Griffin's Geo Blog

Today in class we took notes on Egypt and the Nile river. Mr. Schick brought up multiple good points about pharaohs. He also touched on the topic of mummification and how it was done which involved taking a hook up somas nose to get their brain out of their body. Then Mr. Schick showed us a video that on mesopotamia and was to the tune of Soulja boy. I thought it was very interesting and kind of weird.

Today in class we finished up taking notes on the Nile River and Egypt. The when I finished taking notes Mr. Schick let me go get my math textbook so I could do homework. This really helped me out a lot as I have been pretty swamped with work since I have got back. I was told that someone cheated. I know it was not me as I would not do something like that as I know that it is not the right to do.

Today in class we took a quiz on Mesopotamia. I forgot about the quiz since I was not there on Monday. I still took it and I do not think that I did very well on it. I really struggled on the back portion of the multiple choice questions. However, I think that I did do fairly well on the front with the matching section. Then Mr. Schick had us take on the next unit which has to with Egypt and the Nile River. I am looking forward to learning about this subject.

Today in class we learned about the fertile crescent and Mesopotamia. The Fertile Crescent was area in what is now known as the Middle East which way back in pre history was where crops were able to grow at a more fertile rate. The Fertile Crescent is now in countries like Syria, Israel, iran, Iraq and kore. This was where life was most easily sustainable.

I was absent from school today.

Today in class Mr. Schick lets us pick our own seats for the second semester. He told us that for half of our class we will be doing reading and for the second half of class we will be explaining what we read. Mr. Schick made us read like 5 pages and take notes on them. I am excited about his new semester with new classmates.

Today in class we took a test on Guns, Germs, and Steel. I studied a little bit last night and I came into knowing that Mr.Schick would give us some time to study in class before we took the test because he is just such a great teacher. I thought that the test was pretty easy except for one question which was about when the prehistoric era was. I answered that it was before writing was invented.