As a review
More about greek gods here and here. From each of the two sites, read how people were created. Which version did you like better, why? Take some time to read some of the other stories of Greek Gods.
By Sienna
Thursday 28 January 2016
Monday 25 January 2016
KidBlog and Philosophy
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Post a video or picture on your blog that represents a philosophy that you feel is appropriate to live a quality life. Add a comment to explain your reasoning.
Tuesday 19 January 2016
Democracy
Using the link for guidance, blog the answers to the following questions.
1.Who were the people that were able to vote in Ancient Athens?
2. How many years ago did democracy start?
3.What does the word democracy mean?
4. What is a city-state?
5. What is the origin of the word Democracy?
A simple majority won in Ancient Athens and in Canada today. This system has some flaws when there are more than two choices. Here is a graph of what kind of ice cream to buy for the class, 1 is the first choice, 3 is the last choice. If we were to pick the ice cream flavour, the way Canada picks its leaders:
7. Which ice cream flavour would we buy?
8. What would be the problem with this choice?
9. What other system could be used?
10. Has democracy been in constant use since Ancient Greece?
5. What is the origin of the word Democracy?
A simple majority won in Ancient Athens and in Canada today. This system has some flaws when there are more than two choices. Here is a graph of what kind of ice cream to buy for the class, 1 is the first choice, 3 is the last choice. If we were to pick the ice cream flavour, the way Canada picks its leaders:
7. Which ice cream flavour would we buy?
8. What would be the problem with this choice?
10. Has democracy been in constant use since Ancient Greece?
Monday 18 January 2016
Our Rights
A hundred years ago this month women in Manitoba were the first women in Canada allowed to vote. Women though were still not legally considered people till 15 years later.
1. If half of the adults in Canada could not vote and were not legally considered people, what would that mean for Canadian society and the decisions made by the people in power?
Read this link here
2. What issues were the Women's Christian Temperance Union concerned about?
3. In 1918 when women (but not all women) gained the right to vote, Canada was at war, a war supported by the government. How did this influence how women got the vote?
4. What did the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously (all agreed) say about women being people?
5. What rights should exist in Canada that presently don't exist. Or, what rights do you think people shouldn't have but presently do.
1. If half of the adults in Canada could not vote and were not legally considered people, what would that mean for Canadian society and the decisions made by the people in power?Read this link here
2. What issues were the Women's Christian Temperance Union concerned about?
3. In 1918 when women (but not all women) gained the right to vote, Canada was at war, a war supported by the government. How did this influence how women got the vote?
4. What did the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously (all agreed) say about women being people?
5. What rights should exist in Canada that presently don't exist. Or, what rights do you think people shouldn't have but presently do.
Tuesday 12 January 2016
Easter Island
The Mystery of Easter Island
1. What do scientists think the island looked like before people arrive? What is some of the evidence they would have for this thought?
2. What event would have trapped the people on the island and cut their ability to fish?
3. What lesson can humanity learn for Easter Island? Do you think we will learn this lesson?
An article is here
Wednesday 6 January 2016
Tuesday 5 January 2016
Ancient Greece
Manitoba Curriculum
Culture of Ancient Greece
Examples: classes of citizens, slavery; role and status of children,
women, and men...
KI-015 Compare and contrast life in Sparta and Athens.
Examples: social roles, education, governance, beliefs...
KI-016 Describe the importance of Greek myths in ancient Greek
culture.
KH-031 Identify people, events, and ideas in ancient Greece and
Rome.
VH-011 Appreciate stories, legends, and myths of ancient societies
as important ways to learn about the past.
Democracy
KC-002 Describe the rise of democracy in ancient Greece.
KC-003 Compare criteria for citizenship and participation in
government in ancient Greece and in contemporary Canada.
VC-001 Appreciate the contributions of ancient Greece to
modern concepts of citizenship and democracy.
VP-016 Appreciate the benefits of citizenship within a
democracy.
Legacy of Ancient Greece & Rome
KH-032 Identify ways in which today’s world has been
influenced by the ideas of ancient Greece and Rome.
Examples: the arts, philosophy, science, mathematics...
KP-046 Identify factors that influenced the rise and decline of
ancient Greece and Rome.
KE-056 Describe technologies and achievements in ancient
Greece and Rome.
Examples: architecture, transportation, weapons, aqueducts...
VI-005 Appreciate the enduring qualities of the arts, architecture,
science, and ideas of ancient Greece and Rome.
Monday 4 January 2016
Reviewing your Notes
Know . . .
1. About when did Cleopatra die
2. About when were the great pyramids of Giza built
3. Most people in Ancient Egypt occupied what level of society
4. Hieroglyphics had about how many characters and was read in which direction
5. The importance of the Rosetta Stone
6. When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt
7. Several used for papyrus
8. The importance the Nile
9. The original coverings of the Great Pyramid of Giza
10. The original use of the pyramids
11. The god of the Sky
12. Most common food and drink
13. Common eating utensils
14. Most common fruit
15. God of the Afterlife
16. How they thought one became sick
17. How the outside of the sphinx looked originally
18. The purpose of the death mask
19. Why paintings of people look twisted
20. The god who was the protector of Egypt
21. Several common means of transportation
22. What most common building were made from
23. What prominent building in Winnipeg makes use of beliefs from Ancient Egypt?
24. What happened to most of the internal organs of a mummy
25. What ingredient was used to preserve the body?
26. Only pharaoh whose tomb has been found largely intact
1. About when did Cleopatra die
2. About when were the great pyramids of Giza built
3. Most people in Ancient Egypt occupied what level of society
4. Hieroglyphics had about how many characters and was read in which direction
5. The importance of the Rosetta Stone
6. When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt
7. Several used for papyrus
8. The importance the Nile
9. The original coverings of the Great Pyramid of Giza
10. The original use of the pyramids
11. The god of the Sky
12. Most common food and drink
13. Common eating utensils
14. Most common fruit
15. God of the Afterlife
16. How they thought one became sick
17. How the outside of the sphinx looked originally
18. The purpose of the death mask
19. Why paintings of people look twisted
20. The god who was the protector of Egypt
21. Several common means of transportation
22. What most common building were made from
23. What prominent building in Winnipeg makes use of beliefs from Ancient Egypt?
24. What happened to most of the internal organs of a mummy
25. What ingredient was used to preserve the body?
26. Only pharaoh whose tomb has been found largely intact
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