Blogger sucks

well i haven't been able to do my blogs on Monday or Tuesday but Monday was my birthday and we didn't have class and Tuesday we didn't either. We had class on Wednesday and reviewed for the quiz we had today !

Today

Today in class we got to sit outside and learn it was a lot of fun !!

Diocletian - was a Roman emperor, who tried to rebuild the once succesfull empire but failed

Constantine - a yound Roman commander who inspired christianity to become a religion in Rome

eastern empire - what Diocletian named the Latin-speaking part of Rome, wealthier than the western empire

Western empire - what Diocletian named the Greek - peaking portion of Rome, was also far less weathly than the eastern empire

Edict of Milan - a speech given by Constantine in Milan, " both to the Christians and to all men freedom to follow the religion that they choose."

Constantinople - the capitol of the western Roman empire, during Constantine's rule

Huns - and extremly aggressive group of bararians, feared by even the Germanic people

Attila - the cheif of the Huns. He was violent and feared by many, and he sacked 70 cities in the east. A bishop names Leo I was the only person to have ever stopped him

Leo I - a Christian bishop who stopped Attila the Hun from destroying Rome completely



Questions: 

class

Today in class we turned in our papers and went over our tests. We got a handout to read , and have homework tonight.

blogs !

Bloggers being so weird on my computer and wont let me post new ones so this is Friday Monday Tuesday .

On Friday we had a sub and worked on our papers the whole time.
On Monday we gave our papers to a partner and they edited them for us !
We didn't have class on Tuesday !

Today in class we took and test , and got assigned the essay question. Its worth 100 points and I need to do really well.

No class today !

todaaaaaaaaay

todaaaaaay

today in class we went over a power point and are having a test sometime this week !

No class

We didn't have class today , but tomorrow will be a long class !!

Class

Today in class we went over our quiz's . We are finishing tomorrow !

Power Points

Today in class we had to present our power points. They were all really good and I think everyone should pass !


FRIDAY , blog wouldn't make a new one sorry !!
took a test !

todaaaaayy

Today we worked more on our power points and were turning them in tomorrow.

no clas

Today we didn't meet in class , but our power points are due tomorrow !

class time

Today in class we got to get into groups and we were all assigned a paragraph of the rap. My group is Sam and Alena and we got the 6 paragraph. This is due Wednesday !

 Cleopatra 

Julius 

Julius being stabbed

the Tiber river

Circus Maximus

Rome

Rome senate house 

Roman Legion 

Hannibal on a elephant 

Brutus

 crassus

pompey

Octavian

gladiators in ancient Rome

map of pax romana

Today

Today in class we took another pop quiz and went over the homework .

class

Today in class we went over our homework and had a little 10 question pop quiz , it was easy and Rome is very interesting. Mr.Shick seems to be feeling a lot better already !


 Consul: A consul is like a king in that he commanded armies and directed the government.  Rome had two and they could only rule for one year and not be elected again for ten years.
Veto: Means “I forbid” and is a way to overrule another consuls decisions.

Senate: Was the aristocratic branch of Rome’s government.

Assembly: Was the democratic side of Rome’s government.  It consisted of all the citizen-soldiers of 

Rome.

Dictator: Only used in times of crisis, a dictator had absolute power to make laws and command the

army.  Their power only lasted six months.  They were chosen by the consuls and elected by the

senate.

Mercenary: Soldiers who fight for a country for pay.

Today

Today in class was a lot of fun. Instead of watching a movie though we read a little article because we are starting Rome. There is a few questions that need to be answered below. BTW feel better mr.shick.

• Patrician - specially privaleged families; they dominated Roman cities, rich person. upper class 
• Plebian - free citizans with rights, including voting, rich powerful people
• Legion - a big  military of 4,000-6,000 soldiers
• Century - 100 years
• Republic - political unit, not ruled by a monarchy, where citizans have the right to vote
• Gravitas - discipline strength and loyalty 
• Pater Familias - father of the family, owns everything , could kill anyone in family, a lot of power , runs everything 
• Toga - an  garment of clothing. Usually a large wool blanket, 

1. Rome was built on a lot of hills so that helped them when in battle.
2. They were all the big founders , Latins were the first settled the starting then the Greeks for religion and then the Etruscans were last  
3. Honor and respect
4.The households were organized by the women and they did most of the cleaning and cooking.
5.Known as one of the best military's ever.

No class

Today we didn't meet in class , but we do have a test tomorrow.


Friday : The test I felt really good about and think I did great ! Sorry blogger wouldn't let me post another blog so I put it on here ):

Today

Today in class we went over everything for the test wed on Greece. I got a lot of notes and have been studying a lot so I hope I do well !!

test review

• No open notes or blogs 
• Multiple choice and a essay 
• 25-30 multiple choice 
• armies and battles - HOP LITE-Greek soldiers; formation-phalanx; battles, marathon thermo-poly Peloponnese, war was 27 years 
• Spartans won the Peloponnese war
• Athenians were going to build a wall around to the sea
• someone had the plague and got everyone sick a third to 2 thirds dies
• pericles died , most of his advisors , his sons , big part of fighting force 
• pythagoris came up with the right angle circumference 
• euclid came up with geometry
• two mains poets were homer and sapho 
•  tragedy and comedy plays 
• Greeks invented semi circle around the stage in the middle and behind stage was the skene , wall with decoration 
• pericles wanted to make Athens more beautiful , strengthen democracy , glorify Athens , expand empire 
• agora is the center of town where people meet 
• Parthenon it was built by pericles 
• freeze was on the Parthenon with regular types of people type of stone  
• in the middle was a statue of athena to the godess athena build on the acropolos 
• one of the most beautiful buildings it was a doric style first example of doric 
• doric was most basic ionic was fancy Corinthian all out 
• socrates trial socrates was charged with corrupting mind of youth 
• charged with going against the Gods 
• he drank poison hemlock
• Olympics first held in 776 B.C 
• going every four years 
• only free greek men 
• make an oath
• no women could participate but they think one snuck in  
• boxing , wrestling, fighting 
• hoplitodromos having to run in full armor 
• philosophers ; Socrates Plato Aristotle 
• plato was a pupil of Socrates
• Socrates , basing stuff on reason
• Plato found school called the academy 
• 
  
• platos cave 

Today

Today in class we watched a movie on Alexander the Great. It was very much real and showed a lot of gross things !

Today in class

We watched a movie today and took notes on it. It was interesting and I really enjoyed it.

Movie

• Socrates was interested only in the mind
• Revolution far to the east 
• they believe the bodies were gods
• knowledge of the heavens spreading
• first great scientist phellies 
• phellies first man to measure height of pyramid
• stood next to pyramid till shadow the same length of his height
• how to sail at night with the stars light
• Socrates was first urban physatic 
• life spent questioning the 
• could turn convention upside down
• loved the city
• typical Socrates was making him think of things logically
• aways arguing with people
• Socrates freedom of thought
•  THE UNEXAMINED LIVE IS NOT WORTH LIVING 
• Spartans invaded Athenian lands
• wall theory didn't work out
• convinced Athenians to go along with his place
• Pericles didn't know that worse was coming
• plague , a decease torn city apart
• spread like wild fire
• horrible symptoms 
• floating bodies 
• looked smelled terrible and there was terror 
• Spartans burning Athenian farm land
• killed over a third of Athens population
• Pericles died 
• showed one of his friends a charm a woman put on his neck
• after 6 months of illness he died
• Pericles plan only brought decease and death
• Became clear a linchpin of Athens
• anyone who can make people happy wants to rule
• as conflict goes on generals/naval leaders returned to Athens 
• Thrown in to prison
• all generals should be exsacuted for not saving him
• Socrates , stood his ground and said it was the wrong thing to do
• generals were condemed to death by drinking poisonous 
• Athens never had a political leader after Pericles who could think things through
• war between sparta lasta a decade 
• Athenian fleet kept city supplied
• nobody could defeat nobody
• Athens must prove there power
• year of 416 a daring proposal put 
• Athenians were going to help and set out
• wanted to destroy Spartans and become rulers of all Greece
• Athenians threw themselves further 
• soldiers testing equipment
• ships prepares vessels
• invasion set out for Cicily 
• 6 months later word came back 
• campain didnt go as quick as hoped needed reenforcment
• then they had heard no news at all
• 413 B.C a sailor arrived in the city
• needed a haircut
• told barber a tail of a horrible saluter
• story of an army 
• how food and water ran out
• attempted to escape 
• everyone tried to cross river 
• drank dirty water
• all left dead in the water
• over 50000 men killed or were prisoned
• Athens tyrants destroyed 
• motivation is self interested
• Athenians had engaged in a pointless campaign
• Military closed in
• Persians decided to inter vein with Spartans
• Spartans got help from Persians
• could finally polish off the Athens
• Athenians began to starve in the streets 
• turned to the goddess Athena 
• Pericles honored here with a temple before he died 
• goddess couldn't offer help now
• Athens , a population of plague and war , death and suffering
• in 404 B.C Athens gave up to lysander the spartan leader
• great wall was taken down 
• fleet was destroyed
• what remained of Athens was put to the torch with only 12 ships to remain
• no longer ruling the mediteranian
• could achieve great things but not all great things
• took one more thing of violence before they give themselves up to the Spartans 
• humiliated that there empire lost
• search for an enemy
• someone who questioned them
• searched for Socrates
• around him was followers
• Socrates was arrested 
• Socrates trial was held in Athens
• chosen by citizens around him
• Socrates shows no fear
• Socrates setting his life against Athenians
• found him guilty 
• he was still calm 
• taken from court to Athens prison 
• still can see where Socrates was held
• executed by drinking hemlock 
• extremely painful causing paralysis 
• turned to his friends like it was nothing at all
• wanted to wash before he died
• all of his friends broke down in tears but Socrates didn't
• he said to be brave
• as Socrates laid down to die his friends watches in silence
• now in depths of defeat found something new
• most important lesson Socrates left was the need to be critical 
• realized they went to far
• Athens was never again in great power
• instead became a city of study and discussion 
• were students learned to become a world of reasoning
• slowly ideas of greek thinkers became to spread across the world 
• in less then 200 years ancient greeks changed there world and carved an empior 
• science and philosophy , literature and art 
• the greeks tought us how to think
• there achievements still help our world. 

Homer

Was homer a early Greek poet ? true
Lived around when ? around 8th century
Legends say hes blind ? true
Greeks didn't believe fully Homer was real ? true
The Odyssey is a long poem from ancient Greece ? true

Alexanders Conquest

Alexanders formal name was ? Alexander III of Macidonia
Most battles were against who ? Persia
Alexander never lost a battle true or false ? true
Died when ? year of 323 B.C

Todays Class we went over the last two presentations and got cupcakes !

Class

Today we didn't meet in class but were finishing the presentations tomorrow !

Today !!

Today in class we went over about 3 more presentations , they were power points and a rap. So far everyones doing great and im learning a lot. There is two more presentations to go and they are being presented on Wednesday. Im excited to see what I got !

Trial of Socrates

100 % vinny
Why did he die ? sentenced to death
Would he have died to years later anyways ? true
He died for no reason ? true

Ancient Greek battles and armies

100% megan
One of the main formations used for battles was what ? phalanx
Hop-lites were what ? usually citizen-soldiers
Helmets were made of what ? bronze
Used to protect what ? nose cheeks and head and also protected neck
Aspis was also called what ? hoplon

Hellenic Age

100%
Three styles of sculptures are ? severe style highly classical style fourth century style
The peloponnesian war defeated who ? The powerful Athens and weakened Sparta
Alexander the great was tutored by who ? Aristotle

Class time

Today in class we went over a few more reports and i learned a lot. We will probably  finish all the presentations on Monday and have a quiz or test sometime soon. I cant wait to see what i got.

Greek architecture

100
Original system of Greek architecture was what ? doric

earliest and plainest of the three styles

Parthenon was built around when ? the fifth century B.C.

One of the most famous buildings made by the Greeks is what? the parthenon

Golden age or age of pericles

99
When was Pericles born ? 5th century in 495 BC
Born a what ? lion
How did Athenians live? modestly
Religious festivals were what ? panthenaia honored Athena and dionysia God of wine and ecstasy
Who got an education boys or girls? boys
Who opened there own school for philosophy and rhetoric ? Aspasia
When did the golden age start ? 443 B.C.
Pericles three goals were what ? strengthen democracy , expand there empire , make Athens more beautiful

Poetry

100
True of false
poems were in song form sometimes. True
poets did it for just there feelings couldn't make a living. False
was sapho one of the greatest poets of all time ? yes true
when was homer born ? around 8-9 BC

Greek Drama

95
Who was the son of Zeus ? Dionysus
Plays begin with what ? Prologue
Three types of plays are ? Comedy Satyr and Tragedy's
When was the theater at Delphi build ? 4th century BC

Class

Today in class , we did more presentations and they were great. I got to go and I think it went really well. The quiz wasn't to hard and people did great !!

Trial of socrates

Vinny

Philosophers

Tasha , 100%

Aristotle was born into what kind of family? aristocratic
What is western philosophy ? the thought and work of the western world and how it differs to the eastern world
How did people say Aristotle died ? A disease
Socrates encourages his students to examine their beliefs

Parthenon

95% Hayley

Designed by who ? Phidias
Statue of who inside ? Athena
Finished being build-ed when ? 438 b.c

Math and Science

90%
Who was the best in Greek astronomy ? Ptomely
Who invented geometry? Euclid
Who figured out pie ? Greeks

class

today in class we went over two more presentations and i got to try some new food , it was great !

The olympics

85%
What were the Olympic games held in honor of ? Zeus
When was the first games ?
There was a penthalon consisting of ? Wrestling , stadion, long jump, jevelin throw, and discus throw.

Greek Art

95%
What does Greek art consist of ?
What was the Corinthian order named after ?
What style was the Parthenon? Doric order
Panel painting Wall painting and Polychromy painting
Black white red and yelow were most commonly used.

today

Today we didn't have class and tomorrow in class we are going to go over more presentations.

Projects

Today in class we started to go over people presentations and we got to eat cake and cupcakes. We have to write down three questions about each subject to maybe make up a test .

Questions on presentations

 Pelopennisien War 90%
When did the Pelopennisien War start ?
Who was it between ?
Where did the war take place ?
Who won the war ?

today

Today in class we went over our quiz's and got them back. Also we got to eat donuts and got to have a lot of fun.

class

Today in class we went over our projects that we have over the break. I got Alexanders youth and I am going to make a poster. We also went over our quiz's we took yesterday.

Quiz !

Today in class we had a quiz, im hoping I did well so I could get my grade up and be passing.

No class time

Today we didn't have class !

Notes on the movie .. Again

• Today in class we watched more of the movie and are going to be having a quiz on Greece , Wednesday !
• Pericles
• born in to Athens elite family
• knew what the people wanted.. a city fit to rule an empire
• wanted to form a great city
• Parthenon 
• Pericles brought democracy to its climax
• People wanted a city fitted to run an empire
• Parthenon a building with a big statue of Athena (40 ft tall) in it
• it requires 20,000 tons of marble
• it is a symbol of Athens empire
• it cost a billion dollars in our time to build
• Frizezs shallow piece of marble
• it was a testament to the common man and woman
• 
  

Today

Today in class we watched more of the movie , and took more notes. We are going to finish on Monday.

Movie !

• Hippieas 
• life was then dangerous 
• clithenites 
• hippias was trapped 
• 510 B.C 
• Greeks society was changing
•   776 B.C two years before he was born
• Competition/ games for the wealth
• Olympians were hero
• Mythical heroes are where its from
• Rich people competing against each other
• get power however and whenever you can
• marathon 26 miles from Athens
• city without a standing army
• Hoplite, closest thing to a professional army
• Themistocles 
• trirme 
• xerxes
• Aristocrat- member of the ruling class; has wealth & power
• 
  
• Athens - Town built around the acropolis
• 
  
• Acropolis - big outcropping of rock where Athens sits.
• good advantage because you can see your enemies approaching
• 
  
• Cleisthenes - set Greece up on a path to empire
• 
  
• Arête- everything you do, you do it to the best of your ability
• 
  
• The Iliad and the  odyssey - Bards (storytellers) - were told in Cleisthenes Athens as a child to make him believe that he would become who he was
• Homer wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey
• Tyrant - (ruler) ordinary man Pisistratus was Cleisthenes' brother in law 
• Turned to common Athenians for support
• He reduced taxes, they were able to keep more of the money they made
• He started treating regular people really well
• Greek's created the vase - first artistic deal;
• Artisans had no special or distinct respect
• Life expectancy @ birth was less than 15 years
• Regular Athenian citizens had no say in anything
• Each city state was extremely independent and had it's own culture
• The Corinthians dominated Greek trade
• Spartans dominated in military instincts;
• Children were brought up from a young age in camps to train to be a strong military man
• Darius's son
• spring in 480 B.C news came out
• the Greeks went to see oracle at Delphi 
• delian league 
• Isagarus was an Athenian aristocrat, who grew up thinking that power WAS his right
• Old friend of Spartans, and they immediately backed up his bit for power and betray his city
• They ruled from the acropolis - top part of their city
• Cleisthenes, - feeling betrayed started a revolution
• After three days of fighting, Isagarus was forced to surrender
• This was a revolution of the common people.
• 508 BC - for the first time the people of Athens had changed the government
• Agora-In the shadow of the acropolis, the citizens of Athens came to discuss the decisions they will make for the state;
• The beginning of a democracy, a congress, etc.
• Met and voted every 9 days to vote on things; black pebble for no; white pebble for yes
• Athenian democracy - they ARE the government
• Regular people can be heroes
• Worlds first democracy tested in war with Persia;
• 490 BC - 18 years after the first start of democracy
• Phidippides - ran the first marathon for the reason of saving his country;
• Desperate mission was to run for help from Marathon to Sparta
• Ran 140 miles in just 2 days
• Athenians slaughtered over 6,000 Persians in 1 day
• Themistocles - Athenian general who had fought on the line at the Persian war
• He didn't come from aristocrats
• Learned skills of leadership at the Agora
• One of the worlds greatest leaders - the savior of his city

Todays Class

• cleisthenes 
• aristocrat 
• acropolis  big rock / mountain highest city the top or peek. 
• Greece seemed unlikely to have a huge civilization 
• Greece put in to little city states
• Athens wasn't as powerful 
• tyrant 
• Pisistrasis 
• 
  

today

today we didn't have class

Class Today

Today in class we took a lot of notes on Greece and went over the movie from Friday the notes are below !

crucible of civilization

• Geography of Greece
• Mountains peninsula 
• mountains cover 3/4
• approximately 1400 islands in the aegean and linian seas 
• poor natural resources 
• skilled sailors
• location shaped its culture
• difficult to unite the ancient Greeks because the terrain developed small independent communities
• 20% of Greece suitable for farming
• fertile valleys cover 1/4 of peninsula 
• because of geography the Greek diet consists of grains, grapes, olives
• Lack of resources most likely led to Greek colonization 
• 
  
• temperatures range from 48 in the winter to 80 in the summer
• Mycenaeans 
• began around 2000 B.C 
• Mycenae is located on a rocky ridge and protected by a 20 ft. thick wall 
• controlled trade in the region 
• 1400 B.C Mycenaeans invaded Crete and absorbed Minoan culture and language 
• Culture in Decline
• The dorians moved into the war-torn region
• far less advanced 
• economy collapsed 
• writing disappeared for 400 years 
• Homer and Myths 
• Only stories were kept and passed on by word of mouth
• Homer lived at the end of the "Greek Dark Ages"
• Recorded stories of the Trojan War in The lliad and The Odyssey
• Written 750-700 B.C
• Greek Concepts 
• Arete , the virtue and excellence
• Epics, narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds
• Myths were created to explain creation
• Zeus: leader of the gods
• Hera: Zeus' wife
• Athena: goddess of wisdom
• Clisthenes
• We was born as a ruler
• The night of the Athenian war was a turning point for his life and all of Greece
• He set his fellow Greeks on the path to empire
• born around 508 BC
• Grew up knowing he was an aristocrat
• Athens
• became a empire of its own 
• located in greece
• life expectancy was less then 15 years
• Olympia
• ancestor of Olympic game 
• 776 BC
• competition of wealthy and Clysones made it so anyone could compete
• chariot
• running
• boxing
• Pericles- born into one of Athens's most elite families- Aristocratic origins
• Started out as Aristocrat but ended up letting the people continue to rule their own government;
• Came up with the idea of the Parthenon & was directly involved in the planning project
• Began to plan a new adventure - Brought Athens not Glory, but the loss of their empire
• Sparta was the only city state who matched Athens in power
• The fatal flaw - You have a great person who does so many things but they have one flaw that they can't give up;
• Huberous- excessive pride and arrogance
• Parthenon- massive, beautiful building; with enormous statue of Athena in it
• Cost over a billion in todays terms
• It is the most glorious symbol of Athens
• Statue of Athena was over 40 feet tall - taller than JC
• Done as a labor of love
• A bunch of friezes [ A narrow shallow little piece of marble; 2 1/2 inches thick in depth]
• 500 feet of these surrounding the statue- in the form of farmers, artisans, etc.
• Glorifying the common people as well, democracy
• Makes democracy come to life
• Aspasia - a prostitute
• Pericles treated her as a normal person
• Thought to have written Pericles's speeches
• She was not from Athens - Foreign born
• Astonishing that she had so much to say, so much input; while the women of Athens were to be seen but not heard
• Athenian population would gather twice a year to watch popular entertainment at their theatre- they invented drama/theatre.

Today !

Today in class we went over the rest of the power points that we had finished up ! Some of them were great and I learned a lot of new information ! Mr.Shick will not be here tomorrow so we are going to start watching a movie and it looks really interesting !

School Today

Today in class we got a book read to us , and we are going to start studying the Greeks !
We started a class power point and there were going to be fourteen slides ! Each person got a slide and mine was Cyrus the Great ! This is going to be a lot of fun to look at when they are all done and im excited to see the power point in the end !

Didn't meet !

Today we didn't meet in class !

Notes for Egypt

these are the notes we took today for Mondays test :


geography 
daily life
pharaohs 
goddesses and gods
pyramids 
Egyptian life is centered around the Nile river
water for drinking , for irrigating , for bathing, transportation
every July it floods and every October it leaves behind rich soil
managing the river required technological breakthroughs in irrigation

pharaoh
government
soldiers
scribes
merchants
artisans
farmers
slaves and servants

artisans would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife .
hatshepsut was a woman who served as pharaoh

No class today

Today we didn't meet in class !

Today in class time

Today in class we went over the test's from a long time ago and got all of the answers . We went over it so at the end of the year we would be able to look back and study for the exam. We are having a test on Egypt on Friday !

Questions !!

These are some of the questions I would ask........



What are your feelings on this situation?

How is this affecting your family ?

Do you think its for the better or worse of your nation ?


Did you love him as much as everyone else?


Is your nation being torn apart or closer together?


Does this upset you ?


How does your family feel?


 Do you agree with everything going on ?


Is there a lot of fighting ?


What do you think will end up happening ?

Today in class

Today we went over everyones Egyptian raps in class.It was a lot of fun and also really funny. Some of the raps were amazing and took a long time ! On friday we may have someone from Egypt skype with us if we are lucky enough and some of the questions I would ask are..

Verse 1:
mummy's are cool they go to school
they even like it when they swim in the pool
its all started way back then , they didn't even have themselves a bed
tombs are what they used to lay in ,
the desert is a really hot place
theres a really cool sign on that vase


Chorus :
mummy's mummy's pyramids
used to be so cool way back when

Verse 2:
The ABC's are new and better
way back then they used hieroglyphics,
that was the signs we used to talk 
now we have moved on and are ready to rock

Chorus :

mummy's mummys pyramids 

used to be so cool way back when

Verse 3:
Now this is done over with cool
People on Egypt should rap this at school
This is ending done done

project

Today there wasn't a sub. anymore and everything went back to normal . We got to go back into our groups and finished up our power points. Towards the second mod we got to start presenting . Only two groups got to go today but tomorrow we are probably going to finish them up !

Wednsday

Today in class we got into groups and made power points. This class was a lot of fun because we got to work with whoever we wanted. There were two substitutes in but they were both really nice. The power point was on Egypt and its really easy. Its kind of fun to decorate the slides and put down all the information ! My partner is Alena and we got a ton done today ! Our power points going to be really decorated and fun to look at . It was also have all the right information . Tomorrow in class i hope we work on the same thing again!

No Class

Today we didn't have class !!

Monday

Egyptian pyramids:

• Most famous pyramids are found at Giza.
• There are 138 pyramids in Egypt 
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_pyramids

• Ancient people think that the pharaoh  is the king of the dead      
• Before the pyramids, tombs were carved into bedrock 
• http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/pyramids.html

Essay !

   There is a huge transition people used to have to do back in the day , and that is going from being a hunter gatherer to a farmer . These are two completely different things and have two way different things that need to get done .  This is a major transition that many people had to do.

   Hunter gatherers are needed for getting the animals and killing them to give to farmers. The farmers job is to raise the animal and then get what it needs to kill it . They started to need a lot more farmers though then hunter gatherers. The cause of that was because it was easy to get wheat and barley but not always easy with the meats.
  
   This is what many people had to do just do they would have food for there tribes. Getting stuff like crops and fruits was so much easier to get and they needed it for survival. Back then this was a huge deal but it had to be done .
  

SICK

Im home sick today !

Review !!!!!!!!

Today in class we went over whats going to be in the quiz tomorrow. We went over everything thats going to be on it so we could study tonight. Some of our notes are :


what are the charectristics of an ideal domestic animal?
got to weigh at lest 100 animals
being able to get along with humans
social hierarchy
be able to provide manual labor
meat and drink
produce milk
be able to reproduce often


what makes a plant good for a civilization thats going to progress?
must be nutricious
easy to prepare
easier to plant
easy to store
versital is good like wheat and barley and corn

Im very prepared for this test as long as I read my blog and go over all of the notes I have .

:(

Today is a really fun class. We are ahead of all the class's in our work so we get a class to do any work we want to. This is cool because I can get a break and get done some of the odds and ends I needed and i can relax. This has been a very stressful weekend for me because of cheer leading. I had practice from 530-930 on Friday and then had to be back for the competition at 10 the next morning. On Friday at practice I was having a breathing problem and then on Saturday I hurt my nose. This weekend was stressful but we ended up getting second place and im so proud of all my girls !

More movie !

Today in class we are watching some more of the movie. This morning we had a two hour delay and i got to sleep in . This is what is happening Making plaster from limestone was a huge thing. They would use anything to make materials and using fire is good for steal. Surplus, they always make way more food then what they really need. They have such a dry climate that no matter what crops they had , it would be destroyed. Culture , politics, and religion are also a major part of things. Diamond says his year in new Guinea shows that you can find smart people anywhere. There is a very tropical weather climate there. There are MAJOR cultural differences but whats important is the help they get. This movie shows a lot about how different these two places are , but its a very good important movie and gets you to learn a lot.

Were back in school !

Today in class we are watching the movie again. We didn't have class yesterday but that's okay because we wouldn't have had class anyways even if there was school. In the movie they are pretty much talking about how to survive and get food for a good living in paupi new Guinea . Crops and plans like barley and wheat are two very important things. Raising goats is a very big advantage. They can be used for food drink and there fur . Also whatever made from them is very healthy. Also they can get wool from goats and there meat is very popular. All animals at first were used for there meat , and then other causes. Hopefully we will have class tomorrow and there is no more crazy weather . They are starting to take away from other off time including summer ! :( The 14 animals are : pigs, goats, sheep, horses, cows, donkeys, camels , other camels, water buffalo's , llamas, reindeer, yaks , bali , mithan. Not one of those were from Australia or papiu New Guinea.

Another day off !

Today we got off from ice hazards , and a lot of ice being on the road. I didn't understand it but apparently theres been a lot of accidents !

Notes on the movie !

• Greeks and romans had an advanced civilization
• large populations
• some people march faster then others during march of history 
• scientist not a historian 
• middle east used to be way more aired 
• hunter gather'rs always on move to get a home and food
• move on by season looking for food
• rainforest's of paupi new Guinea 
• must be smart to be a hunter
• people used to hunt in the same way 13000 years ago
• never been a productive way to find new food, takes time to get each animal
• huntings always unpredictable always count on gathering
• gathering done by woman
• wild sago is an important food
• gatherings more productive but not enough calories for such a large population
• in middle east theres different plants to gather
• barley and wheat 
• take a huge change in climate
• world became colder and dryer 
• animal herbs died off along with plants and trees
• drout lasted more than 1000 years
• people forced to travel farther for food
• still seemed to survive
• middle east , new life would be one that would change the earth
• believe they found a small village
• people were starting to put down roots 
• times were so hard but needed to feed a entire village
• the answer lies in the structure
• making beans and grain and any plant 
• people starting growing there own food
• planting new things
• stone age people of middle east become farmers
• new farmers were changing crops around them
• human domestication 
• people who stayed hunter gather'rs couldn't make enough as farmers
• only a few parts on ancient world ,
• area where farming didn't workout 
• thought highland valleys were most dense 
• people have been farming for almost 10,000 years
• new Guinea farmers were no less talented 
• most protein from new Guineas crops
• low in protein 
• each giant spiders sometimes
• jarred diamond said Americans have a thing over new Guineans
• crops like wheat
• plants alone can shape human history 
• 9000 years ago people were only able to live by being productive farmers
• only planted wheat and barley
• very nutritious and healthy to eat 

Today in class we watched some more of the movie . We also went over to make sure everyone had there blogs set up because the first blog grade has already gone in. Everyone thinks that we are going to have off school tomorrow but I really don't think we will. The notes above are from the movie that we watched today in class time . This movie is about the life style of new guiniea and the difference between that and America. In class time tomorrow we are going to watch more of the movie.

Snow Day

Today we have off and im playing in the snow all day !

Today

Today we didn't meet in class but we will tomorrow and probably watch more of the movie !

First Class !

Today in class we got to know everyone if we didn't already and set up our new blogs. Once we finished doing that and getting everything finished we started a movie. This movie takes place in Papuanewguiney.

• Jarred Diamond , the star of the movie and is a biologist.
• Has a passion to study birds 
• Now that he has been there once for bird watching he goes and visits all the time.
• They always ask why Americans have so much cargo , which is the meaning of material goods and they have little to none .
• They think that it is because of there race , but its not.