Social Studies: The Home Front

From the Horizon Canada Encyclopedia - The print version, with images, is available in the library. (If you access this article at home, you will need to enter the Ebsco database password.)

A comprehensive look at what life was like at home during WWI. From the Canadian War Museum. (Use the menu on the left to navigate to the different topics in this section.)

A comprehensive look at what life was like at home during WWI. From the Canadian War Museum. (Use the menu on the left to navigate to the different topics in this section.)

A comprehensive look at what life was like at home during WWI. From the Canadian War Museum. (Use the menu on the left to navigate to the different topics in this section.)

A comprehensive look at what life was like at home during WWI. From the Canadian War Museum. (Use the menu on the left to navigate to the different topics in this section.)

A comprehensive look at what life was like at home during WWI. From the Canadian War Museum. (Use the menu on the left to navigate to the different topics in this section.)

A comprehensive look at what life was like at home during WWI. From the Canadian War Museum. (Use the menu on the left to navigate to the different topics in this section.)

A very detailed resource describing the explosion, its effects (short and long term). From CBC.

Information, photographs and film about the Halifax Explosion. From the Government of Nova Scotia.

The CBC has retold the story of the Halifax Explosion on radio and television throughout the years to ensure that this crucial event in Canadian history is not forgotten.

From the Canadian History magazine. Photographs portray Halifax after the catastrophe, as well as the beginnings of the recovery efforts. And, in an excerpt from his book, The Halifax Explosion: Canada’s Worst Disaster, Ken Cuthbertson explains the devastation that occurred in the minutes immediately following the explosion.
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From the Canadian history magazine The Beaver. (If you access this article at home, you will need to enter login credentials - see your assignment sheet.)

Short article from the Guelph Mercury Newspaper. (If you access this article at home, you will need to enter login credentials - see your assignment sheet.)

A one minute video from the Historica Dominion Institute.

This is a general overview of how war has affected children in the 20th century. Only small portions are specific to World War I, but overall it gives a good idea of the effect of war on children. (If you access this article at home, you will need to enter the password "sd42".)

Article from the Atlantic Monthly. (If you access this article at home, you will need to enter "garibaldi" and "sd42".)

Primary sources available at the bottom of the article.