Text, pictures, and sound clips of interviews describe the plight of the worker in Canada though time. 

 Text about child labour in the Victorian Era Britain.

Primary source pictures of child labor.

Lesson plans on the industrial age in the United States.

 News report about the strike.

A flash version and table version available. 

• Stories of Pier 21 :Immigrants, volunteers, guest children, war brides, refugees, World War II

Advertising for immigrants to Western Canada, 1870-1930.

A list of tables

A British focus but it does provide the major events and inventions that were the making of the Industrial Revolution.

Scroll down to select from a list of topics. Includes interesting links to the Industrial Revolution and Child Labour. Life in Britain at this time led people to emigrate to Canada.
 

 The Ontario Curriculum 88 page pdf file.

Included in the banner is a clickable timeline.

• Episode summaries
• Teacher Resources: elementary, secondary, copyright rules for classroom viewing. There are printable resources- password required, free use with password. Free password for MARC records for downloading.

Students explore the the Vimy Ridge Battlefields and the the soldiers that fought so bravely. Printable student worksheet included.
 

A fantastic site with lots of information on the leading up to WWI. Printable worksheets and links to follow for research. Includes: timeline of events, interviews, maps and locations and related web links.

• 8 Lesson plans with printable worksheets
• Maps and Battles
• Timeline by year

• Primary accounts of those who were there, nurses and soldiers. Includes personal diaries, and  pictures.
• War Diaries: Where we fought
• Sir Sam Hughes
• Learn about the war by reading the links Did you know that...
• Investigate more links... Including music of during the war. 

Student activities outlined, the causes discussed, trench warfare explained with text and maps, timelines and many clickable resources about the Great War, discussion questions are raised and explained. Resources can be downloaded in pdf format.

• Civilians & War 1914-1918
• Propaganda 1914-1918
• Review and Revision
• World War I: A Soldiers Record
• Why did Britain go to war in 1914?
• The Trench Experience
• Lions led by donkeys
• Why was it so hard to make peace?
• How has the Great War been remembered

Canada and the First World War

• The conflict begins, The conflict widens, Canada enters the war.
• On the Western Front
• Behind the Lines
• The war in the air
• The war at sea
• Canadians in other campaigns
• The aftermath
• Canadian First World War Memorials
• On-line Map of Western Front
• English Songs Popular during the First World War 

Click on 'Search" to research soldiers who enlisted the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Type in the name of a soldier to retrieve primary documents.

Each book acts as a record for all of the names of the Canadians who fought and lost their lives in each of the six wars.

Battles, Vimy Ridge, Veterans interviews, John McCrae.

• Canada in the First World War and the Road to Vimy Ridge
  • In Flanders Fields
  • The Battle of Vimy
  • Remembering the Fallen : The Canadian National Vimy Memorial
  • Canadian First World War Memorials in Europe

• The Archive: Original stories of Soldiers of the Great War
• The Battlefields of Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele: Overview, timeline, maps
• Culture and the Great War: Art and Music of the Great War
• Who's Who of the Great War - Biographies

Real Audio interviews with War Veterans. Please read warning and review material before presenting it to students. Use your professional judgment. 
Warning: The audio excerpts that follow discuss war and the experience of war in graphic detail. Parents and teachers should be advised that some of the material may not be suitable for everyone. Discretion is advised. Having said that, we felt it critically important that the words of those who fought and sacrificed so much for Canada should be presented to you unaltered and uncensored.

Primary source documents by soldiers of World War I.

 A superb website that outlines how it all began, timeline, the battles, who's who, weapons, propaganda posters, prose and poetry and includes primary documents.

• Use the menu on the left and the menu at the top of each page to access the many resources.

Listing of battles, war heroes, weapons, trench warfare and conditions, women at war, inventions, statistics. 

• Artist Index
• Search for posters -Search Suggestion- Click on War dropdown menu and select WWI, then click on a Category from the drom down menu - to view posters.

46 posters represent some of the work of Allied poster artists and the best work of their Canadian counterparts during the First World War.

• Take the Virtual Tour : Discussion topics included.

A variety of artists and their art of the Great War.

Great War saw an outpouring of patriotic songs and sentimental ballads urging support for soldiers, sailors, and airmen, combined with heart-felt concern for the families waiting on the home front. There are a series of articles and images explaining the period and the music, as well as biographical sketches of the major Canadian musical personalities.

• History of recorded sound in Canada
• Biographies of musical personalities
• Educational Resources - Printable Student Worksheets and Assessment

Rotogravure printing, which produced richly detailed, high quality illustrations—even on inexpensive newsprint paper—was used to create vivid new pictorial sections. The images in this collection track American sentiment about the war in Europe, week by week, before and after the United States became involved. 

• Curser down for site map
• Grouped Pages by topic

Timelines, history, and links to primary documents.

Inside the west entrance of Westminster Abbey in London, a hallowed grave in the Chapel of the Holy contains the remains of an Unknown Warrior.

Biographies of fallen poets and their poems.

• The early years
• The South African War
• The young doctor
• In Flanders Fields
• The cost of war
• The Flower of Remembrance

Dr. John McCrae's birthplace and a historical look at his poetry and life.

List of the war aces of WWI, gives biography and medal description.

This archive of primary documents from World War is international in focus.

• How to cite sources
• Conventions, Treaties
• Official papers by country
• Documents by Year (curser down the main page)
• Memorials, Personal Reminisces
• WWI Biographical Dictionary
• Image archive: medals, maps, and photographs and more come.
• Special Topics: The Maritime War, The Medical Front

First hand accounts of the Great War with links to other sites.

Virtual tours of trench warfare. Plugins required.

Accounts of some major events during the war with added research links.

 This web site is research about a little talked about chapter in Canada's history. Included are images and the writer's revelation of the use of the first implementation of the War Measures Act.

The Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association (UCCLA) is a non-partisan, voluntary and non-profit research and educational organization committed to the articulation and promotion of the Ukrainian Canadian community's interests. Read about the treatment of Ukrainians during the First World War.