Remembrance Day in the Classroom

ACTIVITY 1 – THINKING ABOUT REMEMBRANCE 1 2 Begin by discussing remembrance together as a class. Have your students consider the following: a. When you hear “remembrance,” what do you think of? b. What meaning does Remembrance Day have for you? c. Why do we have Remembrance Day? Have your class read the Remembrance Day article on The Canadian Encyclopedia . In pairs, have students discuss the article and make a list of reasons in point form why remembrance became an important event across Canada following the First World War. Have a class discussion about why remembrance became an important event in Canada. Questions to consider: a. Have your thoughts about remembrance changed with this activity? What was it that changed the way you think about remembrance? b. How do you think Canadians today view remembrance compared with Canadians who lived through the First World War? c. How do you think conflicts today change the way we view Remembrance Day? 3 4 ONLINE LEARNING If you are teaching online, have students use breakout chat rooms on an online platform to facilitate discussions. Remembrance Day in the Classroom A Teacher Resource Kit 3. From left to right: Memory Project speaker Svend Hansen. Photo by Eric Brunt (the Memory Project). Charles Scot-Brown, Jim Parks, and Martin Maxwell at The Royal Canadian Military Institute, Toronto, May 21st, 2019. Photo by Mike Tjioe (the Memory Project). Lt. Col.(ret’d) Susan Beharriell speaks to students at St. Andrew’s College, November 2018 (courtesy Susan Beharriell, the Memory Project).