Humanities
Paleolithic Projects
We began our year with the study of early man and how we became the hominids of today. It was fascinating learning about how our brains developed and we became more advanced. We broke into sub-groups and created commercials for items that would have been used during the time period that the sub-groups lived. For another one of our paleolithic projects, we had to create our own restaurant and menu. However, we had to create a menu based on what ingredients they had back then. Our menus needed to have 3 appetizers, 1 dessert, 1 soup of the day, and 3 entrees. Our other paleolithic project was to design prehistoric clothes. We had to create paper people and put the clothes on dolls. Our classes had a fashion show complete with a stage and an MC for each designer to explain the collection. Learning about Early Man helps us to discover how humans became what we are today. It also teaches us about the progression of humans over millions of years.
By: Alex, Genesis, and Tyler
Ancient Egypt
During the month of October and November, Mrs. Strachan’s classrooms have been learning about Ancient Egypt, a civilization in Northeastern Africa, located along the Nile River. We have been using books and the internet to learn about this interesting civilization. While we have been using these sources of information, we can state that Ancient Egypt is a great topic to study about. Our classes have been researching about how they traded, what people believed in, different social classes of Ancient Egypt, the importance of the Nile River and more. To begin with, many people believed there was an afterlife after you died. Before Ancient Egypt used mummification, they’d put the dead in small pits located in the desert. This brings up the topic of mummification. Later on, Ancient Egypt used mummification, they would preserve the body to keep it life-like form. They would also, include the process of embalming. During embalming, they would wrap the body in strips of linen, which was often done in the span of 70 days by skilled artisans. The Egyptians could not have survived without the Nile River. The river played a huge role in the Egyptian Civilization. The Nile River not only gave them a fresh source of water, but it also helped them with making mud bricks, planting crops and more. The Nile River gave life to many animals and to the villages alongside the Nile River. The Nile River is the longest river in the world and led into the Mediterranean Sea. Ancient Egypt was a civilization full of tradition and culture.
By: Jorge and Samantha
The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson started out by being an ordinary kid who went to Yancy Academy. Yancy Academy is a school for troubled kids, and Percy was said to have issues, but was that really the case? Percy was Dyslexic and had ADHD. His Father left when he was just a young kid, but he did not leave on purpose, the real reason he left was because he was a God. Specifically, Poseidon was the God of the Sea. Percy ended up being a thief, at least that's what Zeus thought because he had stolen Zeus’ Lightning bolt. He went to a camp called Camp Half-Blood, which was a home for kids whose parents were Greek gods or any important part of Greek mythology. His two friends, Annabeth who was the daughter of Athena who was the Greek goddess of wisdom and battle strategy, and Grover who was a Satyr ( Half Goat). Together they went on a quest to retrieve the Lightning Bolt From Hades (God of the Underworld), and to get his mother, who Hades had taken. However, Percy had the Lightning Bolt all along. Percy ended up getting his mother out of the Underworld and returning the Lightning Bolt safely to Zeus. We are very excited to continue reading the rest of the books in the series.
By: Sherlyn and Tyler
Ancient Egypt Projects
We previously finished a pyramid project. We had to pick a pharaoh that once ruled over Egypt. Then we proceeded to construct a pyramid model. On one side there had to be a point of view from each social class and on the other sides we had to draw a picture of the pharaoh we chose and information about them. For our other project, we chose a topic we wanted to present on. From there, we came up with questions to put in the slides. Once we finished our slides, we presented in front of our classmates.
By: Huciel