• Urges Ontarians To Promote Tolerance and Understanding

The Holocaust Education Week Committee of the GTA hosts one of the largest and most diverse educational programs in North America. There are many free GTA events that are suitable for youth and children. As well as these events, there are free resources available to educators (see Choose Your Voice listed elsewhere on the website).

art:

games and activities:

Literature:

• Reflections/Readings for Remembrance Day
• First they came … and First They Came for the Jews by Pastor Martin Niemöller
• Legion poster and essay writing contest English Français
• The Last Witness: the Child Survivor of the Holocaust by Judith Kistenberg
• Survival at Auschivitz by Primo Levi
• Pearls and Lace by Magdalena Klein
• Windows on the World Plays and Activities Adapted from Folk Tales from Different Lands by Sylvia Sikunder. It is a teacher resource for grades 4-7 ISBN 0-88865-089-2
• Many Threads: Weaving a Country by Wilma Maki ISBN 1-895766-17-6
• Sima 7 Come Join Me by Lorna Williams

  Written for grade 4 classroom Story of youth gathering at which young people from many first Nations learn about the common traditions that bind them, as well as their cultural diversity.

  ISBN 0-88865-077-9
• The Hangman - The Play
• The Hangman - The Poem
• The Journey That Saved Curious George - Lesson Plan

• hiding edith edith will be speaking to the grade five and six students of Glengrove public school, pickering on november 10.

  • Holocaust survivor Edith Gelbard and author Kathy Kacer whose latest book Hiding Edith: A True Story describes the wartime experiences of Edith Schwalb Gelbard, a young Jewish girl sent to live in the French town of Moissac after the invasion of France by Germany, speak Nov 5 th at 8 p.m. at the Leah Posluns Theatre, 4588 Bathurst Street, Toronto 416-537-7850.

    Edith's story is remarkable not only for her own bravery, but also for the bravery of those who helped her—an entire town which heroically conspired to conceal the presence of hundreds of Jewish children living in the "safe" house. Kathy Kacer is the award-winning author of The Secret of Gabi's Dresser, Clara's War and The Night Spies.

    Jury Comments on the Finalists for the 2006 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction
    Hiding Edith: A True Story by Kathy Kacer
    "A wonderful, poignant story that has never been told before … Children will be captivated by this book … The writing is fantastic and reads like fiction … An extraordinarily uplifting true story."

  Hiding Edith, along with the others in the "Holocaust Remembrance" series published by Second Story Press, should be part of every elementary school library collection. They should be taught not just as lessons in history but also as lessons that relate to events taking place right now around the globe. In a world where genocide still occurs, children should be aware that they can make a difference in a variety of ways, perhaps different than in World War II, but that the lesson of the Holocaust - Never Again - is dependent on them. Harriet Zaidman, teacher-librarian, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

• Nov 5 at 4:30 p.m. author Louise Borden speaks about The Journey that Saved Curious George. Beth Sholom Synagogue, 1445 Eglinton Ave W. Toronto, 416-922-5959. Excellent teacher materials for this book on the Houghton Mifflin website.

• Digital Archive
• Canadian Forces in Global Conflict Timeline

• "Pittance of Time", "C'est si peu de temps"
• One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack) music and lyrics, lyrics only
• O Canada, Last Post, Lament, Reveille, and God save the Queen
• O Canada, La Sonnerie aux morts, Complainte, Reveille, Hymne Royal

• Canadian War Museum
• Musée canadien de la guerre
• The Battle of Vimy Ridge, 9-12 April 1917
• La bataille de la crête de Vimy, 9-12 avril 1917

• Professor Yehuda Bauer, Academic Advisor to Yad Vashem and the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research delivered the "Remembrance and Beyond" keynote address at the United Nations on January 27, 2006.
  Web link for video: UN website, scroll down to the 27 January 06 there is an archived video. The video, at about the 1:18 minute mark has Professor Bauer's speech. http://www.un.org/webcast/SE2006.html
• United Nations Declaration in French