Remembrance Day / Whunalhuinh Dzen

Lyrics in YouTube video description

Nenachalhuya: We thank you all for what you have done: 

Our Veterans; Mildred Martin†, Nak'azdli (original version); Josie Paul & Edith Frederick, Lheidli (Lheidli translation); Edith Frederick for Recording; Sonic Entertainment for Recording; SD57 Indigenous Education Funding.

  Liberation of the Netherlands (one scene of explosions at the beginning, otherwise no other violent scenes)

 Elsie MacGill - First female aeronautical engineer in WW2

 John McRae (There are some war wounds briefly shown that may upset younger ones, preview before using)

 Tommy Prince

 Home from the Wars (Facial war wound may be disturbing to some)

Ways to use:

• Discuss why soldiers fight and whether that is right or wrong
• Discuss how despite his valor Tommy Prince came home to poverty, that the soldiers in Home from the Wars came home to no housing
• Discuss how while women were not allowed to fight in the military, their work back home forever changed women's role in Canada

 Bernie Francis reads "In Flanders Field" in Mik'maq

See CBC Curio Beginner's Guide for Access Information

Ways to use:

• Why is it important to bring indigenous culture into Remembrance Day?
• Watch this with an English/French recitation of In Flanders Field.

Veteran's Stories from Across Canada

Ways to use:

• A good way to launch a local history project gathering stories of veterans - Could try and 'meet' via zoom to interview
• For upper intermediate: As veteran's age, how do we preserve their stories - What does it mean when we say 'those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it'

 Grade K-5 Playlist

Selected videos:

Remembrance Day - Grade 2-8, 15 minutes

A Canadian-produced look at Remembrance Day - its history, its stories, its meaning and its symbols.

 In Flanders Fields - Grade 5-12, 6 minutes, lyrics and resource guide included

This black and white pencil animation presents a musical version of the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ by WWI Canadian field surgeon John McCrae. Director and animator G. Scott MacLeod composed, sang, and played acoustic guitar on the soundtrack, which is from the digital album "A Brief Canadian History".

 In Flanders Fields: Recited by Leonard Cohen - Grade 5-12, 2 minutes

Leonard Cohen dramatically recites Canadian soldier John McCrae's famous 1915 poem, 'In Flanders Fields'. The words of the poem are illustrated by historic World War I images on the screen.

See Can-Core Beginner's Guide for Access Information