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.

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.

TRAINING

Trail Bike training for today!

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.

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.

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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.

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.

PLAN FOR THE FINAL ESSAY

Introduction:Exploration can create conflict and misunderstanding.
Body Paragraph 1: Talk about a example of a explorer that he made the conflict and misunderstanding on a new land.
Body Paragraph 2: Talk about what he found and used what idea to achieve his goal.
Body Paragraph 3: Talk about how was the explorer bekilled in the conflict.
Conclusion Sentence: The Introduction has been confirmed.

Final Essay For this Term

Explorations can create conflict and misunderstanding

__In this world , lands were always be found out by explorations. There were many kinds of explorations long time ago. Some of them found a new land and take care with the native people , and some were not. When the explorers got on to the land , most of native people won't let them on and they would be looking strange at them. If the explorers can't give the things they like or need , the native people may not welcome to them. If their language are not the same , that would be very difficult for them to conmmunicate. That's may be very easy to create conflict and misunderatanding.

__Also , some great people find a land but lost his life. Mr.Magellan--the man who found India was killed by native people. He in order to conquer this fertile and rich land , he had a lot of bold ambitions to do this. He attempted to use the native people's conflict to achieve his purpose , but in a conflict with local tribes , the Magellan was dead.

__Magellan fleet last Nov.28,1520 exit of the Strait of 550 kilometers in length into the vast Pacific Ocean.Magellan led the remaining three boats started the journey across the South China Sea. At first , they sail north , began to change after the voyage to the northwest and the direction of flight due west to the Moluccas. Although Magellan awarded of the Moluccas near the equator , but still command the fleet crossed the equator , they sailed to the north latitude of 10 degree near by the water area.

__However , there were a little foods on the boat and water to eat and drink. The most terrible thing is that almost everyone on the boat infected with the scurvy.

__Soon , Magellan become the new protector of Christians. He was in a conflict between two leaders of the island. April 21,1512 night , Magellan led his 60 men took three boats to their and disaster killed by axes.

__Now , you can see he was one of the explorer that was killed by the conflict of the exploration. The explorers won't create conflict and misunderstanding if they just wanted to open their mind. The people from the same country as the explorers must be wanted to have a bigger house , a bigger land , they must let the explorers to find a new land and make some of the people can live there. Some explorer started to argue with these native people and then they started war. That's why exploration can create conflict and misunderstanding.

What You Think is What You See

Questions
Answer each question in 3-5 sentences.:

1. If the maps around you showed the existence of the Northwest Passage, would you believe it? Why?
I don't believe that because at that time the map shouldn't be compeleted so that the people at that time didn't know where the right way it is.
2. If you were John Cabot and someone told you the Northwest Passage didn't exist. What would you say? What would you feel? How would you react?
I must say "You are kidding! That can't happen on the earth. " I will also ask him , "Have you ever seen that before?" Because what you think is what you see. "You can't see anything you like before you really see it."
3. Find a map by Humphrey Gilbert from 1582. What do you see in the picture? Explain.
The picture is on the top of the post , I don't know why it can't be put here at my home.

I saw that there were a little parts od land at that time , that means the people at that time didn't found each part of land. Most of the land were connected together. Almost everywhere was sea.
4. Why did the Northwest Passage suit the goals (agenda) of the Eurpean explorers and monarchs?
Because they have a lot of things to do. They need lands , money , food , etc. So they need to set up a plan and do these things together.
5. Feedback loops help us to see reality as a system. Can you think of an example of a feedback loop from your own life? Look at page 225 of your textbook to help you.
ENJOY PLAYING TABLETENNIS→FEELING EXCITING
6. What did you learn so far about explorers and the colonization of Canada?

I have learned that many explorers from different countries had the same idea--to find a place and get on to it and make own people have a goos life. It's in order to colonization.

Our Puppet Show

Group members:Bo,Lym&Tommy.

1. Find two pictures showing the earth is flat. Explain what you see in EACH picture in 8-12 sentences.
PIC1.

There were two boats sailing on the sea. The world is flat in this picture. The earth was like a UFO flying on the air. Sky was behind it. All the things in this picture were a little bit green. Water were fall down from the edge of the flat earth. I don't know how the water can return to the earth.
PIC2:

In this picture, the earth is drifting on the sea. There are some small island around the flat earth. The flat earth is just looks like a big island. Some boats are floating around it. I can see there are 5 castles on the flat earth. Some hills and small castles are around them.

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2. Imagine you are a person who believes the earth is still flat today. What are 5 reasons to support your argument that it is still flat?
1.If you are a ant , you are standing on a the roof of a house , you must think the earth is flat.
2.If you are running on a long far road , you can only see a long straight way infront of you , then , you would be think that the earth is flat.
3.Because nobody knows what the universal gravitation it is , so everyone don't think they can standing on a circle surface and still can alive.
4.At that time , only human peoples would think the earth is flat.
5.Because the earth is very big.

3. Do you think human beings have a false concept of the earth and the universe today?
Yes it is! People think the earth and the universeo are both flat because they don't know about science.

ESSAY PLAN

EXPLORATION ESSAY
__There are many explorers from all over the world who had been sent to many places to find a new place and they learned a lot of life experiences from other people. That is called “exploration”. There are many kinds of resources that the explores have ever seen when they got into a new place. The countries can change their difference resources to make their relations well. Both them would get the things they needed and be happy.

__There are many useful resources in the world so that many countries would send some people to be the explores and let them to find things. Long time ago, there was no plane and other things that can carry you to the sky and to look down all of the land. Many explorers use their boats and some pirate would use their Viking ships to find a new place. Most people would know a lot of things about other countries when then come back to their countries. They would show others what they learned from other countries. It’s a good way for a country that is developing. Every country needs to learn things from others one country’s brains are not better than two countries’ brains. Everyone needs to learn from each other so that they can learn from each other.
__Exploration is very important for countries because many countries have a lot of people and there living place is small. Jacques Cartier (December 31, 1491–September 1, 1557) was a French explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France. He was the first European to describe the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canada's", after the Iroquois names for the two big settlements he saw at Steadicam (Quebec City) and at Haulage (Montreal Island). He did a lot of things for Canadian people. A new land for a country is so important that many people can have a bigger place to live. That’s why exploration is so important to countries.
__Exploration is important because it can change the relationship between two countries. A country must need to change their thinking, their things to make their country more strong. Exploration from each country must be the most important people between them. They know a lot about the other countries. They change their thinking and that can help their countries develop faster than before. Two countries change their knowledge then their relation would be better than before. They can get what they would need from each other. Exploration is important for countries. Countries can get many sources from other lands and can find more land to live and can change the relationship between two countries.

TO MS.chan

I forgot the meaning of the word "direct presentation" and the "indirect presentation".
Could you please tell me them clearly in words?
I also want to have the test paper we have taken in class, I didn't have a good mark on it , so I want to have it and have the answers of each questions that I can review for my coming provincial exam.

Provincial Exam

Question:
What should I do if I write a lot and suddenly the exam doesn't work?
I think the exam have a lot of new words for me.

EXPLORER

信息
http://www.hudong.com/wiki/%E9%A9%AC%E5%8F%AF%E6%B3%A2%E7%BD%97
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Hillary


NO.1:

The first peak of the world famous Gordon explorer, Edmund Hillary.



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NO.2:

Well-known maritime explorer, Christopher Columbus had claimed that he was the first person who "discovered" the American continent. This picture shows the way the Christopher Columbus go and tells us the Columbus's enterprise to find a westward route to Asia grew out of the practical experience of a long and varied maritime career, as well as out of his considerable reading in geographical and theological literature. He settled for a time in Portugal, where he tried unsuccessfully to enlist support for his project, before moving to Spain. After many difficulties, through a combination of good luck and persuasiveness, he gained the support of the Catholic monarchs, Isabel and Fernando.

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NO.3:

Marco Polo is the thirteenth century Italian merchants, in the Chinese arrival in 1275.

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2009.3.25

It's a windy day today.
SAM came to my home and stayed for a while.
When we went outside the wind almost blowing us ran.
Sometimes we can hardly move our steps.
I don't like windy day.....

2009.3.24

Today I have read a poem named "naming the new one".
I think all the poems are hard to read because foreigners culture are very different between Chinese culture so we can't explain their real meaning correctly.

2009.2.23

Today I have a great advancement about my bike training.
I can junp continuously 18 stairs and don't have any lapsus.
When I can feel my own progress, I will be very happy.
Trail bike is my life~

The Fur Trade

1. Find and post 5 pictures of the fur trade. Explain what you see in each picture in 5-8 sentences. (Remember to post where you got the picture from!)
NO.1:

From this picture, we can know the green part is land and the blue part is sea.These red arrrows

show us the way of the fur trade. It tells us how people got ground The Fur Trade from one place to another place.

http://www.abheritage.ca/alberta/images/fur/IMG023_det_fur_trade_map.jpg

NO.2:

This picture is a picture of a dog's fur. We can see it's very soft. I think if you wear a coat made from this, that would also be very comfortable. This picture was taken when the dog's fur is on a marble.

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NO.3:

I think this picture was taken at a hunter's home. We can see the room is very untidy. Things are placed on the floor. Some furs were hung on the wall. This is a really small room to live in.

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NO.4:

I think this fur was a part of a coat. There were some patterns on the back of the coat. They are very beautiful. This fur is so old that we can know it had been worn for a very long time. Now people look it as a relic.

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NO.5:

This picture must be taken in a fur factory. There was a old man standing on the right side of the picture. He must be checking furs before they are tied them together. Many furs were hung from the ceiling. There were some furs tied by hemp rope on the floor.

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