Remembrance Day
Books and Videos
National Youth Remembrance Contests
Poster Legion Contests Grades K - 6
Check out the Poster Contest Guide here:
Students can enter a colour poster and/or a Black and White Poster. A signed permission slip must be taped or paper clipped on the back of each entry.
Judging Guidelines for Poster Contest
Literary Legion Contests Grades 4 and Up
Legion Contest Winners
Take a look at some past winners to inspire your class!
Past Winners (scroll down page to the years)
Egg Carton Poppy Wreaths
Hands and Poppy Wreaths
Poppies made from Cupcake liners, coffee filters, yarn + more
How to Draw R.D.
The Peace Book by Todd Parr (K to Grade 1)
The Bear Who Went to War by Alan Pollack (K to 3)
Based on a true story. Story recommended for 4 to 8 year olds.
What Does Peace Feel Like? By V. Radunsky (K-3)
Can You Say Peace? By Karen Katz (K to 3)
Written for Peace Day but could be used for Remembrance Day, too.Shows children around world and how they say peace. Discussion: What kinds of things are children in the pictures doing that show peace?
A Poppy Is To Remember (K +)
We have this book in the Library.
The Poppy Story (Any Age) from Scotland
Bell Canada Poppy Commercial (beautiful visual any age)
Bell Commercial Dieppe
Beautiful animation that sees war as experienced by animals
Make Your Own Poppy Stop Motion
Hereโs an example that we did with rocks. You could do one with stickers, counters, bingo blotters, ets
Heritage Minutes: John McCrae
The Wall by Eve Bunting (Grades 3 to 6)
Why is it important to honour those men and women who
Fought and died during times of war?
Do you know of any places that honour our veterans?
Why War is Never a Good Idea by Alice Walker (gr 3-6)
Why does illustrator show war becoming a living creature?
How does war negatively affect everyone involved?
Why do humans engage in war when they know there will be negative consequences for everyone involved?
Bunny the Brave War Horse (3 to 6)
What made Bunny an extraordinary horse?
How did you feel when you learned that Bunny stayed in Belgium?
What did you learn about the conditions of WW!?
The Enemy by Davide Cali (Grades 3 - 6)
What does the soldier believe about the enemy at the start of the story? How does this change by the end? Who would have created the booklets that showed the enemy was a monster? Why would they do that?
May want to look at Propaganda Posters on next slide.
Propaganda Posters (Upper Elem)
American And German Propaganda Posters https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/goebbels-gallery/
WWI Propaganda https://www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/objects-and-photos/propaganda/recruitment-posters/
WWII https://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/propaganda/second_e.html
Nazi Propaganda WWII https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/nazi-propaganda?series=1
Definition of Propaganda
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
"he was charged with distributing enemy propaganda"
Remembrance Day (Bryan Adams + Gov Canada 1988)
Older video of Bryan Adams song with pictures of Armed Forces. For Older Students
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV7qMBan4Bw
Canadian Forces Remembrance Day Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SY5D3USfHU
Pics of Armed Forces with The Trews Highway of Heroes song.