The August 19, 1942 Dieppe Raid is not often taught in schools and is not part of the QEP history curriculum. Why is that? Students will be encouraged to critically analyze why this chapter of Canadian military history is not included in the QEP by determining causes, consequences, and connections between facts by expressing their points of view in the form of a podcast or expository essay.
This activity was first designed to accompany our exhibition Courage in Chaos: the Dieppe Story. The exhibition is also available for free to your school by completing our reservation form.
Activity content
This activity is designed to help students develop critical thinking skills by analyzing the Dieppe Raid through our exhibition. After touring the exhibition, students will be asked to formulate their arguments by answering various questions found in the student guide. They will then be invited to present their arguments in the form of an original podcast or an explanatory essay.
The teacher’s guide describes the educational objectives of the activity and provides the necessary corrections.
Activity objectives
The goal of these activities is to allow secondary cycle two students to have a greater understanding of World War II and the Canadian Army’s first large-scale engagement in Europe: the fatal Dieppe Raid, described as one of Canada’s darkest military chapters. Students will also learn to appreciate the contributions of Canadian Armed Forces personnel from Quebec.
These activities were created as educational tools to complement the Quebec Education Program of secondary 4 History and secondary 5 History of the 20th and Contemporary World courses. In addition, these activities can also be used as language tools in the following courses: Francais langue maternelle (in secondary 3, 4 and 5), Français, secondary language, English, secondary language (in secondary 3, 4 and 5) and English Language Arts.
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