test on ancient eypt

I thought that i did very well on my test today.  I feel 99 percent sure that all the questions I had atleast glanced at sometime between yesterday an right before the test, so I don't think i was unprepared, but 10 minutes may have helped.Or maybe if the class would stop talking about the color of the dress, some actual pre-test studying could be done.  I thought that the cyber day work helped us alot for the test. It encouraged us to explore our notes, pick out  question, find the answer, and fnd some incorrect answers that may look correct to the unstudied eye. While writing this blog, little Einstein  is blaring behind me (Thanks Stephen). I sit here anticipating my grade, but I know did great so really there is no question.

. btw, the dress is gold and white.

questions expected to be put on test

These questions are the types that I expect to see on our upcoming test

1. What was the purpose of the great sphinx of Giza

a.      To store precious items its’ hidden compartment

b.      A tomb

c.     
To guard the pyramid behind it

d.      Because the Egyptians like cats

2.      What was special about Cleopatra and Hatshepsut

a.      They were statues that represented a god

b.     
They were both female pharaohs

c.      They hated cats

d.      They baked cakes for a living

3.      During what month does the Nile River flood each year

a.     

July

b.      August

c.      April

d.      October

4.      During which month does the flooding of the Nile River leave behind rich soil

a.     
October

b.      May

c.      December

d.      August

5.      Of the people shown below, who was the highest ranked in social class

a.      Scribes

b.     
Soldiers

c.      Artisans

d.      merchants

class

today I was at the nurse during class.

headache in egypt

Today in class, we paired up and played a game where we had to design a pyramid in egypt. we had to choose a good location, a good sangle, and a good crew, and good materials. The pyramid couldnt be too steep or to shallow or else it would collapse. If the pyramid was near the Nile, it would flood, so you had to put your pyramid on a plateau. The crew had to consist of roughly 3/4 farmers, 1/4 craftsmen, and a handful if officials.The pyramid was so tempormental, and how spoiled it was! I am not even that picky, and I am the type to complain if my soup is too hot! The project got on my nerves, I probably should have taken notes as I was doing it. That project was a torture, and for what? A "C"? Veronica and I should have just taken the 0 and just decided not to do it. Oh well, thank goodness we finished.

2.19.14

Today in class, we reviewed our notes taken on cyber day (tuesday). I got the chance to add two things to my notes that weren't there already.  We lerned about these 6 parts of the Nile River called cateracts. These cateracts are spots with really rough water. I also got to add an interesting fact about the The Great Sphinx of Giza. It is supposed to "protect" the pyramid behind it that contains the remains of a pharoah, thus the reason for it's "watching " pose. Also it is mising it's nose because it was shot off in the 1800s. It was a good class overall, and I got plenty out of it.

cyber day

Today we did not meet in class, instead we all viewed a prezi. It was about Egypt which i found rather interesting. Egypt is in a very fortunate spot, right along the nile river. The river is very important to the egyptians, the way the tigris and the euphrates river were to the mesopotamians. Another oart of the prezu was on the Pyramids, such as the great sphinx of giza built 2555-2532 bc. Egypt had a "social pyramid"

• Pharoahs
• political and religious leader
• Nobles, priests
• religious and political leaders
• "white kilt class"
• scribes
• kept records, told stories, wrote poetry, described anatomy and medical treatments
• merchant
• sold things
• artisans
• carved statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the after life
• farmers
• grew food
• slaves and servants
• raised wheat, barley, lentils, an onions benefitted from the nile river

The pharoahs were the political leader of the egyptian peole. There were two women pharoahs, Hatsheput, and Cleopatra VII. King Tut is famous because he was stolen from his tomb by English people in the 20th century, instead of people during that time. The goddesses and Gods controlled the lives of humans during that time. 

class today 2.12.15

Today in class, we went over the two tests we took. They were both really hard, so I was glad to see what the correct answers were. These correct answers would surely come in hamdy for exams. The quesions that I got wrong on the first test we took were really hard, so I probably would not get the correct answers even if i went back to look in my notes. I probably would have known the answers for the second test if I had watched the movie. Even the rest of the class did not score to well on that test, so maybe it wasn't just me, but that test would have been easier watching the movie.

test

Oh my goodness! I completely forgot about the test! I intended to watch the whole film from start to finish because I only had a chance to see that last 10 minutes of it, but forgot. I need to start making it a habit to check mr. Schick's blog and writing this kind of stuff down. It was pretty hard but I think probably got a solid 50 percent. I tried to answer the best I could base on common sense, but it was hard to form a good opinion when one is truly uninformed on the subject. I took alot longer than all of the other students, so hopefully that is a good thing. It scares me though.  I am sitting in this chair litterally trmbling waiting to hear my grade. Wow chesca, congrats on the 100 percent.

2.5.14

Today in class we started working on presentations for class. I am working on crops with Caitlyn, jayla, and Trish. I got started on wheat. Wheat is the crop that concumes the most farmland in the whole world, producing 600 million tons of wheat annually. It also interested me that wheat was genetically modified by the people in prehistoric times.they clearly had some subconscience knowledge of the matter. The reason for this genetic modification was the wheat was too crumby to pcik, and the bread didn't taste as good. This wheat that was modified is the wheat that all of us eat today. This wheat ws a huge csh crop for the Europeans, as it wa brought over to the americas, austrlia and asia, because it could tolerate different climates.

fridays absense

I know this is really late, but I was not in school friday

movie

Today in class we watched the movie "guns, germs, and steel" I found it interesting that the people in the highlands in New Guineau have not progessed much since the neolithic age. I am sure that most people don't know how to be happy without their laptops, phones, and Netflix. However, the people in new guineau seemed perfectly happy without that stuff. We learned about people from the neolithic age could take limestone and turn it into plaster. People were just starting to take pride in their houses, making them homes insted of places to protect them for the weather. For this purpose plaster was especially useful.

tuesday 2.3.15

I was not in class today due to a doctor's appointment.