Navigating the past, to sail through the future
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Global 1 Learning Targets October 16, 2013
Learning Targets:
1) Compare Contrast Sumer and Egypt (Content)
2) Create and Outline to Summarize main ideas of a "text document and image documents" (Process)
Agenda
1) DIN - Writing down questions regarding learning
2) Review Learning Targets, comments questions from yesterday
3) Cloze activity on Sumer and Egypt. Learning to add additional information to answers (preparation for essay writing on exams.)
4) Summarize how Egypt was able to achieve complex engineering of buildings. See visual, then use an example to support idea.Video
Friday, October 11, 2013
War over Water: Egypt vs. Ethiopia
Water Wars: Egyptians Condemn Ethiopia's Nile Dam Project
news.nationalgeographic.com/.../130927-grand-ethiopian-renaissance-da...Sep 27, 2013 - Aerial photograph of the Blue Nile river in Northern Ethiopia. ... and fury with which most Egyptians regard plans to dam the Blue Nile River.News for ethiopia nile river dam egypt
- Sudan Tribune - 9 hours agoThe Nile water is a source to 95 % of Egypt's water demand. Ethiopia's massive dam project has been a major economic and water security ...
Egypt Rules Out War With Ethiopia Over Nile River Hydropower Dam
www.bloomberg.com/.../egypt-rules-out-war-with-ethiopia-over-nile-riv...Jul 26, 2013 - Egypt has no plans to go to war with Ethiopia over the Horn of Africa nation's construction of a hydropower dam on the Nile River, said Mona ...
Ethiopia's Plan to Dam the Nile Has Egypt Fuming | TIME.com
world.time.com/2013/.../ethiopias-plan-to-dam-the-nile-has-egypt-fumin...Jun 28, 2013 - Ethiopia's Plan to Dam the Nile Has Egypt Fuming ... Young couple on the banks of the river Nile on the outskirts of Cairo, May 6, 2013.
Who Owns the Nile? Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia's History-Changing ...
origins.osu.edu/.../who-owns-nile-egypt-sudan-and-ethiopia-s-history-ch...Egypt and Sudan are utterly dependent on the waters of the Nile River. ... plans to build an airstrip for bombing a dam in the Blue Nile River Gorge in Ethiopia.
John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (lyrics on screen).
There are many themes in History: One theme is a person's struggle against different forces.
Here are four possible categories
Man versus Man, Man vs Self, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Society.
Over the past week 2 songs have been played - Horse with No Name, Island Style, and now St. Elmo's Fire. We have classified the songs identifying geographic features and man's view of them. In addition we have seen how nature can be weapon used by men to fight and commit genocide against other groups of men (Saddam vs the Mad'an (The Marsh Arabs). We have also read about how the Egyptians and Sumerians dealt with the forces of Nature which could have threatened their communities and used them for the common good.
Below is a song called St. Elmo's fire. Consider what themes and words that give evidence to Events, History, Culture, Geography and Economics. What is the main idea here? How does it make you feel. (use graphic organizer - I see, I feel, think, and have questions about.
Here are four possible categories
Man versus Man, Man vs Self, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Society.
Over the past week 2 songs have been played - Horse with No Name, Island Style, and now St. Elmo's Fire. We have classified the songs identifying geographic features and man's view of them. In addition we have seen how nature can be weapon used by men to fight and commit genocide against other groups of men (Saddam vs the Mad'an (The Marsh Arabs). We have also read about how the Egyptians and Sumerians dealt with the forces of Nature which could have threatened their communities and used them for the common good.
Below is a song called St. Elmo's fire. Consider what themes and words that give evidence to Events, History, Culture, Geography and Economics. What is the main idea here? How does it make you feel. (use graphic organizer - I see, I feel, think, and have questions about.
Monday, October 7, 2013
-America- A Horse with No Name
Geography of Iraq - Images of Iraq
Source: Wikipedia - Iraq.(on Oct 7 2013)
Iraq lies between latitudes 29° and 38° N, and longitudes 39° and 49° E (a small area lies west of 39°). Spanning 437,072 km2(168,754 sq mi), it is the 58th-largest country in the world. It is comparable in size to the US state of California, and somewhat larger than Paraguay.
Iraq mainly consists of desert, but near the two major rivers (Euphrates and Tigris) are fertile alluvial plains, as the rivers carry about 60,000,000 m3 (78,477,037 cu yd) of silt annually to the delta. The north of the country is mostly composed of mountains; the highest point being at 3,611 m (11,847 ft) point, unnamed on the map opposite, but known locally as Cheekah Dar (black tent). Iraq has a small coastline measuring 58 km (36 mi) along the Persian Gulf. Close to the coast and along the Shatt al-Arab (known as arvandrūd: اروندرود among Iranians) there used to be marshlands, but many were drained in the 1990s.
Climate
Main article: Climate of Iraq
Most of Iraq has a hot arid climate with subtropical influence. Summer temperatures average above 40 °C (104 °F) for most of the country and frequently exceed 48 °C (118.4 °F). Winter temperatures infrequently exceed 21 °C (69.8 °F) with maxima roughly 15 to 19 °C (59 to 66.2 °F) and night-time lows 2 to 5 °C (35.6 to 41 °F). Typically precipitation is low; most places receive less than 250 mm (9.8 in) annually, with maximum rainfall occurring during the winter months. Rainfall during the summer is extremely rare, except in the far north of the country. The northern mountainous regions have cold winters with occasional heavy snows, sometimes causing extensive flooding.
Friday, October 4, 2013
What is Base 60 and What does it have to do with Hammurabi and Sargon
Resurrecting Eden
In Iraq, where many biblical scholars place the Garden of Eden, Scott Pelley finds a water world where the Marsh Arabs are making a comeback after Saddam nearly destroyed the cradle of civilization
To see transcript and and links to "ancient crafts" and "waterworld"
Photographs of Iraq's marshlands
Go to the website supporting and documenting the efforts to restore the marshlands
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Are you Ignorant of World Affairs? What were the causes the shutdown of the U.S. Government
Democracy is difficult because it requires an informed citizenry that is patient and willing to participate in the art of compromise (see John Stuart Mill , "On Liberties").
To often in a wealthy society with a tradition of democracy people are not able or choose not to listen to other opinion, reason, consider the evidence to consider for whom to vote, and what legislation is worth supporting that will advance the cause of all people. They become ignorant and susceptible to demagogues.
Ignorant is often a misunderstood. With out knowledge and informed citizenary we will find ourselves looking for water in the desert, because we forgot to consider the challenge of a desert adventure.
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