War+of+1812

**Project Based Learning Assignment **
 * War of 1812 **



** Purpose of Assignment: **
 * to learn about the War of 1812 & how it has had an impact on Canada
 * to publish a book. All your work will be included in the class iBook.


 * Group Activity 1 (Background) **

Using the provided sources and [|The Canadian Encyclopedia] and/or the [|Ontario Archives] — search for “War of 1812”— research the causes of the War of 1812 and record your information in a organizer such as the one below. Each group is to build this information into a page in **Book Creator App.**


 * Element of Causation || Historical Example ||
 * Long-term causes ||  ||
 * Short-term or immediate causes ||  ||
 * Individuals ||  ||
 * Institutions ||  ||

In groups, rank the causes of the War of 1812 from most significant to least significant. You might also decide on the most important example in each type of cause. For example, which individual played the biggest role? Which institution? Explain the justification for your thinking?
 * Critical Thinking Extension: **

This activity is to get you familiar with the background people of the War of 1812. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">First read the graphic novel: [|Canada 1812: Forged in Fire] as well as the iPad app: //The Loxley's and the War of 1812.// <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Then do a profile of one of the major people involved in the War of 1812 ([|Six Heroes - Canada 1812: Forged in Fire] ). Begin by completing a profile sheet on one following people.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Invididual Activity 2 (The People): **

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 * //<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Canadian Personalities: //**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Isaac Brock
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Charles de Salaberry
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Laura Secord
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tecumseh
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">John Norton
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Enos Collins


 * //<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">American Personalities: //**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Major General Henry Dearborn
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Major General Andrew Jackson
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Major General Jacob Brown
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">President James Madison
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Brigadier General Hull

<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Use the following resources to locate more information about your famous person: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Canadian Encyclopedia] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|War of 1812 - Important People] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The War No One Lost: Historical Narratives of Early Canada] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|War of 1812 - History.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Heroines of War of 1812 received little recognition for their actions] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Heroes of the War of 1812] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Major Figures of the War of 1812] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Laura Secord - Niagara-On-the-Lake Bicentennial] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Isaac Brock - 200 Years Ago - Niagara-On-The-Lake Bicentennial] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|AO the War of 1812 - Important Figures] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Andrew Jackson - War of 1812] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Hull, William - War of 1812] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Dearborn, Henry - War of 1812] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Major General Jacob Brown - War of 1812.net] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|James Madison Biography]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Then create a 2-minute audio slide show (**with the iMovie app**) profiling the significance of your personality in the War of 1812. Transfer your video to Mr. Reid to be included in the book.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">These 9 events are key activities in the War of 1812 for Canada. Work with your partners to provide a brief summary, in paragraph form, on each of these battles. Remember what you read in the Graphic novels. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">>Each group will then enter this information on our [|WSS Wiki] site when it is done. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Battle of Tippecanoe - War of 1812 Website] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Tecumseh's War: Battle of Tippecanoe] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Battle of Tippecanoe - War of 1812] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|American Declaration of War: 18 June 1812 - The Loyal Edmonton Regiment Military Museum] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|U.S. Declares War on Canada U.S. Declares War on Canada] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|War of 1812: U.S. Declares War on Great Britain!] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|United States Declares War on Great Britain] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|July 12 – Hull’s army invades Upper Canada at Sandwich - The War of 1812] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Onset of War - The 1812 Campaign.] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Hull Invades Canada] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Capture of Detroit, War of 1812] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Capture of Detroit 1812] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Detroit Bluff] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|War of 1812: Siege of Detroit] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Battle of Detroit] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Battle of Queenston Heights - War of 1812] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|War of 1812: Battle of Queenston Heights a Key Event in Canadian History] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Battle of Queenston Heights - Friends of Fort George] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|An Account of the Battle of Queenston Heights, October 13, 1812] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|War of 1812: Battle of Queenston Heights] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Battle of Chateauguay - War of 1812] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Battle of Châteauguay: 25 Oct 1813 - The Loyal Edmonton Regiment Military Museum] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Battlefields Then And Now – The War Of 1812: Revisiting Châteauguay] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|War of 1812: Battle of the Chateauguay] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Battle of Chateauguay - Canadian Military Heritage] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Chateauguay National Historic Site of Canada - War of 1812] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The British Burn Washington, DC, 1814] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|British Burn Washington, D.C.] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|British Capture and Burn Washington - History Channel] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Washington Burned - History Central] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Burning of Washington: 24-25 Aug 1814 - The Loyal Edmonton Regiment Military Museu][|m] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Treaty of Ghent - War of 1812] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Treaty of Ghent (1814) - Ourdoucments.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[| The Treaty of Ghent, 1814 A Foreign Policy Milestone For Christmas] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The War of 1812: 1815 - The War Ends] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Treaty of Ghent - War of 1812 - PBS] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Battle of New Orleans, 1815 - Eyewitnesstohistory.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Battle of New Orleans - War of 1812] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[| Jan 8, 1815: The Battle of New Orleans] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[| War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Battle of New Orleans - History Central]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Partner Activity 3 (Battles) **:
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The Battle of Tippecanoe (November 7, 1811) **
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">American Declaration of War June 18, 1812 **
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">General William Hull Invades Sandwich (July 12, 1812) **
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The Attack on Fort Detroit (August 16, 1812 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">) **
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Queenston Heights (October 3, 1812) **
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Battle of Chateauguay (October 26, 1813) **
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The Burning of Washington (August 24, 1814): **
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The Treaty of Ghent (December 24, 1814): **
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The Battle of New Orleans (January 8, 1815): **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> 1. Collaboratively write organized paragraphs explaining the First Nations experience in the War of 1812. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Aboriginal Peoples - War of 1812] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Exhibit: Aboriginal Contributions to the War of 1812] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Credit Where it's Due: Celebrating Aboriginal Contributions to the War of 1812] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|First Nations and the War of 1812 - War of 1812]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Activity 4 (Significance): **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Sources: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"><span class="wiki_link_ext"> 2. Collaboratively write organized paragraphs giving your opinion on the following question: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Did anyone win the War of 1812? If so who won the British, the Americans or the First Nations or no one? Make sure that you give evidence/supporting details to back up your opinion. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Use the web links to your groups **Primary Pad** where you can all edit the paragraphs at the same time. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">>Each group will then enter the information on our <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|WSS Wiki] site when it is done.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Put together some quotations either by a person, or about a person, who was involved in the War of 1812. Organize your quotes and make sure that you indicate who wrote them. These quotes can be about a number of different people or by, a number of different people. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|The War of 1812 Quotes They Said It] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Brainy Quote] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|War of 1812 Website] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|War of 1812 - Primary Resources] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Historical Narratives of Early Canada - The War of 1812]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Activity 5 (Quotes): **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Try these sites: **


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Activity 6 (Bonus): **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Help Mr. Reid as an editor to put together the class book on the War of 1812.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Each group needs to keep an organized list of sources used for the whole project **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">. **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">**You** **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> must use both web and book sources. ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The new copyright laws have given us much more opportunity to use sites and images under the "Fair use" policy. The deal is that for this access we promise to cite all images, sites, print, etc. that we use in our research projects.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Works Cited: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Since each group needs to produce only one bibliography one group member should open up a google doc and share it with the rest of your group members. Each time you find information from a source use [|Easybib] to put the information in the correct format and then paste the created citation into your Google Doc. Remember that you must arrange all your citations in alphabetical order. If you are not sure how to set a bibliography up properly check the following site: How to Create a Proper Bibliography