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Our first activity was for you to write two short essays on the following:
- What do you think is the most important event in Canadian history?
- Who do you think is the most significant individual in Candian history?
You were also asked two follow-up questions:
- What is history?
- How do you define "significant" or "important"?
We briefly discussed some of the answers that students had written and why they had chosen the people and event that they did. We discussed the difference between history being considered as all the events of the past versus the events and people who had a major influence on the majority of people. We will discuss this further on Friday.
Please note: Take some time to consider the following:
Would the diary of a Canadian soldier who was involved in the D-Day landing be significant?
Would his mother's diary be considered significant?
