November 8

Social 10

I delivered a presentation today on Canada's role in the UN. This presentation also covered Canada's contribution to peacekeeping, and Canadian foreign policy in general. I also handed out a world map, and asked you to label Canadian peacekeeping operations on the map. This map is due on Thursday. If you would like to learn more about today's topic, visit the United Nations website. There are also some interesting articles related to the UN in this electronic issue of the New Internationalist.
As promised, here are some hyperlinks to some valuable websites that may help you with your upcoming research project on WWI and WWII.

Social 10 Websites:

• Veterans' Affairs Canada (Youth and Educators)
• Library Archives Canada
• Canada's Digital Collections
• Jack Turner's War (a photographer in WWI)
• First World War.com
• Photos of the Great War
• Canadian War Museum
• Battle of Vimy Ridge (Canadian War Museum)
• The Great War (PBS website; American, but lots of valuable information, photos, maps, timeline)
• Canada and the First World War (war diaries, "we were there", a fantastic website, lots of information and first person accounts, excellent primary sources!)
• Veterans Affairs Canada: Canada and the First World War
• Courage Remembered: The World Wars Through Canadian Eyes
• Popular Songs During WWI (from Veterans Affairs)
• An Archival Look at WWI (from Queen's University, covers the Canadian Home Front, Women in the War, WWI Warfare, Warfare Technology)
• Trenches on the Web (not completely Canadian, but very useful)
• NFB Educational Resources: Images of a Forgotten War (WWI; lots of great materials here) and D-Day (WWII)
• For King and Empire: Canada's Soldiers in the Great War (archives, battlefields, resource center, culture and the Great War)
• The Archives of Ontario Remembers our War Heroes (WWI site)
• Canadian Veterans Interviews (caution: language warning, soldiers talking about their experiences in WWI)
• Diaries and Letters: Their Story Must be Told (WWI letters and diaries, excellent primary source material)
• Encyclopedia of the First World War (not a Canadian website, but it contains an incredible amount of information!)
• Canvas of War: Masterpieces from the Canadian War Museum (WWI and WWII)
• B.C. Archives: War Posters of WWI and WWII (lots of great posters here, with some explanations)
• Canadian War Poster Collection (Amazing! Tons of WWI and WWII posters, indexed by artist, it is a searchable database. Search Suggestion: Click on War dropdown menu and select WWI, then click on a Category from the drop down menu - to view posters)
• Archives of Ontario: Canadian Posters from the First World War
  (most posters have at least three different sizes)
• Royal Alberta Museum: The Poster Virtual Museum (WWI posters, please make sure that you select Canadian posters, this collection has Allied war posters)
• Art of the First World War
• War Artists from the First World War
• WWI Aces of Canada
• Newfoundland and the Great War
• Democracy at War: Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War (lots of primary source material, PDF files, great site)
• Propaganda Critic (An American website that examines the following: what is propaganda? propaganda techniques)

As you can see, I had a lot of hyperlinks to give you. These 30 websites are just the tip of the iceberg. I will be posting more hyperlinks before we go to the Library next week. To be honest with you, I'm REALLY tired of creating these hyperlinks. I'll see you in class tomorrow.

Social 23

You wrote your Imperialism Test today. Your WWI assignment is due tomorrow in class. We will be going to the Library tomorrow as well to start an Internet research assignment.