With no Internet, television, or radio, posters were a popular way to advertise. Here are advertisements by the Canadian Government to gain support of the First World War effort. Besides enlisting to fight, some of the ways people supported the War effort was by having Victory Gardens and by lending the government money, Victory Bonds, to fight the War.
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/explore/online/posters/recruitment.aspx
Mary Riter Hamilton
The causes of the First World War didn't go away with the war and are very much still around, and still a concern today. Using your notes, try and answer the questions below. I have also thrown in a few math questions about the War to test your problem solving skills.
With the train built, the uprising of 1885 squashed, Indigenous and Metis people cleared away and settlers flooding in, wheat became king. There were some issues, like the Manitoba Schools Question, and trade with the United States, but the next big problem was The First World War, also called The Great War. It was a grim war with a high rate of attrition.
Read about life on the Front here. At the bottom of the page there is a link that will read the page to you. Be prepared to ace the quiz afterwards.
Cause of the First World War-Notes
Notes here based on our presentation in class
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16Q7YEVIne4iJiRnV4vouUORl4V06W1vThsCCehpfm9k/edit?usp=sharing
With the train built, the uprising of 1885 squashed, Indigenous and Metis people cleared away and settlers flooding in, wheat became king. There were some issues, like the Manitoba Schools Question, and trade with the United States, but the next big problem was The First World War, also called The Great War. It was a grim war with a high rate of attrition. Try your hand at the link below.
Remembrance Day is coming up, and a hundred an two years ago today Canada was a leading participant in what is called The 100 Days Offensive that ended the First World War. Try your hand at this activity from Canada's War Museum. and
