Note the standard focus on “Remembrance” in the November issue of Canada’s History magazine.

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This November, help your students explore the stories behind war and peace and engage in thoughtful conversations about remembrance. NEW ARTICLES Remembrance Day Project Each year around Remembrance Day, teacher Katy Whitfield and her team put up simple memorials outside churches, schools and private residences in their neighbourhood. Learn more about this initiative and consider the ways your students can conduct Remembrance Day projects in your classroom. Learn more High Honour She never set foot in Canada, yet her name graces many of this country’s buildings and streets — and even a mountain. Beyond this country, every Oct. 12, many in England and Belgium commemorate the life of Edith Cavell, the English nurse whom Germany executed during the First World War for helping wounded soldiers gain safe passage out of a war zone. Learn more LESSONS & RESOURCES Putting it into Perspective In this lesson students explore the experiences and contributions of Indigenous soldiers to Canada’s role in the First World War. They draw links between the Treaty relationship and First Nations’ wartime involvement with a focus on the experiences of soldier Francis Pegahmagabow. Learn more Highlighting the contributions of Black Canadians in WW1 We Remember The Black Battalion is a free verse poem about Black Canadian soldiers that introduces topics like racism and discrimination, in a format suitable for young readers. Learn more Advertisement KAYAK: CANADA’S HISTORY MAGAZINE FOR KIDS Flying and Spying: The Life of Kam Len Douglas Sam Through exploring the life of Kam Len Douglas Sam, students will discover why Sam was the most decorated and highest-ranked Chinese Canadian in history. Learn more At Home and Away Explore the Kayak issues “Remembering the Great War,” “Great Canadian Women,” “Canada and the Second World War,” and “Canada and the Cold War” for stories about some of the many ways Canadians have been touched by war.   Did you get this newsletter from a friend? Sign up for your own and you’ll have access to exclusives and offers not available in the magazine! We have seven uniquely curated newsletters, including ones for teachers and in French. Sign up now

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