Thursday, and long weekend coming up

Passover started yesterday, a major Jewish holiday that has its origins in Ancient Egypt (which we studied in the fall) and also involves pandemics, which we are dealing with now. Easter starts tomorrow, a major Christian holiday that has its origins in what we are also studying right now, Ancient Rome. These stories from these ancient times are still with us today, and influence our society, such as being the reason for the long weekend that starts tomorrow.

The Story of Passover

This story above from the Jewish Torah can also be found in the Muslim Quran and the Christian Bible

How Easter and a bunny that delivers chocolate eggs came to be

Passover and Easter are two ways people mark the coming of Spring. The Anishinaabe, who have lived on this land for thousands of years, used the moons to the announce the transitions of seasons, and we are right now in The Hard Crust on the Snow Moon and transitioning to the Sugar Moon. More details here. 

1. Blog below what announces spring to you. It may be the start of outdoor  sport practices,  a big family gathering that happens every year,  raking lawns,  a large cleaning,  or . . . 

Due Monday-The Bearcat Storybook AND your History Presentation. If needed, details below of those two Assignments

Bearcat Storybook Assignment is here.

History presentation details are here.

Have a 2nd song to add to our Happy Playlist, or haven't added one yet? Let me know your song choice(s).

8A Happy Playlist

Project

Update due to Covid19: You can still access your powerpoint project from home, details are here.  When completed, share the powerpoint with me and I can access your powerpoint and put it onto Zoom as a shared screen.  The important thing is your speech, which your powerpoint may help, but feel free to do your presentation without the powerpoint.

We have covered about 195,000 years of history. Click on the link above, Early People to Rome, to peruse what we have covered. Take your time on these links, find something that attracts your fancy to do a project on it. Blog below what your project topic will be. The teacher will publish your post to signify approval.

Read up on your topic, take your time, become our class expert.

Then create a presentation on your topic.

You will need to have a 2 1/2minute speech (150 seconds) with 10 pictures for your presentation.



Things to focus on:
1. Why they/are/it is famous.
2. Impact on today’s society?
3. How they/it advanced science/technology/literature/government/other?


You will be marked on the following:
1. The information presented.
2. Information being presented in an interesting manner.
3. Pictures used (make them relevant).

Rubric to come next week.

Step 1 READ

Step 2 Choose a Topic

Step 3 READ some MORE

Step 4 Gather Notes (15 marks)

______ Title (name of event/person/activity,and your name) 1 mark-Keep focused on the topic

_______Who/What (describe major people/groups/event/action/activity involved) 1-See above-Focus!

 ______ When (period it took place, try and be very specific)1-Focus

_______How (How it worked, happened, was created/created change)Multiple Marks

 ______ Why (purpose/significance of event/action/activity/person) was important. Impact on us today? Multiple Marks

 ______ Interesting facts and explanations Multiple Marks

Step 5 Presenting the Information (5 marks)

Finding a way to present the above notes during our physical isolation time

Sources for ALL FACTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ancient Egypt Review

All times are approximate

5000 BCE-Farming starts in Mesopotamia. Soon followed in Egypt

3500 BCE-Writing stars in Mesopotamia. 

3200 BCE-The first evidence of the wheel being used, again in Mesopotamia. 

3100 BCE-Heiroglyphics being used in Egypt.Also the first time Upper and Lower Egypt is united

2500 BCE-The great pyramds of Giza being built

  200 BCE-Rosetta Stone was created

1799 CE- Rosetta Stone taken by the French/British 

Making a Mummy

Our play was about the first mummification, which was the bandaging of the body parts of Osiris. The afterlife was very important for the ancient Egyptians, and they preservered the body parts of the rich so they may have them in the afterlife (except for the brain, which they thought was not needed, and removed through the nose).

After your reflection from the blog posting below, try making a  mummy


Open with Internet Explorer the link below.
At this link here, try the Mummy making challenge. 

This turned a hundred years old during our field trip on Thursday

1. What is it?
2. What connection does it have with Ancient Greece, which we are studying next?
3. What connection does the building below it have with what ancient Egypt that we are studying now?

How big is the Pyramid

The Great Pyramid of Giza was built some 4,500 years ago, and for nearly 4,000 years was the tallest building in the World.  How big is our school compared to this fabled structure? See how many of the following ways to compare size you can complete. The size of the Great Pyramid of Giza can be found from this Link.   Remember to show your work!
 1.One way to compare is to measure the base area of Bruce and the Great Pyramid. Area is Width X Length
 2.Another Way to measure is to compare the heights of the two structures. No climbing the school to find the height!!! Have someone stand beside the school estimate how many of them it would take to reach the top of the school.
 3. Perhaps the most accurate way to measure the size is by comparing the volume.  Width X Length X Height/ gives us the volume of Bruce Middle School. The volume of a pyramid is  Width X Length X Height /3.
 Blog your answers below

Writing

Oral history is often not given the respect it deserves in our culture that values things being written down. Here is an example. Still, being able to communicate by writing can be a big advantage, especially if you can't meet in person.  Writing first happened in the Fertile Crescent, about 3400 BCE, soon after farming became a lifestyle. A big push to start writing was that it was a good way to keep track of taxes. Egypt had writing soon afterwards, about 3100 BCE.  It was awhile before an actual alphabet was used. People drew pictures or symbols to convey their message. We still do today, such as with emoticons.


In your groups, and without using any alphabetical figures, communicate the following message on your sheet of paper.


Zuri is selling high quality grain, good for bread, for 10 chickens. 
Liam is selling lower quality grain, good for animal feed, for 5 chickens. 

Hieroglyphics

Egyptian Hieroglyphics were used for some 3,000 years, far far longer than English has been used. They used hieroglyphics on their temples and in their pyramids and many other places, to communicate. Though the language was read for thousands of years, in recent times, nobody, nobody, could read the language. Then this was found, and it helped solve the mystery.
The Rosetta Stone

What does the above message in hieroglyphics say? To figure it out, go to this link here.

In Kidblog, use the link above, post your own messages.

Here is how to save your message so you can post it onto kidblog.

Egyptian Gods and the After Life

Life after death was a strong belief in ancient Egypt. Read about and/or watch the video about the weighing of the Heart.

1.What is this large creature above and what role does it serve?

2. Having a heavy heart isn't desirable in our society and in court we are judged by a jury of twelve. What connections can you make with this to the weighing of the heart ceremony?

A very important God was Ra. Read about this god Here and Here

3. Many societies have a Sun God as an important god. Even Christianity, that has no specific sun god, often has paintings with sunbursts behind Jesus and other important figures. Why the importance of the Sun?

4. What happened at night to Ra?

5. How many sections was the night divided into? How is this connected to time today?

6. Using photoshop, make your Ammit. Save the photo in photoshop by going file/save as/jpg and then upload the photo to kidblog

7. In kidblog, describe how your Ammit works and what your demon Ammit does.

This Ammit is made from Manitoba animals. The lower half is a polar bear, which gives the Ammit great power and speed over land and water. Polar bears are also afraid of nothing and will hunt anything.  The Ammit has the wings of a Raven, so it can soar up high and find its prey. Ravens are also know as the Tricksters, so this Ammit likes playing pranks. The top of the Ammit is a Buffalo head. So the Ammit is very powerful, stubborn, and thick headed. 

Blog your answers below to 1-5

Put your Ammit along with the description on Kidblog

Egyptian Gods

Read this story here, the Ancient Egyptian view of how it all began. 

Pyramids

Don't forget to peruse the links provided above. There was much more to the pyramids than a huge mass of blocks.

Still much is not completely understood about Ancient Egypt, such as how did they build those pyramids???



Here is a great link about pyramids.

READ the link above. Also Read the links provided above above.
Now create a class kahoot. 

Blog below 5 questions and the right answer to each question.

Life in Ancient Egypt

Life in Ancient Egypt
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/life/home.html
Click on the above link for the information. When at the above site,  click on ‘story' and 'explore.' Blog your answers below.

1. What were horses mainly used for?
2. What animal was usually used to pull farm carts?
3. How were taxes calculated and paid?
4. Put someone's hair into the style that indicates youth
5. What was used for making writing sheets, boats, sandals, and a whole bunch of other things?
6. We often use dogs for hunting companions, what did the ancient Egyptians use for a hunting companion?
7. A common fruit in ancient Egypt was the . . . . .
8. Who sat on the pillows and who sat on the chairs?
9. What material were the houses made of? Why?
10.What other interesting fact did you find?


When done the questions, play a game of Senet, also found at the above link. You probably have to use Internet Explorer to access the game, but it wasn't working yesterday :(

Ancient Egypt

https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1243388275972898818

Click above and browse the multiple links embedded in the picture. Below post
 1.What did you already know about Ancient Egypt before this class?
 2.After browsing the links in the picture, what would you like to study about Ancient Egypt?