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?

Yes, I might believe it, if the map showed it. The reason is the map is made by many people. The accuracy is high.

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?

If it happened, I will say that why you know it, and I will say if that you have proofs prove your perception. I feel everything should be proved by yourself, just believe an event by hearing of is not enough. So, I won't believe him. I will explore and find proofs to react him. And I would like to tell him that don't tell somebody the truth that you can't prove.

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

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It's a map from 1582. To be honest, I can not see it really clearly. It shows the St. Lawrence “reaching through the Great Lakes, or a great lake – the Lake of Ontario beyond the La Chine (Chinese) Rapids”. This map is not compelet.

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

Because it can give explorers and monarchs many benifits. The Northwest can help explorers find new regions and get new products. As a monarch, the Northwest Passage can bring lots of riches to him. For instance, human resources and financial resource. Therefore, the Northwest Passage suit the goals of the European explorers and monarchs.

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.

Deers and wolves. If woves are too much, deers will be eaten by wolves. But if deers are too much, and no wolf, deers will be sick and then die.

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

I learnt...

Viking Ship

John Cabot

Jaqcues Cartier

Literary Essay

The Fur Trade

Three Essays

Puppet Show

Earth is Flat

What you think is what you see

Fnial Essay (exam)

Earth is flat

1. Find two pictures showing the earth is flat. Explain what you see in EACH picture in 8-12 sentences.

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In this picture, I see the earth might be flat. Moon and sun are in the sky together. World is like a hemisphere. A man prostrates on the land, and see the scenery that out the world. Everything is on the horizontal. To be honest, I don't know sun and moon how to exchange, if the earth is flat. Cloud surrounds the earth. Many beautiful wheels are on the cloud.



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Rainbow is in the sky. People have happy life. Some women are cooking, others seem to chat. There are two men with a horse and a sheep. They might don't have house. There are many mountains around them. Many animals are around them,too. These animals can be their foods.

2. Imagine you are a person who believes the earth is still flat today. What are 5 reasons to support your argument that it is still flat?
People can see another place when they are in one place. People don't know gravity. Sometimes, people can see moon and sun appear together. The earth is too big, people are too small, so they feel the earth is flat. Horizontal is flat, so people think the earth is flat.

3. Do you think human beings have a false concept of the earth and the universe today?
No, because science is growing, people know more about the earth. People know it's like a ball. People is exploring the universe, now. So, I think human don't make any mistakes now.

Homework

1. What is your puppet show about? (5-8 sentences)
My puppet show is about six background. Cabot went to visit English king for money to exploration. The first time, the king didn't lend money to him, but the second time, the king lent him. Then he sailed. He found many fish in a new region. When he came back to Italian, he became a hero. After this, he went again, but he had never come back.

2. Who are the characters? Which student is the voice of the character?
Cabot (Briandney), English king (Una), and the sailor(No voice), narrator(Jessica).

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

I learnt that English king was important, he helped Cabot a lot. Cabot found fishes, and made them become meal in the new region. The last is I found making the puppet show wasn't a easy thing.

4. What do you want me to notice when I am marking your puppet show? (3-5 sentences)

Background, puppets, and speech.

5. Did your group work well together? Tell me 3 reasons why or why not.

Yes, because Jessica and Briandney are my partner. I can't finish it by myself. We can help each other, work together is a happy event for us.

Bonus

- Post a picture of your puppet show on your blog.

Exploration Essay

Mya Chan

Exploration is Important for Countries

_____ Exploration is important for countries and can influence countries very much. Countries can find useful products by exploration. Exploration is a dangerous but really helpful task. If the exploration comes back successfully, explorer can take much useful resources. Every significant exploration could push the country's development. It might influence the land, the population, or the culture in a country. What products were found can influence a country? Approaches and foods and culture can make the country progress. They are three examples. In one word, exploration is really important.

_____Approaches between countries are really important. It can promote the relationship between countries. Countries can exchange and disseminate their special and colorful culture by the approach. Visibly, the approach is like an important bridge, but how to find this important bridge. Answer is exploration. In the history of the world, many approaches that were found had given many benefits to countries. For instance, Zhang si had found the Silk Road Marco Polo traveled to China along the Silk Road; he had made Chinese silk well-known. Jean Zhen had gone to Japan and disseminated Chinese culture, he had gotten reverence from Japanese. Marco Polo had gone to China for several years, he had written a book about the time that he had spent in China. This book made many foreigners know China and want to visit China. What ever people want to do, visit or disseminate, approaches are indispensable. So, the conclusion is approaches between countries are really important.

_____Foods are important for human. In China, old people often say foods are like sky for people. Every country has their special and immovable foods. Foods also need to be found and exchange. What foods belong to different countries that I know? For example, Chinese like to eat noodles and dumpling, Canadian like to eat salmon, Korean like to eat rice and pickled vegetable; Japanese like to eat sashimi... Western people like to eat cold and rawish foods, eastern people like to eat hot and ripe foods. Really different! Really colorful! What can help people to find the food? The answer is approaches. How to find approaches? Exploration is the solution of this question. For instance, Cabot had found fishes that people could eat. It is a good example to prove this thought. Now, people are in different countries like eating the foreign food very much. Merit should belong to the exploration. It made explorer find the approach between two countries, and then, people can exchange the products, including foods.

_____Exploration also can influence the culture. People in different countries can exchange their colorful cultures. For example, Canada has "China Town", words in Japan, many countries celebrate Christmas Day... Cartier talked to Indian and used knives to exchange furs with Indians. Exploration can make people go to new region, find new products, make new friends. And then, people can communicate. People can get many benefits from exploration. So, exploration is important for the culture.

_____Exploration is really important. It is like a bridge. Communicating with the other countries, exchanging products ... If you want to get something, you need to pay very much, although people do not like to pay. Exploration is one of things that people can pay. People can get products that they really need to have by exploration. It can help people find approaches to promote the relationship. It can help people to find more foods that can make people healthier. It can influence the culture. A country can't lack the exploration.

Exploration Essay

Exploration is important for countries and can influence countries very much.Countries can find useful products by exploration. Exploration is a dangerous but really helpful task. If the exploration comes back successfully, explorer can take much useful resources. Every significant exploration could push the country's development. It might influence the land, the population, or the culture in a country.What products were found can influence a country? Approaches and foods and culture can make the country progress. They are three examples. In one word,exploration is really important.

Approaches between countries are really important. It can promote the relationship between countries. Countries can exchange and disseminate their special and colorful culture by the approach. Visibly, the approach is like an important bridge, but how to find this important bridge. Answer is exploration. In the history of the world, many approaches that were found had given many benefits to countries. For instance, Zhang Si had found the Silk Road Marco Polo traveled to China along the Silk Road, he had made Chinese silk well-known. Jian Zhen had gone to Japan and disseminated Chinese culture, he had gotten reverence from Japanese. Marco Polo had gone to China for several years, he had written a book about the time that he had spent in China. This book made many foreigners know China and want to visit China. What ever people want to do, visit or disseminate, approaches are indispensable. So, the conclusion is approaches between countries are really important.


Foods are important for human. In China, old people often say foods are like sky for people. Every country has their special and immovable foods. Foods also need to be found and exchange. What foods belong to different countries that I know? For example, Chinese like to eat noodles and dumpling, Canadian like to eat salmon, Korean like to eat rice and pickled vegetable, Japanese like to eat sashimi... Western people like to eat cold and rawish foods, eastern people like to eat hot and ripe foods. Really different! Really colorful! What can help people to find the food? Approaches. How to find approaches? Exploration. For instance, Cabot had found fishes that people could eat. It is a good example to prove this thought. Now, people are in different countries like eating the foreign food very much. Merit should belong to the exploration. It made explorer find the approach between two countries, and then, people can exchange the products, including foods.

Exploration also can influence the culture. People in different countries can exchange their colorful cultures. For example, Canada has "China Town", words in Japan, many countries celebrate Christmas Day... Cartier talked to Indian and used knives to exchange furs with Indians. Exploration can make people go to new region, find new products, make new friends. And then, people can communicate. Many benefits from exploration that people can get. So, exploration is important for the culture.

Exploration is really important. It like a bridge. Communicating with the other countries, exchanging products ... If you want to get something, you need to pay very much. Although people do not like to pay. Exploration is one of the thing that people can pay. People can get products that they really need to have by exploration. It can help people find approaches to promote the relationship. It can help people to find more foods that can make people healthier. It can influence the culture. A country can't lack the exploration.

About an exam of English

I did an exam in the Internet just know. The impression that it gave me was difficult. It's really difficult for me. Now, I am afraid my big test of English10 in June. It will be really terrible if I can't pass the test. I don't have enough confidence to believe that I can success, especially after this exam.
Now, the most important thing for me is to practice English that I have learnt. Listening, reading,writing, and remembering, or I will fail in my important exam.

Exploration is important for countries

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Exploration can influence countries very much. There is a photo of early voyages to the far east. Voyages were influenced by exploration. Exploration can take different culture from different countries. The point is it could find approaches between two regions. It also can push relationship between countries.

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Because of exploration's development, explorers do not just find new regions and new approaches. Here is a photo of exploration for oil. Oil is really important to every countries. Oil can push countries' development.Now, many regions lack oil so that explorers start to find it. Exploration can help people find new source or source that they really need.

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Film tells about space exploration. Exploration also gave films many benefits. It offer subject matter to films. It makes films have more attraction. People can know more about exploration by the film. Exploration plays a very important role in the world.