Emily memorize it as well over the next 4 weeks as we study World War I.
After our study today, we each drew our own renditions of Flanders Fields, using the stirring illustrations by Janet Wilson as our inspiration.
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