For this Thursday’s class, I read the Sjolander article “Through the Looking Glass: Canadian Identity and the War of 1812.” To start with, the article was not at all what I was expecting. Based on the title, I thought the article would be about how an emerging Canadian identity led to or affected the War …
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06. War of 1812
“Teaching The War of 1812 Different In The U.S., Canada” Kayla Mizelle
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This reading is from a transcription of a radio show on NPR. In this Radio show the host, Robert Siegel, interviews two history teachers. The first an 8th-grade history teacher from the US and second a 5th and 6th-grade history teacher from Canada. The show makes it very obvious that the two countries teach the war…
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The War of 1812 and the Canadian Perspective
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I recall in high school that we spent maybe all of two days going over the War of 1812. We covered some of the key aspects, the origins of the Star Spangled Banner, the British invasion of the mainland and subsequent burning of the White House, and American incursion into Canada. The reasons for the …
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Helen Goggins: Views of 1812
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Steve Paikin discusses the outcome of the war of 1812 with three experts on his television program, “The Agenda with Steve Paikin”. He invited Peter MacLeod, a pre-confederate historian from Canada; Bill Fowler, a history professor at Northeastern University; and Rick Hill, an aboriginal representative. All three historians provide alternative narratives of the War…
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Revisiting the War of 1812 through the Native American Perspective
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Jason Arquette Professor Hirsh Blog 6g September 28th, 2017 Exploring the War Museum’s website provided an enlightening perspective on how the War of 1812 effected the Native American population. More specifically, in order to illustrate their argument the website begins by explaining why Native Americans would even want to fight in this war. War Museum’s…
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Delanie Tarvin: Reflecting on Tiro’s “Now You See It, Now You Don’t: The War of 1812 In Canada And The United States In 2012”
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In “”Now You See It, Now You Don’t: The War of 1812 In Canada And The United States In 2012,” Karim M. Tiro analyzes both the Canadian and American standard narrative of the War of 1812. According to Tiro, the war has a nationalist narrative built and used for political means by the Canadian …
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Cece Burger: War of 1812, US textbook description.
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For this blog, I examined the U.S. textbook description of the War of 1812. The textbook is written by American historians who have authored many works on the American South, Civil War, early American politics and other related topics. The textbook’s preface asserts the value of the work explaining that “The American Promise is one …
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Oh Canada?
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The War of 1812 is one of several American conflicts that often gets glossed over in conventional textbooks. We are all usually familiar with commonplace narrative regarding impressment and relatively obscure economic sanctions and the standout moments such as the British burning the White House, Andrew Jackson’s victory at New Orleans and Tecumseh generally causing …
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The Second War for Independence
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In the early 19th Century Britain was dealing with a large problem, Napoleon. The Napoleonic Wars were pretty much a war between France and the rest of Europe. Although the United States were enemies of the British, they hated the French a lot more. Although the war was a large part of the early 19th …
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War of 1812: Canadian Perspective. Carter Man
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To summarize the CBS video, the War of 1812 was a victory for the Canadians, a forgotten war for the British and Americans, and a defeat for the Native Americans. According to the video, Canada won because it successfully defended itself and its values from invaders. For Britain, the war was largely forgotten because the…