oh my so sad i am in grade 8 now. this blog is so old so sad boo hooo
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
Great websites
- War of 1812, this site has loads of info about the war of 1812 like army life, battles, biographies and much much more.
- Offcial British Account of the Capture of Washington, this site has an actual article from the war in 1812.
- Slide show, this website has a slide show about the war of 1812
- Effects of War,
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Friday, February 20, 2009
Assignment # 8
This is my interview with Louis Riel:
(me) Santana: Welcome everyone to the Biography Channel. Today on the show I will be interviewing one of Canada's most famous and controversial people. This person goes by the name of Louis Riel. He was charged with high treason for leading the North West Rebellion. He had a trial that lasted four days. When the trial was finished he was sentenced to death. He is here to today to tell us his side of the story and to give us more information about his life. Welcome Louis Riel.
Louis Riel: Thank you, I am glad to be here.
Santana: I have to begin asking do you think it was a fair trial?
Louis Riel: No, I don't think it was a fair trial because I don't think they understand me, they don't understand my side of story what my life was like, what I have done to get here. Personally I don't think that my crime was that bad.
Santana: I heard that you had a mental health problem. Is that true?
Louis Riel: Well that is what my friends and my uncle thought. My uncle put me in a mental institution in 1876 near Montreal. I was released from the institution in 1877.
Santana: What did you do to make people think you were insane?
Louis Riel: Well, I tore up my clothes repeatedly , interrupted mass and sometimes smash ornaments and candles in a chapel. Something that I don't agree with is that my friends thought I was mental when i gave a blind beggar $1000. I thought that I was doing a good deed. It would be something Jesus would do so i was just following his path.
Santana: What do you think made yo do those inappropriate things?
Louis Riel: I don't really remember it was 133 years ago. but it was probably for attention or one of my religious beliefs.
Santana: Speaking about religious beliefs, I heard you are very religious.
Louis Riel: I am very religious, My family is Catholic. During my trial I was always praying for God to help me through this. In 1875 I had a vision that God chose me as " the prophet of the new world". I saw myself as the voice for the Metis.
Santana: Thank you very much for being on the show today Louis. I hope you had a nice time.
Louis Riel: Thank you very much. I had a splendid time on the show.I hope to come visit again.
Santana: Everyone give a big round of applause for Mr. Louis Riel. Before we end the show let us give a big thanks to Time Machine Inc. Without the time machine are famous friend would not be able to be here. See you next time on the Biography Channel.
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Thursday, February 5, 2009
Assignment #7
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Friday, January 30, 2009
Interesting History Website
Hello bloggers! I found this great history website. The website shows what happened years ago, today. What you do is choose a date that you want to know about and read on. Also you might notice on the side left side of the webiste there is a list of catagories and one of the catagories is Black History Month. Click here for the site. Here
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Monday, January 26, 2009
Assignment #6
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Assignment #5
In this Assignment I will be talking about the early Canadian settlers and what they did to survive the cold Canadian winter. alson I well be metioning about my family and what they did to survive the winter.
I can't imagine what the early Canadians had to do to survive the extremely cold winters in Canada.Some of the challenges they had to face were obviously keeping warm, finding food and building a durable shelter.
When the early Canadian settlers found out about the new continent, they decided to settle there to claim the land as there own. They called it New France.
The ways they dealt with the weather were to hunt caribou and seal. They used the animals for a variety of things that would keep them warm, provide food and make a shelter. They used the skin of the animals for clothing, blankets and tents. They ate the meat. There oil was used for cooking. The bones of the animals were very useful because the were made into tools which they used for hunting other animals and for cooking utensils.
My fathers family immigrated from Italy to Canada in 1966.They came to Canada for better opportunity of employment. My nonna which is grandma in Italian talks about the weather on a daily basis. Maybe that is due to the fact that her first Canadian winter came to as a shock.
My great grandmother and great grandfather on my mothers side also immigrated fom Italy to Canada. hey to came for better opportunity of employment.
My family and extended family have been in Canada for many years and have adapted to Canadian winters other then me I am still complaing that it is to cold to step outside the front door.
When I was looking for information about this topic it was almost literally impossible to find other then the link Mrs. Pollock provide which is The Kids' Site on Canadian Settlement. All week I have been on the computer searching about how the early Canadians learned to deal with the cold Canadian winters and I find nothing about it which really put me down but when I read through the website Mrs. Pollock provided and it helped but I wish I could have found more information. I have learned that the early Canadians used what they had around the land and found ways to use it in many diffenerent ways and nothing was wasted.
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