Veterans Day Bingo Cards

On 5 am on November 11th 1918, after more than four years of bloody fighting, representatives of the Allies (headed by Marshal Ferdinand Foch, the Allied Commander-in-Chief) and Germany (headed by Matthias Erzberger, a civilian politician) signed an Armistice agreement in a railway carriage in Compiègne Forest, France. The Armistice formerly came into effect at 11 am, Paris time, that day (the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month), and marked the end of World War I on the Western front.

After World War I, November 11th become an important day in many countries of the world, and is known in many of them as "Armistice Day" or "Remembrance Day". In the United States of America, November 11th has been known since 1954 as "Veterans Day" (the United States government has stated that the attributive form of "Veterans" - i.e. without an apostrophe - is the official spelling). Veterans is a federal holiday, and a state holiday in all US states, and is used to honor veterans living and dead who have served in the country's military.

With the United States having approximately 25 million military veterans, to whom the country owes a great and historic debt, Veterans Day is also a wonderful opportunity for school history projects and classroom activites. One classroomv activity that many teachers use is bingo. The idea is quite simple: you play bingo in class using bingo cards printed with words and phrases related to the occasion (such as "sacrifice", "veteran", "military", or "honor") rather than numbers. Teachers can of course choose to play the game a variety of ways - just play a normal for example, or ask students to discuss the different topics as they are called out, or even have students give pre-prepared oral reports on each topic as it comes up.

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Christmas Bingo Cards

As you are no doubt aware, Christmas is the time of year at which Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. The period of the year around Christmas has however had a spiritual significance even in pre-Christian times. The Winter Solstice falls sometime between December 20th and December 23rd each year - this is the day of the year when the day (in the Northern hemisphere) is at its shortest, the night at its longest, and after which, days gradually become longer again and nights shorter. Because of this "rebirth" of daylight, the Winter Solstice has long been associated with the ideas of rebirth and renewal.

Nowadays, Christmas is celebrated by people of all (and no) religions. For Christians of course, it continues to mark the birth of the savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. For people of all faiths, the holiday season provides a welcome respite from the pressures of work, and the opportunity to spend time with family and friends. For many as well, it is also a time to remember those less fortunate, and to contribute to community or charitable causes.

Whether with your family, friends, a community group, or perhaps even schools, one of the ways that you can celebrate the season is by finding enjoyable activities to perform together - I'm talking about things like games! The ideal games for the occasion or those that are simple to learn and play, which everybody can participate in, and which do not require expensive or specialist materials. Have you considered bingo? It fits all these criteria.

Of course if you're playing bingo at Christmas, it's a lot more fun if the game has a festive theme. Instead of using traditional bingo cards containing numbers, why not use bingo cards containing items related to the Yule period? Things like "Advent", "Angel", "Carol", "Christmas Tree", "King Weceslas", "Nativity", "Shepherds", and, of course, "Santa Claus". You can print these types of things from your computer: either by downloading ready-to-use free Christmas bingo printables from the Internet, or by purchasing low cost bingo card maker software which will allow you to print an unlimited number of bingo cards containing any type of items that you want.

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