Ten new lessons are on-line for the fourth edition of this provincial
project for Remembrance Day. They join free archived materials on "In
Flanders Fields", Women and War, Holocaust and Anti-Racism Education and
the Art of Dissent. Classes, schools or boards may sign up to be part of
the Honour Roll that celebrates participation. Teachers are free to use
the 2009 or any of the archived materials. The only requirement to
register is to plan to read with young people on Remembrance Day.
www.readingandremembrance.ca
TORONTO
,
Oct. 16
/CNW/ - They are all medal recipients: The Inuit woman who serves in the Arctic Rangers, the pigeons that saved lives, the men from
Canada
and Allied countries who demonstrated extraordinary valour, Canada's brave, long-serving First Nations soldiers, the young Cadets and Junior Rangers developing strong characters and the mothers who lost children. Their inspirational stories demonstrate a diversity that makes
Remembrance Day
accessible to all young people.
Felix Eboue governor of Chad during WWII,
Captain Thain Macdowell
of Brockville, Sepoy Bhandari Ram, a Hindu from the Simla Hills and
Alice Taylor
from
Ottawa
are some of the fascinating characters who spring out of history to tempt young people into further reading and research. There is even an on-line template to encourage students to research and submit a story on a local hero.
The "Medal and Memories Minutes", "Facts" and "Before the Reading" sections draw in reluctant readers and "After the Reading" and "Extensions" provide follow up suggestions for the eager.
According to project director,
Angie Littlefield
, "Although we gear the Reading and Remembrance materials to
November 11th
, these lessons could be used throughout the year. They are resources for Character Education and slide seamlessly into English, Civics, Arts, Native Studies and Canadian and World Studies curricula. I picture teachers printing these lessons for
Remembrance Day
and keeping them in a binder for back-up use."
The Ontario Historical Society and the Ontario Library Association join founding sponsor Ontario Power Generation to promote the project provincially. Reading and Remembrance, started by the Durham West Arts Centre in 2005, is fully bilingual in 2009 thanks to M.P.
Mark Holland
. Since its inception, over 100,000 students have participated.
Don Terry
of Public Affairs, Pickering Nuclear, concludes, "This project provides excellence in public education on values held dear by our organization. We are proud to be the founding and continuing sponsor of a project that will now reach even further into Ontario communities to support veterans, reading, history and equity."
For further information: Angie Littlefield, [email protected], (416) 282-0646; Mary Cook, [email protected], (905) 839-1734; or Andrea Izzo, Ontario Historical Society, [email protected], (416) 226-9011
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