Instructions:

As a group, you will examine the major active engagements for the Canadian Expeditionary Forces. Using the chart, make
conclusions about the historical event and what it might mean for the various stakeholders at the time.

Useful Links

Second Battle of Ypres, 1915 Battle of the Somme (Verdun Battle of Vimy Ridge, 1917 Third Battle of Ypres,
& Beaumont-Hamel) 1916 Passchendaele, 1917

Canadian Encyclopedia Canadian Encyclopedia Canadian Encyclopedia Canadian Encyclopedia

Battles of the First World War
Canadian War Museum
Dan Snow’s History Hit
The Great War Series
Battles of the First World War
Canadian War Museum
CBC Digital Archives
CBC Digital Archives 2
Veterans Affairs
Veterans Affairs 2
Battles of the First World War Battles of the First World War
Canadian War Museum Canadian War Museum
Veterans Affairs Canada Remembers
CTV News Canada’s Great War Album
The National

Second Battle of Ypres, 1915

Historical Thinking Skill & Prompting Analysis
Questions

Cause & Effect

● What led to this battle taking place?
● What impact did this battle have on
those who were involved? (Consider
those on the front lines, as well as
those behind the front)
● What long term impacts might there
be as a result of this battle (consider
within the time frame of the war as
well as beyond the war)

Change & Continuity

● What changes occurred as a result
of this battle?
● What remained the same? Why?

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Turning Points
● How did decisions made in this battle
significantly transform people’s lives?
(Consider as well the lives of minority
groups, those at the homefront)

Using the Past

● What can we in the present learn
from this battle?
● Did previous experiences impact the
decisions made in this battle? If so,
how?

Through their Eyes

● Examine several primary source
accounts from this battle (look out for
resources from the war front and
home front)
● What did people notice or remark
upon at the time period?

Battle of the Somme, 1916

Historical Thinking Skill & Prompting Analysis
Questions

Cause & Effect

● What led to this battle taking place?
● What impact did this battle have on
those who were involved? (Consider
those on the front lines, as well as
those behind the front)
● What long term impacts might there
be as a result of this battle (consider
within the time frame of the war as
well as beyond the war)

Change & Continuity

● What changes occurred as a result

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 of this battle?
● What remained the same? Why?

Turning Points
● How did decisions made in this battle
significantly transform people’s lives?
(Consider as well the lives of minority
groups, those at the homefront)

Using the Past

● What can we in the present learn
from this battle?
● Did previous experiences impact the
decisions made in this battle? If so,
how?

Through their Eyes

● Examine several primary source
accounts from this battle (look out for
resources from the war front and
home front)
● What did people notice or remark
upon at the time period?

Vimy Ridge, 1917

Historical Thinking Skill & Prompting Analysis
Questions

Cause & Effect

● What led to this battle taking place?
● What impact did this battle have on
those who were involved? (Consider
those on the front lines, as well as
those behind the front)
● What long term impacts might there
be as a result of this battle (consider
within the time frame of the war as
well as beyond the war)

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Change & Continuity
● What changes occurred as a result
of this battle?
● What remained the same? Why?

Turning Points
● How did decisions made in this battle
significantly transform people’s lives?
(Consider as well the lives of minority
groups, those at the homefront)

Using the Past

● What can we in the present learn
from this battle?
● Did previous experiences impact the
decisions made in this battle? If so,
how?

Through their Eyes

● Examine several primary source
accounts from this battle (look out for
resources from the war front and
home front)
● What did people notice or remark
upon at the time period?

Third Battle of Ypres, Passchendaele, 1917

Historical Thinking Skill & Prompting Analysis
Questions

Cause & Effect

● What led to this battle taking place?
● What impact did this battle have on
those who were involved? (Consider
those on the front lines, as well as
those behind the front)
● What long term impacts might there
be as a result of this battle (consider

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 within the time frame of the war as
well as beyond the war)

Change & Continuity

● What changes occurred as a result
of this battle?
● What remained the same? Why?

Turning Points
● How did decisions made in this battle
significantly transform people’s lives?
(Consider as well the lives of minority
groups, those at the homefront)

Using the Past

● What can we in the present learn
from this battle?
● Did previous experiences impact the
decisions made in this battle? If so,
how?

Through their Eyes

● Examine several primary source
accounts from this battle (look out for
resources from the war front and
home front)
● What did people notice or remark
upon at the time period?

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