Memorial Day Writing Prompts (2024)

See some great Memorial Day Writing Prompts– Memorial Day is an important time for Americans to remember our veterans and those who have served the United States. Celebrated on the last Monday in the month of May, it is an opportunity to honor those loved ones who have gone before us.

Journaling is a powerful activity that helps students to understand big topics. It’s also a great way to help writers understand the true meaning of memorial day, and that’s why…

We created this excellent list of Memorial Day writing prompts for you and your writers.

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Yes! Writing Benefits Kids in Many Ways

While research papers and essays can help writers to improve their writing and critical thinking skills, journaling also gives students the chance to examine their feelings.

That means they’ll be able to relate to material in a new way as they learn concepts and then consider how those lessons make them feel.

On this Memorial Day federal holiday, as students remember our veterans and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, help them tap into their feelings around service and honor. Yes, journaling can help students understand this holiday from a deeper perspective, and that’s a very good thing indeed.

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This Memorial Day, get students thinking about the significance of this holiday with our excellent list of 53 Memorial Day Writing Prompts and journaling topics. Writers will think about the veterans they know and ways to honor them, as well as the important role the military plays in our country.

Journal Writing Topics: 53 Memorial Day Writing Prompts

1. Why is it important to celebrate Memorial Day?
2. How can we honor veterans on Memorial Day?
3. Who will you remember on Memorial Day?
4. Are there any veterans in your family?
5. I appreciate the military because…
6. Should Memorial Day be a time to remember only veterans or all those who have died?
7. Do you think Memorial Day is about remembering deaths or celebrating lives?
8. What could you do to honor veterans in your community?
9. Why do veterans deserve respect?
10. Write a story about a veteran coming home from war.
11. Does your family celebrate Memorial Day?
12. Do you think veterans are respected enough in the US?
13. On Memorial Day, how can you honor your family or friends who have died?
14. How do you think veterans feel on Memorial day?
15. Why do we celebrate Memorial Day with barbecues and picnics?
16. What would the US be like without a military?
17. What does your family do on Memorial Day?
18. Have you ever lost someone close to you? How did you feel?
19. Which of our national holidays is most important to you?
20. What does Memorial Day mean to you?
21. Why is our military so important?
22. Why do soldiers tell “war stories”? How do they help us remember?
23. What would be a good way of celebrating the lives of those who have died?
24. When did you first understand the importance of Memorial Day?
25. What would it be like to live in a war area?
26. Write a story about a young man in college getting ready to go to boot camp.
    
27. Do you feel safer because of the military?
28. Why are national holidays like Memorial day important?
29. How would you teach a younger kid about the importance of Memorial Day?
30. On Memorial Day, I will…
31. Do you think of Memorial Day as the start of the summer?
32. How do you feel on Memorial Day? Respectful? Sad? Hopeful?
33. If you were in a branch of the military, which one would you choose?
34. What are some important things the US military has accomplished?
35. What do you like to do on Memorial Day?
36. How would you feel if there was a draft?
37. What do you know about Memorial Day?
38. Does Memorial Day make you feel patriotic?
39. Does your family participate in remembrance on Memorial Day?
40. What will you do to honor this Memorial Day?
41. Which military branch do you think has the hardest job?
42. What does the word “memorial” mean to people?
43. Do you think we could have a world where we didn’t need a military?
44. Do veterans deserve additional benefits?
45. Do you know anyone who is in the military now?
46. Why do we need to remember veterans and their service?
47. How do you think soldiers feel when they get called to active duty?
48. What do you think about war?
49. Write a story about a soldier serving who misses his family.
50. Should women be allowed in the military?
51. If you know any veterans, how can you thank them?
52. Have you ever been to a public Memorial Day celebration? What was the atmosphere like?
53. How could we honor veterans all year long?

I hope you enjoyed this list of 53 Memorial Day Writing Prompts and found it a helpful prompt resource to use with your writers in a writing center for younger kids to more independent writers in high school students (and beyond).

Links & Resources

• Memorial Day Lesson Ideas
• Memorial Day 2020: Facts, Meaning & Traditions
• 30 Great 5th Grade Opinion Writing Prompts
• Memorial Day Worksheets

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