A) In your opinion, why do we have a Remembrance Day?
B) Use the links to answer the questions:
https://www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/history/going-to-war/origins-and-early-phases/?anchor=21
1) How was pre-war Europe divided?
2) List three reasons why Europe went to war in 1914.
https://www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/history/going-to-war/canada-enters-the-war/canada-at-war/
3)How did Canada enter the First World War?
4)How many Canadians enlisted during the war?
https://www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/history/battles-and-fighting/land-battles/vimy-ridge/
5)List five important facts related to Vimy Ridge.
https://www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/history/battles-and-fighting/land-battles/passchendaele/
6) Where is Passchendaele?
7) What were the conditions like for Canadian troops?
8) What were the results of the battle for the Passchendaele Ridge?
Use the following website to answer the questions:
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/pdf/remembrance/information-for/students/cr-times/CRTimes-2018-ENG.pdf
Canada remembers the Korean War
How and when did the Korean War began?
Why did Canadian troops enter the Korean War?
Lest we forget
When did WWI end?
How many were killed during the “Great War”? How many Canadians lost their lives?
Canada’s Hundred Days: August 8 to November 11,1918
Why is the Canadian war effort in 1914-1918 considered an important part of our history?
Canadian “Mountain Boys” in Sicily
Describe “Operation Husky”.
Remembering John McCrae
Who was John McCrae?
A French-Canadian tragedy at Chérisy
Who were the Canadian 22nd Battalion, and what happened to them at the French village of Chérisy on August 27 and 28, 1918?
Flowers for freedom
What is the monument called the “Price of Peace”?
Life and death on the high seas
What was the Canadian military’s role in the Battle of the Atlantic and at what cost?
The Canadian Armed Forces in Rwanda
Where is Rwanda?
What was Canada’s role in Rwanda?
What is PTSD?
Helping in Haiti
Where is Haiti?
Why did an international community send troops to Haiti?
The sinking of the Llandovery Castle
What was the significance of the sinking of the Llandovery Castle?
Sharpshooter: Henry Louis Norwest
Who was Henry Louis Norwest?
A female fighter
Who is Captain Ashley Collette?
The Great Ice Storm of 1998
What was Operation Recuperation?
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/pdf/remembrance/information-for/students/cr-times/CRTimes-2018-ENG.pdf
Canada remembers the Korean War
How and when did the Korean War began?
Why did Canadian troops enter the Korean War?
Lest we forget
When did WWI end?
How many were killed during the “Great War”? How many Canadians lost their lives?
Canada’s Hundred Days: August 8 to November 11,1918
Why is the Canadian war effort in 1914-1918 considered an important part of our history?
Canadian “Mountain Boys” in Sicily
Describe “Operation Husky”.
Remembering John McCrae
Who was John McCrae?
A French-Canadian tragedy at Chérisy
Who were the Canadian 22nd Battalion, and what happened to them at the French village of Chérisy on August 27 and 28, 1918?
Flowers for freedom
What is the monument called the “Price of Peace”?
Life and death on the high seas
What was the Canadian military’s role in the Battle of the Atlantic and at what cost?
The Canadian Armed Forces in Rwanda
Where is Rwanda?
What was Canada’s role in Rwanda?
What is PTSD?
Helping in Haiti
Where is Haiti?
Why did an international community send troops to Haiti?
The sinking of the Llandovery Castle
What was the significance of the sinking of the Llandovery Castle?
Sharpshooter: Henry Louis Norwest
Who was Henry Louis Norwest?
A female fighter
Who is Captain Ashley Collette?
The Great Ice Storm of 1998
What was Operation Recuperation?
C) Create a poster, powerpoint, online presentation, film or write an essay to demonstrate your knowledge of the history of the Canadian military.
You can focus on Remembrance Day, Canadian contributions to conflicts/wars, specific battles, indigenous peoples in the Canadian military, individual war heros, peacekeeping efforts.
!!You can enter this competition: Legion Contest!!
D) Go to the following site and for five of the stories, complete a:
Who (is the story about),
What (happened)
Where (did it take place)
When (did it occur)
How (what were the particular circumstances)
E) Remembrance Day crossword
type a list of 20 Remembrance Day words and clues in this format:
On each line enter a word followed by a colon and then the clue for that word.
eg.
Passchendaele: where a significant Canadian led battle took place in Belgium
johnmacrae: wrote In Flanders' Fields
copy and paste your list into the puzzle maker site.
You can focus on Remembrance Day, Canadian contributions to conflicts/wars, specific battles, indigenous peoples in the Canadian military, individual war heros, peacekeeping efforts.
!!You can enter this competition: Legion Contest!!
D) Go to the following site and for five of the stories, complete a:
Who (is the story about),
What (happened)
Where (did it take place)
When (did it occur)
How (what were the particular circumstances)
E) Remembrance Day crossword
type a list of 20 Remembrance Day words and clues in this format:
On each line enter a word followed by a colon and then the clue for that word.
eg.
Passchendaele: where a significant Canadian led battle took place in Belgium
johnmacrae: wrote In Flanders' Fields
copy and paste your list into the puzzle maker site.