Mary Ann Shadd

As you have probably noticed by the title of this entry I will be talking about the life of an amazing African-Canadian named Mary Ann Shadd. Mary Ann Shadd was born on October 9, 1893. She was born a free woman and was known as a rebel from a very early age. In 1850 her determination to make Canada an integrated country really showed. It during this year that Mary Ann Shadd moved to Canada and opened the first integrated school. The school was in an old abandoned army building called "The Old Barracks". It cost students $0.37 to go to this school.

Another first that Mary Ann accomplished was being the first female publisher in North America. She was the publisher of Provincial Freeman. It was an abolitionist news paper.

Mary Ann Shadd did one more amazing thing before she died on June 5, 1893. She was the first woman to enroll in Howard University. The only problem was that ,since she was a woman the university wouldn't let her graduate until 9 years after she had completed all of her courses! Today this would probably never happen! It really shows how much our world has changed.

There were many remarkable African-Canadians during and before Mary Ann Shadd's time and there are still many today. In my eyes though Mary Ann Shadd was one of the most remarkable. She did things that many people in that time thought were impossible. She is truly an inspiration.

If you want to know where I got my information you can check out these websites.

BCCNS- Mary Ann Shadd, Wikipedia and Breaking the Ice-The Mary Ann Shadd Story

It is really cold!!!!!

It is hard to believe that the early Canadian settlers lived through the harsh winters without the technology we have today. What I mean is that we have heaters in our houses that heat pretty much our whole house in a matter of minutes. The settlers didn't have this. They used fires.
They did seem to build houses that would be easy to heat though. They also changed the way they dressed in the winter. Just like us. In winter they covered their clothes with furs to make sure that they were warm. They also wore moccasins. The fact that people also lived close together so they could help each other through the hard times. Overall I think that it is absolutely amazing that early Canadian settlers survived through the harsh winters without the things that we couldn't survive without today. If you want to learn more about how the early Canadian settlers lived click HERE

Assignment #4

WOW! Every one's blog entries were great for assignment #3! I read a few that I really liked. One of them was on Sabrina's Blog. I really liked how much information and detail Sabrina put in to the paragraphs about politics and technology. One of my favourite things that she said in her entry was "Plus, with all of the amazing technology we have now, imagine what we can have in the future! I think that there will be some form of technology(maybe robots) that will look after humans, so humans will not have to take care of themselves." Maybe Sabrina is right and we will have robots taking care of us in the future!
Another blog that I thought had a really good entry for assignment #3 was Ryleigh's blog. I especially liked this sentence."In 2109 there might be time machines- that actually work- and maybe even different life forms living on Earth!" It is really creative. That is the main reason why I liked it. If you want to read the rest of Ryleigh's entry here is a link.
The last blog that really caught my eye was Allyson's blog. I can tell that she put a lot of hard work into this entry. It was really detailed. This part really caught my eye. "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." I really liked this little part of her entry because it would be really nice to see the world in better shape than it is in now and I think that Allyson's ideas could greatly improve the situation that the environment is in. Here is a link to Allyson's Blog if you want to read the rest of her entry.

Canada in 2109!

In this entry I will be responding to an entry in a history blog called "To the Nines -- reviewing the centuries" .
In the past 500 years Canada has been through many hard times. From the war with the Aboriginals to the war with the U.S to the current economic situation. There has been a lot to celebrate as well. From forming a new country to inventions that have helped the whole world. Such as the telephone and the Canadarm.
I have no doubt that in the future Canada will have many more things to celebrate and that there will be many more problems. There may also be big changes in the environment. We all know that the environment is not in the best possible state today but who knows, with the measures that are being put into place we may see a reverse effect to what is happening now. Of course the opposite may happen. I am optimistic that the environment will change for the better.
Another thing that may change is the population. We can already see that the population has increased greatly increased since Canada first became a country. In the future more and more people may see that Canada is a great place to live and immigrate here from all over the world.
I believe that another thing that will change greatly in Canada is the politics. Who knows, the U.S has just elected their first black President. In the next 100 years Canada may elect its first Aboriginal Prime Minister.
One thing that I know for sure is that Canada will be nothing like the Canada we know today in the year 2109!

Welcome to my BLOG!

Hi! My name is Jessica. I am a grade 7 student in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In my blog I will be writing about Canadian History. I am really excited about doing all my work on a blog. It is going to be so much fun!
I just want to tell anyone who goes on my blog to feel free to post comments. I hope that you like my blog!
Below is a link to my teacher's blog.
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