Activity Overview

This lesson is designed to have students examine example personnel files of the people who made up the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF). We tend to see the black and white images of the war and neglect to ask: who were these men and women who went to serve King and Country?

Curriculum connections

This activity was designed as an educational tool for educators teaching Ontario’s Grade 10 history course, Canadian History since World War I. Please read the teachers guide for further information on how the activity meets the curriculum’s course expectations.