Assignment #6:Josiah Henson (1789-1883)

Josiah Henson was a born slave from a plantation in Charles County, Maryland,who was born on June 15th 1789. Josiah had worked all his life and early on in his life he was was shown the cruelty and brutality of slavery, as well as he was traded three times before he was even was even at the age of 18 years old. Josiah Henson had saved up $350.00 to purchase his freedom when his master (Amos Riley) told him that the price was changed to $1000.00.

Knowing that he was cheated for his money he and his wife then escaped to north Canada with their four children in 1830. When they arrived Josiah Henson formed a community and taught ex-slaves how to be good farmers. Josiah Henson was an active person until his death, which was in the year 1883 at the age of 94. In the end Josiah Henson was called "the most controversial former slave ever to make his way to freedom and safety in Upper Canada."

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Assignment # 5:The Early Settlers

Hello Readers,

As we all know the weather outside is very cold and can give people frostbite in less than 10 minutes if they are not protecting themselves. You know though if we get cold it is not a big deal because we can just go inside a house or a store and warm up, or we have fireplaces,heaters, furnaces and many layers of clothes or blankets. But you know what, you might not remember them but the early settlers (also known as the pioneers) did not have any of those things that I mentioned. Yet they traveled all over Canada with not much of anything but themselves and the people around them. Sure they might of had some food and supplies but not much because most was not invented back then or they did not want to take much with them on their long journey.

The early settlers had to face cold and warm weather while they traveled through Canada and had to rely on the fur trade to keep them warm. Along the way many of the pioneers had died and many have gotten sick but the others kept going, they had to, they were the ones that were looking for freedom and bigger land. They had to trust themselves and the people around them to keep going and never stop.


The pioneers had to face weather and illnesses but also they had to build houses and take care of family. They build their houses from the ground up and they had family members to care about too. If the family would need something to help them like food or wood for fire then they would have to go out and find them as well as sometimes things did not always work out so what happened was maybe it was too cold and they had to go find some fire wood or food but they could not because there might be snow on the ground or it might be to cold to go out and they would have to stay in the houses they had all night or whatever time it took to be able to go and get the stuff they needed. Sometimes they might even of had to just go out and face the cold and get the stuff because they really needed it. But when you look at all this stuff today you think that compared to the pioneers we have a lot more than they do like warm jackets, gloves, mittens and hats so that we can go outside and get what we need.

Some of the reasons why they came to Canada was because they were not allowed the freedom of worship and because the government had taken control over their way of life. Now when I hear something like that it makes me feel bad because we have freedom to do many things that can change the way we live though we have laws and rules too. Also the men were forced into the army and many people had to suffer because they could not afford enough food and supplies to keep them going. As the people tried to earn the money they needed it was much harder than they thought because a lot of the jobs that they had did not pay much back then.

My grandparents came all the way from Austria and they are now living in Toronto. The reason why they came to Canada was to start a new life and to live in a new place. Now we all know that Toronto does not get as much snow as us but yet they still do get some snow but my grandparents lived through it and got on with their lives.

Well what can i say, the pioneers were very strong and lived through very much like all of the different weather and losing members of their crew just to get the freedom they deserve. We should all think about every thing they did and remember that we have it much easier than they did but they were brave and went on through life.

One website that i really liked was saskschools.ca because they had a lot of information and good facts. Also you can check out the Canadian encyclopedia or this one that I found called the life of early pioneers.

Assignment #4:

Hello Viewers,

I have been visiting other peoples blogs and I am going to tell you three that I liked. The first one was Emily's Blog because it had a lot of information and detail like this quote,"First of all, I think by 2109, the world would probably end, due to all the pollution, and global warming, climate change, etc."

I also liked Chongo's Blog because she explained what she thought very well like this point,"Changes in the American and Canadian politics, like a woman for president in the United States."

Another one that I liked was Shukria's Blog because it was filled with information of the future to come with very logical guesses like this one,"To begin with, it might not be as soon as the 22th century but at some point in time our planet will be over populated."

So that is what I think of these blogs. I hope that you enjoy them too!

Assignment #3:History of the Future to come!

A lot of things have happened through the years and some more than others. When 2109 comes there are many things that can happen and many things that will change or be added too. I think that 2109 will be something to think really hard about because as the years go on you can only guess by how the economy changes and how some things will build on to others. So here are some of the things that I think could happen in 2109.

Some of the things that could be built in the future to help the environment would be cars and transportation that could run off of solar power or other natural resources so that we don't pollute our environment with fumes and gasses. Also there could be many other electronics that would be able to run off of natural resources so that we can save some of the other electric power for things that really need it.

There might also be new species out there roaming around that might be good to our environment or there could be ones that can harm our environment or the humans in it. Also there could be a lot of new germs and viruses in the air, but you can't exactly be sure. I hope that when 2109 comes there will be a cure for all diseases and so that no one will have to suffer anymore.

When we look at the way some of our structures are built, some just look the same but others can look very different from others, and I think that when 2109 comes some structures might be the most fantastic and huge ones yet. But we have to think, will we have enough materials or will we find new materials that are even better than the ones that we have now.

In some places in the world war is going on, and then some other places don't have much of anything like clear water and medicine to help them when they need it and enough food to last them through the day. I wish that when 2109 comes around most places will not have to suffer anymore and that they will have everything they need and have relationships with other places so that they can trade large items that maybe some places don't have and that world war will end for good and that the world can just get along.

Between 1509 to 1909 there was not much technology and most people probably didn't think that some of the stuff that we have rite now would of happened. But scientists experimented and tested many things just to get the technology and computers that we have today. There are many different computers and electronics in the world and I think that by 2109 there will be many more because as more and more people experiment more opportunities open up and many things can happen.

When 2109 comes around it will be a very different place because the world would of had time to change it's ways and learn from the other places on doing things differently and i hope that they can all agree on keeping the earth clean and stopping global warming.

To check out Christopher Moore's blog just click here! It has lots of information that you can learn allot from.

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