Mr. Nicky

Today in class, We took more notes on Mesopotamia and then listened to Mr. Nicky sing about the things we are learning about in class. During the notes we took today in class I learned that if your heart was lighter than a feather when being mummified then you were very important. I have a shadow today because their patriot has the flu of course. Hopefully I don't get the flu because I really can't afford to get sick and miss days of school. I'm trying my best to be healthy and keep clean without any germs touching me. Today I have a pretty easy schedule. After lunch I have an off, then chorus, and then English. I also have Bella Voce and then music department auditions after school.

More Pyramids on the Nile

Today in class, we talked about cheating and being academically honest. I wasn't involved but my prayers go out to whoever it was. Anyways, today we finished taking notes on the Pyramids on the Nile article and I found some pretty interesting facts. Egyptians' rulers stay the rulers even after they die. The Egyptians still think of them as they were when they were alive. Also, the Nile river flows for over 4,100 miles, making it the longest river in the whole world which is very crazy to think about. Also, Egyptians used papyrus as paper for writing and using hieroglyphics to communicate. The Egyptians were very smart. They developed a system of numbers for math and they developed a calendar to keep track of time between floods and to plan their planting season.

Pyramids on the Nile

Today in class, we took the City States in Mesopotamia quiz. It wasn't very hard and I felt like did a good job. one of the questions was what the prologue was to the Hammurabi code laws which I wasn't here when we learned about it so I wasn't really sure if I was right or wrong. Update: I just looked up the answer and I think I got it right. This is one of the few quizzes I actually feel very confident about. hopefully I made a good grade on this. Now we are just taking notes on Pyramids on the Nile. We will be learning about the nile as well as mummification and things such as the kings. Hopefully ill make a good grade to start out my grade looking good and keeping it that way.

EUPHRATES

Today in class, we reviewed for our quiz on Wednesday. We talked about the definitions and the main terms for the unit. Then, after reviewing we listened to a music video for the Euphrates and tigris river. I need to study for this quiz because I want my grade to start out high so I don't have to build it up. Hopefully I can do good and receive a good grade for this and have a good grade. I think I understand the topic. Hopefully it won't be too hard and ill be able to comprehend the questions. I took notes on what we talked about today that's gonna be on the quiz so now at least I have an idea of what some of the questions are and what they are made of. Now we are just listening to the music video song over and over again.

Hammurabis Code

Today in class, I wasn't in class for half of the time. I was in the play, The Diary of Anne Frank. It went well and I think the audience liked it. Then, I came to class about 45 minutes in and we were talking about Hammurabis code. It's crazy reading some of the laws like if a man puts out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out. No laws are like that today. People were even more serious back then and didn't take anything as a joke. Now, laws are more bearable and the punishments are usually not as bad. This weekend Anne Frank will be going on but now I need to do make-up work for the day for the classes I've missed. The play is very fun and very moving. It has a lot of meaning considering the its a true story that happened with a jewish family.

More mesopotamia

Today in class, we finished taking notes on the pages for Mesopotamia. Then, we took more notes on a powerpoint that Mr. Schick made. We used half the class to take notes on Mesopotamia and the community of the Mesopotamians. I learned that they discovered a technique of writing called cuneiform. Its a type of writing that they planted into the stones. I also learned that they had professions like priests and such. We also learned that cities and towns were founded, with some having almost 40,000 inhabitants in each of the cities. The neolithic era was marked by advanced tool making and beginnings of agriculture. We also had a little downtime at the beginning of the class which was nice because I had to fix my blogs theme which was wrong because it made it too confusing for Mr. Schick to read over and look at.

City-States in Mesopotamia

Today in class, we talked over what we're going to be doing over the next semester and how class is planned out.

The Classwork from today:
1.
Fertile Crescent- The regions curved shape and richness of its land.
Mesopotamia- The lands facing the Mediterranean Sea and a plain
City-state- An independent country
Dynasty- A series of rulers from a single family
Cultural Diffusion- A new idea or a product that spreads from one culture to another
polytheism- The belief in more than one god
3.
The three challenges that Sumerians encounter

1. Unpredictable flooding 
2. No protective barrier
3. limited resources

Last Day Until Semester 2

Today in class, we didn't do much. Since it's the last day until the next quarter we basically had an off mod and just did work we needed to make up and such. I retook one of the tests I had failed previously and I didn't really know/remember much of the subject it was on. of course that test was one that I didn't understand that well. My grades aren't too bad but they also aren't that great. I feel like even if I take my time to study for a test in this class I still always make a not so great grade. this is the only class I don't have that good of a grade in and its been tough but I still feel like I understand the subject and most of the topics we learn about. Im excited for next semester because there will be people in my class that I may have not met yet and that'll be nice just getting to meet new people. Its crazy we only have about 4 1/2 months of school left. Almost there...

Guns, Germs, and Steel test

Today in class, we took a test on the guns, germs, and steel video. I didn't think the test was too hard and I thought the test was easier than most of the tests we've taken before. I think I did well which I hopefully did. I need a good grade to bring my grade up atleast a little bit. A few questions I was second guessing myself. Hopefully I didn't second guess myself too much and I atleast made a B or maybe even an A. this class is the only class I have a bad grade in so hopefully this test I just turned in will make my grade not as bad. Now I need to wait until it is graded and then I can relax knowing my grade. Now I have to study for a math test and a biology test which I also need to do good on because this is the last week before the semester is over and now these are the final grades for our semester grades.

Jeapordy

Today in class, we talked about our test we are having tomorrow. I don't have much time to study tonight so the time I do have, Im going to try my best to jam in some knowledge about the video we watched. Then we watched jeopardy for the rest of the 30 minutes of class. Jeopardy is a very anxiety filled game that I would never be able do. The questions were not all entirely too confusing and hard to answer but with the stress and the pressure I can understand why you might get some questions wrong even if the question isn't very difficult to answer. Hopefully the test will not be too hard as I will need to do good on the test in order to make a good grade in the class. My grade isn't very high but hopefully with the test I can have a higher grade.

Guns, germs, and steel foreva

Today in class, we watched some more of the video. We talked about the pow wow this Saturday and if we go to it, than we can receive ten extra credit points. I'm not sure I can go to it but 10 extra credit points would be nice to boost my grade up. We got about 25 minutes into the video and we talked about how many animals have been domesticated. I jokingly guessed 10 and then we found out the answer which was 14 so I was the closest surprisingly. We watched more of the video and learned that they used elephants to do their everyday jobs like moving logs across rivers and such. we also learned that their is a lizard called the Jesus lizard because walks across rivers on top just as Jesus does. We also took a survey to show jc what our teachers were like and if they were doing their jobs correctly. I said that Mr. Schick teaches well to us and he knows what he's doing.

Guns germs and steel day 2

Today in class, we had a two hour delay due to snow. We probably should have been off today because there were many times that people had complained about the conditions. I even know someone who was in a car accident this morning because of the conditions. Once we got to class we talked a few minutes about Mr. Schicks break and how his daughter got engaged to her boyfriend. Then, we started watching the guns, germs, and steel video which we took more notes on. Today we got through most of the video and we got a lot more notes than the other day. Today, the video focused on the food. They ate a type of food that came out of a tree. The natives made it into a type of dough which they could then eat. It made about 70 pounds of food but it didn't have many nutrients for the people. A better decision for food would be wheat. It has an overall better amount of nutrients and would be a better intake for the people. The natives make the dough though because that is a good amount of food that they can use that is right in front of them.

Guns germs and steel

Today in class, we talked about guns, germs, and steel. This is about people on an island call New Guinea. They are natives to this land and they don't know much about the land in the americas and mostly the rest of the world. Then europeans showed up to the land. The natives didn't know much about the technology that the europeans had discovered so they weren't as industrialized yet they found different ways to live just as well and flourished with a healthy life. We did a small portion of research and then we started watching a video on the topic. The video showed the life of the natives and mentioned a man. He was a biologist and he was very interested in birds. He was the author of the book Guns, germs, and steel. The men became accustomed to the biologist and he found out many things about the natives that are very interesting. Next class we will finish watching the video and taking notes.