Driving Question

Like every other project we have done we had a driving question. The driving question for this project was “What Were/Are The Consequences Of Colonization?” We learnt all about what the indigenous peoples went through during colonization.

Craft

One of the first things we did was learn how to use a note taking app called craft. Craft is very useful and is very god when you want to keep things organized. I really like craft and I think that once I got used to it I was using it all the time, not just in humanities! I would definitely recommend this app!

New France

New France is what we now call Canada. Samuel de Champlain started New France when he came sailing over to Canada with his men. Champlain started to trade with the indigenous. New France was the first fortified country in North America, but they had conflict with the indigenous. Back in France they had started to run out of resources so New France was the perfect solution for them because it was rich with resources. One thing New France needed to be successful was woman because they needed to populate.

Keynote presentation

After a while we were introduced to the final part of the project, an 11-14 slide keynote presentation about the consequences of colonization. We were allowed to have partners for this project and I was put in a group with my friends.

Madeline

Emilia

I really work well with them and I think that we did a great job on out keynote presentation. As part of the presentation we had to think of 2-3 main focuses that we were going to base our keynote presentation. The two things we chose to focus on were: Indigenous resources and Architecture. We were really interested in these two subjects and I really enjoyed learning about them! For the keynote presentation we had to present it to the grade 11’s because they were learning about colonization and we were meant to teach them more about it. We decided to put a quiz in our keynote that has questions about our presentation, we used kahoot to do this. It was a fun little quiz!

Indigenous Resources

Indigenous resources consisted of fish, plants and animals, some of things they used to hunt were: Snares, bow and arrows, and spears. The indigenous people were nomadic meaning that they followed their prey, they moved around depending on where their prey migrated to during the seasons. The indigenous’s diet depended on where they lived. When colonization happened the indigenous were left with little resources because Champlain came and took it all. They slowly started to rely on the Europeans for food as they couldn’t get it themselves.

Indigenous Architecture

The indigenous peoples lived in little birch huts called wigwams but the haudenoshaunee lived in long houses but when they followed their prey they used teepees because they were easy to dissemble and reassemble. Long houses, plank houses, and pit houses were some of the permanent houses the haudenoshaunee lived in. As colonization happened they were slowly placed away from their traditional homes and lost their culture.

Individual Keynote

After we had presented our final keynote we were meant to make our own keynote on our own that answers the driving question. The presentation was only allowed to be two slides long and it was only allowed to have 3 words per slide. We were supposed to so this so we could show that individually we knew the answer to the driving question. I already had the answer to the driving question so this presentation wasn’t that hard for me.

Answer to the Driving Question

So what were the consequences of colonization?

The consequences of colonization resulted in indigenous peoples losing their traditional homes and culture as well as having their land taken away by Champlain. Indigenous land were stripped bare of its resources by the Europeans so the indigenous were left with nothing. The indigenous now don’t have as much land as they used to, in fact they don’t have anything close to it. They had their life ways stolen and many indigenous were killed in war with Champlain that they didn’t want to go into.

That is my answer to the driving question.

Conclusion

In conclusion I think that my group did a good job with our presentation. We really worked hard to make a good presentation and put time in making a kahoot. I feel like we put a lot of information in there and we all did a good job working together and being a good team. This was a good project and I am proud of what we made, I am happy that we learnt about this even know it is sad but now I know ways I can help the Indigenous get their culture and land back in the future.