Assignment #6- Blck History Month

For my Black History Month assignment, I have chosen Donovan Bailey. Who is a Canadian Olympic gold medalist.

Donovan Bailey was born in Manchester,Jamaica. He came to Canada at the age of thirteen with his mother. He was very successful in running track but he spent most of his time playing basketball. When he graduated high school he went off to college. After graduating college he became a successful stockbroker. While he was watching a Canadian track and field championship, he noticed that some of the athletes on the team were his high school classmates that he beat in running track.

So he started running 100 metre and excelled in them, he later then joined the national Canadian team. Later then he met a coach named Don Pfaff at the 1993 world championships, and saw his talent, and self confidence. He invited Donovan to train with him at Louisiana State University, he took the offer.

Wins after wins. He began to dominate every championship his team entered. Then came the 1996 summer Olympics where he broke a world record. He ran only 9.84 seconds also winning the gold medal.

I chose Donovan bailey because I thought he did many great things and became successful and fulfilled what he is good at. He has a lot of great things to be proud of.

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Assignment #5- Its Really Cold BRR

There are some pros and cons about winter.

For me though there are way more cons then pros.

Winter is very hard for Canadians living in Canada. We have to deal with the harsh weather every year, and it feels like its getting even worse every year. This past 3 weeks was one of the worse winters I've experienced, its was so cold that exposed skin will get a frostbite within a 10 minute time period. That sound really bad. I do know that winter will not be going anywhere so we have to try our best to stay warm and fight through the struggle.

The First Canadian settlers have been through a lot during the winters back then. They had to cut their own wood for warmth an food. They spent hours in the cold just doing that and now we have fireplaces in our house we don't even bother going outside. Its amazing how they can be so brave. I know for sure I wouldn't be able to do that, I can't even go outside and shuffle the snow.

I was born in Canada so I'm kind of use to the cold weather. My parents came to North America when they were around 16. They said their first winter was quite the experience. My dad said he loved winter because her thought it was beautiful looking and my mother said she strongly disliked it. I found that she disliked winter so much when she wore 7 layers when going outside...Yeah I was shocked to. I like winter because of how it looks from a window it's so pretty..but when you step outside that's when the hate starts. Other then that winter can be cool. :)

What If the Future looks like this:O

Martin Luther King Jr Assignment

Martin Luther King Jr words and bravery to stand up against racism has somewhat made the world a better place. His words make people of colour to rise up to their thoughts and share their concerns and ideas to the world. The world now can stand together no matter what race or generation, they are not ashamed to be from the same world but different cultural backgrounds.

Martin Luther King Jr words made me think of how the United States was 50 years ago and now look. There are some people that haven't bothered to change but his words have got to tons and tons of people that can still stand up to the few who don't care. It made me feel like we can stand together as a world and be leaders together and make this world a better place. He made me feel that everyone has the power to do things they set their minds to and that no one else can tell them what to do.

They mad me feel this way because the words he used were so gratifying and convincing. When he read this speech he spoke it so wisely and with confidence like he had nothing else on his mind and he had no worries of such type.

I thought the students presentation was really prodigious. I thought they did a great job. They didn't even stumble on a word. I think that it is great that they are teaching small children history so they can understand the concepts of being a world and changes that people have done to make this a better world.

I think Martin Luther Kings Jr's ideas to my own life by standing up to want I want In life and not let anything hold me back from fulfilling my dreams.

Peer evaluation- Assignment #4

I have been looking through my peers work and I decided to evaluate Maryan's assignment.

Maryan i thought overall you had good qualities in your answer, but there were a few things I felt unsure about. You had good use of information but there was some main points you missed, I think you could of added a bit more detail to your answers. I think you could of done an opening sentence that introduces how you feel about the present and made another paragraph about what you think the world will experience in the future. Your closing sentence was still a point you had stated "hopefully in the future we find ways to solve this disease! :) " this should have not closed it you should have made your point again remember what Miss. Biggar said in English class with the paragraph writing notes.

Anyway Maryan you did good so please don't let my advice bring you down. Next time look back to your assignments.

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Assignment #3

There have been many changes in not only Canada, but the whole world since 1509.

Our technology has definitely gone better, the world had no laptops, computers and ipods back then, and now look we have every technology you can possibly name. Geography has changed as well. Before we had less intelligent people to create things for our geographical area. We had no maps to know where we are or where we are headed. Now we have maps that are taken to another level, for example GPS systems. Peoples minds have reimbursed, we have people that create and manufacture all the gadgets that grab the consumers eye. All that comes from a persons interpretation. Political violence has changed to. Back then the government did not agree on things as much as they do now. Before if you disagree on something it will lead to war, and now they think it through and have much more discussions and they make choices that they wouldn't have to regret they made later on. Now enough about the past and the present lets look in to the future. What do we think will happen in the year of 2109.

The year of 2109 i think will be fascinating. I think we will have fictional things taking care of us for example mechanical robots will be doing our chores and take care of us so we have less things to do and make the job easier for us. Technology will take on a higher level, for example all cars will run on electricity instead of oil so it can make the environment a better place. Politics will be excepted to all races for example even if a black person is president right now, they still have to deal with criticism but in the future that will not be accepted. Medical scientists will come up with cures for the diseases that have not yet been dealt with like cancer,aids etc. There will not be war in countries that have not yet solved their problems. All natural disasters might accure in one time all together causing a huge crisis (god forbid).

The world can not be changed by itself ,it will need to be changed with our cooperation and nourishment. We will need to stand together as a world and make our home a better place to live. You never know everything may not go as you want it to go. I am quite sure there will be some rough time and some good times, but on the long run we will make the earth a exceptional,distinguished place to call home.

Assignment 2

Hey Mrs.Pollock I am also finished assignment number 2

Assignment 1

I have finished the first assignment Mrs.Pollock:)

Welcome, to my blog everyone. I am a grade 8 student in Ottawa,Canada. My class will be doing our history assignments on blogger, because sometimes you need to get away from a text book and have some fun with what you are learning. I think its great that we are doing this, I find it very creative and different from other schools. I am very excited because I love using computer for assignments, and now we get to do our whole history coarse on which is even better.



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