Ahead of Queen Elizabeth's coronation in 1953, Kenneth Munro's Grade 2 class studied the history of the monarchy, staged a play about the Royal Family and all 700 students at his northern Ontario school listened live on radio as she took her oath.
But with King Charles set to be formally crowned on May 6, school boards across the country contacted by The Canadian Press said they had no special plans or dedicated curriculum to mark the occasion - yet another indication of widening apathy towards the monarchy.
“We were really steeped in coronation lore. It was very much as if we were part of this great celebration.” It's “an important moment,” that Canadian schools are not taking advantage of, said Tidridge, who is also a Grade 10 civics teacher in the Hamilton area As the 1953 coronation approached, everyone at school was given a coin adorned with the queen's image.
The curator of the York Region District School Board's heritage schoolhouse museum and archives, Rebekah Mitchell, said the board had special programming for Queen Elizabeth's coronation as well as for her father King George's assumption of the throne, in 1937.
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