Historians have argued that Canada’s Diamond Jubilee of Confederation in 1927 represents one of the federal government’s most sustained and successful attempts at nation building in the interwar period. In this mass outpouring of patriotic celebration, schools in particular played an important role in producing commemorative events, but also in constructing an engaging and accessible historical narrative for public consumption. At the heart of these events was the staging of hundreds of historical pageants, including many performances produced by teachers and students. This article examines how progressive pedagogies, such as active and play-based learning, came to be aligned with nation-building initiatives in widely produced historical pa...
Historical pageants were important sites of popular engagement with the past in twentieth-century Br...
“Historians in the News” acknowledges some of the many successes of historians in Canada, including ...
Presented at the The annual meeting of the American Historical Association(January 3-6, 2020), New Y...
This paper explores the relationship between public commemoration and the construction of social and...
In 1927, sixty-five chapters of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE) staged Amy Sternbe...
As Canada prepares to turn 150, this article discusses what curricular shifts are necessary to recon...
Hosted in the nation’s capital, the multisensory/digital historical performances displayed on Centre...
Complex political and circumstantial forces worked to transform a modest municipal celebration of th...
Commemorations are events or actions that honour and memorialize significant events, people, and gro...
James Miles, "Historical Pageantry and Progressive Pedagogy at Canada’s 1927 Diamond Jubilee Celebra...
Between the First and Second World Wars, the League of Nations attempted to reshape history teaching...
This paper explores Canada's strategy of nurturing a collective memory and social cohesion by the co...
This thesis investigates and analyzes certain significant aspects of the Centennial celebrations of ...
The centenary of the Canadian Confederation is regarded as one of the key moments in the evolution o...
The centenary of the beginning of the First World War has seen renewed global attention to the war. ...
Historical pageants were important sites of popular engagement with the past in twentieth-century Br...
“Historians in the News” acknowledges some of the many successes of historians in Canada, including ...
Presented at the The annual meeting of the American Historical Association(January 3-6, 2020), New Y...
This paper explores the relationship between public commemoration and the construction of social and...
In 1927, sixty-five chapters of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE) staged Amy Sternbe...
As Canada prepares to turn 150, this article discusses what curricular shifts are necessary to recon...
Hosted in the nation’s capital, the multisensory/digital historical performances displayed on Centre...
Complex political and circumstantial forces worked to transform a modest municipal celebration of th...
Commemorations are events or actions that honour and memorialize significant events, people, and gro...
James Miles, "Historical Pageantry and Progressive Pedagogy at Canada’s 1927 Diamond Jubilee Celebra...
Between the First and Second World Wars, the League of Nations attempted to reshape history teaching...
This paper explores Canada's strategy of nurturing a collective memory and social cohesion by the co...
This thesis investigates and analyzes certain significant aspects of the Centennial celebrations of ...
The centenary of the Canadian Confederation is regarded as one of the key moments in the evolution o...
The centenary of the beginning of the First World War has seen renewed global attention to the war. ...
Historical pageants were important sites of popular engagement with the past in twentieth-century Br...
“Historians in the News” acknowledges some of the many successes of historians in Canada, including ...
Presented at the The annual meeting of the American Historical Association(January 3-6, 2020), New Y...