In class today we learned that Mr Schick would not be here on Monday. We also had a few kids try to teach the class in place of Mr Schick but it didn't exactly turn out well. Let's just say there was a lot of yelling and a lot of aggravation from the "teacher" and the "students". Especially from a certain greek in the class who seemed to be agitated.
Anyways, class was fun today and I hope Mr Schick has fun at the museum on Monday.
Friday, February 21, 2014
notes
Barbarian- A term used to describe the distinctive way of life based on farming warfare and tribal originization and tribal organization that became widespread in Europe.
Greeks were the first civilization in 800 BC
Greeks were the first civilization in 800 BC
Wednesday
Today in class we received the answers to our test and I think I did ok. I can't remember for sure and I'm too lazy to check but I got somewhere in the 80's. Overall this week has been pretty relaxing it hasn't really gone fast but it seems like it has atleast. I look forward to our class on Friday and hope we're going to learn new stuff
Tuesday
Today in class we did the pyramid challenge, and it was pretty hard. I thought I was doing everything right but it was really just coming to the right percentages in the work force. I had figured it out and what the problem was, but I just couldn't figure out what it wanted. I made most of my workers farmers and a quarter craftsmen, and a few officials but it kept rejecting me. But, with luck on my side I finished just as the class ended and got a 16/20 I think, which is still better than a 14/20.
Monday, February 17, 2014
Monday
Notes from LO1:
The life of the basic European barbarian mainly consisted of farming. Farming and villages had spread throughout the continent and most villages were established. There were some wealthy people and the hierarchy of society was pretty much established. After the greeks recovered from the dark ages, they met many different civilizations. They learned how to use Iron tools and coinage and met civilizations like Babylon and Egypt and they learned of architechture from Egypt and in Babylon they figured out how to figure out the "will of the gods" by animal organs. The greeks went through all these different nations figuring out things and brought them back to their country. Sparta and Athens were extremely different because Athens was all commerce and near the sea, and its chief strength was its navy. Sparta was closed off and agricultural, and its chief strength was its army.
The life of the basic European barbarian mainly consisted of farming. Farming and villages had spread throughout the continent and most villages were established. There were some wealthy people and the hierarchy of society was pretty much established. After the greeks recovered from the dark ages, they met many different civilizations. They learned how to use Iron tools and coinage and met civilizations like Babylon and Egypt and they learned of architechture from Egypt and in Babylon they figured out how to figure out the "will of the gods" by animal organs. The greeks went through all these different nations figuring out things and brought them back to their country. Sparta and Athens were extremely different because Athens was all commerce and near the sea, and its chief strength was its navy. Sparta was closed off and agricultural, and its chief strength was its army.
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Cyber day 2 (did not realize we had a 2nd one)
Short answer A:
One technological advance was irrigation, they figured out how to make water from the flooding of the nile not go near their crops
The second advancment was paper, called papyrus which they wrote in it was really interesting
The third advancment is astronomy, like they made a 30 day month and a calendar.
Short Answer B:
First important feature of a pyramid is that it's triangular, and sealed off from the outside
The second important feature is that its really a giant tomb, so there could be traps or different corridors inside to hide the body from grave robbers
The third feature is that it's made of so many bricks and that it wasn't actually built by slave labor, people enjoyed building these giant buildings. its insane to think of how they built these buildings
One technological advance was irrigation, they figured out how to make water from the flooding of the nile not go near their crops
The second advancment was paper, called papyrus which they wrote in it was really interesting
The third advancment is astronomy, like they made a 30 day month and a calendar.
Short Answer B:
First important feature of a pyramid is that it's triangular, and sealed off from the outside
The second important feature is that its really a giant tomb, so there could be traps or different corridors inside to hide the body from grave robbers
The third feature is that it's made of so many bricks and that it wasn't actually built by slave labor, people enjoyed building these giant buildings. its insane to think of how they built these buildings
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Assignment
The Social Hierarchy of egypt was very simple. Ironically, you could even assemble it into a pyramid. Basically, I'll start out at the bottom. At the lowest of the lowest was the slaves, which did as their name suggest, slave work and intense work that was forceful. Above the slaves you had the farmers, which are normal civillians that just farm and go throughout their daily life. They would usually farm near the Nile River as this had the best soil. Above the farmers were Craftsmen, which made extremely useful things for the village/town.
The craftsmen would make things such as urns and containers for things like grain and this was important for growth in Egypt. Above the craftsmen were soldiers which were well respected as they fought off the enemy and protected Egypt. There are many painting of soldiers and their chariots and they usually look brave and calm, as the people support them and like them. Above the soldiers were scribes which recorded extremely important things like the lives of pharaohs or other important events in Egypt. It was also important because this layed the foundation for many future generations as they wrote on something similair to paper called Papyrus
Now on the top of the pyramid we're getting to Nobles and Priest. These guys were respected for their obvious wealth and holdings or in the priest case because they can communicate to the gods. Above these two is the Vizier which is an extremely high ranking politican. And we've got the big guy, the Phaoraoh which controls everything and is believed to be a demi god or able to communicate with the gods.
The Nile River was extremely important to Egyptian life as it not only provided sustinence for their daily life but also for crops and other things. The nile river was the main source of water and everything else around it was basically arid desert. This called for basically a line of villages and towns only to be formed near the Nile river.
Every once in a while the Nile River would flood and the Egyptians made calendars based after this as they would know when the River would flood or when sometimes it would dry up. This also allowed the Egyptians to have a better sense of time overall and this was a great improvement in the step to humanity's development. This was a great thing and I will talk about the Nile river's flooding more in next.
Basically what the flooding also did was make the Egyptians invent a way to protect their crops from flooding. They knew when it was going to flood, so what were they going to do about it? This made the Egyptians invent irrigation, a way to use the flood water to help their crops or flood somewhere else away from them. This was a great advance in agriculture and it was an important step.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Monday
Today in class we had a "prezi" where it talked about ancient Egypt. It talked about the pyramids and sphinx and also looked at the afterlife quite a lot. It talked about how they believed that the Pharaohs were still god even after they died so that they will continue to rule when they die. A Pharaoh usually never gets demoted or rebelled against unless everything is going horrible for Egypt. If that happened they believed that the Pharaoh was not communicating with the gods correctly.
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Monday Tuesday Friday
Monday
I was not here on monday because my mom made the call that the roads would get bad, and she wouldn't have anybody to pick me up and she couldn't do it herself with her work. I heard form my friends that it was basically pointless and that school should've been canceled because we really did nothing.
Tuesday
This is notes for Egypt.
We learned about steppes, which are giant grasslands and we also learned that egyptians were polyheistic AND that writing originated from Egypt. We also learned about pyramids, woman were rarely in goverment, but they had rights such as to divorce their husbands and own land. And the earliest form of writing was hieroglyphs
Friday
Today in class we talked about the buildings they made such as the pyramids and the sphinx and that these buildings were actually most likely not built by slave labor. They found names as if they were proud of what they were building, and we also learned that these structures were covered in Marble. It would've been a great sight, but the marble got stripped away during the crusades/
I was not here on monday because my mom made the call that the roads would get bad, and she wouldn't have anybody to pick me up and she couldn't do it herself with her work. I heard form my friends that it was basically pointless and that school should've been canceled because we really did nothing.
Tuesday
This is notes for Egypt.
We learned about steppes, which are giant grasslands and we also learned that egyptians were polyheistic AND that writing originated from Egypt. We also learned about pyramids, woman were rarely in goverment, but they had rights such as to divorce their husbands and own land. And the earliest form of writing was hieroglyphs
Friday
Today in class we talked about the buildings they made such as the pyramids and the sphinx and that these buildings were actually most likely not built by slave labor. They found names as if they were proud of what they were building, and we also learned that these structures were covered in Marble. It would've been a great sight, but the marble got stripped away during the crusades/
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Monday-Friday (Last Week)
Monday. Today in class we learned that we started out in many different ages. Like the stone age, I'm sure you've all heard. The most important thing in civilizations was foods that could be stored like wheat or grain. This is why in a lot of old places we learned about granarys and other things
Tuesday- Today we learned about different civilizations. For instance we learned about the first form of writing, and that civilization. It was one of the first cities in the world, made by the Sumerians. They had a set of laws and everything else that I will talk about in the next post.
Wednesday- Today we talked about Hammarabis code, and we were to find some. Some of Hammarabis code consist of that if you steal from someone, you have to pay back twice of what you stole. If you cannot afford to pay it back, you will be killed. and that if a fire fighter is to steal from a burning house, that fire fighter will be thrown into the fire and burnt to death.
Friday- We talked more about Hammarbis code in class and we learned a lot more interesting stuff. Everyone shared the laws they found and so it was extremely interesting. For instance, if you steal cattle or livestock from a temple or a king, you must pay x4 of what you stole. If its from a regular man you pay x2 of what you stole. We also talked about why the punishment was so bad. It was because they want to discourage people from doing the crime, because they knew they would die if they did it and got caught.
Tuesday- Today we learned about different civilizations. For instance we learned about the first form of writing, and that civilization. It was one of the first cities in the world, made by the Sumerians. They had a set of laws and everything else that I will talk about in the next post.
Wednesday- Today we talked about Hammarabis code, and we were to find some. Some of Hammarabis code consist of that if you steal from someone, you have to pay back twice of what you stole. If you cannot afford to pay it back, you will be killed. and that if a fire fighter is to steal from a burning house, that fire fighter will be thrown into the fire and burnt to death.
Friday- We talked more about Hammarbis code in class and we learned a lot more interesting stuff. Everyone shared the laws they found and so it was extremely interesting. For instance, if you steal cattle or livestock from a temple or a king, you must pay x4 of what you stole. If its from a regular man you pay x2 of what you stole. We also talked about why the punishment was so bad. It was because they want to discourage people from doing the crime, because they knew they would die if they did it and got caught.
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