Canada and World War I
Secondary CLASSIC

This program gives students a sound basis for understanding Canada's role in World War I and the effects back home of the "war to end all wars." Personal documents, propaganda graphics, pictorial surveys, and artifacts combine with music of the period to develop an awareness of what it was like to be a Canadian fighting in the trenches.

Canada Enters the War outlines the causes of World War I and how Canada, a country concentrating on settlement and growth, became involved in a war thousands of miles away. This part contrasts the military powder keg existing in Europe at that time to the relatively insular politics of Canada.

Canadians at the Front depicts what it was like to be a soldier from Canada in the Great War. Students meet Harry Horsman, a young enlistee from rural Ontario. Through Harry's letters home, a graphic picture of this war emerges.

Life Back Home focuses on the changes occurring in Canada as seen through the letters from Harry's sweetheart, Elsie Freeman. The immediate, direct effects of World War I-60,000 dead and millions of dollars expended on the war effort-are illustrated alongside the profound social, political, and economic effects of the war.

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