Category: history

  • Sally Ride

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    Sally Ride Sally Ride was born in 1951. When she was 27 she became 1 of the first 6 US women to be trained to be an astronaut. In 1983 she blasted off on the space shuttle Challenger to become America’s first woman in space. After she retired from MASA she became a proferssor and…

  • Josiah Henson

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    •Josiah Henson helped a lot of people escape to freedom on the underground railroad •He lived from 1789-1883. He lived to be 94. That is a long time. •Josiah was born a slave and wanted to earn his freedom, but when he finally saved up ENOUGH, he was cheated out of his money and his…

  • Rose Fortune

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    ROSE FORTUNE – Rose was born on March 13, 1774 in the United States. She died in 1864Rose was 90 year’s old, when she died. That was a long time that Rose lived for. Rose was born in my BIRTHDAY month.That was so very COOL. -Rose’s parents were slaves in the US but wanted to…

  • Charlotte Small

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    •Charlotte small was an Indigenous woman who lived in Canada. •Charlotte and her husband travelled all over Canada to make maps •Charlotte lived to be 72 years old, that is a LONG TIME •Charlotte was born in Ile-a-la Crosse, which is now Saskatchewan •Ellie found a song on youtube about Charlotte e Small. •Her husband…

  • Slide Show

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    Tom Cochrane is a famous person from Manitoba. He sing’s “Life is a Highway”. It is one of my favourite song’s! He is 74 years old. MANITOBAPresented by Ellie Boggs

  • Roza Park’s

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    Where did Rosa Parks Come From? Rosa was born in Tuskegee Alabama. When Rosa was a little girl then she moved to Montgomery with her mom and her brother.

  • Chloe Cooley

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    CHLOE COOLEY – Chloe was born in Ontario in the 1760s. – She was born a slave because her parents were both slaves. This was very HORRIBLE! – Chloe’s White, MEAN owner wanted to sell her to make some money. He thought that Black people should be treated like objects. He wanted to sell Chloe…

  • Slide Show

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    Pîkiskwêwin and Language and Communication• Pîkiskwêwin is a Cree word that means language or conversation• Settler Colonizers in Canada would NOT let Indigenous people speak their languages in residential school’s. • First Nations people grew up and did NOT remember how to speak their own language. This meant that many important connections and memories were…

  • Indigenous People Of Canada

    Indigenous People of CanadaIndigenous people were the first people to live on the land that is now called Canada.

  • Richard PierPoint

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    Richard Pierpoint Point #1. Richard was born in 1744 . He died in 1838.He lived 94 year’s that was ALOT of year’s ! Point #2. He was born in Africa and White slaveowners forced him to go to the United States Point #3. Then there was a war called the War of Independence fought between…