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A Desert Between Us & Them INTRODUCTION The activities and projects in this guide have been developed to compliment the themes of the A Desert Between Us & Them documentary series. These ideas are meant to be an inspiration for teachers and students to become engaged with the material, exercise their creative instincts, and empower their critical thinking. You will be able to adapt the activities and projects based on the grade level and readiness of your students. The International Society for Technology in Education (http://www.iste.org) sets out standards for students to “learn effectively and live productively in an increasingly global and digital world.” These standards, as described in the following pages, were used to develop the activities and projects in this guide. The Ontario Visual Heritage Project offers robust resources on the A Desert Between Us & Them website http://1812.visualheritage.ca. There is a link to additional A Desert Between Us & Them stories posted on our YouTube Channel, plus the new APP for the iPad, iPhone and iPod. A Desert Between Us & Them is one in a series of documentaries produced by the Ontario Visual Heritage Project about Ontario’s history. Find out more at www.visualheritage.ca. HOW TO NAVIGATE THIS GUIDE In this guide, you will find a complete transcript of each episode of A Desert Between Us & Them. The transcripts are broken down into chapters, which correspond with the chapters menus on the DVD. Notable details are highlighted in orange, which may dovetail with some of the projects and activities that you have already planned for your course unit. -
Wesley B. Turner Papers 1797-2013, Nd
Wesley B. Turner Papers 1797-2013, n.d. (non-inclusive) RG 586 Creator: Wesley B. Turner Extent: 31 cm. (1 box) textual records 1 microfilm 1 dvd Abstract: The textual material of the Wesley Turner papers consists of research material Materials: Photocopied items, 1 DVD and 1 microfilm Repository: Brock University Archives Processed by: Anne Adams Finding Aid: Anne Adams Last Updated: February, 2017 Terms of Use: The Wesley Turner Papers are open for research Use Restrictions: Current copyright applies. In some instances, researchers must obtain written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the Brock University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the Library’s usual procedures unless otherwise specified. Citation: RG 586, Wesley Turner Papers, 1797- 2013, n.d. (non- inclusive), Brock University Archives. Aquistition Info: Files were donated by Wesley B. Turner Administrative History: 1 Dr. Wesley B. Turner taught history for from 1967 to 1998 at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario. He is a prolific writer and some of his books include: Life in Upper Canada; The War of 1812: The War for Canada; British Generals in the War of 1812: High Command in the Canadas; The War of 1812: The War that Both Sides Won. He also wrote The Astonishing General: The Life and Legacy of Sir Isaac Brock which was the winner of the 2011 OHS Donald Grant Creighton Award. Dr. Turner has served on the boards of several historical societies as well as well as taking on the role of president of the Ontario Historical Society and the St. -
Beasley and LL
1 DISSENSION AND THE BATTLE OF LUNDY’S LANE In my wide-ranging book From Bloody Beginnings; Richard Beasley’s Upper Canada, I wrote about the charges laid against Richard Beasley, Colonel of the 2nd York Militia Regiment, and other militia officers in the Lincoln Regiments of Niagara accused of refusing to engage the enemy in the Battle of Lundy’s Lane on 25th of July, 1814. Readers of the book have asked me to amplify the incident, which I shall do in this essay. Some battles in the War of 1812 were more important than others. In the Battle of Queenston Heights the invading Americans suffered a bruising defeat early in the war; the Battle of Stoney Creek stopped the American advance at a crucial time when the loss of Burlington Heights could have given all of western Canada to the United States; the Battle of Chrysler’s Farm prevented Montreal from falling to the Americans and kept open the supply route which Upper Canada depended upon for survival; the Battle of Lundy’s Lane, however, crushed the best fighting force that Americans could field and put an end to American ambitions to conquer Canada. I shall deal with the particulars of this latter Battle and the roles of its participants, which were the subject of two trials of Richard Beasley—the first a Military Enquiry and the second a Court-Martial. Charges against Richard Beasley were made in 1819, five years after the Battle and after Richard championed Robert Gourlay and the reform movement which challenged the rule of the conservative oligarchy in Toronto, led by Archdeacon John Strachan of the Anglican Church. -
Focuswar of 1812
A12 SATURDAY, JULY 19, 2014 THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR l THE SPEC.COM FOCUS WAR OF 1812 The Bloody Assize litia, went with Brock to Detroit and was commanding a company at Queenston Heights when Brock was killed charging the enemy. Ordered to charge again, Rob- COURTESY FIELDCOTE MUSEUM, LORI LE MARE MUSEUM, LORI FIELDCOTE COURTESY inson saw his commanding officer and the province’s attorney general, John Mac- donnel, mortally wounded. Robinson, who had been articling in Macdonnel’s office, was subsequently ap- pointed acting attorney general. He had just turned 21 and was not yet a member of the bar. It would be nearly impossible to over- state the enormity of the task facing him. The hanging of traitors at Burlington Heights, near Dundurn Castle, by artist In the wake of losses on Lake Erie and at Lori Le Mare. Her art is on display at the Fieldcote Museum in Ancaster. Moraviantown, the military was keen on a declaration of martial law and summary drumhead courts martial for traitors, a move that Robinson and the judiciary IT WAS THE LARGEST MASS HANGING in Canadian history. rightly opposed. The province’s newly ap- pointed civil administrator, Lieutenant- General Gordon Drummond, was also the Two hundred years ago, eight men were hanged for high military commander and he, too, was un- der enormous pressure to suppress trea- treason for taking up arms against the government of Upper son and stabilize the military situation in Upper Canada. The strategy of the government was to Canada. Their heads were chopped off and displayed on conduct civil show trials to reaffirm the Crown’s ability to deal swiftly and severe- poles, their bodies buried in unmarked graves in what is ly with treason. -
Records of Niagara a Collection of Contemporary Letters and Documents January to July, 1813
NIAGARA HISTORICAL SOCIETY NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ONTARIO NO. 44 RECORDS OF NIAGARA A COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS JANUARY TO JULY, 1813 Collected and Edited by BRIG.-GENERAL E.A. CRUIKSHANK Published by the Niagara Historical Society 1939 Editor's Note. The documents printed, nearly all for the first time in the following publication, like those in its immediate predecessors, have been collected from several widely separated sources. A few have been transcribed from rare contemporary newspapers. They will be found it is hoped, to throw considerable interesting light on local history. RECORDS OF NIAGARA NO. 44 1813 FROM GENERAL SHEAFFE TO SIR GEORGE PREVOST A letter from General Sheaffe to Sir George Prevost, written at Fort George on January 6th, throws considerable light on his situation at that time when Winter had put an end to active operations. "I have received this day a communication from Dy. Commissary Genl. Couche of which I have the honour of transmitting a copy. (See also Documentary History, 1812, Part II. p. 334). The issues of Provisions have considerably diminished in this District and will remain some time much below their late amount. At York and Kingston, they will continue to be at least as great as they have for some time been, owing to the increase of the Marine establishment at those Posts. At Amherstburgh, it appears probable that the consumption will be increased during the Winter as many sources of supply that the milder season furnished to the Indians will no longer exist. The several Corps and Departments in this Province have been compelled to apply to the Commissariat for pecuniary aid, it not being able to obtain money from any other source.