Remembrance Day Resources for ESL

Creative Commons photo by Tony Oldroyd (belkin59 on Flickr)

Poppies can be seen everywhere on people's lapels.  It is time to introduce your students to Remembrance Day in Canada. Here are some links with resources appropriate to use with your ESL students.

A Photo Gallery for Remembrance Day in Canada

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whistlepunch/galleries/72157622549642346/

Reading, vocab and quiz about "Remembrance Day Poppies" for Intermediate ESL
(scroll down to this article)

http://www.readingesl.ca/index_canada.html

A reading and quiz from ESL Forums

http://www.englishclub.com/esl-forums/viewtopic.php?f=192&t=65371

An illustrated definition of Remembrance Day in Canada

http://eslfreepress.typepad.com/the_esl_free_press/remembrance-day.html

A Video and quiz: In Flander's Field (with text and pictures) followed by Bryan Adams: Remembrance Day

http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_intermediate.php?id=2804

Remembrance Day in Canada video

http://youtu.be/D4Icb_KfsMg

A video tribute

http://youtu.be/M720ICH_Ne0

A collection of resources for Remembrance Day in Canada

http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/De/resources/remember/links.html