What is a creative and interesting way of presenting a History project for the War of 1812?

I’d make a board game out of it. But then, I’m a game designer. ;-)

A board game is a great idea.

Do a video of a CNN style news report. You have the burning of Washington, and the court houses in the colonies, Andrew Jackson and the gulf coast thing and the the frontier wars. Interview the key characters.

Do a timeline, but do it on a piece of cord, with things clipped to it.

A video is a great idea. http://www.livevideo.com/video/C94BC33546C04B038ED43849616E7099/canada-and-the-war-of-1812.aspx

Do a video project in the style of the show 24. S’what I’d try, at least…

Even though it’s from the Napoleonic Wars the 1812 Overture could be appropriate and interesting for the project. The song is complete with cannon fire! You could make a photo collage with small pieces of info, songs, and maps and change over with every cannon fire or intermittently. You can youtube to hear the song (I’m behind a firewall right now).

Diorama!

The American National Anthem, ‘The Star Spangled Banner’, was written by a poet based on a battle from the War of 1812. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner

I like the fact that the melody was just a drinking song with pagan origin.

I’d SOOO be making a Diorama, like Nullo suggested.

@cazzie As I recall, it was not rare for multiple songs to share the same melody, thanks to the Common Meter and a general lack of artists.

Exactly, @Nullo. The first ‘American Anthem’ was simply put to the tune of the British one. Can anyone name that tune?

@cazzie “My Country ‘Tis of Thee,” to the tune of “God Save The Queen,” or else “Hail, Columbia!” “The Star-Spangled Banner” didn’t get the job until 1931.
We learned both “My Country ‘Tis Of Thee” and “The Star-Spangled Banner” in early elementary school.