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2009年5月10日星期日

An Alliance with the Huron Empire

An Alliance with the Huron Empire

Please answer each question carefully. There are 8 questions in total.

The Hurons were a group of First Nations people who were in an alliance with Champlain. They were closely related to the Iroquois, but had become their enemies.

1. What is an alliance? What does this word mean?

It's a group of people , political parties , ect who work together in order to achieve sth that they all want. An alliance is an agreement between countries , political parties , etc. to work in order to achieve sth that they all want.

Great traders themselves, the Hurons navigated the rivers of Central Canada and were very prosperous. They would become the leading source of furs for the French.

2. Why would Champlain want to form an alliance with the Hurons?




3. This is a picture of Champlain and his Huron allies on the left fighting the Iroquois. This is one of the earliest images of Europeans and First Nations people interacting.

a. Explain what you see in the picture in 3-5 sentences. Look carefully at the picture.
I saw there were at least four small ships on bothside of the lake. Two groups of people are standing on both side and fighting with arrows. Arrows are their only weapons to attact others. There is a man standing infront of them and talking something to them. Two men are attacting the other side people.

b. Do you think this is a realistic image of the situation? Explain why or why not in 5-8 sentences.
I don't think this picture is realistic image , because there is a man stading between the two groups of people when they were shooting the arrows. If the man stding there , he will die soon. I think the drawer thought the draw paper is too small that he can't drow too far about people. And he can't draw people very small. That's why I don't think it's a realistic image.

4. The Hurons had many economic advantages because of their geographic location and territory. They were located on the southern shore of Georgian Bay, where the fishing was excellent.

a. Find a map of Georgian Bay. Explain where this bay is.



The Gerogian Bay is on the right corner of this map. Aroud it , there are many cities. They are Little Current, Killarney , Key Inlet , Byng and Parry Sound. Lake Huron is connectng with The Gerogian Bay.

b. Translate the word bay.

Bay is an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.

5.Find a photograph of Georgian Bay that you like. Explain why you like it in 3-5 sentences.


I like this picture because this picture shows a shiney morning on the seashore. The sun shine looks like yellow , the sea is blue , together they become green. Green is one of my favourite colors and I also like beach and shine.
The vegetation of this region includes mixed forests, meadows, and fields. The sandy soil was perfect for planting corn, squash, pumpkins, and beans.

6. Take a look at this piece of Canadian Art called "Stormy Weather". The artist is Frederick Varley. He illustrated the stormy weather of Georgian Bay.

a. How do you feel when you see this painting? Explain in 5-8 sentences. Tell me why you feel that way.
From this picture , I feel a little bit dreariness. The tree there are only have few leaves and there are few stones between the tree. I feel that the drawer wanted to show his mood and than drow this picture.



7. This is a poem by A.J.M Smith. It was put together with this image on a past provincial exam.




a. When you read this poem, how do you feel about the Canadian landscape? Explain in 10-12 sentences. Think deep and be creative.





The Lonely LandA.J.M. Smith
Cedar and jagged fir
uplift sharp barbs
against the gray
and cloud-piled sky;
and in the bay
blown spume and windrift
and thin, bitter spray
snap
at the whirling sky;
and the pine trees
lean one way.
A wild duck calls
to her mate,
and ragged
and passionate tones
stagger and fall,
and recover,
and stagger and fall,
on these stones -
are lost
in the lapping of water
on smooth, flat stones.
This is a beauty
of dissonance,
this resonance
of stony strand,
this smoky cry
curled over a black pine
like a broken
and wind-battered branch
when the wind
bends the tops of the pine
like a broken
and wind-battered branch
when the wind
bends the tops of the pines
and curdles the sky
from the north.
This is the beauty
of strength
broken by strength
and still strong


8. What did you learn in this lesson? Explain in 5-8 sentences.




2009年5月4日星期一

After Port Royal - Champlain Continues

THE FOUNDING OF NEW FRANCE(Adapted from Page 226-227 of your textbook)
Port Royal was not a great success and eventually de Monts lost his trading monopoly. However, Champlain was still convinced that Canada could be profitable for the French. The year is 1608, he went up the St. Lawrence river to what is now Quebec City. He established a post - a habitation - at Quebec and made friends with the Algonkians and Motagnais against the Iroquois. Quebec was chosen because it was almost an impregnable natural fort. In return, they agreed to not trade any furs with the English. Champlain helped the Algonkians win several battles againsy the Iroquois because the French owned firearms.

Questions(Please use complete sentences for full marks)
1. Find a map of the St. Lawrence River. Explain what you see in the picture in 3-5 setnences.


In this picture , we can see the St. Lawrence River is inthe middle of many lands. There are many lands around it. The NEW FOUND LAND is on it , the NEW BRUNSWICK and the NOVA SCOTIA is under it, the QUEBEC is on the left of it. The St. Lawrence River looks so long on the map because 1.7 centermeters on this map equal to 300 kilometers.



2. Find a photograph of the St. Lawrence River you like. Explain what you see in the picture in 3-5 sentences.




This picture must be taken by a high building or on the halicopter. There are many big briges on the river. From the picture , we can see there are many trees on the left side and cars on the right side. The color of the river is blue , so it's very clear.


3. Why did Champlain choose to use a river for transportation? Explain in 3-5 sentences.

Because it can cover to many places. Around the river , there are many important place for him to go to. Such as Gaspe , NEW BRUNSWICK , NOVA SCOTIA and QUEBEC. He need to find an easyway that can go onto the land very easily and quickly.


4. Find a picture of Champlain's habitation at Quebec. Explain what you see in 5-8 sentences.

This is an old style building. We can see the roof of it are green. So, there must be many plant on it. They grow on it. The whole building is brown. In the picture there was a winter day. There are many small windows on the building. That building is just look like a fort. There is also a small hill behind it. It's a Eourpe style fort.




5. The fort was a natural fort because Quebec had towering cliffs.






a.Find a picture of towering cliffs in Quebec.


Search in Google using "quebec and towering cliffs".


b. Why are the cliffs a natural fort? Explain in 3-5 sentences.



6. What did you learn today? Explain in 5-8 sentences.
I learned a lot of new words and one of them is fort. I always said castle. These made me know a new kind of word. I also learned what the towing cliffs looks like in Quebec.

Bonus


1. There is a moat around Champlain's habitation. Why is that important?



2. Can you find a picture of a moat? Post it.

Samuel De Champlain - Port Royal

As you now know, Samuel de Champlain was a soldier and a navigator. He was very interested in the Americas and believed Canada could be profitable for the French. With the support of the King of France and the help of Sieur de Monts, he tried to set up French colonies. If he could this, he was allowed to have a monopoly on the fur trade.

1. Why would Samuel de Champlain want to have a monopoly on the fur trade? Explain in 3-5 sentences. What does monopoly mean?

2. Why would the King want to set up French colonies in Canada? Explain in 3-5 sentences.

Champlain first attempted to create a small trading post called "Port Royal" in what is now Nova Scotia. It was not a great success because there was no business and the settlement was abandoned by 1607.

3. Can you find two pictures of Port Royal, Nova Scotia today on the Internet? What does it look like? Explain each picture in 5-8 sentences what you see.

When the settlement was abandoned in 1607, some settlers were permitted to stay if they agreed not to work on the fur trade. They became highly skilled farmers and would form the colony of Acadia (as we have learned before).

Bonus
1. Find 2 pictures of Nova Scotia you like. Explain why you like each of these pictures in 3-5 sentences.



2009年5月2日星期六

TRAINING


Trail Bike training for today!

2009年4月26日星期日

This week's thinking

___I got a bad mark on every important subjects. I know why. I didn't try my best and I shouldn't play computer games when we were working at class time. I must change my grade at the end of this term. I should do my homework in my best way and prepare for my every test.
___On this weekend , I watched a English movie , it's a movie that is talking about a boy who want to play basketball as Michel Jordan and then he did it! I also wrote two reading log. One is a newspaper article and the other one is a poem. For me , reading a poem is much harder to read anyone else because we have different culture. Everyday I listen to many English songs and foe this weekend I sing the song called mockingbird.
___That's all.

2009年4月22日星期三

Samuel De Champlain

Questions :
1a. Find a picture of Samuel De Champlain. What does he look like? Explain the picture in 5-8 sentences.



In this picture , he has a not long and not short with black and white hair. He has a bear and a mustache. He is wearing a kind of thick clothes that I have ever seen. He is very old at that time. The picture I found is not easy and has a lot of information to write.
He is a man......


1b. Remember to answer 1a before you do this question. Who is he? What is his nationality? What is his background?

Samuel De Champlain (ca. 1570-1635) was a French geographer and explorer whose mission was to establish a joint French and Native American agricultural and fur-trading colony. In 21 voyages to New France he laid the foundations for modern Canada.
Samuel De Champlain was born at Brogue, a small Huguenot seaport town in Saintlike. He was probably born a Protestant, but sometime before 1603 he embraced the Roman Catholic faith. He had served against the Catholic League in the army of Henry IV until 1598. By 1601 he was indulging his love of travel and the sea and extending his expertise in navigation. The background is nothing.


2. What is his relationship with Canada? Why is he important to Canada?

In every way but name, Samuel De Champlain was Quebec City's and New France's Governor. Some say that the King Henry IV made him his "royal geographer", but it is unproven and may come from Marc Longboat books: Champlain never used that title.

3. When did he explore? What was happening during history at this time?

Samuel De Champlain's determination to succeed in establishing a French colony in America that earned him, since the 19Th century, to be named "The Father of New France". He was also integral in opening North America to French trade, especially the fur trade. French colonization on the shores of the Saint Lawrence River strongly began in 1634 and 1635, during the two last summers of his life, with the arrival of the many staying families recruited by Robert Giffard.


4. Where did he explore? Find a map to help you answer this question. Post the map here and then explain.



In 1603 he went on his first voyage to Canada , as geographer on a fur-trading expedition. He travelledup the Saguenay , St.Lawrence , and Richelieu rivers and used the information he collected to make a very accurate map of Canada from Hudson Bay in the north down to the Great Lakes. In 1604 , Champiain made his second trip to North America. He was looking for a place where French people could make a permanent settlement. Champiain remained for three years , exploreing the Atlantic coast from the Bay of Fundy down to Cape Cod. On his third trip in 1608 , Champlain founded a settlement and trading post along the St.Lawrence River that eventually became the city of Quebec. It was the first permanentwhite settlement in Canada , which makes Quebec the oldest city in Canada.


http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/Publications/article/img/SHC_Map_e.jpg

5. Why did he explore? What were his reasons for exploration?
Because he want discover a water route across the American continent! He wasthe founder of Quebec.Hwas sent by King Henri IVand set up trading posts. He set up the posts Port Royal , and Kebec (Algonquin word for Quebec , where the river narrows.)I think that he was sent mostly to make settlements for France , to gain more land.

6. How did he explore? What transportation methods did he use?





Bonus
1. Can you find a statue or a monument of Samuel De Champlain? Post it here and explain in 3-5 sentences.

2009年4月20日星期一

REFLECTION

1. What have you learned since September in Canadian Studies? (Or since you started to take the class)
I have learned how to write an essay. There are 2 kind of essays we have learned. They are Personal Narrative Essay and Exposition Essay. The first one is talking about a story that is happened on yourself. The second one is talking about some example of the topic of the essay. I also learned how to write a reading log. Every reading log should have page , date , author and literary genre on the top of it. Then , you should write what is it about , the questions after reading , the new words you haven't learned before , your favourite part and your least favourite part. I learned a lot of new words in the provincial exam and we got into a group and make a lot of fun. We have made a viking ship together , it make us know more about it , so interesting!

2. What is the most memorable lesson you remember? (if you weren't here, maybe at another school)
The most memorable lesson for me in this school is the lesson that Ms.Chan told us to make the viking ship as a group of three. BO , LYM and I are in a group. When we were trying to make our viking ship. It had a lot of things when we plan it. At first , we have no material do make it. At the end of that class , we decided to use two big bottles to make it , but the next class , when we decided to make it , Ms.Chan took a lot of material :paper boxes , small kites , etc. So we started make it together. First , we cut the paper box and make it together looks like a ship. Then put the adhesive tape on it many many times that it can keep the water away. We found out a big , long truncheon and use it as the ship's back stay. Next , we cut a lot of red "flags" and stick them on the viking ship.
3. Think about your life as a student here since September. Have you changed? How?
I have changed a lot. I didn't do my homework very much last term. This term , I try not to be lazy and do my homework to get a better mark. I didn't like to talk too much and to have a performances , I can feel I like it now. I can write more sentences in an essay and can write a long reading log. Just a little bit changed I think...

4. What is your goal for yourself by June? What is your plan to study?
I want to get a better mark. I don't want to get the same mark as this term. I want to change each of my homework better. I need to write more to change my way of writing. And I need to do all of my homework and try my best to do it.

5. What are you most proud of in school since September? Have you done your best?
I didn't done my best. I wanted to be better , but I just lazy and forget something when I was doing some of my homework. The most thing I was proud of is to make the puppet show and the vikingship. That's a good way to connect with other students and we can use our hand to make our own things.

Bonus
1. Is there anything else you want to tell me or reflect about?

Just to help me to get a good mark...Also , I would help me myself.

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