Monday 16 May 2011

SS 10: Student Blog Response for Lesson on May 16

On Thursday of last week, we discussed Canada's greatest accomplishments as well as its embarrassments. Please respond to the following prompt:

From the list below, choose Canada's greatest accomplishment and give reasons to back up why it deserves such an honorary title.
  • Avoidance of Annexation by the USA
  • Creation of the CPR
  • Canadian Economy
  • Maintaining a Sense of Nationalism in such a Vast Territory
  • Military Operations
I look forward to reading your responses!

13 comments:

  1. the cpr was obiviousley the most important because it united a nation. If the cpr wasnt created then the U.S. may have decided to attack canada but they didnt so winners at life haha.

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  2. In my opinion, Canada's greatest accomplishment has been creating a nation from sea to sea. I feel this because if we weren't connected as a whole, we couldn't trade with one another; without connection we wouldn't have enough resources. As well at creating a nation from sea to sea, I think avoiding annexation of the United States has also been one of the greatest accomplishments.

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  3. I believe that, even though it isn't on the list above, the creation of a nation from sea to sea is Canada's greatest accomplishment. This is because the large amount of land that we have acquired gives us a lot of industries and diverse jobs for our economies income, such as logging, oil, fishing, producing food, and manufacturing in the East. As well as this, it was difficult to negotiate with the many people of North America, and create the well run nation that we are today.

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  4. i think the enviromental policy was the best because if there was one we would all die because no one could chop down those stupid trees and made farm land and thats why its awsome

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  5. I think Canada's greatest accomplishment is the CPR because it is a transportation as well as it transports goods and needs for us all over the country. It brought help for canada, for all the nations to join and come as one to make up canada.

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  6. I brad think that maintaining a sense of nationalism in such a vast territory is our greatest accomplishment because even though with all the hate between the english, french, aboriginals, Chinese and many other races yet most everybody feels Canadian

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  7. A nation from sea to sea is the best accomplishment of canada because i picked it.... JOKES because usa would prob own the land we call B.C and canada would be a small country and shtuff the CPR wouldnt be sea to sea like mcdonald wanted it to be and his dream would have failed and yea.

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  8. I think creating a nation from sea to sea was a great accomplishment because it is not an easy feat to make a solid country with all the accessories ... like a functioning economy, military, nationalism and CPR. Which are all achievements within the bigger picture of a whole country.

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  9. Creating a Nation From sea to sea was the greatest accomplishment for Canada because is was the instigator of the creation of the CPR and every other great thing that Canada has had to offer! We as a nation would never of done or accomplished the thing we have if we weren't a nation to begin with. Plain and simple we would never of been Canada!

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  10. I think that our greatest achievement to date is maintaining a sense of nationalism throughout our vast country. Despite that we come from a variety of terrains and cultures, we are still able to unite under one flag as Canadian citizens.

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  11. Military Operations;
    Without our style or focus the military possess in Canada other countries would feel they could disrespect and disrespect the Canadians. Organization is a key role in our winning in the wars or wars we have helped in. It deserves a honorary tittle for the reason it made other countries respect us, fear us.Its helped our young country survive and grow.

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  12. I think military operations is Canada's greatest accomplishment because we helped Britian take over the dutch in south africa

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  13. I feel that Canada's greatest acomplishment is the creation of a country from sea to sea. I feel that is true because it takes alot to make a country and it is a tough job. On the other hand Canada's greatest embarassment is the treatment of out native people because we came into their country and took their land and killed their people....

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