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No sabemos mucha información de las líneas de Nazca. Sabemos un poco información. Las líneas de Nazca están en el desierto del sur de Perú. Hacer un viaje al desierto de Nazca, tú tienes que hacer un viaje en un avión a ver las líneas. Las figuras son de aves, peces, perros, serpientes, floras, gente, y muchos otros animales. Las figuras son muy grandes. Se desconoce exactemente cuántos años las líneas tienen. La gente de Nazca empujó rocas aparte para forma las líneas. Las líneas son excelentes y muy bonitas.

In Social Studies class, after learning about the Romans we studied the Germans. When we finished learning about the Germans our teacher asked us to write an essay comparing the differences between the Romans and Germans. This is the Essay I wrote:

Have you ever wondered what the difference between a Roman and a German was long ago? German is what we call the several Germanic tribes with similar beliefs. They migrated south, into what was the Western Roman Empire, because of climate change in the north. The Germans were very dirty agricultural people that the Romans got along with half the time. The Romans and the Germans were very different from each other in many ways. A few of the reasons they were different is because of their ways of life, their army's and their laws and government. This essay will explore some differences between the Romans and the Germans.
The German way of life was simple. They lived in small villages. Romans lived in cities. Germans lived in small huts with their animals on the opposite side of the living side to keep their houses warm, unlike the Romans that had separate farms for their animals. The Romans had farmers and their families work on the farms to provide food for the empire. The Germans were very agricultural. The Romans, however, were a trade empire and Rome depended on cities and other empires such as India and China for spices and silk. Also Germanic men wore trousers, which were pants and Roman men wore tunics, which were robe garments. Over all Germans were farmers and Romans were traders.
Germanic armies were separated into clans based on family history. The leader of their army was called a Chieftain. The Chieftain’s job was to keep peace and had complete loyalty. They became a Chieftain by fighting well; over time becoming a chieftain became hereditary. The clans fought in Warrior Bands, which had no fixed plans and raided other armies and territories often. The Germans had great love for war because of their gods. Their gods were very war like; they to fight and hunt. The Roman army was the complete opposite. The Roman army was broken into legions, which was random, and their leader was a General that fought well and kept his army disciplined. The Roman army was very well disciplined and always had a fixed plan for attack.
Germans believed that the people should run the government. Romans believed that one person should run the government and that law came from the emperor. There were Germanic Kings, but most of the laws were passed down from ancestors. The only way for a King to change or add a law is if the people approve of it first. There were no written laws because all laws were passed down from parent to child. Romans had an Emperor that was their leader. The emperor made and changed laws. They also had all of their laws written down; an example is the Twelve Tablets.
Germanic people and Roman people were very different. They had different views of life; the Romans were a trade empire and the Germans were an agricultural empire. The Germans believed that the people should run the government and the Romans believed that an emperor should run the government. The Roman army was very strategic and disciplined while the German army was very disorganized and based on family ties.

In social studies class we wrote fictional journals from a Roman Gladiators point of view. We researched Roman daily life, what life was like for a Gladiator, and the Colosseum.

Here is an excerpt from the journal:

This is the lost journal of Maximus. Archaeologists found his journal in a small hole in a wall while they we renovating an ancient apartment building in Rome. The first “gladiators” were slaves that fought at funerals in honor of their Masters memory. The fights were staged by the wealthy to display power. In the Colosseum the number of gladiators was a key attraction because more gladiators meant a larger, more spectacular show.

Maximus was a Murmillo gladiator. A Murmillo was known as a, “fish-fighter,” because they had a fish on their helmet. The Murmillo was heavily armed with a large boot over their left leg to protect it from their opponent’s sword, a large shield, a dagger, and a leather belt. The most common opponents of the Murmillo were the Thraex and the Hoplomachus.

Before Maximus was a gladiator he was a poor son of a farmer. When he was 12 and his education ended he worked on his family’s farm with his three surviving brothers, until his parents died of malaria and they he lost the farm because the taxes were too high for them to pay.

Maximus and his oldest brother, Valerius, decided to become gladiators, while their younger two brothers joined the military. Once Maximus and Valerius took an oath to start training they practically became slaves. Maximus fought for almost two years. Valerius, a Retiarious, however only fought for two fights before being killed.

When a man takes the oath to become a gladiator he is promising to be a loyal gladiator. Maximus said that his older brother Valerius was becoming a Retiarious. A Retiarious was lightly armed, there for they were the most vulnerable gladiators. They had “fishermen” armor, wearing left arm and shoulder protection, no head protection and carried a net, dagger, and trident.

*I researched the Battle of Thermopylae for my Prezi.

*My group did divide the work easily. I was responsible for researching the 5 W's of the Battle of Thermopylae, (Who, What/Why, Where and When)

*I found the information for my project on Edline and websites that were reliable, (.org's, .edu's and .gov's).

Dear Mom,

We have just completed module one in our math books. We did a lot of graphing and tables, algebra, probability and order of operations. I really want you to know more about what we learned so I will tell you.

Graphing was the first section in the module. We learned how to analyze a graph and how to choose the right graph for each set of data. We also learned what a frequency table was and how to use it.

The second section was algebra and patterns. We learned how to predict the nth term in a pattern by coming up with an equation, (T=n). Also we learned that algebra isn't as big, bad, and scary as we thought.

We spent a few weeks on probability and did some really fun experiments. Our math teacher went around and had each of us pick a cube out of a bag and tally what color. We did individual projects too, for mine I put a dice in a mug and picked the dice out. What ever number my thumb was on was the number I tallied. Probability was my second favorite module.

To wrap up the unit we revisited the order of operations. The order is, parentheses, exponents, multiplication and division, and addition and subtraction, or P.E.M.D.A.S. To help us remember the order we say, Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally. If you don't know what exponents are the are a number with a little number in the corner which stands for how many times you multiply the number by its self, for example, 2^2.

Love,

Your Daughter

Look closely at your eye or a friend's eye. Did you know that your cornea protects your pupil and iris or that your pupil is a 'hole' in your eye?