Category: Humanities

English, Social Studies

Outcast: The Bloge

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The Project Path

Welcome to “Rise of the Frankenstuffies”! The project that I probably enjoyed the most in all of Humanities so far. In this project, we wrote stories, made storyboards, sewed together stuffies, filmed, and wrote (a lot). We also read the book “Leviathan” by Scott Westerfield. Come and delve into the world of sci-fi and fantasy in this latest blog post, made by yours truly.

 

My Learning Adventure

During the duration of this creative process, we read a book called Leviathan, and I ended getting hooked on the series (so much so that I borrowed the second book from the library). This project didn’t have much researching going on, and so most of the project was spent reading the book, and revising our stories, outlines, trailers, etc. as we went. I found this really enjoyable because the project as a whole had a lot more flexibility to it than other projects.

 

The Skills

During this project, we created lots of different things to reach our end goal, and with that, came new skills. For one, I learned how to sew with just a needle and thread, as this was necessary to create the “Frankenstuffies” that the project was centred around. I also increased my usage of green screening, cinematography, and video editing. I made a storyboard to plan out my trailer, and I’m starting to notice a common theme between storyboards and PLP, that being the fact that they’re commonly used.

 

My Work

Leviathan Jobs

Outcast

 

Driving Question and Answer

How can sci-fi/fantasy fiction help us imagine a different future?

Sci-fi/fantasy fiction can help us imagine a different future by allowing us to explore new ideas and possibilities that may not be immediately apparent in our current reality. By imagining different worlds, societies, and technologies, we can expand our understanding of what is possible and what we might strive for in the future.

Metrophobia

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[psst, you should search up what the title means. it’s what I got from this project]

The Project Pitch

Welcome to Full Steam Ahead. The project that we had 15 school days to complete! In this project, we created cause and consequence graphic organizers, wrote a formal paragraph about (the environmental consequences of the Industrial Revolution, the consequences of urbanization, the consequences for workers, the impact on and consequences for war, the impact on children, or we selected a specific technological innovation and focused on its impact), learned about slam poetry, and created a slam poem about (see previous brackets).

 

My Learning Adventure

This project led me to understand quite of a few things. For one, I discovered more about what makes up a revolution, and just what the Industrial Revolution was all about. I learned about the inventions that made up the Industrial Revolution and the innovations that helped humanity progress farther than ever before. In this project, I also learned about what a slam poem actually is (definition), and etiquette of a formal paragraph/poem.

 

The Skills

In this project, I learned how to create a successful slam poem, as well as how to compose a formal paragraph. I would say that my researching skills improved, as well as my note-taking abilities, which were honed during the fill in the blanks and research segments of the project. I was also able to plan my poem and paragraph more efficiently than I could have possibly done before.

My Work

Driving Question and Answer

How can slam poetry help us connect to issues?

Because it presents issues in a way that is honest, personal, and empathetic, slam poetry enables us to connect with them. Slam poets frequently address societal and political issues by drawing on their own personal experiences, making them more relatable to their audience and having an impact. Additionally, slam poetry’s immediacy and energy come from its performance aspect, which can help raise awareness of pressing issues.

Halfway Through Surviving Year 2 of High School (mPols)

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“Thank you for coming to my presentation of learning. I am the expert on my own learning. I am also responsible and accountable for my own learning. You can expect me to give an honest evaluation of my progress. We will discuss my strengths and opportunities for growth. Thank you in advance for listening and for offering feedback that I can use to improve as a learner.”

We’re almost through the first semester of Grade 9, and I’ve learned and created so many things in PLP in that short time. Now that we’re getting close to that (somewhat) halfway point, it’s time for…

In this blog post, I’ll basically be doing a summative blog post of my projects so far this year, my answers to the driving questions, and which was my favourite project from each by class so far.

Starting off, we have…

Science

Handle with Care

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Food Web, Bioaccumulation/Biomagnification GIF, and Mock New Report

This was our first project for the year for Science, and it was a fun one for sure! For the first science project of the semester, we had a wide variety of assignments covering lots of amazing skills. For example, I learned more about coding with the food web assignment. The mock news report got me more familiar with videography techniques and software. I find these 2 skills to be important to me because in the future, two of my dream jobs are game developer and photographer/videographer. These skills have also helped me in more recent projects too! (More on that later)

I really enjoyed this project as the introduction to a new year of science with a new teacher too!

 

Life as we Know It

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Puppet Show and Finish Line Video

The second project was very fun. We learned about sexual reproduction, Meiosis and Mitosis, and asexual reproduction. We had our drawing skills put to the test during the Asexual Reproduction comics, which we made 5 of! (Not a bad thing) Last year, in Scimatics, I did the whole drawing project without an Apple Pencil!

This was a very enjoyable project that let my creativity run wild. I built on quite a few skills, and I’m glad that this is one of the ways to teach us PLP kids.

 

Essential Elements

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Periodic Table Version 1 and Version 2

This unit wasn’t very long because it was paused over winter break and couldn’t be completed in time. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed the coding aspect (so much that I made 2 scratch periodic tables).

I’d have to say that even though this was the shortest Science project, it was my favourite one, because I demonstrated that I could go above and beyond if I was passionate about the task. I even helped a classmate make their game because they didn’t understand how.

 

Exciting Electricity

This project was an interesting one, that’s for sure. Whether it was the frustration of not knowing whether the battery, LED light, or even the wire wasn’t working, or the Kurzgesagt videos and Kahoots on the different types of energy. It was unique for sure. Other than that though, I really like the idea of creating our own “Operation” style board game. Mine turned out pretty well. I’m happy with the final product, although it could have been even better with a bit more work. Poor Rick Astley…

 

 

Maker

Vibrant Video

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Clips, Shots and Angles, and Planning and Shooting

The first project to start off maker was a very fun, one which was within my areas of interest. We learned many filming techniques, including rule of thirds, shots and angles, and story boarding. I was able to learn more about photo editing, shading, and lighting just like I had stated in my learning plan as an area of growth. One thing that I would improve on next time is that I want to make the Keystone 1 video in Clips without using other software. I would need to figure out how to use Clips more since I am very confident in my skills with the app at the moment.

I really enjoyed this project because it was an area where I am knowledgeable.

 

Your First Film

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AR Video

I am very proud of the end product of this project, and I feel like I took a lot from this experience. I learned how to conduct an interview properly and had the first experience of an online interview as the interviewer. I also learned what B-roll is, and how to add it efficiently to complement your interview video. I would like to improve my skill of paraphrasing and using my own words in a timely manner to make my presentation seem more like me.

I really enjoyed working on this project because I’m very passionate about technology and so I felt like this was really a way for me to express my skills in video editing, as well as my knowledge in that area of augmented reality. A connection to my personal life is that I enjoy playing. Pokémon go what uses an AR element to enhance the experience all I know this was a really great project to do and I’m very glad that I got to do this project in school.

 

Finding Fun with Videos

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Jump Cut, AR Snow Globe, Green Screen Travel Spot, and Memoji Storytelling

I’m not really sure if this counts as a project, but I still learned quite a few skills during its duration. Just as I said in my learning plan, I discovered photo editing skills, which transferred over into video editing skills. I learned things such as green screening on iMovie and timing videos correctly so that I could make jump cuts. I was able to complete these tasks efficiently and promptly because, as stated in my strengths on my learning plan, learning new technology skills comes quickly to me. I would like to improve my drawing skills as I was not happy with the final product of the Memoji storytelling. I want to add more details. I also want to make them look more realistic and less plain. I would like to, in the future work on my drawing skills more and refine them.

This was a fun collection of assignments that gave me new opportunities to learn, and I’m glad that I got the chance to.

Viral Video Stop Motion

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Final Stopmotion

I really enjoyed this project because it allowed us to choose a topic as our liking and partner up with people of our choice as well. You were able to choose your own viral video to create a reproduction stop motion of it. I chose Rick Astley‘s “Never Gonna Give You Up” because I thought it would be funny and I also have a love for music. I am very happy with how it turned out. I learned patience through struggling with moving around such small pieces without messing it up. What I take away from this experience is that stop motion looks easy, but there’s a lot of effort put in behind it. If I were to do this project again, I would focus on, trying not to show the severed limbs of the characters as these were needed for posing, I would also hope to make the characters look more natural in their poses, and make them look more like they are doing the actions. (The characters were paper.)

I liked this project a lot because it let our creativity run free and let us create a video of our choosing.

 

Humanities

The Power of Geography


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Welcome to Alberta

This project was the introduction to Humanities 9, and it was a “wild ride”, no pun intended. This was my first field study as I was not able to attend last year’s trip to Loon Lake. I feel like being able to experience it in person was more effective than sitting in a desk learning things from a textbook. During this project, I learned about the five themes of geography and what the term geography really means. I learned that there was a lot more to the history of Canada’s railways than I thought; for example, railways were an ingenuity to spread ideas, people and goods across Canada.

If I could go back and redo my E-book, I don’t think I’d change a thing because I’m happy about how my book turned out. I was proud of the photos I took and the written materials I developed for this book.

I’m grateful for the experiences I had and the memories I made on this trip. There’s a time and place for everything, and going on an epic PLP learning advance is, in my mind, one of the best ways to learn effectively.

 

Storm the Barricades


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Revolutions on Trial Video

In “Storm the Barricades” I learned about the things that make up a revolution. Before I began this project, I didn’t have any idea what a revolution was. After going through all the lessons and learning experiences, I can confidently say that revolutions are an important part of creating the societies we live in today. For example, the American Revolution led them to independence from Britain, creating the America we know today. Without the American Revolution, America would most likely still be a part of Britain and perhaps slavery would not yet have been abolished, but that is maybe a big assumption to make.

One area I regret that I would like to improve on next time is the Revolutions on Trial video. I wish that I had incorporated more of my video skills into this project, skills that I acquired earlier on in the year in other projects. I would have incorporated shots, angles and lighting to my advantage to make our video more interesting and appealing to watch, but since this was a team project, these ideas of mine were not used. I can continue to work on my skills and role within a group.

Full Steam Ahead

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Environmental Consequences Final Draft

This project was a great experience, and I really enjoyed the chance to understand the Industrial Revolution, the story behind it, and all of its inventions. One of the most shocking learnings from this revolution was the poor working conditions for people, especially working class children. I feel lucky to be in Canada in this century with better working conditions and unions to improve workplaces.

I learned a lot more about how much this revolution also affected today’s society, both environmentally and mechanically. Environmentally, the consequences were crazy, such ans habitat destruction, deforestation, air pollution, and chemical contamination, which can still be observed today and are contributing to climate change. However, the Industrial Revolution also led to a lot of innovations that have advanced our society in many ways. Some examples of this include the lightbulb, the car, and the steam engine, which are all used in some form today.

 

 

Revolution? Overthrow the government? Uh, I think so

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In this project, we learned all about what a revolution truly is, and some of the key revolutions that took place throughout history. Some of the key parts of the project are as follows: (get it, key as in keystone)

Keystone #1: Crane Brinton Diagram

  • Stage 1: Incubation
    Stage 1: Incubation
  • Stage 2: Moderate
    Stage 2: Moderate
  • Stage 3: Crisis
    Stage 3: Crisis
  • Stage 4: Recovery
    Stage 4: Recovery

The first leg of the journey towards the final product was learning what makes up a revolution (i.e. the different stages). Mr. Harris guided us through a presentation on the 4 key stages in a revolution, and we then were given the opportunity to create a diagram of four or so images to demonstrate the 4 stages (Incubation, Moderate, Crisis, Recovery). We had the freedom of choosing a theme to represent these stages. I had a bit of trouble at the start choosing a theme that would fit, but in the end, I settled on a dam (see above slideshow)

Keystone #2: Revolution Graphic Organizer

Continuing the project and nearing the end, we were assigned one of four revolutions (Haitian, Russian, American, or French) and shoved into a group of people with the same revolution (in the respective classes). We were then given information and sources for each revolution and were told to create a graphic organizer that had the criteria of previous. Just going to say it now, I got the American Revolution. Above, you can see my strenuously created graphic organizer that I put a lot of thought and time into. And now, for the final project…

Final Assignment: The Revolution Trial Video

American Revolution: Effective

The final assignment changed a bit throughout the project, due to reasons. We had to make a video about the respective side of the revolution you were on (effective or ineffective) (I was effective: American Revolution). Above, you can see my group’s video. We also had to make an affidavit it.

Driving Question:

How did revolutions bring down empires and change societies around the world?

Revolutions brought down empires through uniting rebels with a common goal against the empire and its system of rules and governance. Revolutions changed societies because people were able to establish new, more fair laws, and a ruler that is elected by the people they are representing rather than inheriting a spot in the government (like royalty).

Disease, Destruction, and Devastation: A Nation X Story

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This activity only lasted for a week, but it was probably my favourite one so far. We had Mr. Harris for this project, which was nice. It was not the final product of a project, but the start of one. We did a role play about a Nation, which had 4 groups; Group A, the peasants, Group B, the shop owner peasants, Group C, the government officials and stuff, and Group D, the royalty and King.

Day 1:

Day one was getting used to roles, and getting new laws. We are now allowed to vote. I can’t remember much else from this day other than pooling money with Kai to buy Smarties from the shop and rushing to complete my daily note task, barely finishing on time.

Persistent Past: Welcome to Alberta

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This post is going to address the driving question of “How the geography of the West shaped us”. This post will also include some of my experiences from the trip, my eBook, and photos from the trip, which support my answer to the driving question. The 5 themes of geography helped me to examine the driving question, the 5 themes being Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Regions (created in 1984 by the National Council for Geographic Education and the Association of American Geographers).

The 5 Themes of Geography


The five themes of geography gave us a way to understand geography by splitting it up into these five descriptors of this general concept. By looking at these 5 themes, I was able to get a better understanding of how the geography of the West shaped who we are.

Beginning with location as the first theme of geography, over the course of this project, I learned about the two types of location, Absolute and Relative. Absolute location is the exact location of a person, place, or thing on Earth. This is usually represented by either Longitude and Latitude, street addresses, GPS, or map coordinates. Latitudes are horizontal lines that measure distance north or south of the equator. Longitudes are vertical lines that measure east or west of the meridian in Greenwich, England. Relative location is the position of a place in relation to another place and uses descriptions to identify places on the earth. Some examples are landmarks, direction, time, and distance. When visiting Three Valley Gap on our trip, this was a good landmark to represent location.

Next, we go to place. Place is a description of the characteristics that make a certain location distinct. There are two different aspects to place; Physical characteristics and Cultural characteristics. Physical characteristics can include landforms, flora, fauna, climate, and resources. Cultural characteristics can include everyday life, land use, and political ideologies.

After that, we go on to Human-Environment Interaction. Human-Environment Interaction demonstrates relationships within place. Human-Environment Interaction explores the human use and modifications of the environment. Some examples are bridges, dams, mining, or any structures built by humans. When it comes to Human-Environment Interaction, there is usually one of three traits at play. Humans adapt to the environment, humans modify the environment, or humans depend on the environment. That is the meaning of Human-Environment Interaction.

As the 4th theme of geography, we have movement. Movement is the travel of people, goods, or ideas from one location to another’s. Some examples of people are planes, cars, and running, because these all get us where we want to go. Some examples of products are trains, trucks, and boats, because they all carry products to the desired location. Some examples of ideas are mail, the computer, and talking, because they all spread ideas. I chose a train for my photo because I intended it to show that this was used to move products and people, as well as ideas sometimes.

Last and probably least, we come to regions. There are three different types of regions. Formal regions, functional regions, and vernacular regions. Formal regions are defined by governmental boundaries and borders, functional regions are defined by a purpose or function, and vernacular regions are defined loosely by peoples perception.

My eBook

Welcome to Alberta Persistent. Past

My First PLP Trip Experience

There’s too much to say here to put into a paragraph or 2, so I’ll just highlight some of the fun parts of my trip (still a pretty big section).

(Quick Video First)

  • Test
    Driving to school early in the morning ?
  • First (unofficial) stop for a bathroom break. One of the first photos of the trip
  • Costco lunch! ?
  • Last spike! The first historical stop on the trip
  • First night bed. Chairs! (my decision)
  • Group selfie!
  • Sushi buffet. Had a hard time finding food. (I’m a picky eater)
  • Calgary Tower! I kept calling it CN tower by accident
  • Fire!
  • Bunny part 1
  • Probably my favourite photo from the trip
  • Bunny part 2
  • Cam-el
  • Lemur
  • Red Pandaaaaaa! Love it ♥️
  • Accidental photo turned cool picture
  • Look who said goodbye to us
  • Larch Valley! The trees were ✨perfect✨ this time of year
  • Lake something or other. Beautiful is the key word here
  • Postcard worthy
  • A wild chicken bird
  • Carved it myself!
  • TrIpPYyyYy
  • Fossil. (Found by Dylan)
  • Group photo! The scary suspension bridge was the thrill of Golden
  • The other thrill of Golden, the zip line!
  • Mr. Hoos
  • Wonderful morning in Golden. A “picture-perfect” photo for sure!
  • Last train (bus) home! [JoJo Reference?]

 

Competency

This project, we had to ask a lot of questions. Questions about relations, history, and how everyone stayed sane the entire trip. We researched a lot and worked hard to make a sufficient eBook as well as craft our answer to the driving question. Speaking of the driving question…

 

Driving Question

”How has the geography of the West shaped who we are?”

The geography of the West shaped our rich history, influencing us to continue evolving our past accomplishments and learning from our mistakes.

At the start of this unit, I barely knew what geography was. Now, I know more than I need to, and that’s ok. It’s just been the first project of the year, but I already can’t wait to see what comes next!

No Sitting Allowed (The 2022 Spring Exhibition)

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The Spring Exhibition. Our final presentation of learning before the school year ends. We put a lot of effort into every single station. We had the: Intro, PBL Pathway, Beyond the Classroom, Technology for Learning, and Conclusion, and that’s not even mentioning the 10 11 12’s performances in the gym. If I had to pick one word to describe the exhibition, I wouldn’t be able to choose, but I think it would be somewhere between engaging and utterly chaotic. That’s not the point though. The point is that we did very well. We were able to successfully entertain lots of people with our separate stations and presentations/skits.

Lights, Camera, Tracing (Part Drawing)

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Comic Cells was the final project to end the year for Scimatics, and boy was it a fun one. In this project, the goal was to create a comic about cells (in general). I chose to centre my theme around ideas of what my comic could possibly be about. To be honest, I don’t have much talent when it comes to drawing, but with the help of tracing and a few good base images, I was able to creat an enthralling comic that I felt would be a good class example of a final product. Now, without further ado, it’s time to show of the thing I’ve been discussing, my comic!

Early Writer

 

And now for the past of the blog post that makes me (the writer) suffer the most, the core competencies!

 

Questioning and predicting: Demonstrate a sustained curiosity about a scientific topic or problem of personal interest:

Scientific communication: communicate ideas, findings, and solutions to problems using scientific language, representations, and digital technologies:

Evaluating: Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of evidence:

Surviving Year 1 of High School (tPols)

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“Thank you for coming to my presentation of learning. I am the expert on my own learning. I am also responsible and accountable for my own learning. You can expect me to give an honest evaluation of my progress. We will discuss my strengths and opportunities for growth. Thank you in advance for listening and for offering feedback that I can use to improve as a learner.”

This year, I’ve worked really hard and made a lot of progress in my learning. I’ve collaborated, shared ideas, communicated with groups, and created some amazing things that I am very proud of. I would like to share with you how I have grown as a learner and am ready for the transition to grade 9.

Reflecting on my Learning Plan and my growth as a learner

Scimatics

In Scimatics, I forecasted earlier in the year that I would reach a sun as a level of accomplishment. I feel like I have met the bar that I set for myself. I continued to show that I could be a productive and reliable group member when given the opportunity, and always completed my portion of the work. I felt like I made a strong effort to bring ideas to the group for the different projects.

I can continue to work on submitting my work on time. For Scimatics in particular, I struggled to manage my time with assignments and often underestimated how long it would take me to complete the work. I may not have submitted them on time, but I always completed the assignments and tried to do the recommended revisions.

– Chemistry Coding

With the Chemistry Coding assignment, I learned that we will almost never get things right on the first try, and that it will take many revisions to achieve the product that you set out to make in the first place. For example, for this assignment, I had to keep going back into the game to fix bugs and glitches and to make sure that it met the criteria.

Humanities

For Humanities, I think one of my greatest skills was in understanding new ideas quite quickly. For example, during the Working with Words project, we learned a lot of new types of poems and I was able to grasp the major concepts in a short amount of time and come up with my own examples of these poems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We used the App Book Creator to create the poem ebook for Working with Words, and I feel like I learned some valuable new skills from this app. Some of those skills include creating background photos and adjusting colour schemes to complement the poems I created.

Some of my stretches for Humanities are related to writing. These include writing longer blog posts, especially reflections. I think I could organize more of a plan before beginning to write. I also need to work on putting in my best effort rather than putting in a mediocre effort and moving on. A great first step would be to go back and review the assignment criteria to check if I have met all of the requirements. Argh Matey is a good example of an assignment where I could have put in greater effort by using more descriptive words in the Pirate Story and could have organized my thoughts a lot more clearly so that the story flowed more naturally.

 

Maker

In Maker, I developed a ton of skills based on the new programs we were introduced to in Maker 8.  One of the new apps that I now use all the time is the Sketches Pro app, and I first discovered it when I participated in the “Power of the Pencil” Carr unit. One example of how I’ve applied it is the cell biology comic creation in Scimatics that we just completed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also really enjoyed all of the photo walks and the tutoring on new photography techniques that could expand our creativity in taking photos. I look forward to using those techniques in grade 9 and seeing what photography challenges lie ahead. I feel like I am already very comfortable photographing nature, but I’d like to work on photographing people and experimenting with different angles and lighting.

Another example of work that I am proud of from Maker 8 is the Geek Out blog post challenge in which we had the freedom to write about our own interests. During this blog challenge, I used my skill of drawing to create a tracing of a photo from the December choir concert, and now I’ve expanded even further on this skill in creating several comic panels in a much faster period of time. Looking back, I think I found the Geek Out challenge a lot more enjoyable because when I’m limited to a particular subject, I feel frustrated by how it squashes my creativity and I can sometimes suffer from a “brain block”. Going into grade 9, I think I need to continue to look for ways that I can express my creativity even when I’m given a specific topic.

Conclusion

I think my work in grade 8 reflects that, as a learner, I may lack motivation and become easily distracted, but in the end, I have the knowledge and the technical skills to get things done.  I’ve grown a lot in terms of my group work skills. I know that I need to continue to work on time management and will find strategies to motivate myself instead of relying on others to help to motivate me. I will take my new iPad skills, group skills, and knowledge with me as I move into grade 9.

No Beginnings

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Explanation for Visual 1

– The money sign; I chose the money sign because I wanted to use it to symbolize the currency and supplies (e.g. medicinal herbs, new foods, supplies native only to Europe, blueprints, etc.) given to the First Peoples in exchange for beavers and their pelts, which was in high demand at the time.
Bow: I chose the bow because I wanted show people that they were hunting (if “Hunter’s POV” doesn’t do it for you) and I thought that a bow and arrow would be the best thing to symbolize that. The bow could also hypothetically show the fact that things weren’t exactly peaceful between certain First Nations and European groups.
Shaking Hands: I chose the shaking hands emoji as a symbol of agreement between the Europeans and the First Peoples. It was meant to symbolize the trading of beaver pelts and supplies between the 2 groups.

Overall Summary of the “Hunter’s POV” Visual:

Explanation for Visual 2

(Editor’s Note: the beavers probably weren’t actually this smart but if they were human this would most likely be their reaction)
– People: I chose to do a picture of multiple shadows of people to symbolize the “giants” that were invading the beavers home (Europeans and First Nations hunters). I also wanted it to convey the sense of the beings that came there being larger than the beavers and so i tried to make them a big as would make sense in the photo and also make more of them to make them look bigger.
– Ripped Map: I chose to do the ripped map to show how the beavers home was in a way invaded and destroyed and their life was disrupted.
– Skull and Crossbones: I chose to do the skull and crossbones to show how the beavers were hunted and killed off just to be made into hats.
Overall Summary of “Beaver’s POV”: A slide meant to show the beavers perspective on the fur trade and how they might have felt.

Now, it’s time to reflect.The first thing I’d like to touch on is the fact that this project was closely related with the “Arghh Matey” project because they were both partially about the research and discovery of the “New World.” This project took a lot of time and I personally found it a bit uninteresting but I really like the idea of sliding into 2 different perspectives. Something I think I’ll do differently next time is choose a different perspective like the buyers instead of the beavers (the Europeans). I want to do that instead because it was harder to think of things for the beavers POV.

Now to answer the driving question:

What did the establishment of New France mean for all people involved?

From what I’ve learned this unit, I think the answer to this question is that it meant that they had a home in the new world and somewhere to trade, but it also meant that sometimes they would be under attack, and there was a lot of poverty.