How Will You Remember?

Veterans' Week 2010

Monday, October 4, 2010

Tonight's assignment, start remembering...

Tonight your task will be to read page one of the "Canada Remembers Times" (click on this link) and post a comment about how this makes you feel. Start to make a collection of the things you will remember, or that you will never forget as we continue towards Rememberance Day. In class we will be studying song lyrics and discussing the feelings of soldiers and their loved ones. We will be reading letters to soldiers, and letters sent from soldiers home.

We will take a closer look at the following videos in class as inspiration for letters we will be writing from different perspectives:

Letters from home
video

Letters from war

video

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

This text makes me feel sad for all the people that have died, but it also makes me feel very lucky that we have people who are willing to protect our country and also help protect people in other countries.

soccer2

Anonymous said...

After reading that page of the article it made me realize how forunate I am to live in a country with no war and that i am not living on the street out in the cold and that my parents have good that jobs and they can feed, clothe me and but a roof over my head. When I think about war it makes me sad to know that alot of the soliders die out there but I am astounded at what bravery the soliders have to go out and risk there lives everyday knowing that they might not make it to bed that night! I am soo lucky to live in such a wonderful country! :) - Em110

Anonymous said...

Soccer2 and Em110 pretty sum it up on how fortunate we are to live in this free country and lucky we are to have soliders who are willing to protect us and other countries even if it means risking their own lives!

-DSWhat-

Anonymous said...

it makes mefeel happy htat there is no war in canada but it makes me feel sad that all these soliders have to die for the safety of the rest.

warner

drummergal#12 said...

Sad. It makes you realize how people feel who know someone in the war. It also makes me understand how brave my Grandpa was when he was in the war.

Anonymous said...

The text makes me feel upset for all of the people who risked their lives in order for our country to be safe. It makes me hope that I don't have to go through this or any of my family memebers. I wish it could just stop. At the same time I have respect for those who have gone to fight for our country to be safe. We are so luckey to have people like those who fight and want us to be safe.


PBS

Anonymous said...

everyone pretty much said what i want to say right now but in short words the text was pretty sad and we are really REALLY lucky to live in canada while soldiers are dying for us
see u tomorow
chocolate

Anonymous said...

the text made me sad for all the soldiers that died from the war against other countries.


- mexy

Anonymous said...

After watching these videos, i realized how fortunate we are to have a all th epeople willing to risk their lives for us. I also felt a little sad, watching these soldiers fighting for us made me realize hoe lucky I am to be living in Canada and not being in the war.

- soccerboy

Anonymous said...

In an ideal world there would be no war and nobody would have to go out and make the sacrifices that Canadian soldiers have to make. Unfortunately this is NOT an ideal world. There is war and hatred. The article and videos not only made me feel sad and sympathetic for the soldiers missing their family and risking their lives but it made me feel thankful that, even if we don't live in a perfect world with nothing but peace and love, at least we have men and women out there willing to fight and die to TRY and bring us one step closer towards an ideal world.

-Zoboomafoo

Anonymous said...

i think we are very luck to live in a country were we have food to eat and a roof to live under, and when i think about the the people who live were there are wars going on or wether in the war it makes me feel sad.

-2pink

Anonymous said...

It makes me feel sad and mad at the same time.

But overall I feel greatful that there isn't a war in America.

-twink

Anonymous said...

i think its sad that this happend and also makes me feel that we are very lucky to live were we live!! because we probably live in one of the safest places in the world!

Anonymous said...

I find these storys very sad and proud it makeas me sad because of all the soilders that risked their life for those in need also i am proud to be canadian because of all the brave soilders

-hat-wearing-cobra-eating-Lama

Anonymous said...

Wow that text makes me fell super fortunate to live here, safe from war.All those soldiers were very brave to fight for the saftey of people they probably didn't even know.

-Gada

Anonymous said...

After reading the text it made me fell happy to live in such a good place and to have people willing to risk there lives to help us.
14purple

Anonymous said...

This text makes me feel sad for all the people who lost their lives in the war, but it also makes me realize how fortunate I am to live in a country with people who are willing to risk their lives for the freedom of the country.
Tiny123

Anonymous said...

:'( they make me cry!

Kiwi

Anonymous said...

Dear mr.speer,
I tell myself I will not cry whene I listen do to songs like this but i cant help my self when I listen to songs like that it's not just a song it's real and it happens still today it'a hard not to think about what if you were in that situacion missing someone and how proud you are that that person is out there helping people saving lives.The text makes me feel so sad but I am happy that there are people that will put their lives on the line to protect others.

-someone