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Ancestry® is pleased to offer AncestryClassroom, which includes access to content on Ancestry and Forces War Records to selected educators and schools at no cost. Teachers, school administrators, and district officials may apply to receive access to these resources for their students. AncestryClassroom™ access will be automatically renewed at no cost every three years, with the ability to opt-out or cancel upon request.

Guidelines: All Canadian public and private schools that serve students ages 3-18 are eligible to apply for access to AncestryClassroom™. The content provided under AncestryClassroom™ access is meant solely for educational purposes. If you are a school administrator, teacher, or otherwise part of an educational setting and you intend to have students utilise the AncestryClassroom™ services and the online content provided under AncestryClassroom™, you agree to take all necessary actions to comply with all applicable laws that relate to your use of the AncestryClassroom™ services including where and to the extent applicable, student privacy and access to information laws, which include but are not limited to, the federal Canadian privacy acts known as PIPEDA and CASL and all other applicable federal, provincial or territorial privacy laws, education laws and access to information laws and any and all applicable related guidance and codes of practice issued by any applicable privacy commissioner or other competent authority, in particular as it relates to the collection of, processing of, or granting access to, children's personal information or other data. To be awarded access, an applicant must be appropriately accredited, have a physical location that supports an external IP range, and meet all access requirements that are in effect. Ancestry has the right to refuse access to the programme if the applicant cannot complete and meet all the requirements of the programme, at Ancestry's sole discretion.

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  • Did you request access for a specific project or curriculum? If so, what were they?
  • What was the objective of the project?
  • Was the project a success?
  • Did the students enjoy working with original records?
  • What would you do differently?
  • Will you be repeating this project or expanding it?
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