The Canadian War Museum

On November 11th, Remembrance Day, we went on a field trip to the Canadian War Museum. We watched the ceremony to honour our veterans and observed a minute of silence. We were able to explore some of the exhibits, especially in the World War One gallery. Before we went, Miss D. had read the book, A Bear in War, so students were anxious to find Teddy, who is the narrator in the story. Teddy is a genuine artifact from the First World War. He is a ragged, little stuffed bear who accompanied a Canadian medical officer overseas during the war. His daughter gave the bear to her father to keep him safe. Sadly, the officer died at Passchendaele and the bear was sent home. Students were given an assignment to choose two pieces of art and write a response to these while they were at the museum. If students had difficulty completing the assignment, they can finish it using some of the art which is available to view online at http://www.warmuseum.ca/ This assignment will be collected in Art class this week.