WCDSB VLC: Remembrance Day

WCDSB-Remembrance Day Playlist

Remembrance Day

Subject(s): Canadian History, Canadian Social Issues, Canadian Social Studies, History

Grade Level: PreK - 2, 3 - 5, 6 - 8, 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult Running Time: 15 mins
 

A Canadian-produced look at Remembrance Day - its history, its stories, its meaning and its symbols. Using both archival and modern-day footage, this program provides young students with a glimpse into the past and a look at modern-day tributes to our fallen soldiers. From the battlefields of World War I & II to the Highway of Highway of Heroes, this program provides a touching memorial to the men and women who represent our country abroad during times of war or in peacekeeping missions.

In Flanders Fields: A Brief Canadian History Series

Subject(s): Animation, Arts, Canadian History, Canadian Social Studies, Canadian World Studies, History, Music, Social Studies, World History 

Grade Level: 3 - 5, 6 - 8, 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult Running Time: 5:41

This black and white pencil animation presents a musical version of the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ by WWI Canadian field surgeon John McCrae. Director and animator G. Scott MacLeod composed, sang, and played acoustic guitar on the soundtrack, which is from the digital album “A Brief Canadian History”. He has referenced notable Canadian war art in the drawings he created for this work about the atrocities of war. This short production could be a fitting video to play at a Remembrance Day ceremony. See the Resource Guide for Background information about the art work, the sound track, and the author of this famous poem.

Visit www.ontario.ca/page/remembrance-day 
to find a local Remembrance Day ceremony.