Monday, January 31, 2011

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.

1 comment:

  1. Wow! Great notes, Morgan!

    Thanks for getting me your blog address. Your grade has been adjusted.

    Keep up the good work!

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