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Reading and Remembrance

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In 2009, The Ontario Historical Society partnered with the Reading and Remembrance Programme to offer important education material for students across Ontario.  Available in both French and English are lesson plans and curriculum that can be used in many grades and classrooms teaching youth about the history of Canada's involvement in the World Wars. 

All of the material is online and can be accessed, downloaded, and printed from www.readingandremembrance.ca.  Each year has its own theme:

Themes

2005: In Flanders Fields
2006: Anti-Racism and Holocaust Education
2007: Women and War
2008: The Art of Dissent
2009: Medals and Memories
2010: Homeland Stories
2011: Peacekeeping and Peacemaking
2012: 1812 to 2012, The Past Matters! Coming Soon


To learn more about Reading and Remembrance, please read this article, which originally appeared in School Libraries in Canada: "Getting the Most"


Some quick statistics

Reading and Remembrance 2011: Peacekeeping and Peacemaking

  • Estimated 2011 student participation of 190,000!
  • Between August and November 2011 alone, the website had 3,000 unique visitors. 
  • 10% of Ontario's schools participated in the 2011 programme.


Resources

Reading and Remembrance website

Download the Poster (2011)

Download the R & R User Guide: "Getting the Most"

View/Download the 2011 Honour Roll of Registered Participating School

Reading and Remembrance featured on DurhamRegion.com (November 2011)

 

Reading and Remembrance on YouTube

 

 


 

Sponsors

The OHS acknowledges the generous support of the sponsors who have helped to make the Reading and Remembrance Programme possible:

Ontario Power Generation, Founding Sponsor

Veteran Affairs Canada's Community Engagement Partnership Fund

Durham West Arts Centre | Pickering Public Library | Ontario Library Association


Reading and Remembrance is Seeking New Sponsors and Supporters!

The OHS is always seeking more support for Reading and Remembrance.  If your organization's mandate requires projects that:

  • benefit the community;
  • provide quality Canadian educational material for Ontario students; and
  • honour our veterans;

Please help us ensure this project continues! To become involved in this important initiative, please visit www.readingandremembrance.ca for more information.

 

 

 

Reading and Remembrance 2011: Peacekeeping and Peacemaking

The 10 lessons and 20 Minutes commemorate individual peacekeepers serving in the Armed Forces with the UN and NATO and Canadians who help preserve global peace and protect fundamental human rights; they include those who made the ultimate sacrifice. There are 30 entry points to engage young people in Remembrance. The diverse materials encourage a broad reach for young Canadians. From NORAD tracking Santa and Izzy dolls to the new Book of Remembrance, females in peacekeeping and a 2011 Minutes Page for Black History Month, young people will have much to stimulate interest in Canadian history, critical thinking and the role of Remembrance as a Canadian value.

Free bilingual on-line resource for Remembrance Day, Veterans' Week, Women's History Month and Character Education.

Lessons emphasize reading, diversity, equity, and research into local history and are a boon to school librarians, teachers and supply teachers seeking Canadian-based, high-interest stimulus materials that supplement curricula in English, Civics, History, Music, Visual and Dramatic Arts, Law and Family Studies.

New Lesson Plans for 2011:

  • From Winning the War to Winning the Peace: the aftermath of WWII
  • The Suez Crisis: the birth of "traditional peacekeeping" and Canada's emerging identity
  • The Korean Conflict: warring and peacekeeping 1950-1957
  • Deter, Detect, Defend: NORAD and the DEW Line
  • Making it real: individual Canadian peacekeepers, part I
  • Making it real: individual Canadian peacekeepers, part II
  • Down to one: Canada's presence in Cyprus 1964-2011
  • This one's for the girls
  • Afghanistan: beyond the fighting
  • The soldier, the diplomat and the journalist: forming independent judgements
     

Reading and Remembrance is seeking sponsors for 2012 

The Ontario Historical Society acknowledges the support of Reading and Remembrance's founding sponsor, Ontario Power Generation and Veteran Affairs Canada's Community Engagement Partnership Fund.

 

Reading and Remembrance 2010: Homeland Stories

The Ontario Historical Society is proud to present 2010 Reading and Remembrance: Homeland Stories, FREE online Remembrance education materials, lesson plans and resources for teachers, educators, parents and students province-wide. 


To learn more or to download materials please visit the Reading and Remembrance website. 



2010 Homeland Stories Lesson Plans include:

  • Aerodrome of Democracy  
  • Battles on the Homefront 
  • Enemies Within 
  • Helping Hands Across Canada 
  • IODE in WWII  
  • Movies Stars Home Grown Heroes 
  • Music and Meaning Safe Haven 
  • The Allure of Canada: War Grooms and PoWs 
  • Wedding Dresses, War Brides and War Housing 
     



 

October is Women's History Month


Get introduced to: a First Nations Nurse, a sculptor, Arctic Ranger, Hollywood movie star, Air Cadet, black opera singer, war bride, airplane engineer, pilots, spies, munitions workers, artists, and thousands of volunteers and ordinary Canadian women who made or make a difference. The free, ready-to-use lessons and shorter "Minutes" at www.readingandremembrance.ca are ready to spice up October!