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Brave Souls: Heroes Amongst Us
Students are invited to meet six Canadian nurses through the letters they sent to their loved ones back home, before sharing their findings in a short writing exercise.
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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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Canadians in Afghanistan
In the first part, students complete a series of questions and definitions related to Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan. In the second part, as a class, students view two to three video testimonials from military personnel of your choice. After viewing the…
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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…
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War on Terror and Media Literacy
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The following activity is designed to help develop students’ digital media literacy skills. Media literacy is a crucial component to developing students critical thinking skills in an increasingly digitized world. The now-common phrase “fake news” has proliferated in popular culture and…
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The Art of War: Knowing your Enemy to Win
In this activity, students will read passages from The Art of War and watch excerpts from Canadian soldiers’ testimonies about Afghanistan. Students will analyze the lessons of the text and verify their applicability to the war in Afghanistan, extending the lessons…
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Museum Visit
Nothing compares to a visit to our partner museums for students to directly interact with history. Our partner museums are: Museum of the Royal Montreal Regiment, the museum of the Royal 22e Régiment and the Musée du Fort-Saint-Jean.
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Replica uniforms from the First World War
We’re lending soldier’s and nurse’s uniforms so that everyone can imagine how people dressed back then. These uniforms give a glimpse into the daily lives of the people who took part in these events of unprecedented proportions.
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Letters Home
Students will discover the personal stories of certain individuals and their experiences of the war. The teacher will first present a letter sent home from the Montreal archives and discuss it in class with their students.
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Tragedy at Sea: The Llandovery Castle
In this activity students will learn about the tragedy of Llandovery Castle. Students will use article analysis to understand the chaos of the attack and to understand the war crimes of the Germans as the case of Llandovery Castle later set…
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Renegotiate the Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles has always been a controversial document and, according to some historians, its punitive clauses may have contributed to the outbreak of the Second World War. This historical role-playing game lets students come up with their own conclusion…
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The Aftermath of WWI in Canada
In this activity, students will examine the internal challenges facing Canada’s population after the war. Working in groups, students will carry out research, present it to the class and turn it into an original essay on these themes.
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Poetry from the Trenches
Writing poetry was very common amongst young people one hundred years ago. After reading a selection of poems written during the First World War, students will write their own to express their opinions and feelings about the war, the men and…
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Post-war Challenges
The aim of this activity is to understand the various challenges many groups of Canadians faced at the end of the war and their return to life in Canada. In the first part, students in groups analyze and summarize a series…
