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SocialStudiesActivity:
GradeLevel:HighSchool
Activity:BenefitsoftheGIBill
NCSSThemes:
1.CivicLabels&Practices
2.Power,Authority,andGovernance
3.Individuals'developmentandIdentity
OregonStandards:
H.S.5:Examineandevaluatetheoriginsoffundamentalpoliticaldebateand
howconflict,compromise,andcooperationhaveshapednationalunityand
diversityinUSHistory.
H.S.9:Identifyhistoricalevents,issues,andproblemswhennational
interestsandglobalinterestshaveconflict,andanalyzethevaluesand
argumentsonbothsidesoftheconflict.
H.S.35:Examinethepluralisticrealitiesofsociety(e.g.race,poverty,
gender,andage),recognizeissuesofequityandevaluatingneedofchange.
21stCenturyLearningSkills:
Content:financial,economicliteracy
Learning/ThinkingSkills:criticalthinking
Lifeskills:crossculturalskills
ActivityTime:5hours(weekofVeteransDayactivity)

Introduction:
a.Reviewofwebsitebenefits.va.gov
b.TheServicemenReadjustmentActof1944

c.CBSNews,GIBillturns70

Activities:
RequiredActivity:
A.UsingMicrosoftWord:Createaflowchartofhowabillbecomesalaw
andtheprocessinvolvedwiththeServicemenReadjustmentActof1944
SelectOneActivity:
ActivityA:UsingPowerPointcreatea3minutepresentationonkey
elementsoftheServicemensReadjustmentActof1944
ActivityB:RecordaninterviewwithalocalWorldWarIIveteranand
discussthebenefitsoftheGIBill

Schedule:ActivitiesduetheweekofOctober10th
ActivityASignUpswillbeTuesdayandThursday.
ActivityBSignUpswillbeWednesdayandFriday.