Grade 8 · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 10
Canada at War and Peace
War, remembrance and peacekeeping
What your child practises
Practises how the Second World War, the Korean War, the Cold War and peacekeeping changed Canada, and how Canadians remember those who served.
Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: Decades of change · how the Second World War, the Cold War and peacekeeping shaped Canada and Canadian identity
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
In 1941, women could join the army in the…
- Senate
- Hockey Hall of Fame
- Canadian Women’s Army Corps
- Supreme Court
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Hint: Women took on many military jobs.
Question 2
What did the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan do in Canada?
- built railways
- trained thousands of air crew for the war
- made maple syrup
- printed money
trained thousands of air crew for the war
Hint: Canada had wide, safe skies for training.
Question 3
On D-Day, 6 June 1944, Canadian soldiers landed on which beach in France?
- Vimy Beach
- Juno Beach
- Pearl Beach
- Atlantic Beach
Juno Beach
Hint: It was one of five landing beaches.
Question 4
What is peacekeeping?
- sending neutral forces to help keep a ceasefire
- starting new wars
- building ships for trade
- guarding a bank
sending neutral forces to help keep a ceasefire
Hint: Peacekeepers stand between sides that agreed to stop fighting.
Question 5
The 1942 raid on Dieppe, France, is remembered because…
- it happened in Canada
- no one took part
- it ended the war
- many Canadian soldiers were killed or captured
many Canadian soldiers were killed or captured
Hint: It was a costly lesson for later landings.
Question 6
Which is a primary source about the home front?
- a 1943 ration book
- a textbook from last year
- a 2019 history website
- a modern war movie
a 1943 ration book
Hint: It was used at the time.