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Activities
> History | Uncertainty
| Sacrifice | Service
| So What? | Hard Questions
Canadian soldiers can rightfully claim that they helped win the
war. What claim can conscientious objectors make? This section explores
some of the ways in which alternative service changed COs, as well
as some of the ways these COs went on to change the world. Although
the COs' contributions are easily quantifiable in dollars and acres,
changed hearts and lives not so easily measured.
Activities
The government has asked you to design and build
a monument to commemorate the service the COs performed during the
war. What would it look like? What would the plaque or statue say?
Where would you put it?
You attend a reunion of COs and are chosen to write
a letter thanking the government for allowing COs to do alternative
service instead of forcing them to go to war. What would the letter
say?
Plan a cross-country
trip to visit some important CO locations. Where would you go?
What would you see?
Create a model (out of paper, Play-Doh, etc) of what
the forests looked like before the COs came and after they had cleared
the dead trees and planted new ones.
Write about an experience that changed your life.
Write and perform a drama focusing on
a CO in the medical corps helping in a battle
The
“So What” section can help students:
understand the long-lasting effects of our actions
evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of solutions
to a problem (i.e. what good came out of alternative service and
what could have been improved?)
recognize that interpretations of history are subject
to change as new information is found
Activities
> History | Uncertainty
| Sacrifice | Service
| So What? | Hard Questions
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