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D-Day Activities Table of contents Puzzles Coloring Analogies Alliteration  Onomatopoeia Hands On Word Power

D-Day Puzzles

D-Day Word Search PDF File

D-Day Maze PDF File

Coloring Pages —

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D-Day Analogies

Complete the following analogies.  For analogy help, click here.

4 July 1776 is to Independence Day as 6 June 1944 is to holiday D-Day Veteran's Day twins .

Johnny Appleseed is to Arbor Day as General Eisenhower is to autumn Columbus Day pizza D-Day .

England is to Dover as France is to Normandy New York Richmond Lansing .

Winston Churchill is to the Allies as Hitler is to Sadam Hussein Stalin Osama Bin Laden Axis powers .

Honor is to knight as duty is to loyalty patriot elbow grease work .

Click here for D-Day Analogy Answers

D-Day Alliteration

Alliteration is a lot of fun and great for long car rides.  For alliteration help, click here.

Example:
Diligent dutiful dignified dogfaces daringly defied darkness.
Nautical nimble navy navigators neared Normandy noiselessly.

Do your own D-Day Alliteration for Churchill, Hitler, Eisenhower, Normandy, military, courage, honor, allies, axis

D-Day Onomatopoeia Activities

Remember:  Onomatopoeia = Words that imitate sounds or sounds that are linked with objects. In short, literary sound effects.
(from Greek = name-making)

Pronounced:  on-o-mat-o-PEE-a

Quick ... what sound ...

— What sound do you hear on when a family or church prays for the military protecting their land?
— What sound is heard when firecrackers roar overhead?
— What sound do you hear when sailors/soldiers first espy their families after a long absence?
— What sound is heard when a soldier/sailor parent holds their child and prays with them at bedtime?

D-Day Analogy Answers
4 July 1776 is to Independence Day as 6 June 1944 is to D-Day; Johnny Appleseed is to Arbor Day as General Eisenhower is to D-Day; England is to Dover as France is to Normandy; Winston Churchill is to the Allies as Hitler is to the Axis powers; Honor is to knight as duty is to patriot.

Hands On Activities

Interview veteran(s) from World War II along with their wives.  What were/are their thoughts and actions about D-Day? Where were they on D-Day?

Listen to the music of the times — Benny Goodman, Dorsey Brothers, Andrew Sisters, etc. Why do you think they were popular? Was their music full of self-pity or was it upbeat?

Find out what countries were apart of the Axis Powers and what countries were the Allied Powers. What were their special markings? (e.g., USA had a star, England a bull's eye, Japan had the rising sun, etc.)

Geography: Locate on a globe/map and/or color a map showing the various countries participating in World War II. (You may want to color code them with respect to Allied versus Axis powers).

D-Day Word Power

Anagrams = An anagram is a rearrangement of the letters of one word to form another word or phrase.

Get a three minute egg timer.

See how many three, four , five and six letter words can you make out of the following words in three minutes ...

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