HISTORY: Watch history video below. Post 5 interesting facts you learned.
LANGUAGE: Complete literacy poster. Find 10 adjectives and 10 adverbs in story
REMINDERS
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Five Facts
ReplyDelete•John A. MacDonald, George Brown and George Etienne created the Great Coalition in 1864.
•During the coalition, Harriet Tubman brought black slaves to Canada, freeing them. The operation was dangerous and thorough, as they hid in swamps, rivers, and sheds.
•George Brown was a founder of the Toronto Anti-Slavery Side.
•The new citizens (slaves, Loyalists) didn’t like their rights, and some would rather go back to slavery than stay in Canada.
•Throughout this time, a potato famine spread though Ireland and many had to move abroad, and Canada was a particular place where it was safe for them, but numerous people died from diseases during the voyage.
By: Kevin
Five things I found interesting about the video is:
ReplyDeleteThat some Irish still went to America despite being hated.
Harriet Tubman threatend to shoot anyone who turned back from the Underground Railroad
Canada didn't begin as a united country.
ReplyDeleteAbraham Lincoln considered opening war against north and south british colonies.
ReplyDeleteJohn A. MacDonald, George Brown and George Etienne became an entity.
ReplyDelete5 interesting facts I learned are:
ReplyDelete1.From the 1840's to the 1860's Harriet Tubman took slaves on the Underground Railroad to be free.
2.$40 000 was the prize to catch Harriet Tubman.
3. There was a potato famine in Ireland in the 1840's.
4.After the Irish arrived in Canada after the 1840's potatoes famine, many were killed from typhus.
5.George Brown, John A. McDonald and George Etienne became one entity and worked together to create the Great Coalition in 1864.
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