Lesson 1 - "Witnessing History" Video Viewing Activity Sheet

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Answer the questions below as you view the video Canada and the Great War 1914 - 1918: A Nation Born.

1. What were some major battles in which Canadians fought in the First World War?

2. What was the deadly new weapon that the Germans unleashed on Canadians at the Battle of Ypres? How did the Canadians resist and stop the attack?

3. What sort of hardships did the soldiers who lived in the trenches have to endure?

4. What year did the Battle of the Somme take place? How did the battle proceed?

5. Which regiment serving with the British was decimated at Beaumont-Hamel on the first day of the Battle of the Somme?

6. How did the Canadians prepare for the Battle of Vimy Ridge? What was the outcome?

7. What was Conscription?

8. What new right were some Canadian women granted during the First World War? What was the underlying political reason they given this right?