REFLECTION!!

1. What have you learned since September in Canadian Studies? (Or since you started to take the class)

I have learned too much, such the Fur Trade,Flat Earth, Explorations and the important Explorers of Canadian History.And also, I learned the team work by making the viking ship

and the puppet show.


2. What is the most memorable lesson you remember? (if you weren't here, maybe at another school)

The most memorable lesson is the lesson we made the viking ship. At that time, it was first for me to join Canadian Study. But even if I was a new student, I really enjoy the lessons. I do all the things with my partners. I think our team work was really good.That is the most memorable lesson for me.


3. Think about your life as a student here since September. Have you changed? How?

I think I have changed since I came to SBS. The first time I went to the class, I was a little shy. I don't know what to do and how to try to do the things that I want. But now, I know what to do , I could work much more harder even than now.I could talk with my classmates and teachers. I really become a member of the class.I'm not shy ,not nervous, not lazy, but that is not enough. Since I have changed, I'll be better.



4. What is your goal for yourself by June? What is your plan to study?
It might be a really good marks for my English 10 and Canadian study than I expect.

I could give myself a mark, that could be 6/10, so my goal for June might be 9/10.



I'll work harder. Do more things than teachers asked. I'll take the June Provinial Exam, so I need to review something for it myself.



5. What are you most proud of in school since September? Have you done your best?

1)What I most proud of is that I really did most things that teachers asked.

2)I think I didn't my best before, I didn't review my work, I was a little lazy, I can't get a good mark on my exam,but I try almost 85% now. So all will be better then.

Bonus
1. Is there anything else you want to tell me or reflect about?

I think I have nothing else to say.But later there'll be some questions if I couldn't get a good mark with my hard work.

What You Think is What You See

1. If the maps around you showed the existence of the Northwest Passage, would you believe it? Why?
There should be different two different answers due to different maps.
1).If the map is an old map,I believe it. For an idiom--Seeing is believing, so I believe it. The old people drew the might have the reason.They won't just want to make a joke for us.
2).If it's a new map,I might not believe it.Because the map might be drawn by the person who want want others to believe us what he or she think.


2. If you were John Cabot and someone told you the Northwest Passage didn't exist. What would you say? What would you feel? How would you react?

I'll say I only believe the things that I have seen by my own.I'll feel that the man have the bias. And I'll try to find Northwest Passage to let human beings believe that there's Northwest Passage in the world.


3. Find a map by Humphrey Gilbert from 1582. What do you see in the picture? Explain.



I see the map of the old world and there's a land I haven't seen today.

The land is called Northwest Passage
which some people believe there it was.











4. Why did the Northwest Passage suit the goals (agenda) of the Eurpean explorers and monarchs?

Because Northwest Passage was good for their trade.It could give them a chance to develop their countries. They could go to other countries across the Northwest Passage, it would make it easier to do so many things for them.For technology, wealth and goods, that's a very good way for them.


5. Feedback loops help us to see reality as a system. Can you think of an example of a feedback loop from your own life? Look at page 225 of your textbook to help you.

For example, I wanted to surf on the internet so I want to have one computer before, and now I have one.


6. What did you learn so far about explorers and the colonization of Canada?

I have learnt that explorers of the old help the world develop faster and faster,It make the countries all over the world become a Big Village.

Flat Earth

For question 1.

In this picture, I can see the flat surface is sphered by the ball-like substance. Some people said that the photographic evidence from space is due to the ball-like substance. The substance cover the whole flat land. The sun and the moon are both covered too. And also why there's seas on the earth is also because of the blue substance.When persons arrived the rim of the circle and flat land, the just sail on the substance which other people called the sea. The ball-like substance is translucent so that people could see the planet in the space.

We can see this picture is very exaggerated. A mammoth turtle shouldering three elephants with a flat earth.That's the way how the author give people a deep impression. Some of the people who still believe that the earth is flat said there's no edge of the earth. I also could see the different part of the earth, such as the sea and the land. Some of the people also said that why people could met the same place if they go straight all the time is just a illusion. Persons never go one direction.
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For question 2.

1.If the earth isn't flat, how could we stand on the earth, people said that is because of gravitation,but what is that?

2.If the earth isn't flat, the water could not hold on on the earth.

3.We can see the the Milky Way system is flat, the earth shoul be like the galaxies. The earth is the centre, and the sun and other things.

4.The horizon is straight in sight. Seeing is believing.

5.If the earth isn't flat, what about the ruler, how could it be a plane.

For question 3.
NO, I don't think. The seek of the earth and the universe will not be false even if human beings make some mistakes. The seek is just a process, no body know what is the world and what it is like, so anything is better than nothing. Technology nowdays is just to try to know more and more, further and further.

PUPPET SHOW

1. What is your puppet show about? (5-8 sentences)


Our puppet show shows about the history when Jacques Cartier set sail for North America. The whole process from the beginning just to the time when Jacques Cartier arrived Canada. It also shows that the things happened on the ship and things in Canada with the native people.





2. Who are the characters?Which student is the voice of the character?

Cartier---Bo

Father---Tommy

Donnaconna---Lym

3. What did you learn from making the puppet show? (3-5 sentences)

I learn about the history Cartier.But the most important thing that I learn from making the puppet show it the team work.Have a sense of team spirit in the work makes our team work better and better.

4. What do you want me to notice when I am marking your puppet show? (3-5 sentences)
To notice the funny way that we show the history. We make the actions of the characters a little bit funny. And I also want you to notice the details,such as the settings. And look at the first 30 seconds, Jason will make you laugh.




5. Did your group work well together? Tell me 3 reasons why or why not.
Of course.Because without team work, we could not finish it on time.We all think about the details together. Without team work, how could we film it.

Exploration Essay

Lym Wei

_____________Exploration is important for countries

___From 1500s until now, from the earth to the space, human beings have never stop exploring. In the 500 years, a lot of countries got a big progress. Some of them have become the most important countries all over the world , such as Britain, America and others.

___Exploration gave them the chance to develop them and it's important for disseminating cultures, goods trade and technologies. Exploration is important for disseminating cultures, which have the effects on people's mind. In 16th century, many explorers from Europe went to explore. Many places--which were unknown that time, were found time by time. The cultures of every country were taken to these places. And then, the cultures affected these places. The cultures which made these places better and better, as the languages, customs and the others, disseminated farther and farther, further and further. Their dissimilar cultures were associated together and could be complementary. So, the cultures got a very faster development by the exploration that time.

___In the old, goods trade could only be in a small area, but after the exploration, goods trade could became much more father. The explorers went to find the new ways to the other countries. That made people easily to exchange their goods, as the time became shorter, the risks became fewer. Such as fur trade in 17th, Canada was the fur trade centre. People from all over the world came to Canada to get the goods that they didn't have. These were all due to the exploration. The exploration opened up many new ways for goods trade. And then, goods trade could cover all over the world and until now.

___By the exploration, the world develops faster and faster in the elapsed centuries. The most important factor is technology. The technology changes the world and the exploration changes the technology. When the explorers went to other countries, they took an exchange with the native people. They saw the things that they hadn't seen and learned how to do or how to make it. When they got back, they could teach the other people. Soon, the technology became widespread. They exploration helped people to know and learn more, and then, develop their technology. They countries become better and they would be then. So, exploration is so important for technology.

___No matter why or when, exploration will not be done from now to the future. That's so important for countries. Without the exploration, the world would not develop so fast, as the exploration could improve the technology, cultures, wealth and others. Exploration makes the world better and better. So, exploration should always be held.