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Was the First World War a "Great War" for Canada?

Cause and Consequence

Students will explore historical evidence that corresponds with the defining characteristics (criteria) of a “Great War.” They will determine their criteria and see how history fulfilled each criteria by exploring the positive and negative consequences of important events from the war. In this way, the students will explore the outcomes of the war for Canada.

Themes: First World War, Canadian Identity
Levels: Intermediate, Secondary

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Activation: What is "A War Record"?

Exploration: What is a "Great War"?

Communicate: Was the First World War a "Great War" for Canada?

Lesson Duration

1 class period (75 minutes)

Lesson Materials

First World War Timeline Events (manipulatives)
First World War Timeline Images (manipulatives)

Preparation

You and your students will need:

Blank Paper
Masking Tape
Classroom Textbooks, Student Notes, Computers, or Student’s Personal devices.
Chart Paper (or similar)
Coloured Markers
Banner Paper (optional)

Notes For Educators

Add historical events to the timeline that reflect the interest of your school, community, and province’s history in the First World War.

Establishing groups is an important first step to this lesson and will help to create smaller learning committees inside your classroom’s learning community.

There are many ways to construct a timeline as a class. This lesson explores one way to do this in a more collaborative way, but it may be created by students independently, or even through presentation.

This is a very low tech approach to building a collaborative timeline. Websites like Google Docs, and Tiki Toki can build timelines digitally and collaboratively.