With Memorial Day coming-up later this month, I thought it would be useful to create another “The Best…” list.

An obvious starting place is my previous The Best Websites To Learn About Veterans Day.  In addition to the resources found there, though, here are my choices for The Best Websites For Learning About Memorial Day (that are accessible to English Language Learners):

EL Civics has a good Memorial Day Lesson.

Here’s a Memorial Day Quiz designed for English Language Learners.

The History Channel has a great Memorial Day site.

Social Studies For Kids has a good description of the day called Memorial Day: A Time For Reflection.

Arlington National Cemetery has a large collection of images in their photo galleries.

Here’s a cloze (fill-in-the-blank) exercise from Glencoe about the day.

The Orange County Register has an accessible interactive graphic about Memorial Day.

ESL Holiday Lessons is a good resource that provides audio support for the text.

Memorial Day Across America is an online video from MSNBC.

Paying Tribute is a slideshow about Memorial Day from MSNBC.

Honoring The Fallen is a similar slideshow from CBS News.

Mementos Adorn ‘Saddest Acre’ is a slideshow from CNN.

Honoring Those Who Served Us is a slideshow from MSNBC.

Here’s a list of interesting facts about Memorial Day that wouldn’t be accessible to ELL’s, but teachers could certainly modify them.

Remembering America’s War Dead is a slideshow from MSNBC.

CBS News has an online video of President Obama visiting Arlington National Cemetery. The Associated Press has a similar video.

CNN has a slideshow of the same visit.

Take a Memorial Day Quiz for ELL’s.

Memorial Day 2009 is a series of photos from the Big Picture.

Voice of America Special English has an accessible explanation of the holiday and provides audio support for the text.

Memorial Day Observations is a slideshow from The New York Times.

Here’s an audio slideshow of Memorial Day in Washington, D.C.

Flags in remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery is a Washington Post slideshow.

Honoring The Fallen is a CNN video on the same activity at Arlington.

“Iraq & Afghanistan War Casualties” is a pretty amazing interactive graphic from CNN showing all U.S. casualties from both wars.

Cartoonists Honor Heroes is a collection of editorial cartoons related to Memorial Day.

Women In Uniform is a slideshow from MSNBC.

ABC News has several related videos:

Remembering Those Who Died

Celebrating Memorial Day In Iraq

War Vets Rev Up Washington

Memorial Day Messages

Try-out this Pre-Intermediate English Lesson – Memorial Day from ESOL Courses.

How We Bury The War Dead is a slideshow from The Wall Street Journal.

Honoring America’s Fallen Heroes is a slideshow from MSNBC.

Honoring The Fallen is a Fox News slideshow.

CNN has several related videos on this page.

Faces Of The Dead is a New York Times interactive.

The Great Unknowns is a New York Times graphic.

Silence, ceremonies mark sacrifice of military is a CNN video.

Memorial Day is a slideshow from The Wall Street Journal.

Memorial Day through the years is a Washington Post slideshow.

The choreography of the changing of the guard is another Washington Post slideshow.

Flags placed at headstones for Memorial Day is yet another Wash Post slideshow.

On Memorial Day, Americans Reflect on Military Service comes from PBS.

Here are some infographics:

Memorial Day: Remembering The Fallen

The History of Memorial Day and Memorial Day Facts

The History of Memorial Day

Soldiers Pay Respect At Arlington is a CNN video:

Nation celebrates Memorial Day is a slideshow from The Washington Post.

Marking Memorial Day is a slideshow from the Wall Street Journal.

Here are several more videos from CNN:

Americans mark Memorial Day 2011 is a series of photos from The Sacramento Bee.

Memorial Day 2011 is a TIME Magazine slideshow.

Here’s another History of Memorial Day infographic, via eMints.

Memorial Day Tributes Around the World is a TIME slideshow.

Here’s a history of the bugle call “Taps” and here’s a video of it being played at Arlington Cemetery:

As Memorial Day Nears, a Single Image That Continues to Haunt is from The New York Times.

The McClatchy Newspapers have a useful interactive.

Drawing Warriors is a great NY Times video:

Memorial Day 1911-1929 is a photo gallery from The LA Times.

CNN has several videos and a good article here.

7 Things You Didn’t Know About Memorial Day is a slideshow from TIME.

Americans Honor Troops for Memorial Day is a slideshow from The Wall Street Journal.

Memorial Day 2012 is a photo gallery from The Sacramento Bee.

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