Lesson plans
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The stories that war paintings tell us about the Great War
In this activity, students will investigate artwork produced by Canadian artists and other artists whose work was funded by the Canadian War Memorials fund (1916-1919) coordinated by Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook as part of the Canadian Army’s War Record Office. Students…
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Literacy and Insight in the Great War: Letters Home
Students will be working in small groups to examine primary and secondary source materials that reflect the experience of the common soldier in the Great War. They will first view a short video to provide them with some context before focusing…
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Post War Challenges: The Struggle for Recognition
This lesson is designed to have students examine the aftermath of the creation of one of the first mass armies in history. What kinds of impacts did the war have on the men who returned from overseas?
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Social Change and the Great War: Canada Transforming
Students will be working in pairs or small groups to examine primary and secondary source material surrounding the challenges faced by Canada’s population after WW1. The will practise with research skills beginning with tertiary sources and moving onto primary and secondary…
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Searching for censored content in the letters of Canadian soldiers who landed at Normandy
In this activity, students will investigate the roles of Canadians in the Normandy Landings and complete a source analysis activity using letters written by Canadian troops, and which were censored during the war. To complete this activity, it is recommended that…
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Reporting the Normandy Landings
In this activity students will research a topic relating to the Normandy Landings. Students will use primary and secondary source materials from a variety of curated resources and will create a radio broadcast report as if they were a reporter on…
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Creating a book of remembrance for those who served in the Normandy invasions
In this activity students will research a soldier who was a casualty on D-Day or in the aftermath of the Normandy Landings. Students will use primary and secondary source materials available online. After having learned about the service of one soldier,…
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The Canadians on D-Day: exhibition inquiry challenge
Students will view use Honouring Bravery’s exhibition When Daylight Comes to gain an understanding and interpret the facts surrounding Canada’s and our allies’ assault and invasion of Nazi Germany’s foothold in France on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944.…
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