"Who Killed Canadian History?"

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This paper looks at whether or not the fragmentation of Canadian history over the course of time has been bad for Canada, as historian, Jack Granatstein suggests in his book "Who Killed Canadian History?" Ultimately, the author of the paper takes the view that Granatstein's book raises some worthwhile points, but fails to consider all the ways in which a new approach to teaching history has engaged minority students and compelled those in the majority to take a more thoughtful look at their own past.

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"Additionally, critics of Granatstein's work argue that he fails to appreciate that the proper role of education is not simply to give students dry "facts" but to teach them the skills they need to critically assess those facts and to arrive at their own conclusions after systematically amassing and analyzing the available evidence. Suffice it to say, proper teaching (at least in the social sciences) is about having students critically engage the "big" questions which will eventually confront them as voting adults; it is not about giving them questions which have already been answered."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Byfield, Virginia. "History: Beaten to Death by a Gang." Alberta Report 5 May 1998: 44.
• Osborne, Ken. "Book Reviews: Who Killed Canadian History?" Canadian Historical Review, 80.1 (1999): 114-118.
• Kealey, Linda."Who Killed Canadian History?" University of Toronto Quarterly. 1999-2000. University of Toronto Quarterly. 23 Oct. 2006 <http://128.100.205.52/product/utq/691/killed26.html>
• McMaster, Geoff. "Who Killed Canadian History?" University of Alberta: Department of History and Classics. 1 May 1998. University of Alberta. 2006. 23 Oct. 2006 <http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/historyandclassics/nav02.cfm?nav02=27411&nav01=25087>
• Moseley, Alexander. "Book Review: Who Killed Canadian History?" Moral Musings. Oct. 1999. Library and Archives Canada. 23 Oct. 2006 <http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/202/300/moral_musings/v3n1/Moseley.html>

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