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How do they decide what is important to learn when studying the past?
They make choices about what is significant enough to research and they try to choose events, people, issues, developments, and long lasting impacts on people.
WHO IS JOHN GRAVES SIMCOE?
He is known for being the first lieutenant governor.
Name 3 questions they ask to evaluate what is significant.
Did the event make a long lasting change?
How many people were affected?
Was this the first time that event had happened?
How does the event or person reveal something about the past?
How does the event development vary for different people?
Has the significance development changed over time?
WHAT IS HIS JOB?
Officer with the British army in the American Revolutionary War.
He is also the lieutenant-governor.
He is the general of Fort York
What does historical significance help us with?
It allows us to learn and study about the big and important things in the past. We will get taught about what shaped our present day.
NAME THREE THINGS HE DID.
He gave out land to attract settlers.
He set up a government.
He made laws.
Built roads.
He moved the capital of upper Canada
Who are the ones that decide what is important about or past?
The Historians
What is the name of the day we celebrate him?
Simcoe Day in Toronto
Colonel Day in Ottawa
Joseph Brant Day in Burlington.
What is historical significance?
Historical significance is the process used to evaluate what was significant about selected events, people and developments in the past.
What date do we celebrate him?
The 1st Monday of August each year.