Research:
- Perspective/Evidence: To what extend did Canadians support the war (find primary evidence)?
- Perspective/Evidence: Search for “Canada WWI war propaganda”, what are the posters trying to make you do and how are they supposed to make you feel? Find some and share your favourites.
- Significance: How did the war affect Canada’s development as a nation?
- Perspective/Evidence: Find primary evidence that reveals how Canadians felt about conscription? Who supported it and who didn’t?
- What are the messages in the political cartoons?
- Was the Khaki Election rigged or just better democracy?
- Was the government acting in the interests of the public when enacting conscription?
Sources:
- Warmuseum.ca – Reactions to the war
- War measures act backgrounder
- Anti-German Sentiments
- Internment Camps in Canada
- Warmuseum.ca – Financing the War
- Warmuseum.ca – Conscription
- Timescolonist.com – Life and death of Ginger Goodwin
- Uvic.ca – Ginger Goodwin
- Vimyridgehistory.com – 1917 Election
Review Sources:
- Counterpoints, Chapter 2, pp 32-34, 45-46