Canadian Children in WW2 by Abigail Herriot https://padlet.com/abigailherriot/ebx725b8d6f8x9v8 Made with panache en-us 2021-12-16 14:56:18 UTC 2023-06-13 11:17:01 UTC hello@padlet.com abigailherriot https://padlet.com/abigailherriot/ebx725b8d6f8x9v8/wish/1952020950 - Children helped the war effort by creating Victory Gardens. At school, home, and in their communities children would plant seeds and grow vegetables. The would grow vegetables like carrots or can jam while children in rural area were forced into back-breaking laboring on farms (Cook "Canadian Children and the Second World War" The Canadian Encyclopedia. !6 December 2021. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canadian-children-and-wwii#).
- Children would also engage in recycling. They would take paper and metal to large salvage drives. The artilleries from WW1 that kids used to play on were then melted to create new machines. Kids would always reuse and recycle and never waste (ibid).
-Children would also babysit. All money and allowance made would go to purchasing war stamps which were sold for 25 cents at schools and stores. If they bought sixteen, they filled up a $4 card which would be sent to the government. In return, children received War Savings Certificates which were worth $5 and were cashed in after the war (ibid).
-Girl Guides and Boy Scouts would help out soldiers family that required aid. The girls would knit socks and scarves for the military and children would write Pen Pals to soldiers, sailors, airmen, and children in Britain (ibid).

]]> 2021-12-16 15:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/abigailherriot/ebx725b8d6f8x9v8/wish/1952020950 abigailherriot https://padlet.com/abigailherriot/ebx725b8d6f8x9v8/wish/1952025109 2021-12-16 15:21:08 UTC https://padlet.com/abigailherriot/ebx725b8d6f8x9v8/wish/1952025109 https://padlet.com/abigailherriot/ebx725b8d6f8x9v8/wish/1952047227 -As the war went on, Canadian families started to experience shortages of sugar, meat, butter and gasoline. The conditions were far better still than the war-ton Europe, but children mourned the loss of chocolate bars or trips to the country.(Cook, “Canadian Children and the Second World War” The Canadian Encyclopedia. 16 December 2021. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canadian-children-and-wwii)


-Cities around Canada especially larger cities such as Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal and Halifax, experienced housing shortages. Families would have to double up in homes, garages, basements or attics. Sometimes 3 kids to a bed. People would lose a brother or sister and gain an outsider instead.(ibid)

-Kids witnessed the creation of new runways and flight schools for flight training, which brought people from the United States into their towns. Meaning New Zealanders, South Africans, and Australians all who came from the air training walked the streets and cities of Canada.(ibid)

]]> 2021-12-16 15:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/abigailherriot/ebx725b8d6f8x9v8/wish/1952047227 abigailherriot https://padlet.com/abigailherriot/ebx725b8d6f8x9v8/wish/1952071229 2021-12-16 15:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/abigailherriot/ebx725b8d6f8x9v8/wish/1952071229 abigailherriot https://padlet.com/abigailherriot/ebx725b8d6f8x9v8/wish/1952096943 - Many teenagers during WW2 volunteered as soldiers in the war. The ages of these teenagers would range around 16-19 and all were interested in sacrificing everything for freedom an peace ("Canadian Youth - Growing Up in Wartime." veterans affairs Canada. 16 December 2021. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/classroom/fact-sheets/youth).
-Around 700,000 Canadians under the age of 21 served during WW2 (ibid).
-Boys as young as 13 would lie about their age to be able to enlist in the military. The underage volunteers who looked old enough were enlisted and those rejected served in the Merchant Navy (ibid).

]]> 2021-12-16 15:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/abigailherriot/ebx725b8d6f8x9v8/wish/1952096943 -The children had to prepare for Japanese and German bombings with Blackout drills (Cook, "Canadian Children and the Second World War." The Canadian Encyclopedia. 16 December 2021. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canadian-children-and-wwii). https://padlet.com/abigailherriot/ebx725b8d6f8x9v8/wish/1952098132 -Sports teams were changing their names to military names. Books glorified brave Canadians fighting the Germans. They learnt about important battles such as Dieppe (ibid)
Comics included Canadian heroes such as Johnny Canuck and Canada Jack as they battled Nazis and other villain's (ibid).
Games also changed with the times. Snakes and Ladders became Bomb Berlin. Toy guns, helmets and uniforms became increasingly popular(ibid)
Young Canadians watched wartime thriller movies(ibid)]]> 2021-12-16 15:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/abigailherriot/ebx725b8d6f8x9v8/wish/1952098132 abigailherriot https://padlet.com/abigailherriot/ebx725b8d6f8x9v8/wish/1952101386 2021-12-16 15:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/abigailherriot/ebx725b8d6f8x9v8/wish/1952101386