Friday

prehistory - the period before history was recorded through written documents
before civilization: the prehistoric age
paleolithic age - earliest human types
neolithic age - new stone age
hunters and gatherers
agricultural revolution - tools and inventions that made farming easier and more effective
southwestern Asia
polytheism - the belief in many gods and goddesses
started created villages and civilization

Hammurabi's Code

1.)"If any one bring an accusation of any crime before the elders, and does not prove what he has charged, he shall, if it be a capital offense charged, be put to death". This law pretty much means that if you can't prove something, you should die because you were lying.
2.) "If a son of a paramour say to his adoptive father or mother: "You are not my father, or my mother," his tongue shall be cut off." I feel like this law is unfair because a lot of children don't like their step mom/dad, and this law limits what people can say.
3.) "If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out." This is the law that everyone thinks about when they hear Hammurabi's code because it pretty much sums up all of the laws into one.

Tuesday

Today in class was the first real day we had. We took notes on the PowerPoint that Mr.Schick presented to us. I took really good notes, but I didn't have my notebook yet so I had to copy notes on a loose leaf of paper. Chapter 1 is about Mesopotamia and early civilization. We learned that the first civilization was in the middle east in present day Iraq. These people chose this place because the land was good for growing crops, this land is known as the Fertile Crescent. Also, the two rivers they lived in between were the Tigris and Euphrates river. We also learned that to become a civilization it took a long period of time and modern tool inventions. The wheel was the most helpful invention ever because it made it easier for people to move things from place to place.

Today in class we talked about the movie we saw yesterday "Girl Rising". Everyone was sharing how they felt about the movie and what they would do if they were in that situation. Then we discussed if the U.S had problems with girls not being equal to men, and they're not equal. We said that girls earn 71% of what men earn in the same job, and that means women are not equal to men in this country. Also, we agreed that everyone should vote because it does make a difference even if you think it doesn't.

First Class

Today was the first day of Western Civ and the class was too short because of the two hour delay bell.What we did learn was how to make a blog and that we should post on it everyday we have class.Our homework tonight was too email Mr. Schick the link to our blog so he can check them weekly. I also learned that we need a spiral notebook for his class to take notes in.