Learning About Remembrance Day

 

Veterans Affairs Canada - Student Resources
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/information-for/students/

Online Story - Jason and the Memory Box

Veterans Affairs Canada - Animals in War

"Every Remembrance Day (November 11), it is important to remember the men and women
who served and died in war and peace support efforts.
It is also nice to remember the brave efforts of the animals who served and helped these people."
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/classroom/teachers-guides/tales-of-animals-in-war

Veterans Affairs Canada - Educator Resources
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/get-involved/veterans-week/learning-resources

Postcards for Peace
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/get-involved/postcard-for-peace

Royal Canadian Legion - Remembrance
https://www.legion.ca/remembrance

War Amps of Canada
Committed to Improving the Quality of Life for Canadian Amputees
https://www.waramps.ca/home/

Canadian War Museum - Remembrance Day
http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/remember/remembranceday_e.shtml

Canadian War Memorials
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_war_memorials

In Flanders Fields - Poem by John McCrae

https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/people-and-stories/john-mccrae

http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/john-mccrae-in-flanders-fields.htm

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/remembrance-day-in-flanders-fields-john-mccrae-1.5797208

The Meaning of the Poppy

https://www.legion.ca/remembrance/the-poppy/history-of-the-poppy

https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/remembrance/about-remembrance/the-poppy

 

War Memorials around the World

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/war-memorials-around-the-world-slideshow

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/10-touching-war-memorials-world-mm.html

Kate's Links to Memorial Day U.S.A.
http://www.kate.net/holidays/memorialday/