Assignment #8 The Real Riel

Kane: Hello everyone, today we have a special guest and he's see-through! Louis David Riel has come back from the dead just so he can be interviewed by me, what an honor! A Round of applause for the great man! So Louis, how are you feeling today?

Louis: Well I guess I could say I'm feeling empty! *Laughs* No I'm just kidding im doing pretty good besides the fact I was hung because I was a "traitor" and treated as a psycho, by some people. Other than that I'm pretty happy that I'm here today.

Kane: So, my first question is, what was going through your head when you knew you were going to die? How did you feel?

Louis: Well, I was proud and confused..

Kane: Proud?

Louis: Well I wasn't proud I was about to die, but I was proud of what I had accomplished before dying. I was proud because I knew I made a change and that the Metis respected me and looked at me and saw a leader and a Father or Confederation. Also they looked at me as the person who founded Manitoba. I grew up with the Metis. If you're wondering what "Metis" means, it means a person with one Aboriginal parent and one European parent. They were treated as outcasts because it was said to be that the father (usually the European) would come home and rape the wife and then abandon the family. No, I do not think that is true and I'm pretty sure my fellow Metis would would argue with that too. So I was also confused, why am I dying? I didn't do anything wrong. I wasn't the only one. What would happen to me after I died? What would happen to my family? Would they be hung too? I was confused.

Kane: Wow, deep. Next question. Where did you grow up? Was your childhood a good or bad experience?

Louis: Well I spent my childhood on the east bank of the Red River, not far from St. Boniface and the property of my Lagimodière grandparents. I grew up with the Métis, VERY conscious of my identity, inherited through my father’s line. I began my education when I was 10 years old eventually studying at the school run by the Christian Brothers established in the Settlement in 1854. With the aim of training priests for the young colony, in 1858, Bishop Taché sent me, Daniel McDougall and Louis Schmidt to Montreal to continue our studies. So overall it was a pretty good experience.

Kane: Again, deep. So for my final question, how did it feel having a seat in the house of commons 3 times?

Louis: Well, it was an honour as well as a privilege. Even though I was chosen to take a seat in the House of Commons on 3 different occasions, I was unable to take my seat in the house. In 1875, my role in the execution of Scott resutled in being exiled from Canada.

Kane: I wish I could say I understand, but I don't. I have to go now it was a pleasure being here with you, bye!

Louis: Thank you, I enjoyed the company.

Assignment #7 Canadian Personalities

a.) Which category of Canadian Personalities interested you the most? Did you like the "we inspired", "we founded", "we fought", "we built" or "we governed" section the best? Why? We inspired was the section I liked the most. The reason I liked we inspired was because I am inspired by people. Some people in the world and some athletes have no idea if they are looked up to or if kids want to be just like them. It could be the worst player in the NBA, to the best player in the NHL, and kids might want to be just like them when they get older. I also liked we inspired because a skier, who went through bankruptcy, cut down trails to go skiing, he developed new techniques, and taught thousands of kids to love skiing. Now that's inspiring.

b.) Which personality interested you the most? Why? Find an image of him or her to embed (add to the body of your post) and write, in your own words, a short description of what he or she did and why he or she is your favourite. If you get information from any source, you must credit it by creating a link to it (that includes information from the site that I've asked you to look at). The personality that interested me the most was the one about Herman Smith (Jackrabbit) Johannsen. Never being the richest of kids, he spent most of his childhood skiing. "He was literally raised on skis." During the Depression, he suffered bankruptcy. Shortly after he translated his hobby into a business and a way of life. "By the time of Canada’s Centennial in 1967, the vigorous 92-year-old had become the living hero of cross-country skiing."

c.) In your post, suggest three more influential Canadian personalities that could be added to this site. Why did you choose these people? Which categories would they fit into? Link to information about each of them. Steve Nash: I chose Steve Nash because he is one of my role models. He would fit into the "We Inspired" category. My reasons for this are: When he was 16 years old, the coach for the Ottawa U men's basketball team, Dave Deaveiro, coached Steve Nash. Steve Nash came to practice an hour early to shoot around. Dave would rebound for him. Steve would stay an hour after practice was done. Dave would rebound for him. One day Dave asked Steve, "Why do you come early and stay late?" Steve replied, "Because I want to be in the NBA one day." And at that time there were only 3 Canadians in the NBA. Dave said, "Well Steve, there are only 3 Canadians in the NBA, your chances are very low." And now, Steve Nash is the point guard for the Phoenix Suns, 2 time league MVP, 4 time All-Star and the only person to average 19 points a game along with 11 assists since 1990, by Magic Johnson. I got my information from the Ottawa Gee-Gees coach Dave Deaveiro and this website: http://www.nba.com/suns/news/release_nash_060202.html

Charmaine Crooks: Charmaine was born August 8, 1962 in Mandeville, Jamaica. She was chosen as one of the "Top 50 Women of Power." Charmaine Crooks has been President/Founder of NGU Consultants, a sports marketing, management and consulting company. She was and still is a role model for many people. She was the first Canadian woman to run the 800 metres in under 2 minutes. She belongs under the "We Inspired" category.

Terry Fox: Terry was born on July 28, 1958 and died on June 28, 1981. He ran across Canada with only one leg and with cancer. The other was a prosthetic leg. He ran to raise money for cancer research. He is one of the greatest heroes ever and is said to be the greatest hero of the 20th century. He is celebrated internationally during September for the Terry Fox Run, which is the largest one-day cancer fundraiser in the world.

d.) Which History-Maker did you have the most in common with? Were you able to figure it out from the clues given? What do you share with that person? What are some things that are different between you and that person? I had the most in common with James Naismith. I was able to figure it out as soon as the questions were asked and with the clues given at the end. James invented basketball. My favourite sport in the world. The greatest sport in the world. He was never the best at basketball when he invented it (even though the basketballs were made out of leather and the nets were just a peach basket tied to a pole.) His main goal was to get a good education and have his name on a scholarship or invent something. Basketball it was. The things that are different are he has 2 siblings, I have none.

e.) One hundred years from now, (in 2109!) imagine that students are learning about Canadian History Makers and they discover you. What will you be remembered for? How were you a Canadian History Maker? You are using your imagination, so think about some things that you would like to accomplish in your life and imagine that you have all the accomplishments of your life to look back on. Write a short profile of yourself, imagining the contributions you have made to the future of Canada. (Write this as though you've lived your whole life. You may have been a phenomenal athlete, the first black Prime Minister, cured cancer...use your imagination!) Kane Renart-Fisher was born on January 23rd, 1995 and died on his birthday in the year of 2082. He was and always will be the best point guard in basketball ever to live. He is a Canadian History Maker because he was the first person to average a triple double in points, assists and rebounds!; in one season. He played for the New Orleans Hornets, where he was the first round #1 pick in the 2016 NBA draft, where he played for 5 years in his career until he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Stefan Vijackic. Stefan was proving he was going to be the best ever, then Kane exploded. He averages a triple double, averaged!; in points, assists and rebounds. He led the L.A Lakers to 3 consecutive NBA championships, where 2 out of the 3 seasons won MVP for regular season and finals MVP. As a child, his favourite player was Chris Paul. He is 6 feet tall, which is considered short in the NBA. He lead the league in most steals a game and most assists a game in the 2008-09 season. Kane was only 28 after winning the 3 championships, and went on to play for the Ottawa Thunderbolts, (a newly formed team in 2021) and won 3 more championships in 2022, 2023, and 2025. Kane was the greatest point guard ever to live, and arguably the best player ever. He will always be remembered.

Assignment #6 Charmaine Crooks

I'm doing my assignment on Charmaine Crooks. She is a 5-time Olympian runner. She won silver in 1984 and has represented Canada almost the past 20 years. In 1996, she was the one who carried the Canadian flag at the Opening Ceremonies of the 1996 Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games. I chose her because I wanted to learn more about an African-Canadian 5-time Olympian runner.

She was born August 8, 1962 in Mandeville, Jamaica. She was the first Canadian woman to run the 800 metres in under 2 minutes. She as chosen as one of the "Top 50 Women of Power." Charmaine Crooks has been President/Founder of NGU Consultants, a sports marketing, management and consulting company. She was and still is for some people a role model for some people. I had never heard about Charmaine Crooks, and I don't know why because of the things she has accomplished. I am quite impressed.

These are the sites I got my information from.
http://www.mcpspeakers.com/Speaker/76/Charmaine-Crooks.html
http://www.thehearttruth.ca/Charmaine_Crooks/

Assignment #5 The Early Settlers

You think its cold now? Well, early canadian settlers didn't have all the warm "extras" we have now. If you think its hard to survive in the cold now, it must have been near impossible 100 years ago. The early settlers are the ones who started the base of Canada. Food and shelter were hard things to get. Quote from Amit's blog, "Some would say it's in comparison to winning the 649 lottery."

Food, was a very hard thing to get. They had to grow their own food, vegetables and pick berries. But in the winter, imagine how hard it would be to get food. Jams and jellies were stored for food, and there was a general store where you could get food in exchange for other goods. Milk and butter was churned from cows. They were also used for meat. Chickens provided meat and eggs. Pigs, duck and geese were also raised. People would sometimes sell or trade these animals to get money or other foods.

Shelter was made using wood. Most people lived right near forests, so wood was an unlimited supply, but the challenge was cutting down the trees and seperating them into pieces to fit into the fireplace... in the winter. Before making a house, people lived in tents and kept all of their belongings in their tents. Sod houses were the easiest to make (grass and roots). They were first cut into strips, then piled on top of eah other like bricks, which is how walls were made.

My mom's side of the family lived in England before they came to Canada. The reason my grandmother moved to Canada was because her husband, Mike Fisher (not the hockey player), was offered a job in Canada with the government to work as an architect for submarines. So she moved to Canada with him.

My dad's side of the family lived in Uruguay before coming to Canada. They moved to Canada because my grandfather was offered a job at Ottawa Uinversity to be a professer. My grandmother went with him and thats when their lives started.

I got all of my information from http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/intro.html

Assignment #4

The first 2109 assigment i read was Stefan V's. He had very similar thoughts to mine. But the one i agreed with the most was "The people that are rich wont worry about that, a million dollars is alot of money now, but then it will not be as much." That is something i agree with completely. His assigment was very detailed.
http://historystefanv.blogspot.com/

The second 2109 assigment i read was Amit's. Again, Amit had very a similar assigment to mine. I really liked his thoughts and his prospects and views of the history. "We also might get our first woman to be the Prime Minister of Canada." Again that was something I thought aswell. Alot of effort and information was in his assigment. It was my favourite.
http://historyamitj.blogspot.com/

The third and last assigment i read was Carly's. She think people in the future will firgure out the cure for cancer. That is something i don't agree with because i don't think anyone will figure out the cure for cancer. I think it is uncureable. A quote from Carly's assigment. "I really hope that in the future (2109) that they will find a cure to cancer.
http://historycarlymc.blogspot.com/

Assignment #3, Canada 2109.

Canada has changed in so many ways over the past 100 years. Internet, cell phones and even video games. These are all things that have happened in the past 100 years that have been good, or helpful to the world. Now, the things that will happen in the next 100 years, I don’t know. But, I can make predictions.

I think people will rely on technology to do everything for us. To the point where people will not even want to walk to get places. The world will get so lazy they will not even have to think to do things. The richest people in the world will just buy their way through life and pay smarter people to make their decisions for them. Then again, that’s even happening now!

Also, money value. Every type of money will keep increasing in value so soon enough a chocolate bar will be $50. But in the future, I think $50 will be worth just as much as $2 is now.

I also think schools will be taught and handled differently. They will supply kids with everything they need, and teachers might not even teach anymore while at school. Who knows, they could use a computer screen and be able to stay at home while still teaching? Robots will be built with more detail and with more human like thoughts. They will have human senses and be able to react.

The U.S just elected their first black president, Canada might elect their first woman prime minister.

These are possibilities, not facts. It’s just my opinion. I could be right or wrong. 100 years is a very long period of time, who knows what could happen?

Welcome.

So this is my blog, welcome... im a grade 8 student in Ottawa, Canada. Im learning about Canadian History and i hope this is fun for you and hope you will respond/comment. Im pretty excited about this because typing for me is much easier than writing.
http://historypollock.blogspot.com/