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Grade 8 · Social Studies · Unit 2 of 3

World War II & Canada

Learn how the war changed Canada, from Halifax to the home front.

What your child practises

Practises Canada's role in World War II, Halifax and the Battle of the Atlantic, the home front, Japanese Canadian internment, and how Canada changed after the war. Ties to the Nova Scotia Grade 8 social studies outcome on the impact of World War II. Hard topics are stated factually.

Nova Scotia Curriculum learning outcome: Evaluate the impact of World War II on a changing Canadian society · Explain Canada's role in the war and how Canada changed

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    What is a victory garden?

    • A garden built to honour soldiers
    • A garden planted to grow food during the war
    • A garden full of flowers only

  2. Question 2

    The Allies were the countries fighting against…

    • Germany, Italy and Japan
    • Britain and France
    • Canada and the United States

  3. Question 3

    When Canadians bought Victory Bonds, they were…

    • paying a tax on food
    • donating clothes to soldiers
    • lending money to the government to help pay for the war

  4. Question 4

    The Battle of the Atlantic was a long fight to protect…

    • fishing boats from storms
    • the coast from tsunamis
    • ships carrying supplies and troops from German submarines

  5. Question 5

    Canada's navy escorted convoys across which ocean?

    • the Indian Ocean
    • the Atlantic Ocean
    • the Arctic Ocean

  6. Question 6

    During the war, the government forced Japanese Canadians from the BC coast and took their property. Today this is seen as…

    • a fair safety step that needed no apology
    • a rule that applied to all Canadians equally
    • an injustice, and the government apologized in 1988

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