Wednesday, April 24, 2013
In class yesterday we broke up into three groups and rotated through stations about life on the prairie. The first station my group was in was the sod house. It was pretty small, and we had to plan where everything would go. We put the fireplace in the wall opposite the door, and the water pump diagonally across from that. Next to the fire was where we decided we'd sleep, and we'd have a small table and chair in front of the fire for eating. All of our stuff would be stored in little cubbies we could dig out of the walls, and the bathroom was outside. The next station involved sitting still for a minute, because that's how long you had to stand still for a picture, and at the last station you had to smell wet sod so you'd know what your house would smell like.
I have to say, it wasn't that bad. I don't mind a tight living space, and I'd most likely be spending more time outside than inside if I lived on the prairie anyway. I like smaller, dark spaces like that. As for sitting still for a minute, that wasn't so bad either. It was just a matter of trying not to twitch. I can, however, understand why people in old pictures didn't smile. And the smell wasn't that bad either. Not something I'd want my Febreeze to smell like, but definitely something I wouldn't mind, especially since I'd most likely be used to it. So, I think I could have made it on the prairie. Well, at least as far as willpower goes, I have no idea about farming.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
Classroom Post
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2013
I don't know if we had to blog for today, but I will. We had our first 16% time today, and we started to look at the different badges we could earn on the Smithsonian website. I think I'm going to go for the Arts Advocate badge. It's all about water for some reason, but I really don't care. I'm kind of excited to start it actually, it's going to be fun. The first quest is making a representation of a satellite picture, which I'll have to do at home, but I'll get to use my water color paints for the first time. The next quest is writing as song about water. I definitely wont be able to write my own tune, but instead of just writing it to a pop song, I'm going to take an old choral piece from Women's choir and rewrite the words to the parts, and then see if I can get a few people to sing it through with me to record it. The last quest is to make up an invention to help solve a water problem, and I have no idea what to do for that one yet. I'm sure something will come to me.
I don't know if we had to blog for today, but I will. We had our first 16% time today, and we started to look at the different badges we could earn on the Smithsonian website. I think I'm going to go for the Arts Advocate badge. It's all about water for some reason, but I really don't care. I'm kind of excited to start it actually, it's going to be fun. The first quest is making a representation of a satellite picture, which I'll have to do at home, but I'll get to use my water color paints for the first time. The next quest is writing as song about water. I definitely wont be able to write my own tune, but instead of just writing it to a pop song, I'm going to take an old choral piece from Women's choir and rewrite the words to the parts, and then see if I can get a few people to sing it through with me to record it. The last quest is to make up an invention to help solve a water problem, and I have no idea what to do for that one yet. I'm sure something will come to me.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Classroom Post
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
Today in class we preformed quick skits about what people must have thought about traveling west. We had to answer questions like "would just young men be going?", "what's out west?", and "would we go?" All the skits were pretty diverse about the answers, but it all points to one thing: no one knew anything about the west, and those who were going out there were only going in hope of farming. I think I would have traveled out west. The promise of free, open land, a new start, opportunities, a chance to get rich, and also I've kinda of always wanted to live in a place like the prairie. I think it stems from too much "Little House on the Prairie," both the books and television show, as a child. Anyway, people seemed to know nothing except that they hoped for a good life out west.
Today in class we preformed quick skits about what people must have thought about traveling west. We had to answer questions like "would just young men be going?", "what's out west?", and "would we go?" All the skits were pretty diverse about the answers, but it all points to one thing: no one knew anything about the west, and those who were going out there were only going in hope of farming. I think I would have traveled out west. The promise of free, open land, a new start, opportunities, a chance to get rich, and also I've kinda of always wanted to live in a place like the prairie. I think it stems from too much "Little House on the Prairie," both the books and television show, as a child. Anyway, people seemed to know nothing except that they hoped for a good life out west.
Monday, April 1, 2013
Classroom Post
Monday, April 1st, 2013
Today in class we had a debate about what was the primary cause behind the war of 1812. The debate wasn't too much fun, seeing as it was less of an argument of points and more on four different statements and a final decision. In the end, I an a few other people stuck with my original group, which believed that the Orders in Council were the primary cause behind the war. But before the debate, I thought the Orders were the ONLY good reason, but after hearing about the incitement issues, I think they had a lot to do with it as well. Hearing it explained out loud made way more sense then the thing in the power point video thingy.
Today in class we had a debate about what was the primary cause behind the war of 1812. The debate wasn't too much fun, seeing as it was less of an argument of points and more on four different statements and a final decision. In the end, I an a few other people stuck with my original group, which believed that the Orders in Council were the primary cause behind the war. But before the debate, I thought the Orders were the ONLY good reason, but after hearing about the incitement issues, I think they had a lot to do with it as well. Hearing it explained out loud made way more sense then the thing in the power point video thingy.
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