Day of Valor

High school (ages 12+)
Holidays & Celebrations

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/day-of-valor

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the official name?Araw ng Kagitingan
2. What is the date of observance?April 9
3. Why is April 9 chosen for the Day of Valor?April 9 is chosen because it marks the start of the Bataan Death March, a very hard journey that shows how much soldiers suffered. It reminds people of the cost of war.
4. What happened during the Battle of Bataan and Corregidor?In the Battle of Bataan and the Battle of Corregidor, Filipino and American soldiers defended the Philippines against Japanese forces, even when they had very few supplies and many enemies. They showed great bravery and kept fighting for their homeland.

Bataan Death March: A brutal forced march of Allied prisoners of war by Japanese forces in the Philippines during World War II.
Fall of Bataan: The surrender of Allied forces on the Bataan Peninsula to the Japanese in April 1942.
Battle of Corregidor: The final stand of Allied forces on Corregidor Island against the Japanese invasion in May 1942.
World War II: A global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945, involving the vast majority of the world's countries.