This
patriotic day is sometimes called Armistice Day and Remembrance Day.
It is celebrated in many European nations, Canada, the U.S., and
nations that are associated with Europe and the U.S. such as Puerto
Rico, Sint Maarten, and Bermuda. The date is the anniversary of the
end of World War I, which was supposed to be the war to end all wars.
To
learn about WWI, try NeoK12.
For more on Veteran's Day, check this and that other earlier post.
Also
on this date:
Independence
Day for Angola and Poland
Angola
– Independence from Portugal in 1975
Poland
– Restoration of Independence in 1918 after years of partition by
Russia, Russia, and Austria
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| Kalandula Falls, in Angola |
Angola
is a nation in south-central
Africa. It has an unfortunate history of a long liberation war that
finally led to independence and then an intense seven-year-long civil
war after independence. Although it has a lot of mineral wealth and
petroleum reserves, life expectancy is low and there is a lot of
human misery.
Does
your library have the book Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba?
It is based on the daughter of the leader of the Mbundu people of
Ndongo, in 1595. This is a region that today is in Angola.
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| Karkonosze National Park, in Poland |
Poland
is a nation in Central Europe
that has been invaded and split up several times in history. Despite
all the violence in its past, with the most recent examples including
being invaded by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War
II, today Poland is a democracy with a good standard of living and a
rich culture.
Learn
more about Poland...
National Geographic Kids has a nice page about Poland.
Here
are some jigsaw puzzles featuring pictures of Polish sights.
Here
are instructions for Polish Wycinanki, a beautiful paper craft.
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