HIST 3370 U2 reading discussion initial post reply to peer

Students are expected to engage in these discussions on a weekly basis. Discussions will focus on the readings’ merits and pitfalls, major arguments, contributions to the field of study, and how they connect to the information and activities discussed in the corresponding unit. Along with posting your own thoughts on the readings, each week you are expected to engage with a post from one of your classmates.
Compose a post and within that post, for each of the assigned articles you read this week, discuss the following:
The article’s main argument and purpose
The article’s main points of discussion
How the article complements the content of the unit it was assigned with
The most important thing you learned from the article about the First World War
A question that comes to mind after reading the articlAssigned Readings
Paul Maroney, “’Lest We Forget’: War and Meaning in English Canada, 1885-1914,” Journal of Canadian Studies 32 (Winter 1997/1998): 108-124.
Robert Rutherdale, “Canada’s August Festival: Communitas, Liminality, and Social Memory,” The Canadian Historical Review 77 (2) (June 1996): 221-249.