Atlantic School's Trip to Washington, DC 
February 13th-17th, 2006
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Vietnam Memorial

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Word Problems Scavenger Hunt Fact or Fiction Site Information

Word Problems

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial

  1. It has been 12 years since the unveiling of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial. It is now the year 2005. In what year was the memorial unveiled?

  2. The Vietnam Wall is 246 feet and 9 inches long, the walls are 10.1 feet high. What is the area? Tip use the formula: Length times Width

             
  1. Approximately how many U.S. Army soldiers were wounded & killed? Approximately how many Marine Corp soldiers were killed? Approximately how many Navy soldiers were wounded? Approximately how many Air Force soldiers were wounded and killed?

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Scavenger  Hunt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Wall

  1. The Vietnam Wall consists of granite from Bangalore, India.  How much granite is used to create the two walls?

  2. T here are 58,249 names included on the wall eight of them are women.  How many of these names are POW’s and MIA’s ?

  3. Who created the Vietnam Wall, how old was the person that was chosen and out of how many entries was her design chosen?

  4. When was the Women’s Memorial dedicated, and who designed it?

  5. What type of font is used on the memorial wall?

  6. The Three Soldiers statue consists of three people what races do they portray? Who was the statue designed by and when was it unveiled?

     

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Fact or Fiction  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Wall

  1. The main part of the memorial was completed in 1982.

  2. The walls are made out of concrete and are 220 feet and 6 inches long.

  3. Each wall has 89 panels and 68 names listed

  4. The Three Soldiers Statue portrays and African American, a Caucasian, and a Hispanic soldier.

  5. The Vietnam Women’s Memorial was designed by Maya Ying Lin

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Information about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

             The Vietnam Memorial is located in Washington D.C.  This memorial honors the U.S. Armed Forces that served in the Vietnam War.  This memorial consists of three different parts,  The Three Soldiers statue, the Vietnam Women’s Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.
          The Three Soldiers statue was designed to complement the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.  This statue was unveiled in 1984, this statue was designed by Fredrick Hart.  Fredrick placed third in the original competition.
          The Women’s Memorial is located south of the Vietnam Wall.  It was designed by Glenna Goodacre and was dedicated on November 11, 1993.
          The Vietnam Veteran’s Wall has two black granite walls that are 246 feet and 9 inches long. This wall was designed by Maya Ying Lin.  At the highest point of the walls they are 10.1 feet high.  The granite used for the wall came from Bangalore, India, this granite was chosen because of its reflective quality.  They wanted the wall to be reflective so that when visitors look up at a name they can see themselves;  bringing back memories.  One of the walls points towards the Lincoln Memorial, and the other towards the Washington Monument.  Each one of the walls have seventy-two panels, seventy listing names, and two small blank panels at each extremity.  Along the base of the wall there is a pathway where visitors can walk, read all of the names, and pray. People can also make a pencil rubbing of a name.
           The names on the wall are in chronological order.   There are 58,249 names on the wall, eight of them which are women.  Approximately 1,200 of these are MIA’s, and POW’s, these are denoted with a cross, and the ones that have been confirmed dead are marked with a diamond.  If they have been missing and turn up alive the cross is circumscribed by a circle.  This has never occurred. When their death is confirmed a diamond is superimposed over the cross.  The font used on the wall is Optime.


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Answer to Math Word Problem.

  1. 1993
  2. 2492.175
  3. Army:Wounded:97,000 Killed: 34,000;Marines:Killed:about 15,000;Navy:Wounded:4,000; Air Force: Wounded:1,000,Killed:3,000

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Answers to Scavenger Hunt

  1. 246 feet and 9 inches

  2. 1,200

  3. Maya Ying Lin, 21yrs.old, 1,421 other entries

  4. November 11,1993, Glenna Goodacre

  5. Optime

  6. Caucasian, African American, Hispanic; Fredrick Hart, 1984

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Answers to Fact and Fiction
  1. True
  2. False, Granite and is 246 feet and 9 inches long
  3. False,72 panels,70 names
  4. True
  5. False, Glenna Goodacre

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Citation

Vietnam Veterans Memorial . 24 Jan. 2006. Wikipedia. 2 Dec. 2005 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Wall>.