today Mr. Schick took us outside for class! we went over our homework assignment from last night.

ROMES EMPIRE DECLINED AND FELL

1. They faced poor harvests, disruption of trade, no more plunder from wars, Gold and silver drain inflation, and crushing tax burden

2. The Roman soldiers started fighting strictly for money and not for patriotism. The empire started to recruit Barbarians, who accepted lower pay but couldn't be trusted.

3. Constantine brought Christianity to the empire.  He also granted the Christians and all men freedom to follow the religion they chose. 

4. The Germanic tribes invaded the empire because the Huns began to move west, and they were afraid of the Huns. So destroying everything it their path, the Huns moved westward. The empire was unable to fight back because they were so disorganize and could not muster a medium sized army together.

5. Pros

-he restored the faith in the ancient gods of Rome

-granted freedom to all men to choose their own religion

-he beat the inflation

Cons

none! 

today we traded papers with people in our class. I traded with Vinny. His paper was good! I hope to do good on mine because it's 100 points.

Mr. Schick wasn't in class today, so we worked quietly on our 100 point paper. Our paper is about the differences between the Roman Empire and the Roman Republic.  I hope i do good on it!

Today we took a test on Rome!

Notes form Test

Religious troubles

• Christianity and Judism: monotheistic
• Romans had many gods, plus at times the emperor was viewed as a god
• AD 66: group of Jews called the Zealots tried to rebel, but Roman troops put them down and burned their temple
• The western wall today is the holiest of all Jewish shrines
• Half a million Jews died in the rebellion 
• Romans were harsh toward those who would not worship emperor
• especially Christians, who were viewed as followers of a new, upstart religion 
• often used for "entertainment" purposes in the Colosseum (defenseless against lions) 
• Despite the oppression, Christianity grew quickly - by AD 200,  around 10 percent of the people in the Roman empire were Christians 
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5/16/11

Roman Empire

• Octavian-AKA Caesar Augustus
• Begins Pax Roma-pd of peace and prosperity
• Built roads, aqueducts
• set up civil service to take care of roads, grain supple and postal service
• Augustus dies age 76 AD 14, and passes power to Tiberius
• emperor when Jesus was born 
• Jesus was a roman citizen, and a practicing Jew 
• at 30, he began his ministry (AD 31-33)
• preaching to the poor in the empire, and reaching out to outsiders
• Statements like "my kingdom is not of this world" made the Romans nervous, and they began to plan his execution
• governor of the roman province of Judaea, Pontius Pilate sentences Jesus to death by crucifixion
• Paul is instrumental in telling the world about Jesus' life, death, resurrection and message
• he travels far and wide: Cyprus, Anatolia, Athens, Corinth, Macedonia, Rome, Jerusalem, and maybe Spain and Britain
• he writes letters to many of those he spole to, these epistles are a part of the New Testament
• if not for the efforts of Paul, it is likely that Jesus remains an obscure preacher, instead of a central figure of the world's largest religions 
• The 100: A ranking of the most influential persons in History
• Muhammad
• Sir Isaa Newtown
• Jesus
• Buddha
• Confucius
• St. Paul of Tarsus
• As Augustus' stepson and adopted son, Tiberius succeeded Octavian
• although a great general, he was dark, somber, reclusive, and reluctant emperor 
• he referred to the Senate as "men fit to be slaves"
• Germanicus started out as Tiberius ally, asince he quelled a legion mutiny, but when it looked like he would succeed Tiberius, he got paranoid and had Germanicus killed
• died in AD 37 at the age of 77, giving way to....Caligula
• Good start
• in addition to being Germanicus' son, he was Tiberius' adopted grandson and great-nephew putting him next in line for emperor
• he started off well: granting bonuses to those in military, declaring treason trials a thing of the past, made government spending 
• began fighting with senate
• claimed to be a God
• cruelty and insanity, he slept with other men's wives and bragged about it, indulged in too much spending and sex, and even tried to make his horse a consul and a priest
• assassinated by his own aides AD 41 (age 28)
• Cladius
• Ostracized by his family because of his disablilities he was the last adult male in his family when Caligula was killed
• he rose to the occasion: he conquered Britain; he built roads, canals, and aqueducts; he renovated the Circus Maximus
• Had an awful marriage with Messalina, who was quite often unfaithful to him, even plotting to seize power for her lover Silius through a coup so Claudius killed both 
• Christianity and Judaism: monotheistic
• Romans had many gos, plus at times the emperor was viewed as a god
• AD 66: a group of Jews called the Zealots tried to rebel, but Roman troops put them down 
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Notes on Rome

Colligiua- 25 years old became emperor

2 years into Role, he led army north to invade Britain

-ordered all soldiers to collect seashells

-went to kill an animal for sacrifice to god's but killed a priest instead

Colliguia was killed by his own "aids"

Claudius was infancy his body was disfigured for rest of his life

in year 41 -Claudius was heir of Tiberius, after death 

suddenly an emperor after everyone made fun of him

increased woman's privileges  

apologized to patrons

took rule in Britain 

Tiberius, Claudius Coll. 

Today in class we watched a video on Rome and its empires
ROME

• Roman empire started with Julius Caesar
• by year 14, Greece, Spain northern Africa, Syria all became Rome
• Mediterranean was theirs 
• Augustus power was taken over after his death by his stepson, Tiberius
• Germanicus was to settle armies, became leader
• His son was named Bootsie, (Calligula) 
• Tiberius was accused of killing Germanicus
• Augustus died around 14 BC 

Today in class we watched more of the video!

Tiberius in Government:

3 brothers were killed by being dragged around, starvation and committing suicide

Jesus- outraged, turned tables, free'd doves at the temple.
arrested for political subversion - crucified (which took 3 hrs)

Roman perspective of crucifix: getting rid of a rebel-rouser, keeping peace within the roman empire
Followers perspective of crucifix: Jesus was now their hero, dieing for what he believed in

Crucifix: main reason was because of how Public it was, it was horribly painful and sent a warning message to any rebels

Caligula in Government at 25 years old: - Emperor

2 years into role, he led an army north to invade Britain
- ordered all soldiers to collect sea shells
- went to kill an animal for sacrifice to god's but killed a priest instead

Eventually he was killed by his own aids, whom thought he was mentally insane

Claudious - @ infancy was disfigured for the rest of his life
In year 41 AD, he was heir to "emporercy"

Claudius in government:

**Suddenly an Emperor after everyone made fun of him,
instead of being cold-hearted because everyone made fun of him, he was extremely modest
-Increased womens privileges
-Apologized to patrons

took rule in Britain

10 images

This is a picture of the Tiber river

This is a picture of Tarquin

This is a picture of Plebeians and Patricians

This is a picture of a Roman Legion

This is a picture of Hannibal. 

This is a picture of the Gracchus Brothers. 

This is a picture of Julius Caesar

This is a picture of Pompey

This is a picture of Brutus. 

This is a picture of Circus Maximus 

Today we didn't have class!

Today in class we reviewed our tests on Rome!

Today in class we took a test on Rome. I think I did pretty good because I studied last night!

Today in class we presented our power points on Rome. Test tomorrow!

-Etruscans had a written language which the Romans took their technique from
-Latins were the first to live in area
-many words Romans had came from the Latins
-Tiber River is where the Latins lived
-Latins dominated and civilized the people of this area
-drained the swamp
-Soon had a king called Tarquin, (last king) but soon took him out of power
-never had another dictator, came up with republican government


Democracy
-form of government where all people have an equal say in decisions of their government and their lives

Aristocracy
-form of government based on the best citizens ruling the city
-high class
-making laws more favorable towards the upper class
-began to treat under them poorly

Monarchy
-single ruler
-power was usually passed down to an heir of the throne
-

Legions
-usually made up of Roman citizens, around 6000 soldiers
-divided into manipoles

Carthage-new city in Phoenician
-major urban center that has existed for nearly 3,000 years
-Africa


Latifundia
-spoils of war
-slaves worked the land, not Roman farmers
-Roman estates
-produced oil and wine for exporatation
-rich would evict people from their homes, got more and more land
-every time Romans conquered an area, pick up slaves

Gracchus Brothers
-Tiberius and Gauis
-Roman plebian nobles
-attempted to pass a land reform that would redistribute huge pieces of patrician land among the plebians
-considered the founding fathers of socialism and populism
-both were assassinated for their attempts

Julius Caesar
-born on July 12 100BC in Rome
-lead Rome to victory against Gaul
-was appointed dictator for ten years in 47 BC
-didn't have much money
-govern one of Rome's provinces to in order to gain control
-Crassus (the rich) Pompey was to dominate Roman politics for several years
-Gallic Wars were a serious of military campaigns lead by Caesar
-was proclaimed "dictator in perpetuity"
-very popular among everyone
-stabbed by Gaius Cassius Longinus, Marcus Junius Brutus and many other senators.
-Ides of March, 15, 44BC
-senate was affraid he was getting to powerful
-senator waited outside theater, asked Caesar to sign something getting someones brother out of exile. he didn't so they stabbed him 23 in chest, friend was included in stabbing, "you too brute?"


Roman Empire Information
-Pax Romana- latin for Roman peace
-Roman roads- allowed to move armies, trade goods, and communicate, used stones, broken stones, mixed with cement and sand, tiles, curving stones, built like walls, lasted forever
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5/4/2011

Today in Western Civ, Mr. Schick wasn't here so we worked quietly in Mrs. Redfern's on our power points!

We didn't have class today!

Today in class we were assigned a part of a song about Rome. We split up into groups and i'm working with Sam and Morgan! Our section of the song was the 6th paragraph. It talked about Octavius, Cleopatra, Marc Antony, and Lepidus. •In our paragraph of the song, it states that Octavius was only 18 when he started ruling. He was very close with Lepidus and Marc Antony. Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus formed an official three-man government, called “the second triumvirate”. Cleopatra came into the scene and tried to take over Octavius’ power. Octavius remained ruler, and changed his name to Augustus.

 

I wasn't in class today because I had to leave early for a game.

4/27/2011


VOCAB :) 

Consuls- two officials in the place of a king who commanded the army and directed the government.

Veto- to overrule a decision made by others.

Senate- the aristocratic branch of Rome's government made up of 100 patricians.

Assembly- the democratic side of Roman government made up of all citizen-soldiers; they had less power than the Senate.


Dictator- a leader who had absolute power to make laws and command the army.

Mercenary- a soldier who fights in any country's army for pay.

The Roman Republic

4/26/2011

Vocab:

Republic- political unit that is not ruled by a monarch, and when citizens with the right to vote, chose their leaders

Gravitas-  important virtue of gratitude, (weightiness or seriousness). discipline, strength and loyalty 

Pater Familias- head of Roman family,

Toga- uncomfortable garment, loose, every one wore them 

Patrician- specially privileged families, upper class Romans, claimed to have answers and fathers of Rome 

Plebeian- common farmers, artisans, and merchants. free citizens with a number of rights,

Legion- massive military unit, (4000 - 6000 people)
-Calvary
-Infantry
Century- a subdivision of the Roman legion
-80 people 

1. How did geography help Rome?

• Rome's ships controlled the entire Mediterranean Sea
• Rome is located half way between the Alps and Italy's southern tip, therfore the city is the center point within the central pinnensula
• can send out ships and armies in all direction
• big hill to see enemies coming 
• believed the Mediterranean sea was the center of the Earth                                                                                                                               

2. Why was each of the following groups important to Rome's development? Latins, Greeks and Etruscans.

• The Latins settled on either side of the Tiber River
• Rome began as a settlement of Latin Shepards

• The Greeks established about 50 colonies on the coast of southern Italy and Sicily
• All of the active cities brought all of Italy, including Rome, into closer contact with Greek civilization
• Development of religious ideas
• Romans really liked the way the Greeks were set up 

• The Etruscans were much more civilized than the Latins, had a writing system
• Great cultrually influence on the Latins
• Latin Settlers of Rome adopted the Etruscan alphabet
• developement of religious ideas
• Helped develope Rome's trade

3. What were the vales of Roman society?

• Gravitas, moral code based on strength, discipline and loyalty
• family

4.  How was the Roman household organized?

•  pater familias had all the power in the family
• father protected the family

5.  What freedoms did women have in the family and in society?

• they were in charge of the house
• she was a citizen 
• she could testify in court
• she could own property

6.  How was the army linked to Roman society?

• serving in the army was all men  
• You had to join the army before you could do anything else in society.
•  Roman-style meant being a part of the legion.

Greece Test

Today we took a big 100 point test on Greece !

today we didn't have class!

4/18/2011

today in class we review for our test on Greece on Wednesday!

• No notes or blogs
• Multiple choice and one essay

• 100 points

• 25-35 mult. Choice

• 3 essays, pick one

• Armies and Battles

-hoplites (soldiers, Greek)

-what the formation is called, (phalanx)

-key battles (fought Persians most, MERATHON, THERMOPOLY, GAGAMELY, STRAIGHTS OF SALAMIS,

• PELOPPEANISIAN WAR

-How long? 27 years

-who won? Spartans

-Key factor that causes Athenians to lose? - someone had the plague, brought it in, 1/3-2/3 of Athens died (Pericles)

• MATH AND SCIENCE

-Pythagoras (right triangle)

-Euclid- Geometry

• POETRY

• Homer and Sappho

• GREEK THEATER

-Circular, downward so everyone could see

• PERICLES

-wanted to strengthen democracy and expand empire, make Athens more beautiful

-built Parthenon

-defeated Persians

-Agora (center thing of town where people meet)

• Parthenon

-frieze, piece of stone chiseled of people

-statue of Athena in the middle

-Acropolis

-Doric style was

• GREEK ARCH

-Doric (most basic) ionic, (fancy) Crythenian (very fancy) 

• TRAIL OF SOCRATES

-charged with corrupting youth of Athens, teach theories of the world

-Trialed for going against Gods

-demanding dinners for life

-died, drank poison hemlock

• OLYMPICS

-first games were held in 776 BC

-every four years

-only free men who spoke Greek, oath in front of statue saying they have been training

-women couldn’t attend games at the time

-boxing, running etc.

-Hoplitodromos-event in the Olympics, running with full armor

• GREEK PHOLISOPHERS
  -Socrates= known for thinking differently bases on reason and science, method is question and answer, (opinion)

-Plato= founded school called the Academy, wrote

-Aristotle

4/14/2011

Alexander Movie

•          Alexander told his father he would pay him for the horse
•          He knew right away that the horse didn’t like his shadow
•          He tamed the horse and named him Cephalus
•          Was tutored by Aristotle
•          Bad relationship with father, good relationship with mother
•          Father lost his eye in a battle
•          Believed that the Battle of Gal. could defeat
•          Alexander’s army was way outnumbered by the Persians
•          Sacrifice bull before battle to “read the entrails”
•          Bird would magically appear before he would do something big, Alexander believed it to be a sign from the God’s
•          “Conquer you’re fear, and I will promise you, you will conquer death.” One of the things Alexander said to his army before battle
•          Most of the Greeks were on feet, Persians had camels or horses
•     me people had wagons with swords on the sides to chop off people's legs
•     Diraus was freaked out during the battle, because of Alexander's plan and ran off!
•     Alexander at age 25, became king of all
• 
  

• Socrates didn't care about his appearance he was only interested in the mind
• Socrates used his reason and logic to study people
• they started reasoning instead of thinking the gods were everything and did everything
• Greece was the birth of science
• Socrates began to argue with people  saying that he was more handsome then them because his big bulging eyes could make him see farther and clearer, his huge nose could make him sell better
• Thales measured the size of the pyramid by using the shadow of it
• Socrates said, THE UNEXAMINED LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING
•  plague 
• violent heats on head
• dehydration
• fever
• diarrhea 
• they would go out into the street to die
• Pericles died from the plague 
• 1/3-2/3 of the people had it
• he got weak
• he died after 6 months in 429 BC
• everyone wanted to be in charge when Pericles died
• fought in a war against Sparta and lost to defend
• lost 50,000 men
• he told them to take down walls and burn all but 12 ships
• they went to Athena for help
• 404 BC Athens surrendered to Spartan commander
• Socrates was  arrested for undermining the youth of the city
• he only had enough time to defend himself by the time the water fell into the other pot
• he demanded free dinners for life
• Socrates was sentences to death
• he had to drink hemlock to poison him which was extremely painful (slow death) 
• for him and for others he was close with 

HOMER-Olivia 




1. What was Homer known for? Iliad and Odyssey
2. What did people thought Homer could have also wrote? Homeric Hymn
3. Why did people think that he made the stories more interesting? he was blind but still made his stories interesting and appealing
4.What did most people believe? -Homer wasn't real

Alexander's Conquest 

Name one of his battles?  - Battle of Granicus

Did he get along with his father? - no, but he had a wonderful relationship with his mother 

What happened to his kingdom after Alexander died ? - It was divided into different cities 

90%!

Vinny-Socrates

• What did he realize about the universe? -that earth isn't the center of the universe
• How was Socrates killed? -sentence that 500 jury members denied his theory
• What was he charged with? -corrupting minds of youth, mocking Gods

90%! 

Ancient Greek Battles-Megan

What are some pros of Phalanx? -effective, well protected

What were Hoplites? -usually citizen soldiers

What did the helmets protect? -nose, cheek, head, neck and was made of bronze

i give her a 95%

The Hellenic Age-Brynly

How many tribes formed bu the people of Athens? -10

What are the 3 styles? -severe style, highly classical style, 4th century style

Id give her a 90!

Greek architecture-Brad

• What was the original system of Greek architecture? -doric style 
• What was the Parthenon built for? -hold statue of Greek goddess Athena 
• Which style is the most decorative? -Corinthian, also most modern 

85%

The Golden Age-Lauren

• When was Pericles's born? -5th century BC
• when did he become the leader of Athens? -age 23
• What were the two big religious festivals? -Panathenaia which honored Athena, and Dionysia which honored the god of wine and ecstasy(complete happiness)  
• Who was Aspasia? -member of the Hetarae, a class of unmarried females that went to play, studied, and debated with men. 
• What were Pericles' three goals?- strengthen democracy, expand their empire, make Athens more beautiful

95% 

Greek Drama and Theater-Sam

• What do plays begin with? -prologue
• instead of playing scenes the play...? -episodes
• What were tragedy's performed by? -men 
• Who were comedy plays invented by? -

90% 

Philosophers- Tasha

• How many main philosophers were there? -3, Aristotle, Plato, & Socrates 
• What is the western philosophy? the thought and work of the western world and how it differs to the Eastern World 
• What did Aristotle  divided his study categories into? -Logic, physical works, psychological works, philosophical works, and natural history. 
• Why was Socrates sentenced to death? -mocking the Gods 

90% 

Parthenon by Hayley 

• Who was it disgned by?- Phidius
• Who many columns/pillars on on it? -46
• What was on the inside? statue of Athena and many treasures. 
• What was it used for? Worship Gods. 

90% :) 

Alexander's Youth-Morgan

Born in 356 B.C.
Son of Phillip of Macedon who was a general
mother of olympias, told hoim he was son of greek god which made him feel divine
Phillip married many times
bought horse when 12-job to tame horse
rode horse towards sun because affraid of shadow
named city after horse Bucephala
Aristotle taught Alexander greek culture, greek language and history
captain of Macedonian army at the age of 16
suffered with his troops with no food or water
ordered soliders to build pinelsuala
greatest generals
named city after himself
never lost a battle
died at age 33, bit from mosquito

Who was Alexander's actual father? -Phillip
Alexander built a city and named it after his ...-horse
Alexander was from? -Macedonia


Id give Morgan a 100%

Math and Science breakthroughs-Kevin

• who came up with the law of physical displacement? -Archimedes
• Who was the creator of the triangle... Pythagorus 
• Who invented geometry?- Euclid 
• New way of looking at things, logically and provable explanation of how everything works, Greeks started that 

I would give Kevin an 85%. 

The Olympics-Zach 

• What was the Olympics in honor of? -Zeus
• When were the first Olympic games? -held in Olympia, Greece in 776 BC
• Who was allowed to participate in the Olympics? -only young fee men who spoke Greek, need to convince king of Sparta

80% 

Ancient Greek Art-Julia

• What does Greek art consist of? -architecture, sculpture, paintings, paintings and pottery
• What was the most respected form of art? -paintings. 
• What were sculptures for? -honor Gods, heroes and mythical creatures
• What is polychromy painting? -painting on statues and architecture 

i'd give her a 95% :) 

april 4th, Greece presentations

Peloponnesian War-Caitlin

• Who was the war between? -Athens and Sparta
• How did Pericles die? -because of the plague (1/3 or 2/3 of Athens died.)
• How long did the war last? -27 years. 

I think she deserved a 90! 

March 25

Today in class Mr. Schick gave us all donuts! He also passed back out our previous tests that we took earlier in the quarter. We didn't really do anything in class, we had a chill out day because it's the last day before break!

Today in class we discussed yesterday's quiz on Greece. Mr. Schick also assigned a project over spring break thats due the day we come back. I got Greek poets and poetry! I am really excited about my project but I do not know what I am going to do yet for it.

wednesday march 23

Today we took a quiz for Greece. It was hard for me because i haven't been in school for the past 2 weeks. I was home sick with strep and possibly mono. :(

Tuesday march 22

Today I did not come to school because I am still feeling bad.

Greek

Greeksh
-invented drama & theater (tradgedy and comedy)
-thousands of people came to watch
-Oedipus was the leader/king, never personally knew his mother, wife died, fell inlove with older woman(mother), took knives and stabbed threw eyes so he wouldnt have people looking at him
-Would bring athens death, destruction,
-Sparta was only Greek city state who still matched Athen's power
-Fatal Flaw-great leader, great person, messes up in one way, can't overcome, Periclees-can't be satisfied, needs to conquor Sparta, power over everyone but them
-Hubris=excessive pride and arrogantness, leads to decide to conquor (now i've done it all attitude)
-Not easy way to win war,

I was not in school today because I was home sick with pink eye :(

We did not have school today because it snowed! :)

We did not have school today because its President's Day! :)

I was not in school today because I was home sick!

Today in class we finished up our power points on Egypt. We started presenting today.

•An estimate of 20,000 to 30,000 workers built the pyramids

•There is evidence of laborers surviving crushed or amputated limbs

•The pyramids of Ancient Egypt were built for Kings and Queens

•A Pharaoh is the most powerful person in ancient Egypt.

•Pharaohs own all the land, made laws, collected taxes, and defended Egypt against foreigners.

•If the Pharaoh won a battle, the opponent offers the most valuable goods from their land.

 •It is very important to their beliefs that the human body was preserved.

•They call this process mummification, which was complicated and lengthy up to 70 years

•The Egyptians believed that when they died, they would make a journey to another world where they would lead a new life. They would need all the things they had used while alive, so their families put them in their graves. 

•The body was washed and purified

•Organs were removed, only the heart was left

•The body was filled with stuffing

•They body was dried by covering it with a substance called natron.

•After 40-50 days the stuffing was removed and replaced with linen or sawdust

•The body was wrapped in strands of linen and covered in a sheet called a shroud

•They body was placed in a stone coffin called a sarcophagus

Today in class we worked in groups. We created power points sharing facts about Egypt. Morgan and I did our power point on the pyramids, mummies, pharaoh’s and hieroglyphics. Here are some of the facts we have so far.

•      There are over 100 pyramids in Egypt

•      Pyramids for the most part were tombs

•      Most of the pyramids were already built before the Jewish people made their appearance historically

•      Some of the builders were workers of the Pharaoh

•      The pyramids were built thousands of years ago

we did not have class today

I was home sick today!

http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/pyramids.htm

• There are over 100 pyramids in Egypt.
• Pyramids for the most part were tombs for the Pharaohs of Egypt 
• Most of the pyramids were already built long before the Jews made their appearance historically 

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/pyramids.html

• Some of the builders were permanent workers of the Pharaoh
• An estimate of 20,000 to 30,000 workers built the pyramids 
• there is evidence of laborers surviving crushed or amputated limbs.
•  

Guns, Germs and Steel, Papua New Guinea Essay

C.

   Papua New Guinea is not geographically lucky. Jarred Diamond believes that if an area has geographic luck, they will be able to succeed into a developing country. The Fertile Crescent was the best place 13,000 years ago to live. They had a great climate for growing crops, they had enough domesticated animals, they had a huge head start apart from the rest of the world. Papua New Guinea however isn't so lucky. They do not have good enough animals for crops, meat,or take their fur and wool. America, like the Fertile Crescent, is very lucky. We are able to produce best selling crops like wheat, rice and barley. Papua New Guinea so far only produces sago and bananas. Sago and bananas, take a very long time to grow, they don't last long and they don't have a lot of protein. This was a step back for the people in Papua New Guinea.

    Jarred Diamond believes that the people from Papua New Guinea are very smart people so he doesn't completely understand why they are not progressing into the 21st century. He realizes later in the video that people are still hunting and gathering like everyone was 13,000 years ago. A man from Papua New Guinea asked Jarred Diamond why the whites has so much cargo and they have so little. This is when he took more interest to find out why they were not moving along with the rest of the world. In the Fertile Crescent, when things got dry and humid, they could move their villages east or west because the latitude was equivalent. Papua New Guinea, could never do this because they are an isolated island.

    If the Papua New Guinean's weren't spending so much time hunting and gathering looking for food, they could have advanced in technology like the rest of the world. When more people came on to the land, more people could produce food and more homes, more efficiently. Because their country is undeveloped, they did not have much to offer other countries so they didn't get anything in return. Papua New Guinea did not use plows for farming because they did not have the right animals to pull them, all of their farm work was done by hand. There are only 14 species that are domesticated for farming; pigs, goats, sheep, horses, camels, watter buffalo, donkeys, other camels, llamas, reindeer, yaks, cows and mithans. Papua New Guinea only has goats and sheep. They used the sheep for wool, and the goats for milk. They used both animals for farming. There are 6,064,515 people living in Papua New Guinea, they are geographically unlucky, but if they had as much advantages as the rest of the world, they could have been much further along by now.

my class did not meet today.

2/7/2011

Today in class we were allowed to do homework and stuff from other classes because we are further ahead than Mr. Schick's other classes! This was beneficial because i had a cheerleading competition this past Saturday and did not get much homework done! During class I completed all of my science homework and studied for my vocab and comma quiz that I have tomorrow in English. I am very happy that we were able to do this because I really needed to and I had fun spending class sitting next to Morgan Ray <3 

2/4/2011

Today in class we partnered up and discovered more information about Papua New Guniean's by looking at the CIA world factbook. We found out how they moved in to the 20th century in modern day today.

There are 6,064,515 people living in Papua New Guinea. Only 57.3% of New Guinean’s over the age of 15 can read and write. The unemployment rate is 1.8%. Some people are crop crushers, palm oil processing, plywood production, wood chip production, mining of gold, silver, and copper; crude oil production, petroleum refining, construction and tourism. Permanent crops for the land us of Papua New Guinea is 1.4%. They produce coffee, cocoa, copra, palm kernels, tea, sugar, rubber, sweet potatoes, fruits, vegetables, vanilla, shell fish, poultry and pork. Papua New Guinea has more languages than any other country with an average of 7,000 speakers per language. Total fertility rate is 3.54 life expectancy is 65

2/3/2011 guns germs and steel video

   Today in class we reviewed what we’ve learned so far in the movie. Because there were more people on the land, more people produce more food more efficiently. Making plaster from limestone was a major technological breakthrough. Places like Pap. Never discovered technology, according to Diamond, people didn’t advance because they spent why too much time trying to feed themselves. The Fertile Crescent is the bases of civilization, great crops and useful animals stopped people from hunting and gathering. The Fertile Crescent is upon a great landmass, Eurasia. Something has the same latitude as the Fertile Crescent, it was easy to trade and migrate. When things got dry in , they moved east or west, they could still raise the same animals and crops. Papuanewguinea is isolated, they we’re stuck in time and didn’t progress like other people. Papauanewguniea, didn’t have much to offer to other countries, therefor they not nothing in return. The Middle East got a huge head start. Jarred Diamond realized the answer to the African American’s answer, geography. If the Papuanewguniea’s had as much advantages as the rest of the world, they could have invented more things. 

2/2/2011 Guns, Germs & Steel video

     We reviewed what we have watched so far in the Guns, Germs and steel video. Scientists begin to see a transformation between the animals and humans. Besides meat, animals can be used for wool hides and milk. An animal package is mutually beneficial, helps the people in many ways. Raising the goats gives the people a lot of. Now people are banding together and not separately hunting and gathering for their survival. Goats and sheep were the first animals to be domesticated. A horse or an ox could allow farmers to grow more food because they are domesticated animals. The Papuanewquinean’s however do not use plows for farming because they don’t have the right animals with enough strength to pull the plows. All of their farm work was done by hand. Animal domestication is whether or not a human can control and tame a certain animal. There are only 14 species that are domesticated for farming; pigs, goats, sheep, horses, camels, water buffalo, donkeys, other camels, llama’s, reindeer, yaks, cows and  mithans.

2/1/2011

We didn't have class today because of snow!

1/31/ Guns, Germs and Steel

     Today in class we got new seats, we made sure everyone sent their blog addresses to Mr. Schick, and we continued watching the movie on Guns, Germs and Steel. We reviewed the beginning of the film, and the question of how come the Pap does not have as much as others. Jarred Diamond is the name of the scientist in this video; he searches Pap for the answer to his question. He discovered that people still hunt and gather, which was the same way people got food over 13,000 years ago. However, hunting is not a productive way to find enough food. The gathering was done by the women. When all the animals and options of food in the forests were gone, the people had to move on. The scarcity of food did not always feed the entire village. Later on they set up villages that held about 40-50 people. These villages were mud walls because of the dry humidity. There was variety of foods was stored; they all started growing their own food. They planted new fields of wheat and barley, the walls wood keep them dry, safe and secure. Because of this, people in the Middle East were becoming the first Farmers. Farming brought new civilization everywhere but Pap. They were focused on Shego, which was important food but it took a long time to make and couldn't be stored because it rots fast. This crop did not have a lot of protein so they ate huge spiders to supplement their diet. Grains were not native to this area, which is why Americans had a better advantage because they grow crops like wheat which is more nutritious and productive. Farming was crucial to inequality.

1/28/2011

we did not have class today because of another snow day!

1/27/2011

we did not have school because it snowed!

1/26/2011

we did not have school because it snowed!

1/25/2011

My class did not meet today.

1/24/2011 Guns, Germs, & Steel

Today in class we watched part 1 of Guns, Germs, and Steel.

In the movie, a scientist named Jarred Diamond is interested in the study of birds. He comes to a place called Papuanewquinea, because there is a large variety of birds there but he also wants to study the people living there. He found out that they speak several languages; their people have been living in the same place for 40,000 years. They are very smart people and they learn very quickly. The question he wants to know is why their country is culturally diverse, but they are extremely poor. They believe that their power is determined by race and that white men have so much and they have so little. Jarred Diamond wants to know why the Papuanewquinea people still don’t have what other people have.