https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt While the war was waged on the "Western Front" in Europe, Canada was referred to as the "Homefront". What was changing "back home" and what was staying the same (continuity)? While you watch "Ordeal by Fire" min. 14:25 to 40:05) take note of what is changing for women and families and what is staying the same. When you add your note, include your NAME. en-us 2020-09-29 02:26:12 UTC 2023-09-29 21:52:19 UTC hello@padlet.com julimori https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794509374 I'm imagining kids wearing this to school and getting respect or honour from other kids, maybe?]]> 2020-10-01 13:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794509374 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794519830 The people that had to work loading all this food to transport them to the front lines of the war. There must have been a lot of food to transport to feed all those soldiers]]> 2020-10-01 13:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794519830 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794519960 I am thinking that this child would carry this bear everywhere so that they feel connected with their father.]]> 2020-10-01 13:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794519960 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794520367 During the time Canada made posters in both of the official languages. As the war progressed and the need for money and soldiers became more pressing, posters became more graphic and direct in their messages]]> 2020-10-01 13:27:59 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794520367 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794522965 i think this song connected many families together because they shared a common fear of never again seeing their loved one. ]]> 2020-10-01 13:28:36 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794522965 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794524498 Its astonishing how the war deeply affected children's live, to the point they played with toy soldiers ]]> 2020-10-01 13:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794524498 julimori https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794525867 I wonder if this makes kids more likely to want to go to war and willing to go to war?]]> 2020-10-01 13:28:59 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794525867 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794526600 I think that kids will have a better idea of some of the tools that were used in the war, they probably looked at it and played with it. They might've had the thought to go to war. Maybe some of the children would've made great soldiers. 

-Ashaar Naqvi]]> 2020-10-01 13:29:07 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794526600 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794529498 I enjoy chocolate. Probably as much as the kids buying the chocolate to help the soldiers in the Great War. Later, the chocolate was cheaper and the boxes were made out of tin. Kids enjoyed it.]]> 2020-10-01 13:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794529498 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794529625 I think that this poster is telling men that cannot go to war to help women with childcare.]]> 2020-10-01 13:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794529625 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794535824 I wonder what victory bonds are and if it was actually helpful to support soldiers on the front lines from home.]]> 2020-10-01 13:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794535824 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794536262 This poster contrasts a soldier in the trenches with a woman and her children in a Canadian Patriotic Fund (CPF) office. The poster made it look as though woman are used to help take care of the children. Also, woman could not work making them have to receive government aid. ]]> 2020-10-01 13:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794536262 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794539482 I wonder if a song about a child missing her father changed peoples perspective of war? Since war was so glorified and excluded much of the violence in the advertisement for it, did this song expose the true nature of the violence? ]]> 2020-10-01 13:32:02 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794539482 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794544767 Due to a food crisis (war), the government is encouraging families to eat cheaper and save some foods for the soldiers. This is also encouraging food producers to advertise cheaper foods.]]> 2020-10-01 13:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794544767 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794548246 When their husbands leave to fight, these women are left alone taking care of their children and worrying about their husbands.]]> 2020-10-01 13:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794548246 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794557823 Like all children left behind during the First World War, Margaret wonders when her father will be home and hopes he will be safe. Her father returned, with shrapnel wounds in his back and shoulder. The worry and sorrow that her father might not make it back is a feeling I would never wish. ]]> 2020-10-01 13:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794557823 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794661637 At the time of war, Canadians were heavily indulged in drinking. Men would try to drink away their sorrows during terrible weather and harsh working environment. This resulted in many men using up their wages to buy liquor , which would then out their families in poverty. ]]> 2020-10-01 13:59:48 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794661637 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794675358 During the war, women began to organize to fight for suffrage. At first they were given a temporary wartime form of suffrage, but eventually they received full suffrage.]]> 2020-10-01 14:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794675358 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794695913 Women gave up their families to war, and soon themselves. Women could fight and let their son(s)/brother(s) fight they called it an "investment of blood". They sent off their children, husband, brothers to war and sometimes knew they weren't coming back; they sat waiting for a death letter. ]]> 2020-10-01 14:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794695913 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794720991 Because of the war women were needed to work for factories. The pay was only slightly better than office work, yet far more dangerous.]]> 2020-10-01 14:13:01 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794720991 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794739208 Canadians would drink away their pain and sorrow during the time of war. This caused people using up all their wages to buy alcohol, which will cause their families to be in poverty]]> 2020-10-01 14:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794739208 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794743102 Women recieve the right to vote. They can now help to protect their families through voting.]]> 2020-10-01 14:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794743102 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794746282 Along with the changes women faced, factory work, nursing, etc, they still had to care for their children at home.]]> 2020-10-01 14:18:32 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794746282 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794750191 Due to the shortage of man power, women were now able to work in the munitions factories. The factories had rough conditions feet cold, body hot, stress of all shells being perfect, bad smells, and had to deal with chemicals that ruin clothes and burn skin. It was very dangerous.]]> 2020-10-01 14:19:23 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794750191 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794758122 Men would often drink their pain and sorrow away. this would lead to violence and many children and women would fall victim to their violence. Bars and salons were closed up and alcohol was limited to medicine and a shot of rum for soldiers.]]> 2020-10-01 14:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794758122 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794759787 Since women weren't allowed to go to war, they had other things to do to help the soldiers. They sent their husbands and children out for war, and they knew that they won't return. It must have been very hard for the for the women.]]> 2020-10-01 14:21:25 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794759787 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794761659 Women were so incredibly oppressed in that time period, and all of the reasoning given were things like a world under women is free of disease war and germs, but theres no alchohol so it would be bad. First of all that is not true, a world under women would still have all those things, and secondly, this is just heard offhand from someone but they made it their prime reasoning.]]> 2020-10-01 14:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794761659 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794762411 Due to the shortage of man power, women were needed to work in factories. In this industry, they experienced a slight increase in income, however this line of work was far more dangerous. ]]> 2020-10-01 14:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794762411 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794773709 Women definitely gained respect from people, they got the right to vote as well.]]> 2020-10-01 14:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794773709 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794784161 During the war, women began to fight for the vote. At first they were given a temporary wartime form of voting, but eventually they received full vote. Woman we finally given the right to vote. Although Quebec took around 25  more years for woman to gain the vote fully.  ]]> 2020-10-01 14:26:35 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794784161 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794804675 Women join Red cross to help row bandages and nit socks. Same old housework since EVERYONE felt they had to contribute including women]]> 2020-10-01 14:31:06 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/794804675 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/795091725 During the war there was a rise in women working in factories and making artillery shells and bombs. It was a very high stress job, as if you passed a faulty shell on, it could kill the soldiers you're trying to support, and potentially even someone you know or love. ]]> 2020-10-01 15:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/795091725 https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/795966606 To maintain discipline, the British executed men who did not follow orders. Canada followed this cruel and harsh treatment to soldiers who are young and afraid. I fell sorrowful knowing that people who might have been forced into the military, died because they were afraid of death. I think these soldiers should have been given a second chance. Perhaps they aid with farming or the making of artillery.]]> 2020-10-01 18:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/julimori/te4tmekh27javabt/wish/795966606