PED 3183

"Digging Up Ads From WWII-When They Pushed Products No One Could Buy During World War II, companies stayed in the public eye by advertising products-often with the government's help-that weren't available to civilians."

"A 93-year-old former British secret agent will receive France's highest award for her courage - 70 years after parachuting behind enemy lines in preparation for D-Day"

Tool for timelines and maps for students.

"If we can be culturally conditioned to imagine that the "fallen" somehow "sacrificed" themselves for an end loftier than just the battlefield - be it empire or freedom or a new federation - then the prosaic ugliness of war death and survivor torment becomes ever more remote from the politicians who are ultimately responsible for it."

"This lesson introduces technology used in World War One in an interactive and fun way. Students will learn what weapons were important in trench warfare."

"Task The date is July 30, 1914 and the situation is critical when you receive the bove telegram. You are a diplomat for one of the countries involved in the origins of World War I. Austria-Hungary has already declared war on Serbia after receiving reassurance from Germany of full support. Because of the alliance system, this war is not destined to remain a small, regional flare up. Russia and Germany are about to declare war because the Russian army has been mobilized at the German border. Germany has plans to attack France through neutral Belgium, and Great Britain has sworn to protect Belgium's neutrality. Belgium is trying to make one last effort to bring the interested countries together to avoid war."

"Quebec explains one of the reason she wants to separate is fear of losing her cultural identity. Canada and America responds."

"Pearson's record speaks for itself: He had Canada deliver weapons to the French to put down the Algerian and Vietnamese independence movements. Asked in Parliament, Pearson refused to call for Nelson Mandela's release from prison. Pearson backed the mid-1950s CIA coups in Iran and Guatemala. He incited individuals to destroy a Canadian peace group after it called for the outlawing of nuclear weapons. Pearson threatened to quit as external affairs minister if Canada failed to deploy ground troops to Korea."