In class yesterday, we talked about the War of 1812. In pairs, we reviewed various perspectives of the war. My partner and I read about the Canadian perspective of the war. The Canadians were under British rule and did not want the war, but decided to side with the British anyways because they feared American rule. The Americans destroyed much of Canada by burning villages, but the Canadians were able to triumphantly rise out of the disaster, forming an independent nation that would still have good relations with the United States. We then created a slogan, icon, and poem about the Canadian perspective. Our slogan was: "If you can't get around it, pick the lesser of two evils." This showed how the Canadians did not want to be part of the War of 1812, but chose to side with the British when they could not avoid the war.
Today, we missed class due to a half day.
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