Canada and the First World War

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A new online resource on World War One has recently been created in order to better inform Canadians and others of the role we played in "the war to end all wars," lest we forget.

The website, entitled Canada and the First World War, was launched thanks to the Canadian War Museum with the help of the Department of Canadian Heritage as part of their Canadian Culture Online initiative.

The exhibition includes unique subjects of discussion such as photographs, diaries and letters, as well as digital artifacts and facts about all of these items. In addition to that, teachers can find resources on the site that will help them teach and discuss these items and topics in their classrooms.

The new website has great potential as a teaching resource due to the fact that it has many never before seen photos, as well as some resources formerly not available to the public. In addition, the website also doesn’t require browser plug-ins or top-notch machines so it’s perfect for classrooms where computers don't have to be top of the line.

The website is also used as a complement to an exhibit which is taking place at the Canadian War Museum right now called Trench Life: A Survival Guide. That exhibit focuses on the lives of the soldiers in the trench and how they coped with the war and kept their culture alive through songs and stories. Trench Life will be featured through April 2009, a time spanning the 90th anniversary of the Armistice of WWI.

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