•What do you see in this poster?

•Who was the Right Honorable W.L. Mackenzie King?

• What had been happening in the war up to 1944?

•Why do you think that 1944 would be the ‘Year of Decision’?

•What is this poster trying to get across?

•What would your reactions have been to this poster?

(CBC News)

(Daily Mail)

(CBC News)

•Official pictures of the allies as they crossed the English Channel in the early morning of June 6th 1944

•In the top picture the wing of the RAF plane from which the photograph was taken is visible

•In the bottom picture the French coast of Normandy is seen to the top right of the picture.

(Daily Mail)

D-Day Skits• In your groups you are going to create a skit based on a time

frame that describes what was happening on D-Day. You will also receive a photo to provide some inspiration and that will serve as your background during the skit

• When creating your skit, incorporate the information that you have been provided but also add in what you believe were the thoughts, feelings, attitudes and dialogue that the soldiers had at that point in time

• There are some questions after each group’s description to help you with creating your skit. You are not required to answer the questions, they are simply there to help you get started

(CBC News)

• (CBC News)

• On Board their assault landing crafts, men of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles heading towards Juno Beach (Juno Beach Centre)

Canadians approaching Juno Beach (Canadian Archives)

Invasion of Normandy(CBC News)

Men from the 1st Hussars landing on a crowded beach, D-Day (Juno Beach Centre)

Canadian soldiers outside a German fortification on Juno Beach (Canadian Archives)