RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS
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Honour, Educate, Remember Teacher Resource and
Honour, Learn, Remember Student Resource
Expand your NSLA experience into the classroom with these in-depth teaching and learning resources.
These No Stone Left Alone teacher and student resources are designed to foster meaningful personal connections, by linking personal stories and reflections from those students who have already experienced the No Stone Left Alone program to stories and contexts around the veterans and soldiers that they honour.
Stories and experiences connect curricular concepts such as citizenship, service, symbols, place, community, leadership, peace, cooperation and conflict to the No Stone Left Alone program as well as to personal and real-life examples. These connections engage students, provide authentic learning contexts and reinforce critical and creative thinking skills.
The Honour, Educate, Remember Teacher Resource provides:
Implementation options, including a timeline with potential accommodations and options for students
Learning activities organized around three contexts – building understandings, connecting concepts to experiences and No Stone Left Alone participation supports
Broad conceptual and competency-based connections to Canadian provincial and territorial curricula
Suggested tips and approaches for assessment of student learning
The Honour, Learn, Remember Student Resource provides:
Student learning sources with authentic student reflections
Embedded questions and prompts with fillable fields
Supports and weblinks for student exploration and research
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What is the No Stone Left Alone program?
No Stone Left Alone provides educators and their students with an authentic, impactful and inspiring experience centred on a personal act of remembrance that connects them to their communities, their nation and to the values of our democracy.
Use these No Stone Left Alone resources to learn more about how the program:
- builds understandings, empathy and appreciation for those who have served, serve and will serve
- inspires and ignites leadership and personal growth
- highlights and honours Canadian history and sacrifice
- provides an intergenerational, community-based and hands-on experience
Featured NSLA Resource
Listen to and watch the experiences of educators and students who have participated in the No Stone Left Alone program in this video vignette.
the NO STONE LEFT ALONE program
Learn more about what’s involved and the impact of involvement in the No Stone Left Alone program with the information and video resources here.
students reflect on their experience
Student reflections from previous years form the basis for activities that are designed to be implemented before students participate in a No Stone Left Alone event. Find a small sample on this webpage to supplement those included in the Honour Learn Remember Student Resource.
Find a cemetery
There are hundreds of thousands of veterans interred in cemeteries across the country and beyond. This map can help you search for and find a cemetery near you.
Find Supporting Resources
Whether or not your students are participating in a No Stone Left Alone remembrance ceremony, there are a wealth of learning resources available to help you bring remembrance into your classroom. Use these resources to:
support your remembrance activities while building deeper understandings of citizenship, democracy and service with your students
support the activities you select in the No Stone Left Alone Teacher and Student Resources
Browse the resource categories:
Teaching about Remembrance | Symbols of RemembrancePlaces of Remembrance | Acts of Remembrance | Why We Remember
Featured Supporting Resource
PK75: A Peacekeeping Anthology
Focuses on Canada’s historic contributions to peacekeeping through the eyes of individual Canadian peacekeepers.
TEACHING ABOUT REMEMBRANCE
NSLA Blog
Find information about No Stone Left Alone events as well as blog posts about military history, commemoration, youth and remembrance and special series such as Canadians in Combat and Victoria Cross Recipients.
From vimy to juno: canadians through two world wars
From the First World War to the campaign in Normandy and beyond during the Second World War, more than a half a million Canadians served. Explore their legacies and Canada’s military history through this timeline of key themes, events and stories.
The memory project
The Memory Project is a volunteer speakers bureau that arranges for veterans and Canadian Forces members to share their stories of military service at school and community events across the country. The project is supported by a variety of Educational Resources, including podcasts and videos.
The Memory Project Archive (Canadian Encylopedia)
The Memory Project Archive includes Collections - primary source testimonies of veterans from The Memory Project archive – and Images – shared by veterans.
Veterans Affairs: Remembrance
Veterans Affairs provides several resources that include information about Canada’s military history, stories of individuals who have served Canada, classroom resources and information about memorials and war cemeteries in Canada and around the world.
Tales of Animals in War
The Tales of Animals in War newspaper is for ages 5 to 11 and is published every year. It introduces the concepts of remembrance and thanks to younger children. Find an Edmonton Beechmount Cemetery story in Bear in Mind.
How to explain Remembrance Day to Kids
The author of this article from Today’s Parents shares advice on how to talk to young children about the significance of Remembrance Day.
Veterans' Week Learning Resources
Find learning materials and classroom resources that support activities around Veterans' Week and Remembrance Day.
Memory anchor educational resources
Developed together with No Stone Left Alone and with the City of Edmonton, check out the education package complete with 75 personal stories of soldiers buried at Edmonton area cemeteries on the Memory Anchor website and on the Memory Anchor mobile app on iOS and Android.
SYMBOLS OF REMEMBRANCE
Why the Poppy is a Symbol of Remembrance Day
This No Stone Left Alone webpage explores why the poppy is used as a symbol of remembrance.
10 Quick Facts on the Poppy
Find quick facts that explain the significance of the poppy in Canada and around the world.
10 Quick Facts on
In Flanders Fields
Find quick facts about John McCrae and his famous poem.
Did You Know – The History of the Poppy
This video tells about the history of the poppy and how it became a symbol of remembrance in Canada, the United States, Great Britain and Australia.
ᐸᐢᒁᕽ ᐊᑳᒪᐢᑫᕽ
In Flanders Fields, in Woodland Cree (Y Dialect)
This translation of "In Flanders Fields" is from the Cree perspective. It was translated for Northland School Division #61 (Calling Lake School) to be read at future in-school Remembrance Day ceremonies.
In Flanders Fields (CBC Documentary Clip)
This video clip is from CBC’s documentary style film The Great War. It tells part of the story of the origin of John McCrae’s poem.
mEMORIAL cROSS
This poem was written by NSLA Volunteer Amy Hrynchuk, and explores the symbolism behind military medals.
Indigenous Veterans Initiative
The Indigenous Veterans Initiative (IVI) is an initiative of the Last Post Fund that provides grave markers to Indigenous veterans lying in unmarked graves and adds traditional names to existing military grave markers. Find additional information from the Last Post Fund in their News webpage.
PLACES OF REMEMBRANCE
jUNO bEACH cENTRE
The Juno Beach Centre is Canada’s Second World War museum and cultural centre located in Normandy, France. The centre’s website provides some excellent teaching resources on topics including D-Day and the Battle of Normandy.
cANADIAN WAR mUSEUM
The Canadian War Museum website provides online exhibits and resources for both students and teachers.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The CWGC works on behalf of the Governments of Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom to commemorate the 1.7 million men and women from the Commonwealth who lost their lives in WWI & WWII. Their website includes a searchable database of veterans, as well as war cemeteries and memorials.
the vimy FOUNDATION
Learn more about the First World War and Canada's military history through educational resources, including how the battle of Vimy Ridge became a turning point in Canadian History.
HIGHWAY OF HEROES
Share this tribute to Remembrance Day and veterans with this song by The Trews.
Make it stand out
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Canada’s Commemorative Map
This interative map shows how places throughout Canada have been named to remember the actions of Canadians who have served and sacrificed.
GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE
Find information and supports for the creation of a Garden of Remembrance.
ACTS OF REMEMBRANCE
Why We Observe Remembrance Day
This No Stone Left Alone webpage shares a brief history of the day and discusses how it is observed.
who do you honour?
Find a PDF sign template to encourage students, colleagues, family members and community members to honour a person or group. Inspire your students with the Who Do You Honour video on this webpage. (Note – perhaps consider
Share your story
Encourage your students, school and community to share their stories of emembrance with No Stone Left Alone – either before or after participating in the No Stone Left Alone program.
10 QUICK FACTS ON REMEMBRANCE DAY
Start to reflect on your own act of remembrance with these 10 quick facts about Remembrance Day.
Valentines for Vets
Each year, Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) invites Canadian schools, individuals and organizations to make Valentines for Vets. VAC then distributes the valentines to Veterans in long-term care facilities across the country by February 14.
Postcards for Peace
Postcards for Peace provides an opportunity for youth to send messages of thanks to those who served Canada in times of war, military conflict and peace or to still-serving Canadian Armed Forces members.
Canadian Fallen: Honouring our Heroes
The Canadian Fallen is the virtual component of the National Wall of Remembrance Project. It includes a searchable database with biographies and photos of Canadians who lost their lives in all conflicts of record. It also provides information on Canadian campaigns and conflicts.
nEVER fORGET tHEM
This poem was written by NSLA Volunteer, Amy Hrynchuk. It also appeared in The Prairie Journal, Issue #75.
Honouring and Remembering Animals that have Served
This blog shares the story of John and his K9 partern Balto’s service in Afghanistan.
WHY WE REMEMBER
Veterans Affairs: Wars and Conflicts
Find information, resources, photos, timelines and more about the conflicts and missions in which Canadian military and veterans have served.
Make it stand out
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Canadian Armed Forces: Military History
This Government of Canada website provides access to detailed information about the wars and operations that the Canadian military has participated in. The site includes original documents, historic sites, historical summaries, art and films.
No Better Course?
This poem was written by Dennis C. T. Bullen, 1922 – 2002, a Canadian World War II veteran who served as a Lancaster navigator with a Canadian crew in the RAF’s Bomber Command, Squadron 625.
WHO WILL EVER KNOW?
An account of the last mission of PO Gordon Bullen and WO II Jack Glazebrook, who were lost and presumed shot down in 1943 - as imagined by Gordon’s relatives, Brian and Patrick Bullen.
* Contains intense themes and imagery. May not be suitable for younger readers.
Their Sacrifice, Our Freedoms
This poem was written by NSLA Volunteer Amy Hrynchuk. It also appeared in The Prairie Journal, Issue #75.
Heroes in Fatigues
This poem was written by NSLA Volunteer Amy Hrynchuk. It also appeared in The Prairie Journal, Issue #79.
Start with Me
This poem by NSLA participant Hailey Davidson explores the perspective of those who serve.
* Contains intense themes. May not be suitable for younger readers.
HMCS Lethbridge
Garth Paul Ukrainetz wrote this poem in celebration and remembrance of the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
HMCS Camrose
Garth Paul Ukrainetz wrote this poem in celebration and remembrance of the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
A Minute Lost in Silence
Garth Paul Ukrainetz wrote this poem in special observance of the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
The Blood-Watered Battlefield
This poem, by 17 year old Alexander Patry, was written as a Remembrance Day poem for our veterans and for those that we lost. His great-grandfather, Robert Herbert de Hartog, was a fighter pilot during WW2 flying mostly the Mitchell B25's.
Standing strong & true (for tomorrow)
"Standing Strong and True (For Tomorrow)," is an all-star Canadian country single dedicated to fallen Canadian soldiers and their families.