James.H

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falsly accused Johnson of sodomy on the 22nd of October 1700 and was put on trial the day after he was caught. || that they had to make silly rules to get rid of some people. || wife and was sentenced to death by being hanged two days later after the murder was committed. || Godess that lives in the sea, woods etc and pine means an evergreen tree shaped like sharp pointy teeth. ||
 * Date || What I have done today || What I have Learnt today ||
 * 16/5/12 || Some of my contract draft || I learnt that a man of the Britisth
 * 17/5/12 || Did title page for HSIE || There were so many people in London
 * 20/5/12 || Finished first part of my crime article || A person call John Peter Dromett murdered his
 * 23/5/12 || Did more of my word journal. || I learned that the word pail means a bucket, nymph means a
 * 25/5/12 || Did an acrostic poem of the murder of John Peter Dromett || The word obscene means offensive to morality or decency ;indecent;depraved and the word mortal means subject to death;having a transitory life. ||
 * 29/5/12 || I did some of the popplet with Josh and Sam at library and it was really fun. || I learnt how to use popplet. I also learnt that jobs for people back then were to cut wood, bake, pack carts and farm and I also learnt new names of ships like the Alexander the Friendship and the Fishburn ||
 * 30/5/12 || I researched information about cooks voyage || I learnt that the Endeavour was named after a river called the Endeavour river and that it was operated by the royal navy research and was sold in 1775. ||
 * 2/6/12 || Researched more about cooks voyage || There were problems with cooks ship while they headed further out to sea and when they were at the antartic. These problems were damaging the boat such as the boat freezing and getting overflowed. But these problems were gone by the time they got to the sandwich islands. ||
 * 3/6/12 || Researched more info and did a interview on video with Jacob || I learnt that there were 53 people on cooks crew and they used ancient hawaiin weapons to protect themselves from danger. ||
 * 9/6/12 || Edited my contract speech || Nobody died from scurvy on Captain Cook's first voyage. After departing from North Queensland the Endeavour was fixed with the necessary parts and many of James Cook's crew succumbed to dysentery and typhoid. ||
 * 11/6/12 || Put my contract onto quickview and put it on my usb || I learnt that there were 13 ships on the fist fleet. Two warships, seven transport ships and four store ships. One of the store ships carried guns and other supplies for the Sirius and the Sirius would protect the first fleet by guarding it against pirates. ||
 * 12/6/12 || Researched the first fleet during library time || I learnted how many tonnes of convicts ships can carry; for example the Alexander can carry 452 tonnes of convicts and the Lady Penrhyn can carry 338 tonnes of convicts. The classifications are; sailors, marines, naval officer, convicts and civil officer ||
 * 17/6/12 || Did a powerpoint on first fleet ships and the route the First Fleet took to get to Australia || I learnted that the Prince of Wales can hold 350 tons, the Charlotte can hold 335 tons, the Lady Penrhyn can hold 333 tons, the Scarborough can hold 430 tons, the Friendship can hold 278 tons and the Alexander can hold 452 tons and is the biggest ship. ||
 * 18/6/12 || Finished my powerpoint on First Fleet ships and the route the First Fleet took to Australia. || I learnt that the Flagship was a war ship that protected the First Fleet from pirates and it was also known as the Sirius. I also learnt that the Supply ship was a ship that held guns and other equipment for the Flagship (Sirius) and the Flagship drops off spars and masts from the Baltic sea and they bring them to the British ship yards. It also took 4,100 miles to get from Portsmouth to Rio de Janeiro cape town, it took 3,300 miles to get from Rio de Janeiro to Cape Town. ||
 * 19/6/12 || Did research about explorers and what they discovered || Captain Cook was not actually the first person to discover Australia it was actually a Portuguese man named Christovao de Mendonca who discovered Australia in the year 1522. ||
 * 21/6/12 || Started to make a poster for contract || There was only one Maoris in the Polynesian tribe to discover something. He was a man called Tia who named North Island and he was responsible for the names he gave. Horohoro was named after an incident. This incident was when Tia the dead body of an Important chief that was cleansed by a priest in a ceremony called Te Horohoroinga nui a Tia. ||
 * 23/6/12 || I researched the former names of areas || New Hebrides was it's original name from the explorer de Quires in the year 1606. Before de Quires arrived he thought he had discovered the great southern continent and he named it Terra Australia del Espiritu Santo. But now it's name is called Vanuatu. New Zealand was named after Abel Janszoon in 1861 and was actually spelt as "New Zeeland." New Guinea was named by the Spanish explorers in the 16th century but Jorge de Menezes was actually credited for the discovery. ||
 * 8/8/12 || Did comprehension || I learnt that the British people brang out weeds like Lantana and it grows over other native plants and destroys some native plants. I also learnt that rabbit population was multiplying quickly and they caused destruction to the land. ||
 * < 9/8/12 || Did contract || I learnt that British also had mumps and measels. I also learnt that when the British tried to welcome the Aboriginies with a hand shake, the Aboriginies thought it was an act of agression so their tribesman stabbed Captain Arthur Phillip with a spear and then a conflict began between them both. Pemulwuy was a powerful tribesman of the Aboriginies who leaded the Aboriginies against the British people. ||

Youtube videos of british colonisation Photo gallery Subject texts
 * Date || What I did Today || What I learnt today ||
 * 18/8/12 || I started my product || The Aboriginal people mainly learned about traditional laws and the environment. Young Aboriginal boys were taught the basic needs and how to hunt and make spears. Older Aboriginal boys were taught the same things but were also told about how to provide food, respect their elders and how to protect people. ||
 * 21/8/12 || Started my first journal entry || Multiple amount of dances at one celebration for the Aboriginies is called Corrobees. Dances can show history of important people and paintings can too. British people introduced many subjects in the early 1900s like, nature study, poetry, science and model making. All these subjects became part of a daily school day. I also learnt that British had to write everything 3 times, first in pencil, then in ink and then in pen and after that a special type of paper was put over to make it dry. The pens the British used were fitted with steel nibs and dictation tests were given every week. British students had to memorise poetry, important dates and times tables and also ink was kept in inkwells. ||