HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES - CANADA'S WWII EXPERIENCE Please use this source from our Brightspace Shell to explore the perspectives and fill in the chart: Unit 3 Activity 5 Premise: Understanding history is to understand that it is often constructed - this means that different historical actors give different significance to historical events. As you investigate the battles of WWII, which secondary source gives the best account of Canada's overseas experience during this war? PART A: EXPLORING CLAIMS FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES As you consider each secondary source account, this routine helps you to cast a wide net for facts and arguments by imagining how it looks from different points of view. SOURCE #1 The Canadian Encyclopedia BRAINSTORM List some different points of view you could look at this source. For example, which soldiers, from what battle would support this claim? DRAMATIZE Choose a viewpoint and imagine the stance a person from this viewpoint would likely take. Would he/she say this claim is true? False? Uncertain? Why? STAND BACK What is your conclusion as to whether the secondary source is the most accurate and best representation of Canada's WWII experience overseas? SOURCE #2 Mark Collin Reid. 100 Days That Changed Canada. Toronto: HarperCollins, 2011. BRAINSTORM List some different points of view you could look at this source. For example, which soldiers, from what battle would support this claim? DRAMATIZE Choose a viewpoint and imagine the stance a person from this viewpoint would likely take. Would s/he say this claim is true? False? Uncertain? Why? STAND BACK What is your conclusion as to whether the secondary source is the most accurate and best representation of Canada's WWII experience overseas? SOURCE #3 Juno Beach Centre BRAINSTORM List some different points of view you could look at this source. For example, which soldiers, from what battle would support this claim? DRAMATIZE Choose a viewpoint and imagine the stance a person from this viewpoint would likely take. Would s/he say this claim is true? False? Uncertain? Why? STAND BACK What is your conclusion as to whether the secondary source is the most accurate and best representation of Canada's WWII experience overseas? PART B: FINAL CONCLUSION I think the best secondary source account is #____ because ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Select the documents that best support the secondary source account. Tip: Record the name of the battle and the document number to keep track of your sources, for example, Hong Kong Document 1. Battle and Document # How does this document support the secondary source account