Get the chance to interact with our replica uniforms from the Great War! In addition to our travelling exhibits, we lend both a soldier’s and a nurse’s uniform so that students can picture how people dressed during wartime. The uniforms offer a small insight into the daily lives of the ordinary people who participated in this unprecedented event.
Activity content
Je me souviens offers two types of replicas of World War I uniforms:
- A Canadian soldier’s uniform with metal helmet, jacket, trousers, webbing, and putties.
- A nurse’s uniform with a dress, apron, and veil.
Both types can be reserved together or individually for your school or for any type of project. Make your reservations by contacting or by filling out our reservation form:
What did soldiers wear?
Are you wondering what exactly a soldier wore during World War I? Have you reserved one of our replicas and would like a reference point? Or perhaps you are unable to reserve one of our replica uniforms but would like to present them to your class? In any case, here is a small virtual version of a typical World War I soldier’s uniform! This resource can be used both as an interactive activity or as an educational resource.
Activity objectives
This activity is suitable for all school levels. The uniforms can be used for classroom presentations, to accompany our traveling exhibitions, or for any other educational activities related to Social Sciences. In the 1st cycle of elementary school, this activity is part of the following components of the program’s core competency:
- To refer to aspects of everyday life here and elsewhere, from the past and the present
- To recognize some characteristics of the social organization of a group
- To orient himself/herself in space and time
In the 2nd and 3rd cycles of elementary school, this activity can be incorporated into the components “To define the influence of people or events on social and territorial organization” of competency 1 (To understand the organization of a society in its territory) and “To define the influence of people or events on these changes” of competency 2 (To interpret change in a society and its territory) from the Geography, History and Citizenship Education Program.
Finally, this activity is also suitable for the high school courses History of Québec and Canada and History of the 20th Century.
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