Stories of Courage: Saskatchewan Second World War Veterans Remember

The Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport is proud to make available to teachers a series of videos of Saskatchewan Second World War veterans of all branches of service who recount personal stories about their experiences in the Second World War. These fascinating interviews promote awareness and understanding of the significant role Saskatchewan veterans played in supporting the war effort during the Second World War. In addition, the Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport along with support from the Ministry of Education is pleased to include a series of lesson plans that have been developed to support several outcomes from Social Studies, English Language Arts, Math, Science, and Arts Education (including dance, drama, music and visual art) for grades six to eight. These are a series of Second World War lessons geared to support a broad array of outcomes which require students to work through the inquiry process to discover the role the army, navy and air force provided with the sole goal of victory over Mussolini’s Italy, Hitler’s Germany, and Tojo’s Japan. Each of these lessons is intended to support the curriculum at the teacher’s discretion. This package is not intended to serve as a unit that requires the teacher to follow the lessons in a specific order. These lessons may be used at different intervals during the school year in order to support the curriculum at a time that best suits the individual teacher and their long range planning. Several lessons have been made available each with a separate theme which will reflect the themes of the eight videos. The lessons are as follows: 1. All Branches: “Training and Preparing for War” 2. All Branches: “Price of Freedom” 3. Royal Canadian Navy: “HMCS Regina” 4. First Nations: “Prisoners of War” and “Aboriginal War Experiences” 5. Merchant Navy: “Supporting the Troops” 6. Air Force: “Soldiers Return Home” 7. All Branches: “Commemoration”