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Diversity and Discrimination in WWII
This activity will help students appreciate and understand the contributions of Canadians not often mentioned in textbooks. Students will develop critical thinking skills through document analysis, research and the application of cross-curricular skills.
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Document Analysis
In this activity, students will critically analyze primary-source documents and establish facts by identifying differences and similarities between the Dieppe Raid and Canada’s tragic losses, in accordance with the Québec Education Program’s provincial history course.
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Why Don’t We Learn About the Dieppe Raid in School?
Students will critically analyze the reasons why the Dieppe Raid is not included in the Quebec Education Program by identifying causes, consequences and links between facts, then expressing their point of view in the form of a podcast or explanatory essay.
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Guilty or Not? A Media Analysis
Students will analyze primary and secondary source documents and decide who is to blame for the tragedy by creating a newspaper article based on real or invented facts. Students will then present their article and decide whether or not Lord Mountbatten…
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Kahoot!: WWII and the Dieppe Raid
In this activity, students will use the historical method, situate in time and space, and deepen their understanding of Canada’s participation in the Second World War and the Dieppe Raid through an interactive timeline and a game developed on Kahoot!
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LAV III: Workhorse of the Canadian Army
This activity will allow students to understand the role LAVs have played in Afghanistan and, their role in the communities that honour the men and women who served in them in Canada. Thus, this activity contains four different parts, all of…
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Canadians Remembered: Profile of a Canadian Soldier
In this activity, students create a profile of a soldier or nurse and then, as a team, describe their experiences in the army, in Hong Kong, as prisoners of war and after their return to Canada.
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Geneva Convention Debate
In this activity, students learn about the Geneva Conventions and compare them with the treatment of prisoners of war in Japanese camps.
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Red Cross Reporter
In this activity, students will take on the role of Red Cross representatives and gather information about the living conditions of prisoners of war for a newspaper article. To help them, students will read newspaper articles from the period and examine…
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Introduction to World War II
In this short activity, students will use the interactive map and timeline from our battle of Hong Kong virtual exhibition to gain general knowledge about World War II. This activity can also be used before students visits the exhibit or as…
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Understanding the Battle of Hong Kong
To understand the Battle of Hong Kong and Canada’s role in the Pacific during the Second World War, we must first gain some general knowledge and understanding of why the war happened and how it affected the entire world, including Asia…
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Brave Souls: Heroes Amongst Us
First seen as angelic caregivers, then as heroic figures, nurses played a crucial role in the first half of the 20th century in transforming the way women were perceived in the medical field, and in society. Their letters are a valuable…
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The Christmas Truce of 1914
The lesson begins with a very short film depicting the Christmas Truce of 1914. Students can watch the video in class, or on their own on Youtube. The presentation will guide students through the real story of the truce by exploring…
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Letter to a Loved One
The activity is an educational variation on role-playing. Students are asked to write a letter to the person of their choice, while playing one of four characters set against the backdrop of the October Crisis.
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War Measures Act Debate
This activity consists of a reading of relevant excerpts from an article on the War Measures Act, accompanied by questions for the students to answer. We then suggest avenues of debate for the class. The debate topics encourage students to think…
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Analyzing and Interpreting Sources
The aim of this activity is to give students the tools and rigor to research and analyze methodological sources. Students will have to research 3 different sources and analyze them using an interpretation tool based on historical method. The choice of…
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Timeline: Understanding the October Crisis
In this activity, students will have to place various events connected with the October crisis in order, and associate an archival photo or video with each one.
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Consensus Building Jirga: To intervene or not?
Consensus-building has been part of Afghanistan’s history for centuries, and is known there as a jirga. Students will reach their own consensus through a jirga, developing their critical thinking about Canada’s intervention in Afghanistan and its participation in the war on…
