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Think Like a Historian: The Halifax Explosion

  • Military History
  • Intermediate – Middle School

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Think Like a Historian: The Halifax Explosion


The Think Like a Historian series of videos and resources is a curriculum-based learning tool to build skills to analyze and interpret primary sources.Watch the videos, and download the education guide and worksheets to learn the five key steps to analyzing primary sources.

In this series, we look at letters and sketches from the Halifax Explosion of 1917.


Supporting documents for this Learning Tool

File type File size Action
Think Like a Historian: The Halifax Explosion Education Guide PDF 3.64 MB Download
The Halifax Explosion: Ethel Bond Worksheets PDF 4.99 MB Download
The Halifax Explosion: Arthur Lismer Worksheets PDF 19.5 MB Download