Get in the Scrap: The perfect New Year’s resolution!
Teachers– looking for the perfect New Year’s resolution for your students?
Sign up your class to Get in the Scrap! with The National WWII Museum. Inspired by the scrapping efforts of students during World War II, Get in the Scrap! is a national service learning project for students in grades 4-8 all about recycling and energy conservation. Your students have the power to affect positive change on the environment, much like students played a positive role on the Home Front in securing victory in WWII.
Find out how easy it is to participate by watching this video:
Choose from a variety of activities part of the project toolkit, that inspire good habits and environmental stewardship, and encourage teamwork, creativity and decision-making. The activities are designed to supplement your curriculum and can be completed throughout the school year. The Museum will send you a poster to keep track of the activities you complete. Share your progress and the Museum will send your students cool prizes! Whether your students are interested in history, math, writing, or art, there is an activity for them.
Your students can also explore what life was like for students on the Home Front. Browse images of children scrapping, a nation-wide salvage plan for schools, propaganda posters, and even a scrapbook from a student who won a state-wide scrapping competition. As a class, you can also tune in and watch, We’re All in this Together: How Students Like You Helped Win WWII, a fun and fast-paced Electronic Field Trip all about how students supported the war effort.
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- An elementary school students from Washington DC, happily scrapping old newspaper at her school.
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- Kids in chilly Chicago, Illinois gather scrap and deliver it to the Civilian Defense Headquarters.
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- Sort and Weigh-in: Elementary school children from Washington, D.C. weigh their scrap paper haul.
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- KTo get all of the country’s schools on board with scrapping, the government released this pamphlet- Get in the Scrap! It took a lot of planning and preparation to start a salvage program at schools and this guide helped teachers, school administrators, and students along the way.
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- Some of the most famous characters, from Disney, the Looney Tunes, and even super heroes straight out of the comic books participated in World War II. Short cartoons starring Bugs Bunny as an aviator, or comic book pages showing Superman deliver supplies to troops were commonplace. Here, Mickey Mouse and Pluto are encouraging everyone to Get in the Scrap and save critical materials.
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- Get in the Scrap! A service learning project for grades 4-8 about recycling and energy conservation
Join students and teachers around the nation and pledge to make a difference in your home, school, community, and even the planet! The Museum will recognize and share your efforts in a big way. Sign up your class today!
Post by Chrissy Gregg, Virtual Classroom Coordinator
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