Black History Month

Today, we had an assembly about Black History Month and there was singing, dancing, skits. they also talked about the Under Ground Railroad. It was really interesting. It shows how much slavery over alot of things catches peoples attention.

Video

Hey, Oh! My! God! I just went to Emily's site and the video was funny! you should check it out. You will love it.

Assignment #8

Hello, welcome to the CANADIAN HISTORY INTERVIEWS! views... views... I'm your host, JESSICA R. R... R...I got an amazing friend who can help us with seeing and talking to ghosts, so tonight we are going to talk to LOUIS RIEL Riel... Riel ... stay tuned for more on this story.





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Good afternoon, or is it morning?

Actually it's evening, we were hoping that you might answer some questions for us?

Well, of course. How else would you find out what really happened?

I don't know, but I heard from a place that you never finished school, is that correct?

That is quite true, and did you know that I tried to become a lawyer? Well it didn't work out so well.

Oh really, I didn't know that. Why don't you tell us what happened after that?

Well I was learning in Montreal, and after I stopped I went to my home town, the Red River Settlement.

Actually, that area is now Manitoba.

Oh really, well I was educated and bilingual. and, shortly after that, I became the leader of the Metis. in 1869 and 1870 I Headed a provisional government, that would renegotiate the Manitoba act with the Canadian government, the act gave some rights to the British language.

Quick question, did you really choose to execute the Canadian Thomas Scott?

Yes I did and I'm not too happy about it either, if I hadn't hung his head, I would have lived longer. Sad isn't it.

Yes, well why don't you continue with your story?

Of course. Well my hanging of Thomas Scott infuriated the anti-french and the anti-Catholic people. Although I was chosen for a seat in the House of Commons on three occasions, I wasn't able to take my seat in the house. In 1875, my role in the death of Scott resulted in my exile from Canada.These years in exile included the stays in two Quebec asylums and the growing of my belief that I had a religious mission to lead the Métis people of the Canadian northwest.


And in 1884 you were teaching in Montana at a Jesuit mission.

Yes, and I was asked by a delegation from the community of Métis from the south branch of the Saskatchewan river to present their grievances to the Canadian government. Despite my assistance, the federal government ignored Métis concerns. By March of 1885, Métis patience was exhausted and a provisional government was declared.

Go on.

I was the undisputed spiritual and polital head of the short-lived 1885 Rebellion. I never carried arms and hindered the work on my military head, Gabriel Dumont. I was increasingly influenced by my belief that I was chosen to lead the Métis people. On May 15, shortly after the fall of Batoche, I surrendered to Canadian forces and was taken to Regina to stand trial for treason.

And you gave six speeches?

No, I gave three speeches. And they demonstrated my powerful rhetorical abilities. I personally rejected attempts by my defence counsel to prove I was not guilty by reason of insanity. On 1 August 1885, a jury of six English-speaking Protestants found me guilty but recommended mercy. Judge Hugh Richardson sentenced me to death. Attempted appeals were dismissed and a special re-examination of my mental state by government appointed doctors found me sane. I was hanged in Regina on 16 November, 1885. Mt execution was widely opposed in Quebec and had lasting political ramifications.

Interesting story you were great! Until next week I'm JESSICA R. R... R... and this is CANADIAN HISTORY INTERVIEWS views ... views...

Sister

Hey, I have a sister who is blogging too, her blogg is really cool. My sister's name is Serah-lynn R. You should check out her blogg, you'll love it!

Assignment #4

Sorry but my Assignment #4 is late. In assignment #4 we have to read other people's blogs about what would happen in 2109. I found that these people had really interesting posts.

Chelsea said "think there's going to be less pollution, and more respect to any type of colour."

Janet said "Whatever changes there is, I hope it won't be too soon, nor too late!"

Nada said "There will be more women that are presidents there will even less wars."

These people did great in predicting what would happen in 2109. What do you think will happen? Post a comment and tell me.

Assignment #7

I went to a site under Mrs. Pollock's recommendation, for assignment #7 it is called civilization.ca. I really like the 'we inspired' section of the civilization site, because if it wasn't inspired it wouldn't have happened.

My favorite is Gabrielle Roy. She was a french writer whom wrote Bonheur D'occasion, which was later translated to The Tin Flute. Gabrielle grew up in Manitoba, she translated that experience as well as her observations as a journalist in Montreal.

Roy quoted this in April 1966

"To write, it’s a need, it’s almost physical. You cannot avoid picking up the pen. Or touching the white page that is there, stretched out. Totally ready to receive . . . And you write precisely because you want to give, because you want to share with others. Because you have felt, or understood, the truth of certain human beings and you must say it."

Three more amazing Canadians are Sheila Watt-Cloutier, David Thomas, and Matthew Gillard.

I played the history match up quiz it was really fun and i think you'd like to try it.

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?

The history maker that was most like me was Piere Elliott Trudeau. there are allot of things different between us, but the only thing the same is that we both have french in our heritage. He was the 15 prime minster but i have no interest in becoming prime minster. He died 4 years after I was born. i was unable to guess who he was with the clues, but one of my peers was talking about his qualities.

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 tirst black Prime Minister, cured cancer...use your imagination!)

1. I will become the most famous singer in Canada

2. I will invent the best online chat service

3.I will write the most books no author has ever wrote before

4.I will be in 150 movies

5. Found a cure to aids

6.I will find a way to make gasoline out of natural resources

Assignment #6

Before i begin in Assignment #6 I got most of my information at mta.ca and at Wikipedia
Portia White was a teacher, as well as a vocalist. She achieved international fame in the 1940's and 1950's as a Classical concert singer, Portia White inherited her singing abilities from her family.


Portia was born in 1911 in Truro. She had been born 3rd in a family of 11, her father was a Baptist minister and the first black graduate of Acadia university in 1906. that same year he married Izie White. After world war one the white family moved to Halifax. The father became a minister at the Cornwallis Street Baptist Church. Portia joined the choir in her father's church at the age of 6 with her sibling.


The depression of the 1930's brought so much more music opportunities that the father did weekly concerts at the theatre for the church. Portia eldest sister, Helena, organized the concerts while Portia herself directed the choir. In the early 1930's Portia completed teaching school at Dalhousie University, and teaching in Lucasville, a black community on the outskirts of Halifax. She kept up her singing in the Halifax Ladies Musical Club.


Portia gave her first recital in June 1939, during the war she often preformed in concerts and on radio gaining popularity Her younger siblings formed the White Quartette and preformed regularly for the troops in Halifax. In 1941 Portia met Edith Read, a Halifax native, whom was a principle of Branksome Hall, a private school in Toronto. Read was impressed with Portia and made arrangements for a performance at the Eaton Aditoran. Due to Read's kindness Portia got a large chain of performances to New York and many more.



Portia White's was career was very short. Between 1945 and 1948 she toured through Canada, The U.S.A., and Latin America, although in 1946 she got a slight rasp in her throat, a symptom of vocal problems. In 1952 Portia gave up on vocals and retired in Toronto to teach music. Once in a while she made a small performance and gradually resumed her career. After 1960 she only gave a handful of concerts. one of the concerts was said to be 'the crowning achievement of her life', it was for Queen Elizabeth II at the Confederation Centre in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Portia White was often called 'Canada's Marian Anderson,' after an african american singer.Portia White's last public appearance was at the World Baptist Federation conference on July 1967. She past away in Toronto in February 1968.In 1997 the Nova Scotia government created a special award for artists in her memory, a fitting tribute to a remarkable woman who had contributed so significantly to the musical life of her community and the world.