Notes - English Settler

Today Mr. Schick switch our seats. I was not excited at all since he moves me to the left seat of my original seat. Later we took notes about English settler and watched a ten minute long video about the relationship between native indians and settler. The video is too long for me to keep full attention though.

Below are notes taken today

• 10 years after Spain - English bean to settle North America
• They formed Joint-stock companies for sharing profit and risk
• Jamestown - First English Settlement - Name after King James
• Problems they encountered are: Swamp land, unable to grow crops, Not much fresh water, settler dying from hunger and disease. 
• James Smith asked for assistance from Native Indians
• The relationship between the settler and the natives start deteriorating after James Smith left. 

Notes - General Review

Today Mr. Schick use a PPT instead of writing notes on the board in order to not raise up that screen anymore. We review about the notes from this and last week and talk about some pictures on the PPT. Also Mr. Schick complained about Los Angeles for heavy traffic and dirty environment. I totally agree with it since that is what exactly happened in China. The government keep developing the city even though it ends up not as comfortable as before.

Note - French Settler

At the beginning of the class

Mr. Schick show us how to shake hands

He finally raise the curtain within one try :D

Like a hero winning and crying

And then he asks us what time do we go to bed

He was shock by how late we go to sleep

Then we discussed about French settler - Jacque  Carter

Who is nice and love these native guys

By trading them with furs and fish

They get along well and make the land flourish 

He then ask us for voting for quiz

Half yes, half no.

Ryan took over Robert in Rock paper scissor

No quiz than and we work on our homework until class over. 

Note - French Settler

At the beginning of the class

Mr. Schick show us how to shake hands

He finally raise the curtain within one try :D

Like a hero winning and crying

And then he asks us what time do we go to bed

He was shock by how late we go to sleep

Then we discussed about French settler - Jacque  Carter

Who is nice and love these native guys

By trading them with furs and fish

They get along well and make the land flourish 

He then ask us for voting for quiz

Half yes, half no.

Ryan took over Robert in Rock paper scissor

No quiz than and we work on our homework until class over. 

Notes - Other explorers

During the class period, we discussed about some other early explorers from Europe to America. In general, most of them are inhumane in treating natives. Below are notes took from class

• Francisco Pizarro - Conquered Incas which inhabited in South America
• Juan Ponce de leon - Believed in the Fountain of Youth in Florida (Florida means "Full of flowers"
• Francisco de cononado - West US
• Catholic priest set up missions to teach their religion to natives. Basically they are tying to convert indigenous people to Catholic.
• Natives worked as slaves in silver mines. There is still a large demand in labor - More slaves brought in from Africa - These people are HORRIBLE :(
• Triangular slave trading system: European brought supplies and good to Africa - Slaves are brought into America from Africa - Gold, silver, and other goods are brought back to Europe

Note - Hernan Cortes

Today our main topic is a man called Hernan Cortes, who is both a great conquer and mass murder. 

• He was bored in 1485 in a noble family and went to Mexico in 1519 for conquering Aztecs and seizing gold and silver.  
• The Aztecs are extremely outgunned agains Hernan Cortes' troop and become eradicated quickly with cannons, horses, and diseases in 1521
• Early European people lived in a very filthy environment and grew immunity for deadly diseases, while Aztecs was lived in a fairly clean city and thus very susceptible from those diseases. 
• Hernan Cortes first destination was Cuba. He burned his ship immediately after arrival to prevent his people from escaping and force them to follow him. 

Test Review

Today we did a test review on the chapter 1 test. I got a 100 on it and was very delightful. Mr. Schick let us read and answer the question one by one. It was a fun time since everyone is pretty much fully engaged and doing great in answering questions. Mr. Schick actually had a list about what questions we got wrong, which provide us a comprehensive view about the overall difficulty of the test.

Test - EASY

The test today was very simple for me and i spend 15 minute complete it.

After the test Mr. Schick assigned us to read Pg 20 - 25 and answer the review questions

1. Spanish treat Native American poorly by enslaving and providing a miserable working condition. French get along well with American by trading.

2. Spain: For collecting treasures such gold and silver
    French: For trading

3. The desire of obtaining large amount of resource.

4.  a - He wants to claim a new land for his country.
     b - He wants to discover more resource and bring them back to his hometown
     c - He finds enjoyment in enslaving Native American and seeing them being tortured.
   
   
 

Review game

Today Mr. Schick discussed about the test questions that made by us yesterday. He pick three out of nine questions from everyone. It was a fun time since a lot of questions are very interesting. My favorites are Ryan's Shabi question and Suky's question. Our test will be on next Monday and I hope the difficulty will be fair enough for us :D

Test question

1. What was the time when the glaciers between Asia and North America start melting?  

A - About 100,000 years ago  B - About 8,000 years ago  C- About 10,000 years ago  D - About 7,000 years ago

     2.  In which location does Maya settles? 

A - Mexico  B - Rainforest  C - South Africa   D - China

     3 . Which following civilization is the oldest?

A - The Olmecs  B - The Maya  C - The Aztecs  D - The Incas

     4.  Why Europeans doesn't trade much in ancient time?

A - They don't have any valuable goods for trading 

B - There is a war going on all around the Europe  

C - People rarely travel far from their house  

D - The climate is too harsh to go anywhere 

     5.  Which following statement about Marco Polo is inaccurate? 

A - He is an Italian explorer who is famous for traveling to Asia. 

B - He spent 40 years in China and wrote a book about his exotic experience.
C - His adventure story had attracted many Europeans and motivated them to find a shortcut to Asia. 

D - Some people consider Marco Polo as a fraud who made up his story about Asia instead of actually travel to Asia. 

      6.  Will you be friend with a Viking stranger back in ancient time?

A - Yes! They are so nice and humorous!

B - Absolutely! I love their cute warrior costumes and the toy weapons!

C - Probably not, since they are too stupid to be friend with.

D - Noooooooo! Looks like they are going to kill me and take everything away!

     7.  Which one of the following is NOT belong to three Africa empires during the years from 1000 to 1600?

A - Melo

B - Songhai

C - Mali

D - Ghana

    8.  What is the real name of the native American people first discovered by Christopher Columbus

A - Indians
B - Arawak
C - Etruscan
D - Latin

    9.  Which one of the following is NOT a reason contribute to the sharp decrease in the population of Native American?

A - Enslavement
B - European diseases
C - Battle with foreigner
D - Civil war





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Sep 14 - HW review, Columbus

During the first mod of the class, Mr. Schick told us to introduce our National Anthem and sing it. Me and my Chinese fellow had sing our Chinese National Anthem and i felt really happy since i haven't sing that song for almost a year. Later when we are reviewing our homework, Mr. Schick vividly demonstrate us how scary and cruel the Viking is by showing us their picture and a metal song from a band call "Led Zeppelin", which favors me a lot. After that Robert had volunteer to be our teacher in reviewing homework. It was fun to have him to talk about his history and answering our questions. In the end, Mr. Schick revealed us the dark side of Christopher  Columbus, which is very surprising for us.

Sep 12. Section 2 - European Explore New Route

In the last mod of class we talked about the Europeans explore the new route to Asia in order to make money from trading. Below are some of the notes

• Europeans were lived in small villages and weren't doing much trading
• Vikings are Scandinavian navigators who once traveled to Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland and Cape Cod. Later they returned since the weather is too cold and they didn't get along with native people.
• Marco Polo - Italian who travelled to China for trading
• Sailors and navigators are tried to find a shortcut to Asia
• Most of people in Euro thought Earth was flat

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This is the shortest Blog that i had even written.

Today Mr Schick checked our blog and let us do the work for other class.

At the beginning of the class Mr. Schick gave us a "present" a workbook and i guess everybody is kind of surprise and "happy". Later we review the material that covered last weekend and spend 20 minute in fill the blank in the workbook. Below are the note for today

Nomad - a person who constantly travel for food

Glacier - a HUGE sheet of moving ice

Glacier starts melt at about 10,000 years ago

After a week with our substitute teacher, we finally met Mr. Schick today and had a great time during the first class. In the beginning, we are asked to send our blog address to Mr. Schick and later he told us the purpose of having us write a blog every day--for refreshing memory and preparing test. Also we talk about the reason of handwriting note in class--for helping us to memorize better as well. At the end of the class we discuss Nomads and Mr. Schick demonstrate us the process of how civilization is form-moving for food, to settle down and the specific division of labor. It is hilarious to see Mr. Schick show us how Nomad hunts by pretending as one of the Nomad people. In general today was a awesome start of the yearlong class and i am looking forward to have a enjoyable and productive time in the US history class.

1. What did students learn in Prince Henry's school - Sea navigation

2. What did Columbus hope to find on his voyage - A shortcut to Asia

3. Why do you think early explorers studies astronomy and geography? - To predict the weather condition on the ocean and to find out the direction of the fleet.

4. You are a sailor on one of Columbus's ships. Write a journal entry about the day you first saw land - After a long journey on the Pinta, we finally saw our destination--Asia this morning. Every member of the fleet cheers as the ship approaching to the edge of the Asia. Finally all of our effort is paid off. The goal of our captain Columbus is right in front of us and the burden on my heart suddenly drops since we traveled in right direction and discovered a new route to Asia.

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1. How did the Vikings arrive in America? - By sailing

2. Why were some European traders interesting in Marco Polo's adventures? - They are interested in     Marco Polo's story since there are many new thing such as foods and treasures.

3. If you lived during Marco Polo's time, would you believe his stories about China? Why or why not? - I will believe his story since it affect a large number of Europeans and encourage them to explore Asia.

4. You are Viking navigator. Write an entry in your journal describing why you are risking sailing across the Atlantic Ocean. - Royster, the chief navigator of the IX Viking fleets, is standing on the forefront of the ship and recalling about why he decide to undertake the risky burden of exploring a unknown land. As the memories of events occurred in his hometown pass though his mind, such as  farming land in Europe is diminishing,  trading opportunity is decreasing, he finally make up his mind to leave his wife and three children and become the leading navigator for the prosperity of Viking.