This comprehensive learning resource provides lesson plans, accompanying background historical information, activity sheets and extension activities for social studies and history curriculum. Topic areas include: the events and conditions leading to Canada's Declaration of War; the major Canadian involvements in the war overseas; the diversity of those who served; the contribution of individuals and industry on the homefront; and the impact of the war on Canada post-1945 to today. The teacher's guide also includes a detailed listing of resources where additional information can be obtained and added to class lectures, assignments, discussions and project work. Canada Remembers Holland video (22 minutes). Ten Canadian teenagers travel to the Netherlands on a veteran's pilgrimage and develop a new respect for what Canadian veterans endured in order to liberate the Dutch from Nazi occupation. Second World War History Video (22 minutes). This video chronicles Canada's participation in the Second World War both on the homefront and overseas, through veterans' testimonials and wartime video footage.