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What did you enjoy about the assignment (think about the entire process from researching to presenting)?

I thought that this assignment was interesting and fun. It was hard for me to find a topic, but when I found one it was easy because there was so much information. The presentation went well and it was really fun telling everyone about ancient Ghana, their history, culture, religion, daily life and jobs. Over all it was a great assignment.

What would you change to improve your project/presentation if you were to do the assignment again (think about the entire process from researching to presenting)?

If I had to change anything in my presentation it would be my different questions because when I looked at them I thought they were easy and when my classmates had to answer them, they had an answer in seconds. I would also have rehearsed my speech more because I get really nervous when I have to present something in front of people.

What did people do well (you may refer to your group and/or any group’s presentation)? Was it easier to understand or learn information because of how people presented?

In my group I thought all of them did a good job in their research and in their presentation. Li-Jin made his speech nice and sweet. Laura was a little nervous and she made it look like she was more nervous than she actually was, but over all she did a good job. Ampharin’s speech was really good and he did such a good job in his research, he was far behind from where we were because he was sick for two days and didn’t go to school so he was really fast.
Yes it was easier to learn with some groups because they made bullet points and others made paragraphs. It was hard to learn when they made paragraphs because it was hard to read so when they made bullet points I learned better.

What did you enjoy and/or find interesting about the other student’s presentations?

I liked how everyone did it different it made it more fun to listen to.
My favorite thing was the game and quiz. The games were some times hard because you had to remember a lot of stuff like what they traded, their history, their religion, their daily life, their kings, their food  and their culture. The quiz was easy when you listened, but when you didn’t didn’t it was monster hard I tell you so it was good I listened the whole time. Okay maybe not the whole time but most of the time.

What advice would you give to other groups to improve their project/presentation if they were to present again?

It would be a really good idea to rehearse your speech because if you don’t you will get really nervous and forget what you had to say. Make a hard quiz so you know if they listened and learned something. You can make a fun game and don’t make it too hard because otherwise it will be boring.

Swahili

How did trade affect the religion, culture and art of the Swahili coastal trading states?

The trade affected the religion, culture and art because it made them wealthy. Swahili was really good at making art and they got all the materials that were needed to make art by trading . It affected the religion because they began to believe new things. Their culture also changed they started to dividing  themselfs in to rich and poor.

 

 

 

Mali

I thought that the most important things that was told in the presentation was the trading and the history. It was really important how Cristian told us about trading. They traded  gold, slaves, salt, pepper, and a lot more. It was also really important how sierra and Reshma told us about therir kings and all the importtant people in their history.

Great Zimbabwe

Why was great Zimbabwe so great?

Zimbabwe was so great because of its structures, art and their trading. Trading made them rich and they didn’t only trade with Africa, but also India and China. Structures and art made them famous, they made many buildings and a beautiful tower that is still famous today. 

 

The Great Pyramids Reflection

Egypt has over 70 pyramids and the 7 largest ones were build in only 100 years. The pyramids were not surposed to be finished before the one that told everyone to make was dead. Sneferu made a pyramid and the pyramid was finished before he died so the people kept on  building on and on it and then it slid down, then he made a second one but when it was finished the walls were moving and he had to make a new one.  The third one was perfect and it was called the red pyramid. Sneferu had five sons. The nile was used to farm and make food. The egyptians made rectangles and then they took water and held it in them, where the seeds were. Then a pharoh died want the mummification was finished he was transported in a boat across the nile to his tumb.

Egypt Presentation

1.  What did you enjoy and/or find interesting about the presentations you heard in class?
2. What would you change to improve your speech/presentation if you were to do the assignment again?
3. Explain with details and specific information what you learned from your classmates’ speeches.

 

 I really enjoyed  how everyone were dressed and how  they all make it really interesting to listen to.

The presentations were good and funny.  I like how they made it like a story and about their life.

If i had to do a present a presentation again I would improve my speech and i would try not to be nervous

because i was really nervous, even though i practiced a lot just before it, i could also maybe make my speech a bit longer .

 I  learned a lot from my classmates’ presentation.I learned that not all gods are nice and helpful, that  almost

every gods were a son or daughter of Ra. That pharohs usually ruled from 9-75 years and cats were very

 important to the egyptians and their daily life.

The gods of ancient Egypt

webvampiro.mforos.com Osiris is the good of afterlife, also the ruler of the dead. The legend says that Seth (Osiris brother) murdered Osiris and chopped him into 14 pieces.  

historiasmm.blogspot.com  Isis was the wife of Osiris and she was his sister. Isis was also the one that found Osiris body pieces and brought him back to life with “Magic”. That’s why Isis is the goddess of  Fertility and motherhood.   

www.egyptian-gods.net Anubis was the guard of the dead (in the afterlife). He was god of the embalmment (god of mummification).He had the head of a jackal (wild dogs that people thought were “linked” with the death).   

www.mariomarcia.com Seth was the god of storms and deserts, he killed his brother Osiris in airtight coffin. After that he chopped him into 14 pieces.  

www.geocities.com  Maat is the goddess of truth, balance,  and order. she is the daughter of Re. she was often seen with a feather on her head and sometime even wings as arms.

 www.dpedtech.com Thoth god of wisdom, the moon and scribe. His favourite animals were the Ibis and the Baboon. 

 www.crystalinks.com Ra is the sun god and he have a hawk head.  

 themuchmaligned.blogspot.com Horus is the god of the sky. He is son of Isis and Osiris and he killed Seth cause he killed his father. Pharaohs were believed to be sons of Horus back then.

My life as a slave

    Long time ago (3500 years) I was a slave in ancient Egypt.

I remember one day when I was 8 my dad came home. He told me that I was soon big enough to start working (be a slave) and it was a good idea to start training because you had to be really strong when you were a slave. Fourteen weeks later, I started my job as a slave I had to wake up at 9.30 A.M and at 10.00 A.M, I had to be out on the field. It was so hard, but it was only the first level, I knew it was going to be much worse.

    When I was 15, I started my second level (there were 3) I had to wake up 7.30 and it was getting harder and harder. When you are at he second level you have to build houses for the king and queen. Sometimes I wished that I could go back to level one because it was so hard.

    One day, when my dad and me came home, dad said he didn’t feel so well, so mom took his temperature and it was 38.4. Dad went to sleep while his fever got higher and higher. The next morning my mom woke me up at 5.30A.M and said I had to go to the bedroom because dad wanted to talk to me. I went to the bedroom as fast as I could when I reached the room where my dad was, dad told me to sit down I sat down and my dad told me that his fever was 41.9 and he really felt tired I said good bye to him and kissed him goodbye. At 5.45 my dad died and I took that day off.

     I died a month later, I had the same as dad (I was ill) I remember my mom told me that it was okay and I had to say hi to dad my last day was really hard and painful (I started to feel how dad felt).

   That was my short life as a slave in the ancient Egypt.

 The end

Current event

What’s the issue?                                                                                                                                                    

December 27th 2007 Bhutto (from Pakistan) was killed (the first woman prime minister in the islamic state)  She was shot in the neck by a gunman where after he shot him self. After there was a lot of anger and sadness in the city. Cars, houses, shopping centers were burned down and people were killed. 

Who is affected?The people who are affected are:-the people that were killed. -Bhutto.-Bhutto’s family because one of their family members got killed.-Pakistan because people are getting killed every where.-The people who’s house was burned down because it was their home.-The poeple who’s family or friends were killed because it was one of their love ones. 

  cf1.acc-tv.com

What would I do if I was directly involved?If I was directly involved I would try to find the people who did it killed Bhutto and try to stop every one from burning houses, cars and shopping centers down. The reason I wanted to stop the burning is because 1. it kill people 2. it burns the houses down and people get homeless.

sources: www.dr.dk and www.bbc.com   

Second half of the movie about Alexander

  Reflect on the second half of the movie and compare it to the first half. The first half of the movie was about Alexander from when he was born, his family, a war and when he got king. The second half he gets married, going to a new war, he is going home, he looks back in time, his best friend dies and Alexander dies as well. Write about how people feel about Alexander the Great and if their views have changed or stayed the same.Some people hated Alexander and some people liked him. Alexander’s wife thought he was a god man, but some times she didn’t agree with his ideas and how he treated her so one day she had the chance to kill him with a knife Because he didn’t treat her good or she didn’t like what he did to her.  I think a lot of people thought he was strong when some one shot him in the stomach and he still lived     Have your ideas about him changed? Yes my ideas have changed, I think he is selfish, I don’t like the way he treats his wife, he only like his own ideas and if any one has another idea, he might not like it and then he thinks he is on the bad side, so he might kill him. In the end how do people around him feel about him as a person/friend/leader/king?His dad is dead so he does not feel anything, his mom does not feel anything as well because she is not there. His friend thinks he is strong, cool and clever, wife sometimes good and other times bad.His friends likes him and thinks he is strong.