Today's Class

In today's class, we got back our quizzes on Guns, Germs, and Steel.  When we got them back, we went over the answers, so we could study for our exam with it.  After that, we continued the Prezi by Mr. Schick on Ancient Egypt.  We started talking about the classes of people.  The social classes acted as a pyramid.  The highest rank was at the top and went down to the bottom which was the lowest class.  The social classes in order from highest to lowest were: Pharaoh, Government Officials- (Nobles, Priests), Soldiers, Scribes, Merchants, Artisans, Farmers, Slaves and Servants.  This what all of the social classes did.  The Slaves and Servants helped the wealthy with household and child raising duties.  Farmers raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions - benefitted from the irrigation of the Nile.  Artisans would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife.  Merchants would use the money/barter system - merchants might accept bags of grain for payment - later, coinage came about.  Scribes kept records, told stories, wrote poetry, described anatomy and medical treatments.  Also, scribes wrote in hieroglyphs and in hieratic.  Soldier used wooden weapons (bow and arrows, spears) with bronze tips and might ride chariots.  Upper class, known as the "white kilt class"- priests, physicians, and engineers.  Religious and political leader.  The Pharaoh was the religious and political leader of the Egyptian people, holding the titles: 'Lord of the Two Lands' and 'High Priest of Every Temple.'  As 'Lord of the Two Lands' the Pharaoh was the ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt.  He owned all land, made laws, collected taxes, and defended Egypt against foreigners.

Cyber Day

On today's Cyber Day, we had to take notes on Ancient Egypt. Geography of Ancient Egypt: Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River.  Water for drinking, irrigating, bathing, and for transportation.  Every July, the river floods.  Every October, it leaves behind rich soil.  The delta is a broad, marshy triangular area of fertile silt.  Managing the river required technological breakthroughs in irrigation.

Today's Class

In today's class, we first started to review our notes on, "Guns, Germs, and Steel."  We were reviewing our notes for the quiz we took today.  The quiz we took was multiple choice on a Scantron. After or quiz, we could just do what we needed to do for about 10 minutes.  After that, we got back our quizzes on Ancient Mesopotamia.  We went over all of the answers from that quiz and changed any answers that we got wrong.  Our next topic we are going to go over is on Ancient Egypt.

Today's Class

In today's class, we finished watching the video, "Guns, Germs, and Steel."  After the video, we talked about it as a class.  We said what might be on our upcoming test.  We went over all sorts of things on Papanewghiny.  We went on where it is, what they grow, and many more things.  The test is on Monday on the video we just finished.  So, we are going to have to review all of our notes and maybe go over the video again to study.

Today's Class

In today's class, we did all sorts of things.  We went from having a regular Western Civilization class to practicing drills.  We practiced two types of drills today in class.  the first drill we practiced was if there is a stranger or shooter in the building.  We did the that drill for 5-10 minutes.  The second and last drill that we practiced, was the tornado drill.  We practiced that drill for about 5-10 minutes as well.  After we were done practicing all of the drills, we continued on the video we were watching.  The video that we continued watching was called, "Guns, Germs, and Steel."  This video tells us how everyone around the world is living and all that is spreading.  It tells us how different some places truly are then here in America.

Today's Class

In today's class, we continued watching the video from yesterday.  We are watching a video called, "Guns, Germs, and Steel."  It has been a really good video on what we have watched so far.  This video tells us about places all around the world and how everybody lives.  Everybody has to work for their food and shelter.  They have to breed all sorts of animals so they can have food and survive.  This video really shows how different places around the world are from us.  I now do truly understand how well and easy I have it in my life.

Monday's Class

I took the quiz on Mesopotamia.  We were able to use our blog to take the quiz.