Quizzes

Hello! Here are two different world wide history quizzes for grade seven and eight. The grade seven version is at the top. The great thing I find about these quizzes is that if you get or don't get a question correct, it adds more detail to the answer. It tells you why something happened, and other significant information. If you want something more challenging or easier or lots of other quizzes for lots of other things, click on the lowest link on this post.













I got the gr. seven version on - http://www.triviahero.com/game/2526/General_History_Quiz_Part_7/

I got the gr. eight version on - http://www.triviahero.com/game/2527/General_History_Quiz_Part_8/


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Reminder ----

Hello peoples!

I realized that my welcome post has disappeared because of the amount of posts I have!

So, I am just reminding or telling you that you can ask me a question about history, and if I am not busy, which I usually am not, I will research it for you and find your answer! No matter what it is! :) But, uh, it has to be about history! :)

Shakespeare - challenge

Hello, everyone! :)



I've have recently finished reading a Shakespeare book! I thought it would be a fun thing to blog about. When I was reading, I found it very interesting and confusing to read. I barely understood anything! Well, I guess I understood the point of they said... Anyways, this is a challenge - I want you people to try to read the following phrases as quickly as you can, and with no mistakes. Try it, it's actually really funny!



PROSPERO
Look thou be true; do not give dalliance
Too ... much the rein: the strongest oaths are straw
To the fire i' the blood: be more abstemious,
Or else, good night your vow!

Act IV, Scene I, The Tempest

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090129102507AA6kCL6&r=w&pa=AptqD2bwHTHc7eWDaKYzvAjs.S2nEVKWbwO1XNaDAoACBg--&paid=voted

Deborah Cox - A famous African-Canadian

In this post, I am responding to Assignment number 6, where we were supposed to write 2 paragraphs about a famous African Canadian and say what relevant contributions they did to Canadian Society.

Hello, visitors, friends, and such! :)

How many of you like R&B? How about remix music?
I know many popular singers. But just one of them recently released a song called, "Beautiful U R." Can you name that artist?

it's...
Deborah Cox!

I always like to hear that a certain famous person is from Canada. And, guess what? Deborah Cox was born in Toronto, Canada on July 13, 1973!
Deborah began singing on television commercials when she was 12, and when she was in her teenage years, she entered many talent shows, performed at nightclubs, and started writing her own songs. Her devotion to music and appearances at nightclubs and talent shows got her discovered by the Arista Records president, Clive Davis not too long after she finished high school. The workers at Arista Records led her to releasing her first album in 1995, and she began her career as an official singer.

Deborah's first hit single was "Sentimental." She was the longest running #1 on the R&B Charts - for 14 weeks! That's more than three months! She also has 9 different songs that were at #1 on the "Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play Chart." Her songs were used in many, many movies, and her 2003 remix collection got her reputation moving up until 2007. One of her recently released songs is, "Beautiful U R," was released on September 16, 2008 and reached #3 on the charts. This song received the most downloads in January, this year. Her popularity in teenage society and her song, Beautiful U R, gave teenage girls more confidence, since some people consider Deborah Cox their idol. She also made some donations to the "dove self-esteem fund."

It looks to me that she really supports girls with lower self-esteem. She's also inspired many, many people, including me! Good for her! :)

If anyone would like her music video and the lyrics to Beautiful U R, Here's a link! : http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=uRQj3SkrkU8&feature=related


http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,534694,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Cox
Here is my good friend's blog - http://www.musicishthings.blogspot.com/
http://www.answers.com/topic/deborah-cox
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?pid=139109
http://www.deborah-cox.org/



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Contest = What is one difference between now and then?

Hello, everyone!

This is a contest. "What is one difference between now and then?" Answer this question. Whoever writes the best answer wins 1st prize! There is a second prize and a third prize. The contest will end on February 28, 2009.

The Prize :

I'm probably going to be bored while I am home the next four days. I wanted to have something to do, so I decided to make a contest, and whoever will be winners, get a drawing from me! :) Of course first prize will get the best drawing.

If there are only three answers(comments) to the question, then those three will get the prizes.

Your answer is based on information, creativity(how it is written), and evidence. I will choose a top three and compare them to what Miss Pollock says, so that it will be a fair top three chosen.

Good Luck! :)

Information I used for assignment #5

Hello! In this post, I will be giving you tips on how to write a good assignment!

I always get the information I need first, and I answer who, what, when, where, why, and how as much as I can. I write all the information on a paper in jot notes, and I choose the most significant ones and interesting ones that would make my written assignment informative and interesting to read.

Once I have all that done, I start writing the paragraph with a good introduction that makes the readers want to read more! Then I write all the information in the necessary parts, and the ending would be something that wraps it up, just like in all my previous entries.

Here's all the information I used in assignment #5: (The green jot notes are those that I used in my assignment)

- settlements started when Jacques Cartier arrived to Canada in 1534

- French families were given a strip of farm land each

- even though life was hard for them, the conditions were better than they'd expect in France.

- life was hard because - first had to cut down trees and take away the tree stumps with axes - cholera and small pox broke out and interfered with aboriginals well-being

- plenty of wood fish and animals to eat

- settlers didn't have freedom of worship in Europe

- government had control of their way of life

- men were forced to serve in the army

- no jobs/low paying jobs

- many were poor and barely had enough to survive

- farmers wanted their own land

- cities were overcrowded dirty and polluted

- the prairies in Canada had free land to offer people for farming

- people thought they would lead a better life in Canada

- (very long trip to Canada - take ship for at least two weeks, then stay at immigration halls, then take train to prairies or other places)

- even though they could burn wood for warmth, they had to get the wood, fell the wood, trim the wood, and cut into lengths and then carried home.

- People also found out that Canada would have all conditions to fill people's needs, so people moved there

- First settler's homes were made of logs, field stone, or sod

- on the way to Canada, settlers brought with them personal belongings, furniture, and a few possessions.

- Most homes were one room, not very lit up, most of the window were just holes with shutters, so the homes were extremely cold in the wintertime that some people and especially ones who couldn't afford heavier blankets have died

- people bathed once a month in warm water

- Pioneer families grew crops, hunted, raised animals, or traded with others to put food on the table.


I hope this helped you, and good luck in all your assignments! :)

How did settlers handle the cold in Canada?

This is my response to assignment #5



It's so cold that everyday it feels like -48! My close family (brother, mom, dad, me) were the first ones to move to Canada in my whole family, so I can tell you the details right off the top of my head about the experiences with my family. We moved here in the summer and found it to be very hot, so we didn't expect the freezing cold in the winter. We had a warm hotel suite at that time, there was heating, cooling, but the only problem was - my dad loved the cold. Well he didn't love it, but he preferred it. Every 20 minutes or so, he would open the windows, so it was cold indoors too. We moved to Canada because we thought that my brother and I would get a better education than in Czech Republic, and because my parents would have a better chance to get a job for good money. We just had to get used to the cold.

Today, Canada is a stable country, and has a great educational and health care system, has solid human rights, and is a free country with opportunity available to those who would work hard. That's all part of the reason why people move here today.

Now, let's talk about why people moved here in the past, even with the cold -

I think that European explorers were interested in moving to Canada because of trade and more land and they probably just had to get used to the cold too. Maybe the people moved here because of how good things would be if they did move. They took a risk, and when they wanted to move back, maybe they simply couldn't afford it.



But that's just what I think happened. Here's what really happened...



European settlement started when Jacques Cartier came to Canada in 1534.

In those years, travelling to Canada took a very long time. First, they took a ship which took at least two weeks. Then they had to find a nice spot to build. When they found a spot to build, they had to cut down the trees and the stumps only with axes so that they have land to build on.

Families that lived along rivers were given a strip of farm land so they could grow their own crops. Building homes was horrible in the cold winters. Even though there was alot of timber wood that settlers could use, they had to get the wood, fell the wood, trim the wood, cut into lengths and then carry it to the building location and start building. Even when the home was already built, it was cold in there during the winter. The houses were usually made of wood, field stone or sod, and glass windows were for the rich so most windows then were just holes in the wall with shutters, so the families still had to go outside and, like I said, get the wood, fell the wood, and so on, and so on... Also, people bathed in warm water only once a month. Now you see why the fur trade was so important.


But why did people choose to stay here?

Believe it or not, the conditions in Canada were better than what people then would ever expect in Europe. In fact, people who chose to move to the prairies were given free land for farming.

The root reason why people started coming to Canada was because they discovered plenty of food and land, so they knew that Canada would fill all their everyday needs.

In Europe, people didn't have a freedom of worship -
In Canada, they do.

In Europe, the government controlled their way of life -
In Canada, they were free!

In Europe, cities were dirty and populated and men were forced to serve in the army -
In Canada, it was clean, beautiful, and there was no army to be served.

Farmers wanted their own land, and Canada was willing to give them the opportunity.


Canada seemed to be most people's best choice. They just had to get used to the cold just like my family and I. Aren't we lucky that we have heating? But I bet that their dads didn't open their windows in the winter!

http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/settlers1.html

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/premierescommunautes/jeunesse/021013-2051.6-e.html

http://www.thecanadapage.org/Regions.htm

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006303

http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_pioneer_homestead

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AujmhPUadzPnBEMWrVNwFd0jzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20090115171657AAuda2f

Assignment #4 - about my classmates' blogs

When I was reading other peoples' assignment #3, I thought that most of them were well done. Some of them were short and straight to the point. Others I thought were very good! I would like to mention Allyson's blog because she had alot of detail in her post, it was well written and I found it interesting and easy to read.

She wrote, " When we look at the way some of our structures are built, some just look the same but others can look very different from others, and I think that when 2109 comes some structures might be the most fantastic and huge ones yet. But we have to think, will we have enough materials or will we find new materials that are even better than the ones that we have now. "

Many other posts had the same qualities of Allyson's blog such as Emily's and Shukria's.

Come visit Allyson's blog to see if you have the same qualities! :)
http://historyallysonks.blogspot.com/

Emily's : http://historyemilyz.blogspot.com/
Shukria's : http://historyshukriaa.blogspot.com/

Survey: Which do you enjoy most?

Hello! Nice to know that you are reading my blog! :) In this post, I am asking you what you like most about Canadian History using the choices listed below. The survey can be done by either grade 7 or 8, and if a choice isn't what you've done yet, then choose from the ones that you have done so you have a sure answer. You can answer this using the comment option. Enjoy!

- Native Canadians/Aboriginals
- World War II
- Canadian Confederation
- Culture and how people lived (2)
- European Explorers and their discovery
- Conditions in Canada (Illnesses, weather etc) (3)
- How it all began (Migration from the very beginning) (1)

Please choose the subject you enjoyed learning about most, or the one you found easiest to learn. You can choose 2 if you can't decide. The faded choices are ones that grade sevens haven't learned about in school yet. If someone did teach you the those choices already, feel free to choose them. Have fun! :)

Question: Evolution history. What about evolution future?

People have wondered what aliens actually are for years and years. What do you think aliens are? I think that aliens are evolved _____ from the distant future.

one - why do they come visit us but not so often?
two - how did they come up with the flying saucer technology?
three - What were they before they were aliens? And why do they looks so similar to animals and people on earth?

I have a big theory about what aliens actually might be, and I have so much proof and if you asked me a question, I'd have an explanation. If you're interested, please come to my other blog site, and please come visit it anyway I want you to read it!

Here's the website: http://www.mysterieshelena.blogspot.com/

PS The information on the website ^^ is all what I think, there was no information stolen from other websites.

What do YOU think will happen in 2109?

Everyone thinks that everything will be more high tech in the future, and that there will be space rockets that can travel the speed of light and that we would all use a jet pack to get everywhere. Some people think that by that time, it'll be doomsday, and that they would move to another planet. I think that not much of those would happen by the time of 2109, and in this post, I will tell you what, and why...



First of all, I think that there would be less racism, even though there is not too much now, and all the governments, or at least most, would be successful and would know how to take care of their country. I think this because since Obama is black, and his plans are brilliant, and he will be running the #1 trade country in the world, presidents (and prime-ministers) of other countries will look up to him, not care that he's black, and follow his foot-steps, and so, racism will be less, and countries will be better at fixing their problems.

In relation to Obama being president, since he himself said that global warming can and will be prevented further, then as I said before, other leaders will look up to him and help stop global warming from getting worse and pass laws that will prevent pollution. And so, that big doomsday would happen in at least 450 years, since the pollution will be lowered and kept low. The government will find another way for industrial to still be working and not cause so much pollution.



I don't think that technology will change too much in 100 years though. Even though the telephone was invented in 1876, and now we have a bunch of new technology, people will continue to use the same technology for these years because the things we have now that we didn't before are computors, TVs, more advanced stoves, refridgerators, etc. Every technology that exist now are covering all our needs - fun, hunger, etc. Think to yourself what more we would need! Transportation would be nice, but the chances of people finding out a way to get cars to move faster are low since it would be a safety hazard. Planes to fly faster through the air, could improve a little, but there would be more turbulences, which aren't very good, especially if they get worse. Rockets might speed up too, but I heard that when the rocket speeds up then there's a safety hazard, but I am not sure what that safety hazard was.
Maybe that technology will improve, but for the less polluting, and when rockets will travel light speed, I'm thinking that wouldn't be until at least 1,000 years.

Another thing with technology is teleportation. Scientists were working on this when they found out something that may allow teleportaion to be real, and they teleported a few molecules to another location, but when the molecules arrived to the second very nearby location, they were torn apart or something and they were totally messed up. So, I don't think that teleportation will be invented in the next century.


About population, I think that looking at what goes on now, if you haven't noticed, you don't see many children outside now-a-days than you do of elders and people in their 20's and higher. Even very small children who would love to go outside and play in the playground, they're not there! I already think that people are coming to their senses and adopting a child or only having up to two kids than three or four. Once those older people all pass away in their years, which would be up to the year 2109, those children would be adults, and they would also have less children, and the population overall in a century, I think, would be much lower than it is now.

IF the population doesn't go lower by us lowering it ourselves, then the universe always has a plan. Now, I don't mean a doomsday, but... Epidemics do happen! I think that the people who choose to eat healthy and live a healthy life-style would be immune to the sickness that would spread, but there are at least half of the worlds' population that choose not to lead a healthy life style, and (I confess) that sort of includes me. : So, the population will drop.



Yes, I am thinking in a positive way, and hopefully, I won't catch that disease when I get older. And, that's what I think will happen in the next century! Here's a link to Christopher Moore's blog site about history: www.christophermoorehistory.blogspot.com

Boy, but really that disease is starting to scare me.... I should go exercising now... Catch you later!

Welcome to my blog!!!

Hello!!! My name is Helena, and I am a grade 8 student in Ottawa, Canada, and I will be learning and writing about Canadian History on my blog site! I hope you love my blog, and in the meantime, I will enjoy other classmates' blogs too! I am very excited to do this blogging activity for the remainder of my history course because it is much more fun than reading from a borring history textbook. Please feel free to post a comment, it can be answering a question, or giving followers of my blog some information on history, or asking me a question in Canadian History. You can ask me a question about history, but I may reply in some time so be patient, but I will get to your question when I have time, and I usually do have time! This will help me learn things about history since I will be reviewing/researching the subject and of course, it will help you too!


Please check out my awsomest teacher ever teacher's blog:
www.historypollock.blogspot.com