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.
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Guns, Germs and Steel, Papua New Guinea Essay

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   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!