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WWI - The War At Home: Grade 6

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Purpose

• Students will identify the major causes and events of the First World War.
• Students will explore the social, political and economic changes that occurred during this period of history.

Curriculum Outcomes: Cluster 2: An Emerging Nation (1914 to 1945)

6-KC-003 Recognize Remembrance Day as a commemoration of Canadian participation in world conflicts.

6-KG-039 Identify major causes and events of the First World War.

6-KG-040 Describe Canada’s involvement in the First World War and identify its impact on Canadian individuals and communities.

6-VG-014 Appreciate the sacrifices that soldiers and other Canadians made during the World Wars.

Materials: (Activating student interest and Acquiring information)

• Student information on the major causes and events of the First World War
• Journals
• Biographical information on individuals and diverse cultural groups from Manitoba who made significant contributions during the First World War.
• Documents:
Newspapers
• Winnipeg Citizen. Strike editions published from May 19, 1919 - June 20,1919.
• Winnipeg Telegram. Strike editions published May 28, 1919 to Jun 28, 1919
Photos and maps
• Photos (Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10)
• World War I Battle Locations
• Ypres Interior View of the Halles after the bombardment
Records
• Alan Arnett McLeod (Ref1, Ref2, Ref3)
• Alexander Logan Waugh (Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4)
• Are You Doing Your Share?
• Bert Goose (Ref1)
• Circumstances of Death Report
• Election poster, 1917
• Envelope from C. D. Richardson to Edna Chapman
• "Fighting Conscription in Canada"
• Francis family [Charles, Henry, Sarah] (Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5)
• Food Service Pledge
• George Battershill (Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4)
• Jack T. Fisher (Ref1, Ref2)
• Kitchen Patriotism
• Letter of 8 June 1917 from W. Jefferson to William Sisler
• Letter of 22 October 1915 from Arthur P. Walker to William J. Sisler
• Ross Family ( Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5)
• Jack Winter Quelch (Ref1, Ref2)
• Manitoba Federation of Agriculture. Oakville Branch (Ref1, Ref2)
• Mary Louise Pickering Thomson (Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10)
• "The Soldier's Ten Commandments"

Vocabulary : to promote use of language in oral discussion, reading and written work

war	empire	obligation	assassination
global	democracy	conflict	engaged
civilization	trench	warfare	assimilated
prisoner	independence	amended	reform
partisan	advocate	unity	conscription
protest	patriotism	aliens	oppressed
interned	citizenship	liberties	censored
labour	regulations	indignities	military
embittered	declaration	recruits	deported

Suggestions for Instruction: (Applying)

Using background information, have the students create a historical timeline of dates and events of the First World War. A parallel timeline may be created identifying the contributions made by Manitobans in relation to:

• First nations, Inuit and Metis peoples
• Receipt of the Victoria Cross
• Manitoba women
• Manitobans participating in the war who attended their school, community

Further activities may include:

• Biographies of Manitobans
• Looking at the changes in Manitoba society, government, occupations, technology, economy and industrialization due to the war efforts.
• How war continues to impact our diverse communities in Manitoba.
• Students creating a daily journal as a participant in the war, or life in Manitoba during the war.
• Visiting Manitoba Veterans and listening to their stories.

Suggestions for Assessment

Students will demonstrate their learning through activities such as:

• oral discussions
• written assignments
• self-reflection
• student presentations
• projects, etc.

Extension Activities

• field trip to one or more of the following museums : Minto Armories, Manitoba Museum, Western Canadian Aviation Museum,etc.
• collecting further information from Veterans Affairs, Memory project
• visiting a military base
• planning a Remembrance Day service for your school