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Mackenzie King and the Conscription Crisis
Grade 11 - 12
Civics/Citizenship / Human Rights
History / World War II
Teaching Guides
Guide 1Educational purpose:
Research conscription and explain what it entails during wartime. Explain the stance on conscription taken by the French Canadians in Quebec and by Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Identify the position taken by English Canadians. Discuss Canada’s role in the Allied victory in Sicily and the invasion of Normandy with its disastrous results for King. How does King eventually solve the conscription question? This film contains coarse language.
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efrem
“mr king was smart. he served the longest term in office ”
21 Apr 2011 -
Ronaldmac
“I absolutely love the scene between 6:36 and 7:50. Blunt and honest, brilliant.”
27 Aug 2010
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