Today is Core Concentrations Thursday. In this blog I will be blogging about the most important thing that Japan borrowed from China. The most important thing was the Chinese way of speaking and writing. Japanese people borowed the launguage of Chinese for Japan. Back then Japan's government used the Chinese way of writting and speaking for a very
long time, it was their official launguage for quite some time. This is one of the things that the Japanese borowed from China. I think this was a really big deal, because back then everybody spoke Chinese in Japan. Later on Japan had its own launguage, but before, they were speaking Chinese. This is our lesson for history, so far in Mrs. Kanzlers Core class. This was a really major step, because back then they can communtcate to each other and trade their items.
What if Japan spoke another language? Their cultre and history would probably be different as it is today. There would also be no form of communication to China and other countries. As a review, Japan had a great impact on China. If you see a map of Asia, China is huge. Japan is also part the map.Therefore, that is probably the reason why Japn probably spoke Chinese insted of other languages, because both countries are so close together. Other small countries are greatly influenced by China.
One day in ancient China, I was farming my grain and wheat. I have been farming for an hour, but it seemed like a day. I was exhausted! Right when I was about to doze off into sleep, I heared a loud bang. It sounded like thunder. When I squinted my eyes to see what it was, I saw two, no....20 mongols riding on the back of horses with their weaponds. I didn't know what to do, so I ran really fast, as fast as my legs took me. It was no use the mongols were catching up. I thought they were going to get me, but then I had remembered that I had a secret doorway under my farm. When I went running to my farm, I found a shield that one of the Mongols had dropped. I used it to pretend that I was one of the Mongols, after the Mongols thought I was one of them, they just disapeared into the sun set. I was very thankful that I had found that sheild. It occurs to me sometimes that what if one of the Mongols did this to me on purpose. What ever it was it saved my life!
Now that I haved learned a lesson. I think how lucky I was to find that shield.
Todays blog will be bout the three most important things that I am greatful for. One of them is that I have a family. I have a mom, dad, two sisters, and a little dog. I am thankful for that, because it would be tough not having a famil that you can count on. My second thing Im greatful for is to have food. There are many people in the world that don't have anything to eat. I am thankful for having somethings to eat. My third reason is that I have a place to live in. When it is raining the rain can't get me wet, because I have a roof over my head. Like I have said there is alot of people who don't have a shelter to live in. They don't have a roof over their heads.
These are three of my things that I am greatful for. What are yours? This holiday week I will be thankful for all of these things. I hope that I have motivated you to be a little bit more thankfull to be a better person of character. I hope during the holidays you will reflect on what the most imporatnt thingd you are thankful for and not on other minor things.
Todays blog will be about the griots. The griots are the people who told stories to the people of West Africa. They told stories about everythingin West Africa, especially their emperor and how West Africa came about. In some of the griot's stories they would exagerate to try to make the sory come alive. One of the stories the griots probably told was "Sundita, the Lion king". "Sundita, the Lion king", is about an emperor who was kind, but when there would be danger, he would be as mean as a lion. That is a form of exaggeration, because they are comparing Sundita to a lion.
The griots were a very important to West Africa, because they would entertain who ever it was they might be telling stories to. The emperor's would probably love to hear the stories told by the griots, because everyone could use a little story once in a while. The griots were also big in West Africa, because they gave people a chance to talk to them, The griots also probaly got paied as well.
This is what my Core techer has taught us about the griots. We are currently learning West Africa in our history books. I hope that you have learned a little bit more about the griots, because they played a secial part in West African history.
My favorite part about fall is the rain. I love rain, because it makes plants grow, and gives you a break from summer. Fall is also the tranisting point of Summer and Winter. Fall is also great weather, because that means the holiday seasons are comming, just like Thanksgiving. Fall is also nice, because I think that it keeps people together. Fall also means that the leaves will be changing color. This is a great example of science. This also connects to what we are currently learning in science right now about how cells are in every living thing.
Although fall seems to be my favorite season, it is not I love winter. It is just like fall, but in a more colder, wetter, fascinating way. Fall is really nice to, because the next season will be winter. It is really nice how two seasons are in a line together. It is also very interesting how time just changes and so dose the weather.
I hope that you found this blog quite bit interesting, and hope that you will read my othe blogs as well.
Todays blog post will be about why iron was so imprtant in Africa. Iron was important, because many African worriors used iron to make weapons, and other items. If they did not have iron, their land probably would not exist. Iron was also used for trade. People would make weapons out of them, and trade them for some other goods. Iron was very, very popular among traders and African people. This is just like the United States, one of the most powerful resorses is oil. We use oil to gas up our cars, and for many other things. If we did not have oil we would probably be low of money, and the government would have to tax people more, just to get the funds they need. Imagaine if Africa did not have and discover iron. We would not have most of the things that we have today.
The development of iron really changed the lives of the West Africans. They could deffent themselfs like they couldn't before with iron. I think iron really hanged the lives for all of us. We use iron everyday. Thanks to the developement of iron we also have more weaponds and important things we use everyday. Iron is a resource that probably everyone, everywhere uses. I know that most of the items we have now, we would not have before, because iron was not invented yet. I hope you learned a little bit more about West Africa and how they developed iron.
Today I will be blogging about the climate regions in Africa, sahel, savannah, and the rainforest. I will also be blogging about which I think would bring hardships for daily living. The hardest climate I think is the one in Africa. It would be especially hard, because you are in the deset surrounded in sand and trees. There would be no one to really talk to, and you would be lucky if there was a tree that could produce fruit. Now I think that would be hard. Also, that it would be really really hot. You could die from heat stroke, because it would be super hot. I would pick to live in any other place than the desert, because of these hazards. We are lucky, because it is not as bad living were you are right now, than living in the desert. If I were to live in the desert, first I would quickly find shelter and start a fire, then I would go look for trees that have fruit and make sure that the fruit is okay to eat.
I'm not sure that I would survive in any of these places. It is very difficult to find shelter and food. Also, what if there were wild animals that would be really hungry, and you would have to give them your food or else they would eat you. You would need to have survival skills, that most of us don't have, since we've never been in that situation.It can be very scary at times when you panic and don't know what to do. One thing for sure is that you need to remain calm and keep your head straight to survive.
I have Mrs.Kanzler for my history/english period. Last Friday, we had a simulation of the Roman Empire. The whole class had a role to play, I was the province of Syria. I liked my role, but I would preffer to be one of the Romans. I wanted to be one of the Romans, because the were the wealthy ones, the ones with all the milatary. They could choose who to trade their army with. Everybody begged the Romans to give them millatary,because the barbarians, which too were also acted out, would steal their goods, their milatary,and kill them. Tward the middle of the simulation, the barbarians attacked. They stole everyones millatary and trade goods. They also had killed Rome. In the end the barbarians won. The city of Rome and the provinces lost and were killed,not literaly. This is what really happend with the Roman Empire, but then slowly it started to rebuild itself. I learned that the Roman Empire was an empire with many wealths, but just because you are wealthy dosen't mean you can get everything handed to you.
I thought that the simulation was a very good way to explain what really happend to the Roman Empire. I have learned more than what I knew before we studied this empire. I think this is a good way to learn, and not always straight from the book,like you always just say what the book is instructing to. I hope we can do some more simulations though out the year.
One day, my uncle came to town and asked me to go on a carravaan with him across the desert. My mom and dad were standing there right next to my uncle adnd they both stared at me. There was a long pause for what seemed like a whole ten minutes, but was actually one. Right before I was about to say "yes" they said "no". They said no because they didn't like the idea of me traveling across the very and scorchring sun. My uncle pleaded for them to let me, it was just a plaine "no". After they explained to me why i couldn't go I understanded, after all it was going to be a very hot weekend in July. My uncle promised me that he would write to me once he reached the postal office.
Weeks had pass and still nothing. I had figured that he hadn't reached the postal office yet. A week pased and I finale recived a letter. It read, that he had reached the desert and was doing fine. At the end of the letter it said he would be here in one week. As soon as I recived that letter, I had replied back. A week later my uncle showed up back in town. He told us about his trip and told me how hot it was in the desert. After my uncle left I thanked my parents for not letting me go.
Muhammad was born in Mecca in 570. He was orphand by both parents at age six. Was raised by Granddfather and uncle. He married Khadijah at age 25. He was a prophet. He used to go to a cave to meditate. One day, when Muhammad went to go meditate, an angel came to tell him a message from God. The message told Muhammad that there is only one God. The angel also telles him to spread the word of God. For three years, he kept this to himself, then he told other people about this. Muhammad belived this and told the people of Arabia. His teachings were not well recived at first, and even upset some of the people. Eventually, his teachings changed the way people of Arabia lived. The people belived that he was a prophet from God. His message helped him form a religioun named Islam. People belived that Muhammad recived messages from God for the rest of his life. All of his messages were published in a book called the Qur'an. The Qur'an is considered the holy book of Islam. His teachings were simular to Judasim and Christianity.
I hope you learned a little bit more about the life of Muhammad and his teachings.
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