Remembrance Day Webquest
Instructions: Click on the Office Button (upper left corner). Click “Save as” and put it in My Documents. This will put this document on your laptop. Click on the websites, and answer the questions below. Include your name at the bottom, print it off, and pass it in.
Website #1: http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=history/other/remember
1. Why should we bother to remember veterans on Remembrance Day? (Website 1)
2. Did the people who enlisted realize how serious it would be to go to war? (Website 1)
3. Which wars are recognized on Remembrance Day? (Website 1)
4. How many people died in each of those wars? (Website 1)
Website #2: http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/books
5. What is the Book of Remembrance? (Website 2)
6. What six wars are listed in The Books of Remembrance? (Website 2)
7. When does the ceremony for turning the pages of The Books of Remembrance take place? (Website 2)
Website #3: http://legion.ca/Poppy/campaign_e.cfm
8. Why was the poppy chosen as a symbol of remembrance? (Website 3)
9. Who wrote In Flanders Field? (Website 3)
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