Remembrance: Understanding Canadian History Through Literature
Overview
A book club novel study for senior academic English and/or History students focusing on Canada’s role – at home and abroad - in the two world wars.
Aims
The purposes of this unit are to allow students:
The purposes of this unit are to allow students:
- to share, with a small group of peers, their experience with a Canadian war novel
- to learn how literature serves as a valuable expression and record of history
- to recognize and express how literature presents the stories of Canada differently from historic records or history texts
- to...