There is a WINNER!!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CONTEST WINNER!!!

Please congratulate Firaz D. from E7/8 for winning the "Who's Your Favorate Historic Person?" contest!

He wins artwork from me (Helena), which can be either photography, a drawing or a sculpture. He will recieve this prize on friday, April 17.

My Break of March

Hello, people!!!!!



Since I have almost finished assignment 10 and have the rest of the information at home, I have decided to write about my March break.....



My March Break was...



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Yes, there were alot of things that happened in my March Break...



1. I ONLY want to tell my friends and classmates of this event. It has to do with when I auditioned to a school. For the biggest news during my March Break, try to unscramble the words...


(there are four words)



TEUBRYTTOCANNIGOI


2. My Dad got his graphic designer job back!!!! :D :D :D :D

3. I finished reading a 500 page book in..... only four days and.... the book is "Twilight!" I LOVE IT!!!!!

4. I SAW the movie, "Twilight!" YAY

5. my family and I went to Montana's on Wednesday to eat ribs.... all you can eat ribs to be exact...

6. We went to the movies to see "The Knowing." It is a very good movie, it is interesting, and a little sad, but a movie that is very well done, I strongly recommend it!

7. I had a homework-free week!

8. We got a new computor! Which means, the games I play won't lag anymore!!! :D :D :D !!!

9. We FINALLY played a family game - RISK!!! It was really fun, especially how me and my brother had absolutely no luck and pretty much lost after 4 turns.

There are tonnes more things that happened, that I don't want to mention because either they are personal, or... I forgot them....


Now I would like to ask you....

WHAT DID YOU DO OVER MARCH BREAK??!!

leave me a comment please if it is really cool and you want to tell the world!!!!

Assignment #10

Assignment number 10

For this assignment, we were supposed to write a diary of any person who lived through or had something to do with the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Canada. I wanted to put in as much information as I can into the diary I wrote, but all that information I found didn't really fit the opinion of that person - so I decided to write diary entries from more than one person and to point out what I think their own opinions were as well. The words in red have important information in them.

February 16, 1881

Dear Diary,

Today is a memorable day for Canada. I, as the new president of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, am starting to lead the building of the railway from coast to coast, from Montreal to Vancouver. I am the honorable George Stephen! I am going to be famous! But the railway will take alot of planning... This railroad will be Canada's first transcontinental railway, stretching across the country, through mountains, over-top hills, and across the prairies! Andrew Onderdonk is our construction contractor. He is planning to recruit many Chinese people to help build the railway because we think that the Chinese are cheap labour. We will only have to pay them one dollar a day! And that is thrice less than what we would pay the others. By my calculations, we will save 3.5 million dollars - if we had already saved that much money in the past, we could have bought half of Alaska! But there is no time to waste. There is about 1,600 km of mountains and rugged terrain to build through. It would take alot of money to do also. I should get to work. British Columbia, especially, would definitely not unite with Canada unless the railway is built within ten years.

The new year, 1882.

Dear Diary,

I am excited to lead the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. I am William Cornelius Van Horne, and I will be payed much money for this. That George Stephen, that man was fired for building only about 200 km of track in 1881. That is the weakest thing I ever heard of! I, as an American, I claim that I'll build 800 km of track in my first year! And I wonder how long I will be president for... Hopefully a long time, and surely a longer time than that George Stephen! He is the one who got the building of the railway behind schedule! Argh!

November 7, 1885.

Dear Diary,

Yes, it is I again, William Cornelius Van Horne! What an honorable long name! I have been leading the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway from 1882 until now, November 7, 1885! Even though this is lower than what I claimed, I built about 670 km of track by 1883! Although, I think I should let someone else finish up the railway. Currently, we are in Craigelachie, British Columbia. The Chinese have been a big help, though, but I don't want to show my gratitude to them. Even though they had the toughest jobs in the most dangerous areas, most of them left us for the gold mines, and from what started as 5,000 Chinese, turned into 1,500 by year 1881, so why should I thank them for leaving us?!

November 8, 1885

Dear Diary,

I am Donald A. Smith. The railway will be built up to Port Moody, British Columbia. I am currently leading the building of the railway from Craigelachie to said Port Moody. I heard that William Cornelius Van Horne discovered Natural Gas in Alderson, Alberta, while they were digging a well. That adds into the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's fame. I will be done building this railway by the end of 1885. I tell you though, it is really a challenge to build through the Rockies in British Columbia. I can almost feel the pain of all those Chinese workers who died and their families. They are given the most dangerous and risky areas to work in. They blast tunnels through the mountains, where either the tunnel will collapse on them or they don't make it out in time for the dynamite to explode. They build bridges over very steep gorges, where they could fall off and die. They also blow up boulders, and for this, they either don't make it away in time for the explosion, or they don't keep their distance from the rocks flying off from the explosion. But, that's life. But I do feel terribly sorry for the grieving families...

The new year, 1890.

Dear Diary,

It is tough being Chinese these days. I am still grieving the death of my uncle and brother. My brother was the best friend I could ever have, and especially, he always knew how to cheer up the 11 year old me. He has been sending us letters about what is going on in Canada and how things are going about. He always told us that it was terrible there for Chinese people. He said that something like 1 in 10 died of exhaustion, murder, accident or malnutrition. He said they lived in tents while everyone else lived in safer housing. The tents were dangerous because of various weather and falling rocks if the tent was beside a steep hill or mountain. My uncle told us that he was helping to build a Chinatown. Apparently, Chinatowns were built and are being built so that they could live beside fellow Chinese neighbours instead of being so confused in the mainly English speaking society. My brother and uncle were only paid a dollar a day, plus they even have to buy their own supplies for building the railway while non-Chinese people got them for free. I have a question though. Were my brother and uncle, as Chinese, given heavy blankets to sleep in during the harsh winter weather? If they weren't and others were, then that truly angers me. I hate how so many people are against us even when the Chinese workers were doing their best to help with the railway. And another thing is that the Canadian Government gave everyone who helped with the railway 25 acres of free land, while the Chinese got absolutely nothing, not even a thank-you! I heard that around 600 Chinese died during the building of the railway, and they were even forced to work long hours! This truly angers me! Currently, my family and I are living in a Chinatown in Canada, and when we go outside of our town, we get harassed and called racist names. I just hope things will get better. I chose to write about the conditions in Canada during the railway being built so that I will remind myself in the future that things were alot worse for them back then than for me. I am so sorry for my uncle and brother. I loved them so much.

OTHER INFORMATION (jot notes)

- After the railway was built, the government turned against the Chinese and attempted to disengage new Chinese immigrants, by levying a "head tax" of $50 in 1885, $100 in 1900, and $500 in 1904.

- Most Chinese people were unable to pay the head tax to immigrate to Canada.

- An 1896 legislation disallowed Chinese to vote in elections in B.C..

- In 1923, the government passed the "Chinese Immigration Act 1923" also known as the "Chinese Exclusion Act" which prohibited any Chinese from coming to Canada unless they were merchants, diplomats, students, or "special circumstances." This act ended in 1947.

- the law didn't allow Chinese to work a significant amount of jobs. They could only do a few amount of low paying jobs that other Canadians wouldn't do.

themap:http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/CanadianPacificRailwayNetworkMap.png/300px-CanadianPacificRailwayNetworkMap.png

http://library.thinkquest.org/20619/Chinese.html

http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/cseh-twih/archives2_E.asp?id=143

http://www.ccnc.ca/cccop/index.php?section=content/history.php&func=viewEntry&entryID=59

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Chinese_immigration_to_Canada

http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/English/General+Public/Heritage/History/A+Brief+History.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway

http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/exhibits/timemach/galler08/frames/cpr.htm

3 images:http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/_images/common/images/1987-363-s-58t14.jpghttp://www.railfame.ca/images/inductee/leaders/2002_JamesHill_244px.jpg

http://www.fitzhenry.ca/spreads/images/VanHorneHisPhoto.jpg

the What's YOUR favorite person Contest!!!

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HELLO!!! Everyone

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I have a special treat for you all!!! :)

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First of all, I would like to ask you people, "who is your favorite historic person?" It can be ANYONE!!!! only, it has to be someone who died and ya... If you can tell me who your favorite is and why, your name will be put into a draw on March 31st, and you could win... a drawing/sculpture/creative photo of your choice!!!! And the drawing can be ANYTHING YOU LIKE!!! AND, the more reasons why that person is your favorite, the more chance you will have in winning this contest!!!! (more information is below)

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Second of all, if you can beat my lousy sentence for my historic person, you WILL be put in the draw!!!

"My favorite historic person is Alexander G. Bell, because he was an inventor and he is famous. "

Third of all, I found a great website from where you can start your search... Scroll down and you'll find it!!!

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Now go there, and get your research on your favorite historic person starteeeed!!! :D

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Louis Riel.. YAY

Hi, how are you people? We (Sarah and I (Helena)) are doing good because for this assignment, we can organize a script for an interview about Louis Riel! AND WE LOVE TO WRITE SCRIPTS!


Before we start, you can read more about what this assignment is about on our teacher's blog!!!
And yes, please remember that since we partnered together to do this assignment, Mrs. Pollock has higher expectations for our project...


Since we don't feel like writing this at the end, we'll write links to websites we got information from here!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Riel
http://library2.usask.ca/northwest/background/riel.htm
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1B1-376914.html
http://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/Canada/riel.htm
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AlQH2qeZTnz3UmEACznZJUsjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20080505200047AAbzLld
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/4832/riel.html
http://www.shsb.mb.ca/Riel/eproces.htm

And check out my partner's blog! :http://historysarahs.blogspot.com/2009/02/louis-riel-yay.html

OK! Let's begin!




(Applause)

(Some kind of jingle thing for the show)

Helena - Hello everyone! And welcome to...

Helena and Sarah - the Helena and Sarah show!!!!!!!

(Applause)

Sarah - So, you met all the other interviewees, but you haven't met someone like this!

Helena - Some of you hate him, and some of you love him!

Sarah - And a great thing that we found this, "bring someone from the past to the future" machine, right Helena?

Helena - Right, Sarah!

Sarah - Alright! Let's get this interview starteeeedd! Please welcome, this guy!
(Uses time machine thing and brings back Louis Riel)

(Applause)
Louis Riel - What? Where am I? Ahahah! Yes! YES!!!!!!!!! (Sigh) YES, YEESS!!! (Starts to cry)

(Helena and Sarah look at each other, in an "okay...." way)


Helena - What's going on...?

Louis Riel - Oh, you see I was just at my execution! Wait...Am I DEAD?! Oh no! No!!! NO!!!!! (Clears throat) NNOOO!!! (Starts crying)

Sarah - Okay! OKAY! CALM DOWN!

(Starts hitting him (not too violently))


Helena - okay..... speaking of executions, when did it happen, person?


Louis Riel - Oh, yeah! RIGHT... I am Louis David Riel, and my execution was initially set for September 18, 1885! But I was starting to be hanged right before I got HERE, which was November 16, 1885... And, if you were wondering, I was born on the 22nd of October, 1844 in the Red River Settlement...Which is obviously in Canada... And I was married in 1881.... And I have two kids who were born 1882 and 1883, and a third one died on his day of birth in 1885.... And, another thing you may be interested in - (Gets interrupted)


Sarah - OKAY! CALM DOWN!!! THAT'S BORING!

Louis Riel - Right!


Helena - ... So, Mr. Riel, how come so many people know you today? What did you accomplish or do in the past that got you so famous?


Louis Riel - Well... I was a leader of the Metis people. And... I pretty much led Manitoba to Confederation... I am so great!...Others know me as a traitor because... I was someone who stood up for the Metis people-


Sarah - - Uh, ya! That's pretty cool... So, how did you mainly help the Metis people?


Louis Riel - Well... Here's what I did...In November, 1869, I was already the leader of the Red River Settlement and the Metis... So, I wrote a list of rights that should be followed when Manitoba comes into confederation, and sent it to the Canadian Government. Unfortunately, for me, Canada didn't respond quickly, so I got... mad... and I created my own "government." With that government, I helped Manitoba come into confederation with Canada, and I think that helped the Metis when Manitoba confederated, or some time after.


Helena - Why exactly did you make that government?


Louis Riel - Well, first of all... I noticed that there was a missing law in Canada, so I made my own government to fix that problem... and second of all...I was afraid that United States would make us join in confederation with them, so having my own government, I could attempt to have Manitoba join Canada... Mainly, though, since I was a Metis, I wanted to stand up for them and give them the rights they deserve.


Sarah - Cool, so you really stand up for what you believe in! Good for you! Anyways, moving on... Could you tell us why they hang you?


Louis Riel - It was because of treason -

Helena - what's treason?


Louis Riel - Okay, so you want a more detailed story... Alright... Well, when I wrote that list of rights I talked about earlier, some people thought that it was evidence that I wanted to overthrow the government. So that's how this whole thing started... When I started my own government, the Canadian Government saw it as a revolution which means they thought we wanted to overthrow the government... Also, a man named Thomas Scott wanted to overthrow my government, and when they executed him for this, people blamed me for "killing" an "innocent" person, even though it wasn't really my fault... So anyways, there were many things that I did that made other people hate me. I don't understand though, what did I do?! WHAT?! TELL ME?!!!! TELL ME!!!!!!!!


Helena - CALM DOWN ALREADY!!!!

(Louis Riel sighs)


Sarah - The next question is... What was your trial like?


Louis Riel - How should I start... umm.. Yes... In the beginning of March, 1885, I met with 10 Metis, and things went bad from there... We swore an oath to "save our country from a wicked government by taking up arms, if necessary." Taking up arms means to be violent or hostile. Anyways, the Metis and other people in support of me started to kill and/or capture innocent people who were against us. From there, I just gave up. The Canadian Government saw me as crazy, and a trouble maker. I surrendered myself because that way, I could continue to support the Metis. My trial lasted two weeks. Lot's of worried thoughts came into my mind because I knew my fate was sealed. The people in the jury were all against me. I was to be hanged on November 16, 1885, but now I'm here... But I would've died anyway...


Helena - What kind of things did the government and people do to you for being a "traitor?"


Louis Riel - Well, they thought I was insane and that included my lawyer, they thought I was delusional, the government banished me to the United States for five years, I was blamed for the murders of people I didn't commit, and at the trial, I was barely aloud to speak. There is more for sure, I cannot think of them all at the moment... I feel very light...


Sarah - Alright! Last question, and quickly before you ascend to heaven or something... This banishment you spoke of - tell us more about that.

Helena - Yes, and tell us how it affected you.


Louis Riel - It was really tough. I was away from my country, my home - my family. I started to have mental health problems. I was telling people that I can see the divine spirit and I believed that I was a "prophet of the New World." I had to go to see a doctor and be treated for this craziness. But he assured me that I was cured after being treated, so I don't understand why people still would've treated me crazy. I feel really light and happy... Wait, what's going on?! Oh no! Oh NO!! OH NOOO!!!! I'm ascending!!! Ahhhh!!! Ahhh... Bye everyone! I am finally at peace! Ahh... Thank you for the interview!!! (smiles)

(Louis Riel ascends into heaven)


Helena - Your very welcome!

Sarah - And thank you!

Louis Riel - For what?

Helena - for telling us all that information!!!

Sarah - BYE!!!!!

(Applause)

The End

Assignment number seven!

Hello peoples!

In this post, I will be answering the questions to assignment #7. We were supposed to answer the questions on our teacher's blog post for this assignment. Visit the Meet the Personalities

a) Which category of Canadian Personalities interested you the most? Did you like the "we inspired", "we founded", "we fought", "we built" or "we governed" section the best? Why?

I really enjoyed reading the section "We Inspired." Gabrielle Roy, Peter Pitseolak, Mordecai Richler, Herman Smith Johannsen, and Arthur Lismer were all in this section. This was a good section to read because it talked about how Canadians inspired other Canadians in their works, and "created works that enriched our lives." Some of the people in the section have started from scratch and became famous just by working hard, and having hope. There were two that I found particularily interesting, which were Arthur Lismer and Peter Pitseolak, because they were both Artists, for one reason, and I like art! :) Check their biographies out! - Peter - Arthur.

b.) Which personality interested you the most? Why? Find an image of him or her to embed (add to the body of your post) and write, in your own words, a short description of what he or she did and why he or she is your favourite. If you get information from any source, you must credit it by creating a link to it (that includes information from the site that I've asked you to look at).

Even though I said before that the "We Inspired" section was

the most interesting, I think that Lotta Hitschmanova was the most interesting person out of all.

Lotta Hitschmanova was a "humanitarian," which is someone who works for supporting people in need. She was born on November 28, 1909, in Prague, Czech Republic (until 1992, it was known as Czechoslovakia). In 1938, she was forced to flee to France because of World War II.

1942 was when she arrived to Canada as a refugee and four years later, she began her "giving lifestyle." Through 36 years, she made many fundraising tours in many places of Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America. She was one of the first Canadian international humanitarians.

Lotta Hitschmanova founded an aid agency in Canada called the Unitarian Service Committee, which is still continuing today. I think that part of the reason why she became a humanitarian is because of her grief of her parents' death during the second world war. She said, "It is when I think of those youngsters that truly I feel I am the mother of 2,000 children."

I enjoyed reading her biography the most partly because she was Czech, like me, and because I can connect with her. I would really like to help other people in need, we just don't find the time and money. If I had millions of dollars, I would use a helicopter and throw money down everywhere where there is poverty.

c.) In your post, suggest three more influential Canadian personalities that could be added to this site. Why did you choose these people? Which categories would they fit into? Link to information about each of them.

I found a good website which shows about 100 great Canadians and tells about the top 10. There are Canadians there that still live today, and most that have lived. For the top 100 best Canadians, click here, and for the top 10, click here.

The #1 person I chose was Alexander Graham Bell. Imagine how you would live without technology! No heating, no air conditioned rooms, no fridges... and worst of all... No computors!!! But do you know that without his inventions, there wouldn't be other inventions?

Of course, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, and afterward the "photophone," which was a device that allowed sound to be transmitted through a beam of light. He himself said that this was the greatest invention he made so far, even better than the telephone. He successfully transmitted a message on the photophone over 200 yards. Without the photophone, there wouldn't be lasers today. He also invented a telephone probe, which would make a telephone reciever click when it detected metal. When his newborn son died of respiratory problems, Bell invented a metal vacuum jacket which would make it easier to breath. The information from this invention was used in 1950's to create the iron lung for polio victims. He also invented the audiometer, which detects minor hearing problems. The audiometer is still used today, but it is more advanced than it was. His greatest invention EVER was the airplane!!! Once again, still used today, and it is VERY convenient today. Here's a phrase that he wrote: "There cannot be mental atrophy in any person who continues to observe, to remember what he observes, and to seek answers for his unceasing hows and whys about things."

I chose Alexander Graham Bell as the number one because honestly! Would you imagine what it would be like without these airplanes, and telephones, and advanced technology that came from this very guy only? Really! Just think!

The #2 person I chose was Frederick Banting. If you think that diabetes today is bad, you should change your thinking. Be grateful that hope was found to it by this man. Frederick Banting discovered insulin (A natural hormone that changes sugar into energy), and brought hope to diabetics world-wide.
After he discovered insulin and what it does, he came into possession of a usable sample of insulin from an animal, and used it to test a 14 year old severe diabetes sufferer. Incredibly, his health improved almost immediately, which led to other tests on other diabetics. Every test subject had the same or almost same improvement. His discovery was not a cure for the disease, but definitely brought a healthy life for millions around the world.
I chose Frederick Banting because its really bad how people suffer from diseases, and before I did too think that diabetes today is bad, but this article brings gratefulness to me for others.

The #3 person I chose was Michael J Fox. He used to be a well known actor, but when he was diagnosed with parkinsons in 1991, it changed his life.

Michael J Fox started showing early signs of parkinsons disease while shooting the movie Doc Hollywood, and was properly diagnosed with the disease in 1991. He went public with his condition in 1998, and started a foundation called the Michael J Fox Foundation, which was to help the progress in parkinsons disease research. In 2006, he had a television interview, where he defended a bill which would have increased funding for the research, but unfortunately, the bill was voted against by president George W Bush, and was not passed. Michael J Fox still lives today, still fighting parkinsons disease, and showing his support.

I chose Michael J Fox because my mom's aunt's mom has parkinsons, and Michael really supports it and shows people how hard it is to live with it and still fight it through years.

d.) Which History-Maker did you have the most in common with? Were you able to figure it out from the clues given? What do you share with that person? What are some things that are different between you and that person?

I am most in common with Emily Carr, and I was unfortunately unable to figure out who my history match person was :(. I don't think I dead Emily Carr's biography so that probably explains it. The things I have in common with Emily Carr is that we love to draw and paint, we both have just one brother, we were both born in the Fall, and that's pretty much it! The only big differences were that she has a four sisters, I don't, her parents died when she was teenager, my parents won't, she was an author, and I'm not very interested in writing, and last but not least, she was a famous artist, and I'm not.... yet! I plan to! :)

e.) One hundred years from now, (in 2109!) imagine that students are learning about Canadian History Makers and they discover you. What will you be remembered for? How were you a Canadian History Maker? You are using your imagination, so think about some things that you would like to accomplish in your life and imagine that you have all the accomplishments of your life to look back on. Write a short profile of yourself, imagining the contributions you have made to the future of Canada. (Write this as though you've lived your whole life. You may have been a phenomenal athlete, the first black Prime Minister, cured cancer...use your imagination!)

Helena was born on November 6, 1995, and has inspired many young Canadian artists, and brought joy to many people world-wide.

When she was 13 years old, she was diagnosed with extremely mild Crohn's disease, and extraordinarly healed within three weeks. "I honestly am so grateful that even after six months, I still wasn't in bad condition. Though the doctors said that I would be healed in at least three months, I healed completely within one!" Since then, she was never diagnosed with any chronic disease or any disease. She supported a group of scientists trying to find a cure to the disease and with her giant donation of 2 million dollars, they found a cure, which helped millions of suffering.

Helena attended the Arts Canterbury program with success and recieved a 5,000 dollar scollarship after finishing high school.

In Helena's art carreer, she painted and sold more than 50 drawings and painting, and overall earned about 15 million dollars. Her paintings are in art galleries and in families' homes world-wide. She was the one who started the "Campaign for Young Artists" campaign, which as we all know today still exists. The campaign encourages children under the age of 17 to live their dream as visual artists. It also tests kids of their artistic ability, and if those kids cannot afford art materials, they will recieve them for free. Another thing about the campaign is that if a child is living in poverty or is poor, she gives them 1,000 dollars and gives them a free pass to a local art school.

Helena enjoys painting with her father, who was as well a famous artist, and likes to listen to "Ecliptium," a band in which her brother plays as the drummer.

She died in the year 2095, and lived for 100 years of a happy life.

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