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General Gaines and the Aftermath of Dade’s Massacre – Podcast Episode 2

Bibliography

Cubberly, Fred. 1927. “Fort King.” The Florida Historical Society Quarterly 5 (3): 139–52. https://www-jstor-org.mutex.gmu.edu/stable/pdf/30150749.pdf

Giddings, Joshua R. (Joshua Reed). 1858. The Exiles of Florida or, The Crimes Committed by Our Government against the Maroons, Who Fled from South Carolina and Other Slave States, Seeking Protection under Spanish Laws. University of Florida Press. https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00100324/00001/citation

Mahon, John K. 2017. “History of the Second Seminole War 1835-1842.” University of Florida Press. https://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00061387/00001

McLean, Murdoch. 1836. “Cheraw Gazette (Cheraw, S.C.), March 29, 1836.” Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, March 29, 1836, Vol. 1 No. 20 edition. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn88084121/1836-03-29/ed-1/?sp=1

McLean, Murdoch. 1837a. “Cheraw Gazette (Cheraw, S.C.), January 31, 1837.” Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, January 31, 1837, Vol. 11 No. 12 edition. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn88084121/1837-01-31/ed-1/?sp=1

McLean, Murdoch. 1837b. “Cheraw Gazette (Cheraw, S.C.), April 4, 1837.” Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, April 4, 1837, Vol. 11 No. 21 edition. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn88084121/1837-04-04/ed-1/?sp=1

Monaco, C. S. 2018. The Second Seminole War and the Limits of American Aggression. Johns Hopkins University Press. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/gmu/detail.action?docID=5108385

Roberts, Albert Hubbard. 1927. “The Dade Massacre.” The Florida Historical Society Quarterly 5 (3): 123–38. https://www-jstor-org.mutex.gmu.edu/stable/pdf/30150748.pdf

Scott, Winfield, and Edmund Pendleton Gaines. 1837. Proceedings of the Military Court of Inquiry, in the Case of Major General Scott and Major General Gaines. 24th Congress, 2d Session 224. s.n. https://lccn.loc.gov/10014323

Reflection:

Podcasts are a good way to tell this historical story because usually when you’re being told a story by someone else it is through audio and it allows you to connect to the story more easily that reading. Podcasts are helpful because they can be taken and used everywhere very easily. The disadvantages of telling a historical story in podcast form is that it is easy to miss parts of the story and become confused and harder to return to parts you missed because you’re never sure where the part you’re trying to go back to because there is no text. You also can’t show images, sources, or quotes easily and have to link these resources elsewhere. Another disadvantage is that some people aren’t auditory learners and learn easier by reading like me. If I just listen and don’t take notes, I’m not going to remember the material. In addition to this, podcasts are accessible to deaf or hard of hearing people, so you’d have to include a transcript. This story is good to tell via audio because it’s interesting to hear and has a lot of information that can be easily delivered. Some quotes are missing and images of primary sources such as my Cheraw Gazette source that I could include in a blog post to show where I’m referencing. I may use this tool in the future as a professional because I plan on being a secondary history teacher. Podcasts could be used if I’m absent as something for the sub to use. I could assign a podcast full of supplemental material for my students to listen to for homework. Podcasts or just audio recordings of lessons can be helpful because they can be uploaded to a website where students can refer back to them at any time, so the possibilities are endless.