This reminds of me of -tyrone

The difference between primary and secondary sources is the lack or the support of evidence at the time it mainly relies if the sources are correct and appropriate for that time. like say a letter from the explorers to the court of Britain explaining their findings and gains this would be a primary source and a great reference. while a secondary source could be a newspaper after the event or even a reference about the event if it wasn't truly from the time or event it is not a primary source.


this process reminds me of say compare a live interview of a accident or event to a later summary of the same event. which further pushes towards the requirements of the supporting event at the time and how it cant just be a later rerun or say a newspaper reporting it at a later time it lacks the sources to be a primary source. Without the support of the sources anything is either a secondary source or not even a source to begin with. If you attempted to write say a research paper and you only reference secondary sources or other people research on the same topic there is a high chance that they will slash your marks heavily. 

So all in all the differences are the support and relation to the time or event. the impact and dates also play a key role in the classification of these source types.

Expulsions of the Acadians vs The Walking Dead

**SPOILERS FOR THE WALKING DEAD SEASON 2 AND 3**

When I think of the Expulsion of the Acadians, it reminds me of season 3 of the Walking Dead. To fully understand why I think of The Walking Dead, we must understand and review both events and what happened.

Expulsions of the Acadians

When the French surrendered and signed the Treaty of Utrecht, the English gained most of the French’s land which included a colony covering Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the coast of St. Lawrence called Acadia. The French colonists of Acadia were now forced to accept Britain as their ruler. They swore their allegiance and were told they wouldn’t have to fight in a war against France. In 1754, Charles Lawrence became governor of Nova Scotia and wanted the Acadians to become “Fully British” (He wanted to reduce French culture, language and have them be willing to fight against France in war). The Acadians refused his terms in 1755. The Acadians were forced out and their homes and farms were burnt.

The Walking Dead

At the end of Season 2, Rick and the group abandoned the Greene Farm which had become overrun with walkers. 8 months later, he leads the group to a prison complex which they clear of walkers and make a home out of since Lori (Rick’s pregnant wife) is nearing term and needs somewhere safe to deliver the baby. Two members of Rick’s group are captured by the Governor who is the leader of a nearby community Woodbury. The two are interrogated for information about Rick’s group and the prison using torturous methods. The group plans an attack, rescues the two prisoners and stabs the Governor in one eye. The Governor offers peace if Rick hands over a member of his group, Michonne, who is viewed as a valuable asset. Rick declines the offer. The Governor launches a full attack on the prison but Rick and his group manages to fight them off but both sides lose valuable people in the battle.

Obviously, there are some very big similarities and some others that you really need to look for. In both stories there is a dictator or someone who believes they are the best and are in charge. In Acadia, Charles Lawrence was the governor and took control of the Acadians and in the Walking Dead, the Governor was much more of a dictator than a leader as he claimed to be. Both dictators had demands, Lawrence wanted the Acadians to become fully British whereas the Governor wanted Michonne. Both groups denied the offers of peace because of their moral values and beliefs. The Acadians cared more about their culture and lifestyle than their homes and Rick cared more about his group than their safety. A small difference is that the group in TWD put up a huge fight and sacrificed people in order to keep the prison and Michonne but the Acadians didn’t put up as much as a fight. I’m sure they tried to protect their farms and homes but not on the same level as the group from the show.

In the end, they are quite a few similarities to the Expulsion of the Acadians and the Walking Dead. Is it really fair to compare history to a TV show? No, not really but it’s important that we remember our history and it is quite interesting to see media take inspiration from history even if it is just a coincidence.

By: Kelsey Ainscough

This Reminds Of

In history we talked about the first nations..
before the Europeans came there was approximately
-50 major languages
-12 different languages families


in Canada there are three cultural areas
-subarctic
-(west/east)
-great plains/prairies
-woodlands


The different kinds of language groups are
-Cree
-Dakota
-Ojibwe
-Oji-Cree
-Dene


Unlike the French, the English did encourage agriculture and settlement in Canada. They had also charted the Hudson's bay company in 1670 with the help of two French traders who were Sier de Groseiller and Pierre Raddison. The region controlled by the company was called Rupert's land. ( was claimed by the English and French at the same time) The company established trading posts all long Hudson Bay. The French tried to cut into this operation by intercepting the Indian traders as they went down the rivers towards Hudson's bay.
The company of New France took over the fur trade and also arranged for 4000 immigrants to come to Canada. Far fewer than that came over by 1663 the population of New France was only about 2500

John Davis

John Davis Born about 1550, died 1605. John Davis was a great explorer, had great skill in navigation with patience and careful work. He invented the Davis quadrant Davis invented the backstaff in 1595.  he went farther north than any explorer had gone before and mapped huge areas. This made it possible for later explores to go further. He lead several voyagers to discover the northwest passages and served as a pilot and caption on both Dutch and English vogues to the indies. David's life as a sailor and explore was dedicated to the service oh hid country and the science navigation in the best tradition Elizabethan seamanship. Davis seems to have commended the black dog against the Spanish armada and sailed with Thomas Cavendish on his last voyage in 1519, He also sailed with sir Walter Raleigh to Cádiz and to the azores. Davis had technical four voyages  First voyage Sunshine and moonshine. Second voyage sunshine moonshine, mermayde, and north starre. Third voyage Ellen, sunshine, and Elizabeth, His last ship was tiger. Davis had three ships named Ellen, sunshine and Elizabeth. two for fishing and one for exploring. He died on December 29, 1605 in a battle with Japanese pirates.




The connection with John Davis that we discussed in class are that he sailed three times to try and find the northwest passage. Although he failed to try and find it he went further north then any explorer had gone before and mapped huge areas. He also invented the Davis Quadrant, a tool used for measuring the position of the ship on the earth. We discussed that Davis invented the backstaff in 1995, a navigational tool to measure latitude, They would turn their backs to the sun and measure its shadows instead of having to look straight into the sun. Davis failed a lot trying to explore but it never stopped him, he failed 3 times trying to explore the Northwest Passage. What makes him a good explorer is that he is patient with his navigation and careful with his work. On his third voyage, Davis had three ships Ellen, sunshine and Elizabeth, His two ships sunshine and Elizabeth were only for fishing. He explored both sides of the Davis strait in Ellen and went as far north as 73 degrees north. First voyage Sunshine and moonshine. Second voyage sunshine moonshine, mermayde, and north starre. Third voyage Ellen, sunshine, and Elizabeth, His last ship was tiger.


This reminds me of  finding nemo, nemo and John Davis have similar things, in the movie finding nemo is all about adventure and exploring, nemo gets lost a lot as such Davis fails to explore places. Finding nemo is a good choice for this because I feel it relates to john Davis. finding nemo is all about trying find him and they explore the whole sea looking for that one thing which is nemo, they fail sometimes but in the end they end up finding him. John Davis explores the sea trying to find the northwest passage. He fails such as in finding nemo they fail a lot trying to find nemo.

Western Explorers

Jacques Cartier was a French Explorer of Breton who originally claimed what is now Canada for France. Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of Saint Lawrence River.  Cartier set sail under a commission from the king, hoping to discover a western passage to the wealthy markets of Asia. In the words of the commission, he was to discover certain islands and lands where it is said that a great quantity of gold and other precious things are to be found. Jacques Cartier went to Canada three times, in 1534, 1535 and 1541. He is credited with being the first European discoverer of the St. Lawrence River and the first European to make a map of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. He gave Canada its name, after he mistook the Mohawk word for village Kanata as the name of the whole land. Jacques Cartier was born in the area of St. Malo, in 1491. he got married in the 1520, but had no children with his wife. We have watched plenty other videos in class about the famous Western Explorers. we also watched the John A Macdonald movie on how the Royal Proclamation works with Jacques Cartier.


The connections that I have for the Western French explorer, Jacques Cartier and the points we have discussed in class are, I think in my own opinion that he is very brave and a unique explorer he traveled around Canada and discovered Canada in plenty of different provinces and city's. he lead three expeditions which is now Canada, he claimed all these lands that he has discovered for France. he was the one who named the original claim in France for North America.

In my own Opinion I think that he is related to or has connections with Samuel de Champlain another famous Explorer who discovered New France, Quebec city. When Jacques Cartier arrived in 1535, the site was called Stadacona by the Iroquois who lived there. When Champlain arrived it was Quebec, the Algonquin and Abenaki word for the narrow channel of the St. Lawrence, "the place where the river narrows". they both explored Canada and are very great explorers both are brave, and they both have explored Canada if it wasn't for them we wouldn't have the name Canada. Both Samuel de Champlain and Jacques Cartier were both leaders of there team, there peoples.
for and example that I know of the Movie Pirates of the Caribbean, is a great reference to this topic, in that movie they all travel the world to fight for eachothers land and all discover the same places. they all have leaders of the group and tribe.

This Reminds Me Of

When I think of "primary" and "secondary" sources, my mind goes directly to museums. To understand why my mind thinks of museums you have to know what "primary", and "secondary" sources mean:

 Primary Sources:

• The "first" source (actual source)
• You have to have a primary source to make a historical assumption
• Examples.) Letter, Contract, Photo, Interview, Diary, Original Video (from original source)

Secondary Sources:

• These are the ones that we use (in school)
• Examples.) Textbook's, You Tube Video, Book's, Film's

Can Create a Secondary Source From...

• Connecting primary sources
• Looking at other secondary sources
• Gathering information from primary, and secondary sources

When Looking At Sources: (This is what workers from Pawn Stars has to do ;))

• Trust the source of information.
• Do they look authentic?
• Are the people who are writing qualified to write?
• Is the story biased?
• Was there any editing/staging done to make the photos/videos look a certain way?

Museums

Definition:
A building where historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are kept and exhibited.
Why do we have museums?
Museums come in all different shapes, and sizes, and are located all over the world. There are a whole bunch of different types of museums. Some are: fine arts, applied arts, craft, history, cultural history, military history, science, technology, children's museums, natural history...and more. Even though there are a lot of different types of museums, they all have the same intentions. There intentions are to share information about the past. Each type of museum distributes there information in there own way, even though there are a few things that they have in common. Some of the things that they have in common are that they all have sources, whether they are primary or secondary. Some museums have primary sources, others have secondary sources, and some have a mix of both. The most common source that you would see in an museum would be a secondary source. The reason is that there can only be one primary source for something, but a whole bunch on replicas of an artifact (primary). Another reason why it is not common for a museum to have secondary sources and not primary sources is that primary sources are very expensive. In fact if you were going to by the famous painting call "the Mona Lisa" then you would have to bring at least 780 million dollars with you.

Canadian Museum for Human Rights (2013) Uploaded by unknown, Historica Canada. Available online at:http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canadian-museum-for-human-rights/

What types of things are in a museum?

All of the things that go into a museum have to be significant
The significance of history depends on:

• If it was important at the time? If so, how important was it?
• If the consequences widespread and lasting?
• How much did the event symbolise an important issue or trend?
• Who it was important to?

Now that you know what primary and secondary sources, and museums are...

Now that you know what primary and secondary sources, and museums are you now should be able to understand why I think of museums when I hear  those words.
In every single museum there has to be either primary sources (the original artifact); secondary sources (a replica of the original artifact); or both. If does not have any of those it is not a museum.

This Reminds me of:

In our grade 11 History course, the topic of Leaders came up when talking about the First Peoples. As we learned about the ways of the First Peoples, I couldn't help but notice how similar their societies functioned to ours (in the sense of "government" or "leadership"). In Canada, we have what is called a democracy. We as people, have a lot of freedoms in speech and are free to speak our opinions. Different areas also happen to have personal representatives, chosen by voting. Although our country does happen to be represented by one person (prime minister), it doesn't necessarily mean that we are controlled.

The First Peoples also happened to have someone to represent their groups. This person was elected through various ways, but often in a group decision. In order to be a leader nowadays, you have to have something to offer. It’s more than just randomized choosing. This was the same back when the First Peoples were around too. Things like family ties, area, physical abilities, and other things played a role in who would be appointed to be the leader. We look for different things in a leader, but the idea if having some type of plan or direction for the group remains the same. We as people try to find someone who will benefit everyone. Not only that, but we look for someone to represent us in a good way. Things like gender roles have no real meaning back when the First Peoples were still around. In our communities and work places, gender roles aren't a big deal (anymore). The whole idea of government and working together for the people's benefits happens to also be a similarity. 

 Both we as people now and back then focused hard on making sure that everything stayed in working order and that everyone was happy. In both people, the majority of decisions are/were made in the hopes of bettering both the community and the people who live in it. To be important in the community back then, you had to be smart. The same idea applies now. There are certain qualifications as to who gets chosen to represent the peoples. Which happens to be very smart if you think about it; it shows that the First Peoples and our societies are alike in a good way. Governing a town or city is quite difficult and stressful, as would governing a colony or group of people. The person in charge would have a lot of responsibilities. This didn’t change over time ether, because our government is very important nowadays and are needed for decision making. Without a type of government or system, both peoples would have struggled greatly to strive. Things like when to hunt, who hunts, where they hunt, what animal to hunt, etc... Are the types of decisions that the leader of the group may have had to make. For our society it would be things like: making/enforcing laws, politics, taxes, etc… Both peoples had a very organized system, and everyone is open to helping.

EXAMPLE POST - This Reminds Me Of

     This blog reminds me of the classroom blogging project we participated in when we were in Grade 8. One of the main reasons for this comparison is because Mrs. Thompson was our teacher for Grade 8 homeroom (math, science, and art) as well as our teacher now (history). In Grade 8 our blog was a collaborative activity that we maintained during class time and it was treated somewhat casually. We could use the blog posts to catch up on what we missed in class or get ideas from other people for our science projects. This blog, however, is much more formal and we will use it to communicate our understanding to Mrs. Thompson as well as connect with others and think deeper about the topics shared in class. Each of our blog posts counts as a major assignment towards our overall classroom grade.

     I've created the following venn diagram to help illustrate the similarities and differences between our Grade 8 blogging project and our Canadian History blog:

     If you are interested in viewing the blog we created in Grade 8, to see the similarities and differences for yourself, it can be viewed at: http://mrstsclassroom.blogspot.ca/