Class Talk

When talking about the difference between history and past. I thought it was interesting that we all mentioned the same types of things but in different ways. Before going talking about it I never really thought of the two being any different.

There are some cultures that have pasted down their history orally. This makes it difficult for historians to know exactly what happened in the past because passing down history oral is like playing a large game of Telephone. Details can be change or completely left out.

The other day in class we had discussed the Hudson Bay Company. Along with that we looked at photos of the blankets and what they reminded us of/where we would find them. Some of the answers that were generated were in camp, lake houses, cabins, anywhere from New Hampshire, Mass, Vermont, Maine, in general New England. I never noticed how long a company like this had been around. Here I have seen these blankets in a thousands of places and I can now recognize that they are from the late 1670's and they were blankets that the leaders of New France used. (katlyn cash)

<-- image of the blankets.

Three Different Views

The other day in class we began by looking at 3 different views of the French Indian War and how to began. First off we looked at Washingtons then looking at one from the Canadians, and another from the French. Each told the same little basics, however the important parts to each of them were very different espically when it came to who started the war and what they had all did. With Washingtons it made him see like he was the good guy and had almost very little to no part in it. He also kept some details under the rug. All were different, yet very interesting.