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Veterans Affairs Canada

Veterans Affairs Canada: Canada's Nursing Sisters

For Students 9th - 10th
Canada' s Nursing sisters began in 1885. This history tells the story of these brave and dedicated women who endured the hardships of war to care for the troops.
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Art and Architecture: Pierre Granche's Canada Memoria in Green Park, London

For Students 9th - 10th
From Courtauld Institute of Art's, Art and Architecture on-line resource, this is the entry for Pierre Granche's, Canada Memoria in Green Park, London. The monument and how it came about is explained and presented.
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Hero Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 6th
Hero, a story written by Martha Attema, is a historical fiction novel set in Holland during World War II. It centers on a young boy's love for a horse that sustains him after he is separated from his family. The horse is later taken away...
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: The Reunion Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 6th
The Reunion, a novel by Jacqueline Pearce, explores the friendship between two girls and interweaves it with a grandmother's story of her severed friendship with a Japanese Canadian girl during World War II. This teacher's guide includes...
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White Pine Pictures

White Pine Pictures: Watari Dori: A Bird of Passage

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a good way to educate students about Japanese internment camps. This follows the story of one woman and her triumphant return to Canada. Includes a quiz and lesson plans.
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Veterans Affairs Canada

Veterans Affairs Canada: He Traded Places to Escape

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a brief account of, veteran of Dieppe, Rene Ulrich, who traded his identity with a Polish man to become Herbert Dumbrowsky, a Polish Jew. Through luck he survived the war.