Humanities 8 Nat

What is power

2009-05-17T23:17:00.000-07:00

Power is something that many people try to gain. It can be used for good things and for good things. It can be a horrible thing when given to the wrong people. I think that there are really two types of power. There is the power to do something. And there is power over people. Most people have the power to do something. You always have the power to do many things but you don’t always choose to do these things. There are many examples of this. This being in Animal Farm Boxer the horse had the power to take over the farm. He might have had the power but he did not have the intelligence or the will to do so. In life as it is today everyone has the power to do what they want. That is why we have human rights. But just because you have the power to do something does not mean it will always come out successful. So for example you might have the power to create a business but just because you have that power does not mean it will be successful. That is why since the creation of human rights most people have the power to do what they want be it within the law. The only people who do not have this power are people who have had their human rights taken away. So most people in today’s society have the power to do what they want. This is completely different for people who have power over other people. This is something many people would like to have but do not. Power over other people is much more important as less people have this type of power. The obvious people who have power over other people are rulers. This is people who are ‘in power’ as the term goes such as; the president, king, queen or prime minister. They have power over people and they make decisions for these people. They control many parts of their country because of the orders and the decisions that they can make. Then there are people with power over a smaller group of people. These are people who run some business and have people working for them. They have power over whoever works for them. They can make them do what they want within a boundary because they work for them. They have power because they are paying them and because they are paying they do what they are asked. Then another part of power is the power a parent has over a child. The parent can make the child do what they want. This power is not complete control over the child but when the parent wants something they can get it. This is because power is with the parent. They can control and manipulate because the power is with them. So these are the two types of power that I see; the power to do something and the power over people. One is the ability to do what you want to do type of power. And the other is a basic control over some aspects of people.

Control in the Hunger Games

2009-05-14T20:52:00.000-07:00

In my book 'The Hunger Games' the main themes are power and control. I will focus on the them of control. The main character in 'The Hunger Games', Katniss Everdeen, is always thinking about the idea of control. She thinks that the Capitol control everything and do whatever they want. The main the capitol keeps everyone under control is by showing everyone what they can do. They do this by creating the hunger games and making all the districts participate. So they have to put forward one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to go to the capitol and fight to the death with other contenders. While in the hunger games the people in control has now gone to the gamemakers who are just another part in the capitol. The way they have control is that they could kill anyone at anytime with just a flick of a button. Katniss knows this and is therefore quite scared of them and of what they could do to her. Through out the book Katniss never gains control of anything. She is always under supervision of the gamemakers and they could kill her at any time. The only time that Katniss shows any sort of power or control is when she nearly kills herself at the end of the hunger games. When she does this it shows that the capitol or gamemakers does not have complete control over her and I expect this makes them annoyed. They will probably does something to her for taking the only thing that they have away from them, but this will have to happen in the second book.

Reflection on POP

2009-05-04T01:01:00.000-07:00

One of the main things in working that I have trouble in for working is time management. So since I was here all the way through middle school I always knew this project was probably going to be hard for me. So I would say my main lesson learned was time management. It was not that hard of a project if you did manage your time well and get everything done with time to spare. I think I did this and only had troubles with my EO. Another lesson I learned is how to research properly. You have to do a lot of research and now I think I know how to research properly and efficiently. The final lesson I learned is how to be patient when searching for something online. I had to be patient and I think that was the final lesson I learned.

Reflection on irony

2009-04-20T00:29:00.000-07:00

The main visual elements of this cartoon is the writing at the bottom and the three people sitting areound the table. Mostly the little boy aswell because both of his parents are staring right at him. This gives the immediate idea that they are talking to him. This cartoon is about irony and how it is used all the time. He I beleive thinks that irony is quite funny and that it is used alot. I think that he thinks it is funny because of the underlining in the writing. And because that is what the whole cartoon is based around. This cartoon is ironic because rather than just telling his parents quickly what he did at school today and wating maybe thirty seconds of his day. He decides to tell them to read his blog wasting 10 minutes of their day. This shows irony because it is also opposite thoughts. This cartoon is also ironic because of how it shows that in the present day we resort to using the tecknology for doing just about everything for us. And in this cartoon they are even talking for us. It relates to technology because it shows how we rely on technology for everything. I think to make the cartoon more persuasive the cartoonist should make the parents look more outraged.

Worktime on POP

2009-04-13T02:00:00.000-07:00

My plan for this week is to have all my sources and what Im going to use in my paragraphs done by Wednesday. My first and second paragraph should be done by thursday and the rest of my first draft done by friday. I am going to use all the full days I have in class to get all my sources done and in the right format. I will use the half days to write a bit of my paragraphs. Then I want to be able to completely get my first draft done by the end of friday.

Technology

2009-03-23T01:54:00.000-07:00

Technology is generally thought of with high tech computers or lots of gadgets that flip out. These are all uses of technology but there are still many more. What I believe is technology is any sort of electronic equipment. So it could basically be anything that uses electricity. The five most important uses of technology I would say are the computer, x-ray, life support, security system, and water purifiers. Five least important are the electric toothbrush, electric shaver, hair dryer, PSP, and light up shoes. I feel that there is the right amount of technology used at AES.

Vonnegut and technology

2009-03-19T22:35:00.000-07:00

I both agree and disagree with Vonnegut's statement that 'new fangled electronics' are bad. I believe that the invention of all these new tools of destruction. Such as new warheads or nuclear missiles. I do not believe that you should make anything if it is not used in a good way. That is where I disagree with Vonnegut. He believes that all technology is bad and that you should do everything yourself. I believe that some technology is good. Such as things that can help invent new things. Also all scientists use all these massive technology computers to help make new medicines or other things. Also the computer is used for many good things aswell and is definately a very important part of my every day life. So I also think the computer can help you become. The computer helps mange things and is definately important in alot of every day lives. Thats why I belive that he is right that technology can hurt, but I also believe that technology is very good at helping people aswell.

Quarter 4 goals

2009-03-16T01:58:00.000-07:00

Improve ability to gather evidence to support ideas
Improve handwriting
Get a B
Remember to complete all homework
Remember to do all blog posts
on projects do NOT wait for the last night before rushing to finish it
Get a good grade on the research paper for POP

Holy war

2009-03-08T22:12:00.000-07:00

I beleive that holy war is an owymoron. This is because an oxymoron is a contradiction of terms that are put together to create another meaning. Since war is about killing. And holy is about god and following the path of god and all that is good then there can't be a war that is holy. If you are following the way of god and you are in a way religous or someone who is holy then you would follow the basic rules of whatever religion you are in. And in all religions it is forbidden to kill another human being and in some religions it is even forbidden to kill another insect of animal.

Will there be a WWIII?

2009-02-22T19:11:00.000-08:00

I believe there there could be a World War III in my life time. This is because I think there are still some bad feelings between all the countries that were colonized and the European countries and America. Also I think that Irag and Iran are annoyed at England and America for what they have done over the last eight years. So I think because there are so many countries that do not like the European countries and America I think they will eventually get together and try and take revenge on them.
So if there is going to be a World War III in my life time I think this will be the cause. But the war will only start if the countries that don't like Europe or America get all there problems sorted out. If there is a war there will be many African countries on one side and a few Asian countries on one side. On the other side will be a lot of European countries and America. The outcome would depend on when they start the war. If they start the war too soon they will lose.

WW2 letter

2009-02-17T07:21:00.001-08:00

The Army congress of London

Dear Paul,

I am in London where we have eneded our fight against the Germans. This was a hard fought war where many died especially in this particular battle. This battle has been called the Battle of Britain. We have won this battle well and have destroyed many of the German Aircrafts. This battle has been appropriately called ‘the battle of Britain since it was based in Britain. We have lost great numbers in this fight and we shall try and do much to avenge their deaths. In this fight it was lots of airfights and airplanes. The Germans were dropping bombs on London until we surrendered and we were trying to stop them from dropping any more bombs. We managed to win by a bit because we got a good bit of help from the Polish. Had the Polish not helped us in the air fight we would definitely have lost. A man that gave strength to all soldiers or people related in fighting in the war is Winston Churchill. Without him I don’t think Britain would have got through. Although we have limited food and the weather and general conditions are bad I have managed to survive. The German Airforce were trying to get us to surrender and that was all the could do and we were just holding on. So please stay safe and don’t do anything stupid.

Sincerely , your father Tom

Reflection on discussion

2009-02-17T00:21:00.000-08:00

Anne Frank wrote: “I don’t believe the war (World War II) is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise, people and nations would have rebelled long ago!” (May 3, 1944.)The Nazis needed Dutch collaborators to carry out their fascist decrees. What would have influenced someone to become a collaborator? What factors would have encouraged someone to join the resistance? Do you think these factors were based on personal characteristics or political beliefs? How should accountability for wars be assigned? So many say they never understood what was happening. How likely could that have been?

I am reflecting on discussion number 4. I think that to convince someone to become a collaborator all you would have to do is threaten them with something or to offer them something in return. You would probably join the resistance for two reasons. Probably if the Nazi party directly affected you be hurting someone in your family or by hurting a close friend. Or you would join the resistance if you thought that what the Nazi party was doing was morally wrong. I think both these factors are personal characteristics because you would only do something if it was affecting you. I think that responsibility for the war should be put on Germany because they elected Hitler and therefore they could have stopped everything before it got started. I believe that although a lot of people said they did not know what was going on I believe a lot of them did. They just didn't act up against it because they were afraid of what would happen to them.

How to start a war

2009-02-11T19:28:00.000-08:00

Start with a lot of Facism
add an annoyed country
put in some nationalism
and swirl it around

A touch of invasions
A pinch of Blitzkrieg
A handful of revenge
Then Bang!
You have got a war

Film review on Animal Farm

2009-02-09T05:15:00.000-08:00

I believe that the book on Animal Farm was very good and the film did a poor job displaying the book. The book was good and all the film had to do was follow the book and it would be a good film but there were some big differences.

First of all they were missing some characters such as, Clover and Mollie which meant that because these two characters were absent some events that happened in the book did not happen in the film. Also the farmers Frederic and Pilkington are not in the movie so the dispute over the selling of the wood did not happen in the film. And the final thing that was different was the song 'Beasts of England'. In the book there is specific words to the song. But in the movie it is just a rhythm and I think that was wrong.

which animal in animal farm do you relate to

2009-02-01T19:20:00.000-08:00

I think I most relate to Benjamin in Animal Farm. This is because I can normally see when something is wrong. This is like Benjamin in Animal Farm. Another Example of how I am like Benjamin is that I am sour-tempered and cynical. These are two of the three things that are used to describe Benjamin at the beginning of the book. And one of the final reasons that I am like Benjamin is that when I see something is wrong I cannot do anything stop it from going wrong.

great powers game debrief

2009-01-26T23:41:00.000-08:00

My country was France and we were one of the better countries at the beginning. I quickly conquered a country and if you do this at the beginning then you have massive advantages because one industry can make such a difference. At the beginning we were the best country and we were allies with almost every country. I think at the beginning it was very important to buy lots of industries because then you can keep on buying lots of industries and armies and your buying power becomes really big. I would have made fewer allies and made more really strong allies. Our allies eventually rose up and killed us so I would say they hurt us and did not benefit us. Never trust anyone, always watch your back, make strong allies.

Tyranny, injustice and self-determination

2009-01-26T23:20:00.000-08:00

Tyranny is when a single person or a group of people rule other people with out having being given leadership without popular vote.
Injustice is when something happens that is not just or it is just not fair that this event happened
Self-determination is when people want to rule by themselves and don't want anyone to rule over them

Tyranny is shown by how a couple of pigs take over and decide that they are leaders and should make all decisions on the farm.
Injustice is shown when they all get up against the farmer just because when they are at the end of their life and they cannot doing anything anymore he puts them to one more good use by eating them.
Self-determination is shown when all the animals on the farm form together willingly or unwillingly to go against farmer Joe and become the rulers of their farm and change the name.

WWI poem

2009-01-22T01:53:00.000-08:00

The trenches

It's raining, I'm standing on a piece of wood
I shoot around, fighting for my life
Even though this war cannot come to any good
Me and my comrades fight through blood and strife

We fight through day and night long
A man runs towards us during the night
We all wake up at the sound of the gong
Bracing ourselves for our night time fight

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Military

2009-01-19T00:59:00.000-08:00

Joining the military in England is not mandatory. Even though it is not mandatory many people still join. I do not want to join the army. This is because every now and again you get a story in the paper about a guy doing a normal routine in the army and getting his legs blown off, or his arms, or his head. This is not really the kind of fate i really feel like I want. Also another story was that ticket wardens in England get paid more than soldiers. This really surprised seeing as there are alot of risks as a soldier and none as a ticket warden. The only time I would join the army was if there was a big war and they needed more soldiers.

Great Powers game reflection

2009-01-12T01:34:00.000-08:00

The main visual element in this cartoon is that many different people are shaking hands with one and other. Another thing is that some of them have more hands so they can shake hands with more people. I believe this cartoon is representing the issue of power control. The cartoonist does not seem to have much of an opinion and he looks like he is just stating what is happening. He shows this by that some are happy some are sad but he has not written any words to show that he is agreeing with what happened or disagreeing with what happened. This I think realates to the Great Powers Game by showing that you necessarily do not have to be powerful or big you just have to be friends with people who are. I think it also shows because the big powers all seem to be friends but the little powers are not all friends with the big friends. Also how there is one country that has been left out of the entire thing and nobody wants to be friends with them.

Net Effect of imperialism in Africa

2008-11-30T19:16:00.000-08:00

The positives

Imperialism and colonialism helped Africa by bringing them hospitals, cars, schools, and many other things from the more developed part of the world.
The natural resources were shared with the European countries and helped them during the industrial revolution.
Many railroads and seaports were built inside Africa.
Europe used the resources from Africa to progress through the industrial revolution so it could become a developed continent.

The negatives

Countries in Africa went to war.
Many innocent Africans were killed because they stood in the way of the Europeans.
Tribes were destroyed and many parts of African culture were destroyed forever.
Some of the natural resources that were used in the industrial revolution has polluted the world.
Slavery was a major problem for Africans in Europe and many of them led horrible lives.

current event 3

2008-11-20T05:58:00.000-08:00

news story here

This story is all about how the president of Botswana will not attend a summit of regional leaders because Robert Mugabe has been invited. The president of Botswana believes that Mugabe should not be invited to any such hearings until there has been a power sharing deal in Zimbabwe. There has been a lot of controversy about the past election in Zimbabwe and many believe it to be a sham. The president of Botswana is also urging other people to boycott this summit until a matter has been resolved about the power share in Zimbabwe.

Southern Africa Today

2008-11-19T08:01:00.000-08:00

Today southern Africa is a very diverse and unique part of the world. There are various parts of southern Africa and one of the main parts is South Africa. One of the hardest parts of time for southern Africa or more directly South Africa was the ending of apartheid. This is when they stopped all racist movements in Africa and all Africans were given equal rights. Another thing about South Africa is that it has many natural resources. Lesotho and Swaziland are both enclaves and are then influenced by South Africa. Also Botswana is a very successful country with in southern Africa. Although Southern Africa seems very rich it also has Mozambique and Zimbabwe with in it, two very poor countries at the moment.

current event 2

2008-11-18T05:09:00.000-08:00

news story here

This news story is about how everyone in South Africa uses to much electricity the entire time. This kind of story effects everyone and is caused by everyone. They are coping with this by causing black outs which means they do not need to give electricity to everyone. This is not a great way to do this as this means you might really need electricity and right at that point there is a black out. I think that is a good idea that they are planning to build a bigger electricity outlet to meet the needs of the people.

Cartoon of Imperialism in Africa

2008-11-17T00:10:00.000-08:00

This is a cartoon showing how the Europeans colonized African countries. The main visual elements of the cartoon are the footprint on Africa. The cartoon is about how the Europeans have just come to Africa and pretty much ruined it. The cartoonist shows how he believes that the European countries have just come to Africa and stepped all over it. The evidence is that their is Africa and then a massive foot print which has ruined the entire continent. I tink that the cartoonist could have used just a couple of words or just a word to add more meaning to the picture. For example under this cartoon could have been the word 'justice???'.

History and culture in southern Africa

2008-11-16T23:47:00.000-08:00

The history and culture in Southern Africa are an interesting blend of European and African. In Africa there are hundreds of different ethnic groups but only a couple of really big groups. Two main groups are the Zulu tribe and the Tswana tribe. Many of the ethnic groups in Africa were effected by the Europeans. One of the major things that happened was that the Europeans brought Christianity to Africa. One of the most intersting parts of Africa was the growth of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe was a small trading and herding country. Then they began mining gold and farming became bigger. Then eventually Zimababwe became a massive trading centre from Southern Africa. Then 300 years later the trading of its gold went down. And finally it was no longer a important trading centre. When the Europeans came to Africa they started conquering any part of Africa that they wanted. At the same time the Zulu became a powerful fighting force in the area. They took over the surrounding area and came into a fight with the British. After lots of battles the British defeated the Zulu and stole their land. In the early 1900s South Africa's government became racist. When they were racist they seperated everyone into four main groups, whites, blacks, coloureds, and Asians. If you were not in the white group then you had certain restrictions on you. These are some points on the amazing history and culture of Southern Africa.

Southern Africa physical features

2008-11-11T21:45:00.000-08:00

Southern Africa is a diverse part of Africa with many minerals. Southern Africa has many different levels and areas such as mountains, deserts, islands, and plateaus. It also has rivers which are unique from any other. They climate ranges from the Namibia desert a part of southern Africa that has less than 2cm of rain a year to the Drakensberg mountains a range of mountains where it is very rainy. Then there is of course many different minerals that help the economy. There is gold, diamond, coal, platinum, copper, uranium, and iron. This is why Southern Africa is such a unique part of the physical world.

Can we trust Julius Lester

2008-11-10T19:22:00.000-08:00

Can we trust Julius Lester. He wrote 'To Be A Slave' and can we trust what he says in this book. I believe we can as most of his writing is taken from people who were there at the time. He has most of his facts and his quotes taken from people who are ex-slaves. He has cited all the people he has gotten this information from. He also is directly related to ex-slaves and probably got some information from them to back up the things he was hearing from other people. I believe that because of these reasons that we can trust Julius Lester about what he has wrote in the book 'To Be A Slave'.

News story from Zimbabwe

2008-11-09T23:24:00.000-08:00

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hawxU6Y79f-RWy_s8pLiL6FbpQugD949GTVG0
Who, what, when, where, why, and how. The article is about a bank that has had money transferred to it to pass on to people fighting AIDS in southern Africa. The people who have given Zimbabwe the money say that unless that money is fully recovered they will give no more money to help AIDS in Zimbabwe again. This article was written on November 7th 2008 ago but the bank missed the deadline to give the money away on November 4th 2008. It does not say in the article exactly why they have not given up the money only that they still have seven million dollars to give back. The people that has given this money are very annoyed since Zimbabwe have a very serious case of AIDS and this money would really of helped and the bank has not released this money in a time of need.
The reason this is a big story is because of Magnitude. The outcome of the events that this story tells of are massive for people in Zimbabwe. Because of what has happened millions of people who are infected with AIDS now cannot get treatment for this disease. That is magnitude because of the number of people that this one story could effect forever. Lots of people could die of the disease between now and the time they recover the money. They will have died for no reason.

5 themes of geography - windsor castle

2008-11-06T21:48:00.000-08:00

Movement: People are moving in the picture because they are walking towards the castle. The goods to make the castle had to be moved there to make it. The idea to make a castle had to have gotten to Windsor to make this castle originally.

Region: There is lots of grassland in this area. This is also on a hill coming down to the castle and then the castle is on a hill.

Human Environmental: Alot of trees had to be cut down to make the path and to make the castle. This part of England has very little polution.

Location: Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England, Europe, Earth.
Near legoland

Place: Quite rainy here but today it is warm. Lots of trees and farmland near here.

Violence leads to more violence

2008-11-03T01:10:00.000-08:00

I think the saying violence leads to more violence is completely correct. If someone comes and hits you more than likely you are going to hit them back. Its not being mean or anything it is just self defence. In the book Julius Caesar I think a perfect example of this is when the conspirators kill Caesar they start a Civil War. By killing one person, a very important person but one person none the less, many more people were killed. Yes and in my personel history most of the time I use violence or someone uses violence one me more violence comes from that.

The Moral Dilemma of Brutus

2008-10-20T00:13:00.000-07:00

Brutus wants the best of Rome. He will do almost anything to give Rome the best things. He wants Rome to not be run by one person but by the senate. Then there is Caesar. He is Brutus' best friend and is part of a high form of society. He has been going up the ranks of Judge to general to leader. He is slowly going towards being the outright king of Rome. This is not in Brutus' best interests and is wondering what he is going to have to do about his friend. As Brutus thinks Rome should be run by the Senate, Caesar is trying to be the ruler by himself. Then Cassius come along and says he thinks that Caesar is a lesser man and is not right to rule. This is when Brutus comes into a Moral Dilemma.
If I was in Brutus' shoes I would turn Cassius and his followers into Caesar for conspiracy to kill. I would do this because the plan to kill Caesar is wrong. In the book Brutus does feel some grief about the plan for his friend but he is more concerned about Rome. I would save Caesar and try and change Caesar's idea about the exclusion of the Senate. This solves all the problems and I think it helps everyone.

quarter 2 goals

2008-10-06T22:38:00.000-07:00

One of my goals is to be able to do my homework better. I lost a lot of my points on first quarter because i got bad marks on my homework. I think if I could work better independently then i could be a much better student.
Another one of my quarter two goals is that i should be more consistent. Most of my grades were either low or high none of them were in the middle. I want to stop getting so many low grades and try and concentrate on being more consistent. I think this is one of my major working points.
Another thing I should is study more on tests. On the main test for the entire quarter I got a bad score so I think I would be able to do better if i studied more

CAPITALISM CARTOON

2008-09-22T00:45:00.000-07:00

The main visual elements in the cartoon is that a wealthy looking, big man is holding a small man over three sacks of gold. One of the sacks of gold is labeled profits from child labor. This political cartoon is about the evils of capitalism and how they make some people very rich and some people very poor. The cartoonist obviously by the way he has made the cartoon thinks that capitalism is evil and should be stopped. The evidence would I think first be the labeling of the bags child labour profits. Then the size of the men showing how the rich one had all the power. And finally the words at the bottom of the cartoon. I think that to show it even more he should have the bigger man physically hurting the smaller man.

1870's stock market reflection

2008-09-17T04:31:00.000-07:00

The tip I think most affected me in the stock market activity was buy low sell high. I chose this tip because I made all my money from buying low and then selling high. First of all I bought a railroads share for 5$ and managed to sell it for 20$ which is 4 times what I bought it for. The other stock I bought was silver. I bought it for 3$ a share and sold it for 10$ a share which is 3 and a bit times the amount I bought it for. As you can see from what I bought and sold the tip buy low and sell high really helped me in particular.

Roller Coaster

2008-09-15T02:08:00.000-07:00

You get in the line thinking about how cool the ride will be. You watch everyone go on the ride and you think about how your soon going to be going on soon. Your getting closer to the ride. The line is getting shorter and shorter and now some doubts are creeping into the back of your head. You start thinking about if the ride is safe enough. What if you fall off and die. It all starts being too much. You finally decide that you are going to step out of the line and go some where else. Then suddenly its your go you are being shoved into the seat. They fasten the rope around you that they call a seatbelt and your off. Up down side to side you have no idea. Your nearly throwing up and just when you think you are going to the ride stops. You get out completely dazed and our friend standing next to you. As soon as you are back to normal you turn to him and shout that was so cool.

review goals

2008-09-07T22:22:00.000-07:00

My first goal was to make my handwriting neater. I think my handwriting is getting a tiny bit better. I think this because before my sister could not read my handwriting before and now she can read it. This shows that I am progressing in my first goal. My second goal was to study more to get better grades. I think I have been studying more and most of my TESTS reflect this. Although my grade is not showing it I think I am progressing in my second goal.

my goals

2008-09-07T22:11:00.000-07:00

What were your two highlights for your first week of school?
One of my highlights was that I got to see my friends again from after Summer break. Another highlight was that I liked all my teachers and they were all nice.
What was your first impression of humanities?
My first impression was that it was going to be a hard but fair class. We got the slip of paper that told us everything and I was sort of annoyed that you could not hand in everything late since I am always losing and forgetting stuff.
What are two goals you have for humanities this quarter?
One of my goals is that I want my handwriting to be neater. My handwriting is always hard to read and I want it to be better. And another goal I have is to study more. I always feel like i do not study enough but now I want to be able to get really good grades so I think I should study more.

Indusrial revolution pros and cons

2008-09-02T02:22:00.000-07:00

The Industrial revolution affected many people for bad and for worse here are some of the bad things and good things that happened.

PROS

At the beginning lots of women and children got jobs
Lots of things were invented
Made lots of people rich
Things became a lot more efficient

CONS

Though women and children got jobs they were for little money and in bad conditions
Eventually many people lost there jobs
Pollute the world
They destroy arable land to make factories

Factory game day 2

2008-08-23T22:31:00.000-07:00

In factory game day 2 it was a lot different from day 1. At the beginning everyone voted on who they thought had made the best bear. One we decided who had made the best bear we had to mass produce this one bear. We had one person who was the supervisor and the rest of us were the laborers. We worked while the supervisor shouted at us. We had a time limit of 45 minutes and had to make as many bears as possible.

Factory game day 1

2008-08-23T22:25:00.000-07:00

Today it was factory game day 1. We were given markers crayons pieces and glue and had to make the best thing we could from it. Everyone made a different type of bear with different colours. We were given about 20 minutes to make the bear and you have to make it by yourself.

mother necessity

2008-08-18T22:29:00.000-07:00

I think the phrase 'Necessity is the mother of invention' is correct. This is because i believe all inventions are made because we need them. For example Samuel Morse invented the telegrapher this is because he thougt it would be easier if he didn't have to travel to tell someone something this way he could just write something down. So that is why he invented the telegrapher. Also Tomas Edison watched his mother work late into the night in pitch black. That is why he invented the electric bulb so that everyone could see when it was dark. And a final example would be Elias Howe he knew lots of people work for a long time sewing by hand, so he thought he could make it easier by inventing a sewing machine.

How do I learn best

2008-08-17T20:12:00.000-07:00

I learn best visually. This is because if it is visual you have to watch the video if you just have to listen you can look anywhere and may lose concentration. To learn more effectively in the classroom when we have to learn something show a video or make it a visual presentation.

my gang

2008-08-12T02:14:00.000-07:00

In my gang is Lukas, Alex k and Alessandro. Everyone is in my gang because there are my friends and I know all of them well. Lukas is in my gang because we both play the same sports and we are good friends he is also the pet of the gang. Alex K is in my gang because we have been really good friends for 3 years now. We know lots about each other and enjoy playing games together. Alessandro has been a good friend of mine for 3 years as well we enjoy playing computer games together and just hang out.