After Port Royal - Champlain Continues

1. Find a map of the St. Lawrence River. Explain what you see in the picture in 3-5 sentences.

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This is a map of St. Lawrence River. This river is between Matane and the Lake Ontario. It is so long that crosses so many places. It passes Matane, Chicoutimi, Quebec, Trois-Rivieres, Montreal, Kinston and ends by the Lake Ontario. Look at these name, how long the river is! It is located in the United States and encircles by the North Atlantic Ocean. I think its geographical position is very advantageous because it is encircled by many countries and rivers so that it's favorable for people to communicate and have trade with each other.

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

http://www.hickerphoto.com/st-lawrence

This is a beautiful picture of St. Lawrence River. In this photograph, the river seems to be boundless to look at. Beside the river, there is a lush tree standing. The rising sun irradiates the river and makes the surface of it becomes glaring. The ripples are poppling with whirl by the shiny. The sunshine goes through the tree and the slight halo disturbance makes the the picture becomes warm.

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

Because at that time, cars or planes were not been produced yet, so the river was the best way for transportation. The ship was a wonderful transportation because it wouldn't spend lots of money. The ship has large space to store goods so that they don't need to worry about if they have room to put matters. It also has force to bear the weight of many matters and people. Totally, it was sapiential of Champlain to choose the river for his transportation.

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

http://www.fineart.utoronto.ca/canarch/

This is a picture of Champlain's habitation at Quebec. Oh! What a nice house! It is particular house I have never seen. t has dark blue walls and two high chimneys on the top of the house. Beside the house, there is a fence around it. In the picture, the dirt road is in the front of the door. Brhind the house, there is a body of green grass and some lush trees.

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".

http://www.canoeingdownunder.com.au/tri

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

The cliffs are a natural fort because they are formed by the nature year by year. The cliffs are cloud-kissing and quite steepy for people to climb. It 's advantaged for a country to protect itself because the cliff has a very dangerous geographical location so that people who want to attack can't arrive it easily. It will spend much efforts and strength to get to it for enemies, but it's very useful for people to protect their countries. So, the cliffs are a natural and wonderful fort for people to defend their countries.

6. What did you learn today? Explain in 5-8 sentences.

I have learned a lot today. I learned about St. Lawrence River, I have known that it located in the United States and started in Matane, ended in Lake Ontario. I got to know it more by reading knowledge and looking at the map of it. I found pictures about it and described what I saw in them so that I knew It was so beautiful! I also have learned Champlain's habitation at Quebec. Before today, I have never seen it. His house was very beautiful and cute! The environment surrounded his house was also pretty! Then, I learned Champlain's transportation-river and natural fort-cliffs. I really got a lot of knowledge today!

Bonus1. There is a moat around Champlain's habitation. Why is that important?

A moat was a river to protect Champlain's house. It was really important because it was not easy to go across the river. If his habitation doesn't have a moat, it was easy for enemies to enter it and attack him. Totally, it played an important role in protecting his habitation.

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

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Samuel De Champlain - Port Royal

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

Monopoly is a word that means exclusive control or possession of something. It was a way to make money for people's country. It can also make people's country develop more faster. We have learned about "the Fur Trade". It was a trade that kill animals to use their fur to produce matters, such as clothes and leather. Samuel De Champlain wanted to have a monopoly on the fur trade because it would help his country develop. The fur trade was a good way to make a lot of money and it was fashionable at that time. If Samuel De Champlain had the monopoly of the fur trade, other consumers and buyers need ed buy resources and matters from him so that he would bring a lot of money into his country easily. Another reason was he wanted to control the monopoly so that the matters and the prices were all in his control. So, he would have powerful authority in economy.

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

Colony means an area that was controlled by another country. The French King wanted to set up colonies in Canada because it was a good way to expand their country's area. Every king wanted to get more and more force to be strong. The authority is very important to a king. He liked and wanted to control all the things in the world so that he wanted to set up colonies. At that time, Canada was not developed. It was just developing so that it could be controlled easily. It was very subservient for the king to build colonies in Canada. Every person would succumb to him. He could get more resources and riches from his colonies in Canada.

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 set element 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).

http://www.geocities.com/canmarforts/NovaScotia.html

This is a picture of Port Royal, Nova Scotia today. It looks so beautiful today. In this picture, it has a lot of houses and a body of green grass. Look at it, there is a wooden chair on the green grass. It also has a big porraceous tree beside the chair. When I look at this picture, it gives me a feeling of fresh and warmth.

http://www.cooking-solutions.com/habitation.html

This is another picture of Port Royal in Nova Scotia. In the picture, I can still see a lot of houses with chimneys. Some of them have high fence in front of their houses. There are some people in this picture and a wooden cask on the green grass. I see maybe a little bed made of wood and straw near the cask. There has slight sunshine irradiate to the grass and makes this picture has a hazy field of view so that makes it become very beautiful.

Bonus1. Find 2 pictures of Nova Scotia you like. Explain why you like each of these pictures in 3-5 sentences.

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This is a picture of Nova Scotia. Is it beautiful? Of course! I love this picture so much because it represents me a wonderful sight. In this picture, there is a small white house with a red open balcony. It has a body of green grass and a red bench is there. How beautiful the blue sea is! There are also smooth some mountains in the distant. I think I will be so happy that I can fly if I live in such a beautiful place.

www.novascotiabeachrental.com/...

This is another picture of Nova Scotia. I love it, too! Why is it so beautiful to me? Look at it carefully, there is a bright blue house with some windows in its wall. The grass beside it is lush. In front of the house, it also has the azure sea. The beautiful sea is boundless in my eyes. I like the feeling the picture give me-warm. I really like matters that make me feel warm! I love the feel!

SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN

Questions.

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


http://www.warof1812trail.com/champlain


There is a picture of Samuel De Champlain. In this picture, he dressed in red and wore a argenteous armor. In his left hand, there was a headpiece. In his right hand, there was a sword enclasped by him and was bound it to the ground. He had long, blonde curls. It looked nice. He was looking forward to the front and looked very imposing. He stood on a rock and there was a soldier under him. In the rear of him, it was the sea. That was so beautiful and it made him like a hero.





1b. Remember to answer 1a before you do this question. Who is he? What is his nationality? What is his background?
He is Samuel De Champlain who was born in 1567, Brouage, Saintonge and died in Quebec, 1635. His nationality is France. He has explored many places of Canada and was honored with "Father of New France". His father was a captain of ship so that he wanted to let his son become a navigator. Then, he joined the French army in 1587 and became a Mariner , then a soldier.

2. What is his relationship with Canada? Why is he important to Canada?
The relationship of he and Canada was very good. After he killed two Iroquois chiefs, Samuel helped Indians to fight with the Iroquois so that the relationship between France and Iroquois became so bad, but it was good for Indian and French relationship. He was very important for Canada because he was the "Father of New France", a French navigator, geographer, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, ethnologist, diplomat, chronicler, and the founder of Quebec City on July 3, 1608, of which he was the administrator for the rest of his life.

3. When did he explore? What was happening during history at this time?
His exploration was from 1603 to 1633. He began to explore in 1603. During g this time, Samuel De Champlain killed two Iroquois chiefs so that a fight began by the French and their allies against the Iroquois, continued with occasional intermissions until the French supremacy in Canada was ended. In the spring of 1608, he found the Quebec City and was sent it to England.

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

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This is a map of his exploration. Look at the picture, he passed St.Lawrence River in 1603. In 1604, he went to Port Royal. In 1605 and 1606, he arrived in Cape Cod. In 1608, he arrived in Quebec and explored Lake Champlain in 1609. In 1615,Samuel passed Ottawa River and Lake Ontario. These were the places he had been to in the map.

5. Why did he explore? What were his reasons for exploration?
He went to explore because he was asked to find the New World by the King. At his first exploration, he just wanted to go out because of his interest in 1603. Then, he went to find a settlement for French. Then, during his exploration, he killed two people so that caused a battle between the Indians and Iroquois. He needed to protect the Indians became a reason for his exploration. After he found Quebec, he wanted to make a map of North America. One more reason was he wanted to let the world know more about Canada and the Native People. To promote Christianity was also a reason for his exploration.

6. How did he explore? What transportation methods did he use?
He did a great deed in his exploration. He used his ship to explore everywhere because sailing was the only way he could used at that time-there was no cars, planes and trains. Because he always needed to pass the sea so that he need to use the ship to go. It was helpful and convenient to use the ship for him to explore. Ship maybe was the only transportation he could use to explore.

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



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This is a picture of a statue of Samuel De Champlain. He looked like a hero in the picture, in fact, he really was. He held his sword and wore his armor. Power is the only word I can think of to describe him. He is standing as high as that he touches the blue sky. This picture showed his strength of prince.

Reflection

1. What have you learned since September in Canadian Studies? (Or since you started to take the class)

Since the beginning of the lesson-Canadian Studies, I have learned so many things that were uncounted. Essay is a very important part of my study. It is a very good and helpful lesson for me to learn and use. I have learned how to write a personal essay and expository essay. I have known the styles of them and how to write them expertly. I can use less time to write them than before. I can remember that when I had to write my first essay-"Hero", I was stupefied about the style of the essay. It was so strange and new to me. Now, I can get my ideas faster than before. I also learned so many knowledge about Canada. I learned the native people and many places of Canada. I knew more about Canada, such as its cultures, languages and people. From the beginning of this term, I got a book-"Wordily Wise". It taught me many vocabularies so that I got more knowledge. I didn't only learn this, but also learned how to work together well. Canadian Studies taught me how to cooperate with other people, this is a really important part of my study because everyone needs help sometimes. Thus, this lesson really influence me a lot, because it not only teach me knowledge, but also how to be a good person. Thanks for Canadian Studies!


2. What is the most memorable lesson you remember? (if you weren't here, maybe at another school)

The most memorable lesson in my memory was the Puppet Show. This lesson really gave a profound impression. To be honest, I don't like to do handwork because I am not good at doing it. From that lesson, I found that I liked to do it. I began to have a little interest in doing handwork. This makes me surprising because I didn't like to do it at all before. I have found its interest. During the time of doing the Puppet Show, I was glad to have it. Sometimes, I had a little expect to have that class. Another point was I always worked with my partners. We worked together and cooperated with each other. We also helped each person when someone needed help.

3. Think about your life as a student here since September. Have you changed? How?

I know I have changed since September. I could feel my change. Before I came here, I didn't do my homework very carefully because Chinese teachers didn't have many requests in students' homework. They always care about your scores of exams. After I was a student here, I have known I need to put more and more efforts into my homework. It plays a very important part in my study and mark. If you don't care about it, you won't get a good mark no matter how smart you are and how well you did on your exams. I have realized this major point so that I put more efforts into my homework.



4. What is your goal for yourself by June? What is your plan to study?

My goal is to be better that now and get A of all lessons by June. It's really important for me because I am a student. I need to study hard. I need to get good marks. This goal will encourage me to work harder and harder. I know I am lazy now. I can feel I'm lazy now. I don't want to keep this situation. It's bad for me. So, I will do my homework more carefully and review my vocabularies to get good marks on exams. This is what I need to do and what I should do. I will try to do what I said.


5. What are you most proud of in school since September? Have you done your best?

My heart that wants to study and want to be a very good student makes me feel proud, because I want to study harder and get good marks. Though I didn't do it very well, I have a heart wants to do. This is very important, at least I think so. Every matter always depends on yourself. If people don't want to do, he won't do it well. If people want to do it well, he will try and work hard so that they can get good marks. I didn't do my best because I always have a little lazy in my heart. Sometimes, I admire people who always work hard and I admire they always have heart to do that. I really admire them!! I need to try my best. I need to and must to do!! I won't let myself be lazy because I need to be a good student.



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

Dear Ms. Chan, I think I become lazy now. Have you felt it? I know sometimes I need to do, but I always let my lazy come out. I worry about myself sometimes. I really don't want to do that. I always think about it, I have known I can not be lazy any more! It's bad for my study! I don't want to let this occupy and won't let this happen again. Now, I have known what I must do.

Final Essay Plan

Introduction:Exploration-a word that contains uncounted histories of explorers in the world. It is so important for a country which wants to be strong. To explore is a good way to develop countries because it can help people find new lands and matters for their countries. Because each object has its two sides, exploration also can make bad matters happen.
Thesis Statement: Hence, exploration can create conflict and misunderstanding because of the strange to the native people by the explorers, different cultures and the explorers who wanted to plunder the native people's wealth.


Body Paragraph 1
Topic Sentence:Exploration create misunderstanding because of the strange to native people by the explorers.
Body: It is so impolite to enter other people's home without any permission. When the native people saw the explorers at fist time, they would be afraid and strange to look at them and talk to them. They wouldn't regard them as their friends, even they would thought that they were aggressors who wanted to encroach their land. They may treated them as their enemies and argued with the explorers so that they would make a lot of trouble.
Concluding Sentence: So, it was easy to make conflict and misunderstanding by the strange to the native people by explorers.


Body Paragraph 2
Topic Sentence:Exploration can create misunderstanding because of the different cultures.
Body: Because different people have different languages, customs and life styles, they would have obstructions in communication and dissimilar ideas in some affairs. It was hard to let their thoughts and opinions be the same. Sometimes, people's words may be understand in inaccurate ways by the native people so that they would have conflict. In addition, something explorers could do, but the native people may think the affairs explorers did were wrong and wild. If they have different thoughts in some affairs, it could lead them to get misunderstanding.
Concluding Sentence: As a result, different cultures was a way to make conflict.


Body Paragraph 3
Topic Sentence:Exploration can create misunderstanding because the explorers who wanted to plunder the native people's wealth.
Body: Explorers who went to explore all wanted to find riches for their countries to develop fast. When the explorers arrived in lands, they wanted get riches from it to their countries. It was so savage to plunder the native people’s wealth and areas that the native people would fight with them to protect their homeland. It was so easy to exasperate the native people in this way because the homeland was so important for them.
Concluding Sentence: In short, plundering the native people's wealth would break the relationship between them and conflicts would come out.


Conclusion:Therefore, exploration can create conflict and misunderstanding because the strange to the native people by the explorers, different cultures and explorers who wanted to plunder the native people’s wealth. Though explorers could find new lands and matters, they would also let trouble come out. More and more people in the world want to explore now, but it is major for people to thinking about exploring because of its two sides: succeed and fail. If people get success, they can do great deeds. If they fail, they won't get anything and will make conflicts and misunderstanding. For this reason, exploration is good way to know the world, but it is also a bad way that can cause trouble.

Final Essay

Topic: Exploration can create conflict and misunderstanding.

Kitty Wang

____Exploration-a word that contains uncounted histories of explorers in the world. It is so important for a country which wants to be strong. To explore is a good way to develop countries because it can help people find new lands and matters for their countries. Because each object has its two sides, exploration also can make bad matters happen. Hence, exploration can create conflict and misunderstanding because of the strange of people who explored the native people homeland, the different cultures and explorers who wanted to plunder the native people's wealth.

____Exploration can create conflict and misunderstanding because of the strange to the native people who explored their homeland. It is so impolite to enter other people's home without any permission. When the native people saw the explorers at fist time, they would be afraid and strange to look at them and talk to them. They wouldn't regard them as their friends, even they would thought that they were aggressors who wanted to encroach their land. They may treated them as their enemies and argued with the explorers so that they would make a lot of trouble. So, it was easy to make conflict and misunderstanding by the strange to the native people by explorers.

____The different cultures between two different places could also cause conflict misunderstanding. Because different people have different languages, customs and life styles, they would have obstructions in communication and dissimilar ideas in some affairs. It was hard to let their thoughts and opinions be the same. Sometimes, people's words may be understand in inaccurate ways by the native people so that they would have conflict. In addition, something explorers could do, but the native people may think the affairs explorers did were wrong and wild. If they have different thoughts in some affairs, it could lead them to get misunderstanding. As a result, different cultures was a way to make conflict.

____The last point is the exploration can create conflict and misunderstanding because the explorers want to plunder the native people's wealth. Explorers who went to explore all wanted to find riches for their countries to develop fast. When the explorers arrived in lands, they wanted get riches from it to their countries. It was so savage to plunder the native people's wealth and areas that the native people would fight with them to protect their homeland. It was so easy to exasperate the native people in this way because the homeland was so important for them. In short, plundering the native people's wealth would break the relationship between them and conflicts would come out.

____Therefore, exploration can create conflict and misunderstanding because the strange to the native people by the explorers, different cultures and explorers who wanted to plunder the native people's wealth. Though explorers could find new lands and matters, they would also let trouble come out. More and more people in the world want to explore now, but it is major for people to thinking about exploring because of its two sides: succeed and fail. If people get success, they can do great deeds. If they fail, they won't get anything and will make conflicts and misunderstanding. For this reason, exploration is a positive way to know the world, but it is also a bad way that can cause trouble.

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 will believe it because people don't know if the Northwest Passage has gone. They just can't find it on the map so that it is possible that the Northwest Passage is still existing. Though there has been uncounted people working on it, we can't make sure that the Northwest Passage is disappeared.

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?

Oh! That's great! I can go to explore in another way. There is a new passage to use. I feel so excited that I can explore for my country's development in another way. I will start my new exploration by using the Northwest Passage.

3. Find a map by Humphrey Gilbert from 1582. What do you see in the picture? Explain.

http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/frobisher/frsub02e.shtml


This is a picture of the map by Humphrey Gilbert. It is strange to me because I have never seen it. In the picture, there is a shape of a ship. There are many islands and oceans in the picture. It looks askew and doesn't look like real earth. America and China are very close in this picture of the earth. That's impossible.



4. Why did the Northwest Passage suit the goals (agenda) of the European explorers and monarchs?

Because it is a approach to find Asia. Asia is a good place for explorers, because it is strange and new to people. They all looked forward for it. They can find it and communicate with different people. They could exchange their cultures and did some economic trades. Monarchs would be glad because they can expand their areas and made their countries more and more bigger. Asia has lots of riches so that they could find them to develop their countries.

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.
In my life ,there is a feedback loop about eating food and spending energy. People all need to eat food because we need to get energy from them. I eat food everyday and get more energy from food. Food can provide energy, protein and calcium to me. I can have energy to go to school, study and play with friends.Then, when I spend my most energy, I need to eat food to get energy. So, this is a feedback loop in my life.
6. What did you learn so far about explorers and the colonization of Canada?

I have learned some great explorers who did some great deeds, such as John Cabot and Jacques Cartier. They both went to find Asia, but they didn't find it. Though they failed, but they found other new matters. So, they also did great acts in history. Europeans got success to be strong so that they became colonizers.

Flat Earth

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

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Here is a picture of the Earth. It is a cross-sectional view of the earth. The earth looks flat in this picture. It shows people everything on the world. This picture is also very colorful and easy to see what parts they are. It is almost blue in this picture, it maybe the sea. I can see the seas, the islands and the blue sky on the earth.It has the sun in it and the sun is at the edge of the Flat Earth.




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This is a picture of the Flat Earth. It just looks like a semicircle in the midair. It shows me some parts of the earth. There are many clouds I can see in it. It's so beautiful. I can see the blue sky, the water and the soil under the ground. It also shows me the deep soil under the ground. If you look at it carefully, you can find that there is a moon on the right corner of the picture. Around the earth, there are some other orbs.


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.The ground of the earth is flat. We can feel it when we walk on the ground.

2.We can not see the earth is round by using our eyes.

3.We can stand, run and lie on the ground smoothly. We won't slip because the earth is flat.

4.The horizon is a straight line that we see.

5.We can not feel the earth is moving.

3. Do you think human beings have a false concept of the earth and the universe today?

I think human beings have a false concept of the earth and the universe today. Everyone may thought the earth was flat in the past, but now many people accept the truth-"The earth is round". Though people used a lot of technologies to search on the earth, people think the earth is round now. People in the past all thought the earth was flat, but the idea has changed now. This makes people confused. It is hard to identify which is right. After all, the nature is mystery to discover. So, it is possible that humans have a false concept of the earth and the universe today.

About Puppet Show

1. What is your puppet show about?

Our puppet show is about John Cabot' and another explorer's explorations. It shows people that John Cabot's two navigation's and the other's voyage. The first time was Cabot found a new island-"Newfoundland" and found a lot of fish there. He took much fish to go back. The second time was Cabot and his crew went there again, but they all died in a disaster. The last thing was another explorer went to Newfoundland after John Cabot and he took 50 people there to go back to his country, but unluckily, they all died in a disaster.

2.Who are the characters? Which student is the voice of the character?

The characters are John Cabot, his soldier and another explorer. Kitty is the voices of John Cabot and the soldier. Nancy Li is the voice of another explorer.

3. What did you learn from making the puppet show?

During the time we made our puppet show, we have known how to make a puppet and also learned a lot. We worked together and helped each one. We learned how to do teem work and how to cooperate with each other. I think that is the most important thing I learned. I know we should talk with each other and share our ideas to communicate well. When we have different ideas, we will tell each one and talk about them.

4. What do you want me to notice when I am marking your puppet show?

I think our beginning and the ending maybe are good to have a look. Dear Ms Chan, you can notice it a little more. We put the thunder into the video. It is worth noticing because the voice sounds very true and has dramatic impact. The most major thing is that I think Ms.Chan need to notice is our group's efforts in our performance. :p

5. Did your group work well together? Tell me 3 reasons why or why not.

I think our group work is good. Maybe our group's performance is not super good, but we teem work is good in my heart. We put our a lot of efforts into it. We spent much time on it and all of us persisted to do it even it was late at that time.

Bonus- Post a picture of your puppet show on your blog.

I'm sorry I don't have pictures of our puppet show.

Exploration Essay

Kitty Wang

Exploration is Important for Countries

____From the ancient times, there have been uncounted people go to explore in the world. Some of them may need to save problems their countries face, some of them may want to find new island or new technologies to develop their countries. There isn't just one way to explore. For example, space, oil and island all have been explored by humans. For this reason, exploration is very important for countries because it can find innovation, communicate different cultures and advance countries' friendships.

____The first of the importance of exploration is it can find innovation for their countries. Innovation is a new idea, method, or invention that can make a country get new technologies to make progress. Finding innovation is good for people's countries. Taking innovation from a place is a good idea of exploration because it can be a way to produce new products for the people to use. For example, John Cabot-a voyager was asked to explore to Asia in the past. He found a new land-"Newfoundland" and took a lot of codfish there to his country. Codfish was new to Cabot and his country, they can eat them and raise them so that they can have enough codfish to eat and sell them to bring money in. It was an outstanding deed of him to find Newfoundland because they can use that land and take matters from it. Thus, finding innovation is good for countries to develop fast.

Communicating different cultures with people is the second major point of the importance of exploration. It's a good way to know more about other countries. Different places have different cultures, such as clothes, languages and customs. ____Communicating with people can make people learn much knowledge and more about other islands. Exploration can do this to make your countries better. For instance, long ago, there was an explorer-Jacques Cartier going to explore. He arrived in Canada and talked with native people. They knew their clothes made from, their languages and their customs. They learned about them a lot so that they found native people's cultures were different from theirs. Cartier used their knives to trade native people's fur. They took dissimilar cultures from native people to their country. A country which has different cultures can become many-faceted. It will be a polyglot country so that people can communicate with each other easily. In short, cultures' communications is a major point for a country's development.

____The last point of exploration's importance is it can advance countries' friendships. Many countries' relations are not good so that they may have wars. Good relationships have benefits in countries' futures. Exploration is an approach to build a harmonious relation between two countries. For example, oil plays an important role in economy, but now many countries lack it. There are many countries sending people to explore for it. If a country finds oil in another country, the latter may will help the former so that the relation between them will be friendly. They can have economic communications and carry on some commercial activities. This can not only develop countries, but also make their friendship better. So, exploration has major effects on countries' friendships and contacts.

____Therefore, exploration plays an important part in countries' advance because it can find innovation, communicate different cultures and accelerate countries' friendships. According to the examples, exploration is really very important for countries. Exploration has done a lot of great feats in the world. It is a good idea to be used for countries' wonderful futures. Actually, exploration is not only significant for countries, but also beneficial for humans and the world. Hence, exploration is so important that can help humans have better lives and live in a better world.

Exploration!

Can you find three different pictures to show how exploration is important for countries? Explain each one carefully in 5-8 sentences. Each picture should show a different perspective on why exploration is important.

1.http://www.sonofthesouth.net/revolutionary-war/explorers/jacques-cartier.htm

This is a picture of an explorer--Jacques Cartier. In the picture, the explorer was talking with the native people with his crew. He sailed for a very long time to find the Asia by the king. He communicated with the native people a lot. They communicated their cultures and also exchanged something with them. He went back to his country with communication. He learned a lot and could use the things that got from the native people to develop his country. They could sell and make money to make their country rich.

2. www.boeing.com/.../space_exploration/index.html

This picture shows us a space exploration. To explore the space is always humans' same dream in the world. The Space Exploration let humans achieve their dream and learned more about the space. It made people develop at a very high speed because the technology of science was advanced by this kind of exploration. People know a lot about the space so that we can create a lot of new technologies to make your countries better.

3. http://infinityoilexploration.com/infinity_oil.jpg

Look at this picture, there were two workers working on the oil exploration. They were working on the machine. The oil is exile in the world now. It is a problem of lacking oil. The oil exploration is very important for not only your country but also the world. The oil is deeply ingrained into our culture as it was the driving force behind industrialization, so we need to explore for the oil. How important the oil is!!!

The Provincial Exam

Today, I went to a website: www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search .When I looked at this exam at first time, I said "My God" in my heart. It looked like too long and had many questions to answer.I don't want to take the Provincial Exams. It will make me get a headache..I did some Multiple-choice questions about English 10. I knew I need to read poems or articles to answer these questions. I felt tired to read them...From that, I know I must read many poems and articles to prepare for my English 10 provincial exam. Aha..My work will be more and more from now...

Fur Trade

What is the fur trade?

1.student.britannica.com/elementary/art/print?i...

This picture told me about the fur trade. In this picture, the native people were trading fur for supplies at the place called the trading post. The fur trade was one of the earliest and the moat important industries in North America. It was a booming business in North America from the 1500s through the 1800s. The Native Americans used animal furs to exchange for weapons, metal goods and other supplies.











2.www.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/?id=18129

This picture showed a lot of furs. Actually, the fur trade was the oldest industry in Canada. The fur trading industry played a major role in the development of the United States and Canada for more than 3oo years. It made money for Canada,but it was bad for animals. They were suffering to be killed.






3. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/02/flying_fur.p

This is a picture of beaver. It was a kind of animals that be traded by Canadians. Europeans traded beaver fur to make pelt hats became the most valuable of these furs. The fur trade prospered until the mid-1800's,when fur-bearing animals became scarce and silk hats became more popular than pelt hats made with beaver. Today,almost all trappers sell their pelts.











4.www.mcq.org/code/en/objects/furs-18.html
This is a picture of fur trade. In this picture, some animals' furs are here. It made me uncomfortable. It was very wild and cruel to kill them. The fur trade is a bloody business. It killed many lives of animals. This is bad for humans to live.



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This picture shows me a store of fur trade. There are many carcasses be sent. The furs are beautiful, but they always make me think of the blood. It may kill so many animals to get these furs. How aggressive the people were!

During this week..ah..

During this week, I learned lots of knowledge about Literary Terms ,such as irony, simile,metaphor and so on. I learned so many words that I had never seen, such as the simile is an analogy to use the words "like" or "as". For example,"She is as white as snow." This is an example for simile. I am glad to get knowledge,but it was also busy learning and doing homework. Yes, there was a lot of homework I need to do in this week. I always felt tired so that I slept at first when I arrived home sometimes.I always worked on my Literary Essay. I wrote literary paragraphs, I wrote the introduction, I wrote the conclusion. To be honest, I don't like writing essays at all, but I needed to write. I always said"Oh,My God" when I couldn't think of what to write...Will God come to save me..I hope so!!aha..Though it was very very very busy, I spent my time learning. I didn't feel idle because I studied.^^

Literary Essay

Bravery had been shown all the time from ancient times to the present. There are so many brave people that can't be counted in the world. What kind of people can be brave people? For example, Washington--the first president of America led people to become independent of English colonialists' domination. His heroism was venerated by people as a warrior who was brave enough to rebel for saving people from abyss of suffering. Actually, brave people are not only national heroes or great men. It can be common people. In both "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and "The Sniper", each of the two characters -- Sir Gawain and the sniper played an important part in presenting their courage. Consequently, to be brave can't be spoken randomly, it was showed by characters who used their own words.

In this story of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", King Arthur is a brave character who steps forward bravely by upholding as a king and defending his knights from the Green Knight. King Arthur is one of the protagonists who shows his courage when he safeguarded his dignity as a supreme king. For instance, when the Green Knight appeared surprisingly with an axe, he asked who was King Arthur. "He stood up and said ' I am Arthur'". Hence, he was courageous because he answered without hesitation. To be a sovereign, his heart flowed the spirit of a hero.It was his instinct to step forward. King Arthur didn't fear the conflict that was made by the Green Knight. When the Green Knight petrified everybody, King Arthur still remained calm. He just stood up without panic and replied to the Green Knight. His brief but forceful words showed the reader his bravery. Otherwise, he was brave to face Green Knight to stick up for his knights. In other words, he stood up to defend his knight from the Green Knight by saying "what you asked for makes no sense. You asked your own death" when the Green Knight jeered at his knights that they were cowards. Thus, the knights represented their country, so King Arthur couldn't bear the Green Knight laughing at his knights in his domain. As the king of his country, he had responsibility and authority to protect everything in his area. So he upheld his knights and his country's dignities heroically. To summarize, being brave is a trait of King Arthur. He is a rational king to face the Green Knight's provocation and shows bravery when safeguarding his knights in this story.

In the story of "The Sniper'--which was told from a third-person limited omniscient point of view, the sniper is a character who showed his bravery fully. He could think with a calm mind in dangerous situation and could find an idea to resist his enemy. The Republican Sniper is the protagonist who was brave to think as usual when he was wounded. For example，"he broke the neck of the iodine bottle and let the bitter fluid drip into the wound" when he was hit. Therefore, he was courageous because he dealt with his wound at first, not be alarmed to do noting when he was hit by his enemy. He knew what should he do and kept a sober mind at that time. Though he was wounded, he didn't have any fear of that situation. He was calm and represented his bravery in the face of danger by the author's writing. In addition, he showed his courage when he was in a dangerous position so that he could be found and killed by his enemy at any time. In essence, "he thought of a plan" to kill his enemy though he was in a nervous position. Accordingly, it means that the sniper could come up with a ruse to beat his antagonist in this game of life and death. He wasn't afraid of danger and never gave up living. He had the nerve to face danger even when he would be discovered if he didn't take care. As a result, it was bold of the sniper to take a risk of tricking his enemy by is cap. This brave act of him really represented his courage. To summarize, bravery is a character of the sniper, he is a person who can be calm and think carefully in danger by being brave to think of a plan to kill his enemy.

Though Sir Gawain and the sniper were in different situations, each of them had a brave heart to face and vanquish difficulties and danger. It could change their lives because of bravery--Sir Gawain became the bravest knight in the world, the sniper killed his enemy and lived. Being brave is a character for everyone. For example, Sichuan Province which is in China had a destructive earthquake, it damaged many buildings and killed many people. People who lived in Sichuan Province didn't despair and still had courage to face death.They loved their lives and tried to live.Totally, people need to have bravery to face dangers and handicap so that humans will live better lives in the world.

Jacques Cartier

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This is a picture of Jacques Cartier. He was a man who had dense beard and curls. In this picture, maybe he was thinking. He was looking for a passage to Asia. He held the globe to find the way.

www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/cartier.html

This is a picture of Jacques Cartier. He looked very tall and strong. He was sailing to find gold in the New World and a passage to the Far East by King Francis 1. He was looking forward the distance in this picture. He was an explorer that led his crew to find the new land.

No.2

1.Jacques Cartier was born in St. Malo (France) in 1491.

2.He may have sailed to Newfoundland with a fishing fleet in the early 1500s.

3.His original intent was to search for the Northwest Passage to the Orient.

4.He received a royal commission from the French king "to discover certain islands and lands where had lots of goldsin 1534.
5.He was the first European to map, travel and attempt to establish a settlement in the northern St. Lawrence area.

6.He was sailing down the coast of Newfoundland, discovering the Magdalen and Prince Edward islands after Cabot.

7.He and his crew crossed the Gaspe Peninsula and took possession of it for France before returning home.

8.While the English were concentrating on a northwest passage to Asia, the French King, Francois I commissioned Jacques Cartier to find a way west to the Pacific and claim new lands for France.

9. In 1535, the king sent him out again.

10.Cartier never found the Northwest Passage, but his explorations served as a basis for the French claims in the rich St. Lawrence Valley and led to many future expeditions by France to Canada.
No.3

He discovered the St. Lawrence River.

No.4
Jacques Cartier first set sail for the New World in 1534, when King Francis I of France commissioned a voyage to search for gold, spices and a Northwest route to Asia.
No.5

Thids is a picture of Jacques Cartier's first voyage. He set off from St-Malo 20 Apr 1534 with 2 ships and 61 men. He arrived off Newfoundland 20 days later. Then he sailed along the West Coast of Newfoundland and reached Cabot Str.On June 26 he reached the Îles de la Madeleine and on June 29 discovered Prince Edward Island.He searched vainly for a passage, entering Baie de Chaleur and Baie de Gaspé and then he sailed N to Île d'Anticosti, thence to Newfoundland, and on Aug 15 headed home, arriving at St-Malo.

No.6

If I were First Nations people, my first response must be scared because I have never seen them before. They were strangers to me. I would think if they were aggressors to seize our homeland. I would ask them who they were and why them came here. I would also clump people to prepare to protect our home.

No.7

a.In this video, Jacques Cartier went to Canada by his king's order. Then, he arrived here. He and his crew used their knives to exchange furs with the native people. They communicated with them a lot. He built a cross in the native people's land. Then, the chief's 2 sons went to French with Jacques Cartier. They learned a lot and went back.

b.After a long-time sailing, he arrived a new land. He named it Hochelaga. He found there was lots of tobacco. Then, he needed to go back to French because of the frozen rain. Unluckily, they got scurvy, but Donnaconna helped them so that they became better. After such a long-time sailing, he hadn't found anything. He invited Donnaconna to go to French and Donnaconna went. Then, he never went back to India.

No.8

Scurvy is caused by a lack of vitamin C, vitamin C deficiency therefore mainly refer to scurvy. However, a lack of vitamin C not only can cause scurvy, but also with inflammation, atherosclerosis, cancer and other disorders related to. At the history of scurvy was a serious threat to human health in a disease.

No.9

Donnaconna was the chief of the native people. He was very angry when Jacques Cartier who came from French built a cross on their land. Then he was asked to go to French by Jacques Cartier. Then, he never went back to India.

No.10

If I were the Iroquois people, I would feel very angry and had lots of grief.I won't be friendly to the French after this experience. They were barbarians. They were wild to take people from us to their country. I won't greet them with my genuine heart because they were our enemies.

No.11.

Bonus Question:

There are some stamps of Jacques Cartier.

About John Cabot

Bonus question: flickr.com/photos/ben_salter/2800012785/
This is a picture of Mathew. It is Cabot's ship.It looks very imposing and strong. It is sailing at sea.It has many masts and it is made of wood.It is big and beautiful.

No.6 A Picture Of A Cod

No.1

www.allposters.com/-sp/English-Explorer-John-...

This is a picture of John Cabot. John Cabot was landing on the Shore of Canada,c.1484 Giclee Print. He looked like so imposing. He was holding a flag and speaking something.

sio.midco.net/dansmapstamps/cabot.htm

This is a picture of John Cabot. He was sailing from Bristol in the Matthew for the western hemisphere. He was old and he has white beard at that time. His hair was white and long.He wore a hat and thick coat.

No.2

Ten facts about John Cabot:

1.He was an Italian.

2.He was born around 1455 in Gaeta, near Naples, and was the son of a merchant.

3.Cabot traded in spices with the ports of the eastern Mediterranean, and became an expert mariner.

4.About 1490, Cabot and his family moved to Valencia in Spain.
5. Cabot turned in 1494 or 1495 to England - to the merchants of the port of Bristol, where he settled with his family, and to the king, Henry VII.

6.King claimed that John Cabot's report in accordance with the North American continent is the United Kingdom all, the United Kingdom for the subsequent activity of colonialism laid the so-called "legal" basis.

7.He arrived in today's Canada in 1497,but he thought he arrived in the Eastern Coast of Asia

8.In 1498, he arrived in the Eastern Coast of today's America.

9.By 1461 Cabot was living in Venice, where he became a citizen.

10.In about 1482 he married a Venetian woman, Mattea, and they had three sons: Ludovico, Sebastiano and Sancio.
No.3

Why is he important to Canadian history?
Because he found today's Newfoundland in 1497 and he found the Eastern Coast of America next year.

No.4

Why did he leave Europe?

Because the King Henry let him go to publicize spice, their religion(Christianity) and tried to found Asia's riches.

No.5

What happende to John Cabot?

He found the Newfoundland in 1497,but he thought he arrived in the Eastern Coast of Asia. He arrived the Eastern Coast of America next year.
No.7

This video clip told us about John Cabot's history. John Cabot was a person after Columbus attracted by Asia's riches and he sailed. At first, he found Newfoundland. He and his crew got a lot of codfish in Newfoundland. They went back as a hero and people all supported them.Next year,he went there again, but ended in disaster.Another explorer took fifty people to go there and found some people. But all of them died finally.

Viking ship

This is a picture about viking ship. It's very beautiful! It's easy to see that is viking ship, because it has some features of viking ship.I love it !It's really a perfect picture.

Warm day to remember.

Today is a super special day for me to remember forever.I spent my birthday with my super good friends. They gave me a surprise.That impressed me a lot. Thank you! My super good friends! You really gave me a very warm and happy day in my life.I will remember today forever.