Lesson/Activity #1: To gain an understanding of what life was like in Canada during the postwar era, watch the video titled "Postwar Canada: Comfort and Fear" and complete the accompanying critical thinking questions in your learning guide. The video is embedded below. If the embed does not work, try clicking on the link below the video titled "Postwar Canada - Comfort and Fear download link" - you should be able to download it from there.
Postwar Canada - Comfort and Fear download link
To complete Activity #1, question #4 of your Postwar Canada LG, view the 1950s TV commercials embedded below.
To complete Activity #2 in your Postwar LG, screen the short video below titled "Postwar Canada: The Displaced".
Lesson #2: To better understand what a cold war is and how the Cold War developed, view the lesson titled "Introduction to the Cold War".
Lesson #3: To better understand what life was like during the Cold War, view the lesson titled "The Iron Curtain and the Atmosphere of the Cold War".
Looking for the article "Canada's Role in the Cold War" and/or the document "Canadian Life With The Bomb"? They are both in PDF format and are attached at the bottom of this webpage.
To complete Activity #4, question #3 in your Postwar LG, listen to the "Tocsin B" audio broadcast below from the CBC Digital Archives. Afterward, screen the short video titled "Duck and Cover" located below the audio file.