VOCAB
POSTED BY Brett on 9:12 PM under
today in socials I learned some new vocabulary. Some of the words I learned about are franchise which means to have the right to vote. Another is revolution. It means a complete change in something; overthrow royalty. i learned locomotive. It is a steam powered train that was used during the industrial revolution. It still is used now though anyway thats bascially what we did today. so yeah

Agricultural Advances
POSTED BY Brett on 12:10 PM under
Today in socials I learned about agricultural technological advances. I learned that farmers made new breeds of cattle. They did this mostly to make more meat, milk or wool. The animals made more money that way but during the winter. the new animals which were bigger needed much more food which in turn made them much more expensive to take care of which put the farmers in a money crunch. I also learned about pioneers in the agricultural field. They were Jethro Tull and Lord Townshend. They both devoted their lives to the field of agriculture. In doing so made farming much more bearable. Jethro Tull made the seed drill which did all the jobs which workers needed to do in order to plant a seed. The seed drill put 3 or 4 people out of work per each machine. He also invented fertilizer. Lord Townshend also known as Turnip Townshend was known for creating the 4 crop rotation. Thats what I learned in socials today.

Old Mcdonald Had A Farm
POSTED BY Brett on 9:01 PM under

Today in socials I learned about farming in the industrial revolution. I learned what strip farming was. Its when you have different strips of crops spread out through one big field. Strip farming was turned into enclosed farming which made it private land. I also learned about how common land ( free land in villages ) was enclosed and sold back to people by the government. Also today in socials we talked about how farming "became more mechanized" through its growth of different animal species and machines. I also learned that farming started to become more business oriented rather than family oriented. Well thats what I learned in socials today.

Six Points of the industrial revolution
POSTED BY Brett on 3:10 PM under

Today in socials I learned about the six points which were essential to the industrial revolution.
1. Raw materials 
2. Transportation
3. Technology
4. Pro business
5. Labor Supply
6. Capital

Raw materials was important because the materials were used to make things. Transportation was important to companies because it helped get good to people quicker.
Technology was important because it was the building blocks for new inventions and scientific discoveries and advances. Pro business I don't exactly know what it did for the industrial revolution but I know it was important. Labor supply was important because factories needed to make things and thing were made by people who wanted to work or needed to work. Capital was important because it made new business possible and created new jobs for out of work farmers who lost there jobs due to advancements in farming technology.

Story Time
POSTED BY Brett on 4:04 PM under

Today in Socials we had to write stories for different parts of the revolution. Some of those parts were the Fall of Bastille, Elected General, Paris and the King and the Great Fear. We had to write from a person in 17th France's point of view. My group chose a soldiers who was sent to defend Bastille from the mob but ended up joining in. After we did that activity we moved on to more notes and power points and talk about the abolishing of the monarchy by sending Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to the guillotine, the two main political party's of France. The Girondists, which were the more conservative party and the Jacobins which were very radical and out there with there ideas. I learned about how the Jacobins came to power after a power struggle with the Girondists. I learned about the Jacobins Suspect Law which stated that all nobles and people who held office could be arrested and killed. Well I thinks that's where we left off for today so see ya. :)

Do Not Add Any More Knowledge...Brain is Full
POSTED BY Brett on 4:57 PM under

Today in socials I learned a lot. We talked about the almost end of the French revolution. I learned about how a huge group of rioters invaded Bastille. The rioters wanted to free political prisoners. Political prisoners are people who had different political view as the king. Anyway the when the rioters invaded Bastille the king sent troops to stop the mob but the troops joined in and helped decapitate the Governor of Bastille. We also talked about the Elected General. The elected general is a group of representatives that talk with the king. Its kinda like the people Parliament. The Elected General is made up of the clergy, the aristocrats, and the middle class. I also learned about the march of the Parisian to Versailles to get the king and queen to see the condition of Paris. When the women marched the were joined by many followers and stormed in to the palace and demanded and made the king and queen go to Paris. I also learned about how the Elected General abolished feudal rights and privileges and also got rid of serfdom. I also learned that peasant burned down aristocrats house's. The peasents barged into the houses then torn down and destroyed all the documents that made them belong to their lord. Well thats most of what I learned in socials today.


Quiz day Again.
POSTED BY Brett on 5:00 PM under

Today in socials Hannigan showed us is website for socials. It had all his a power points on there to help us study for test or something. WOOHOO!!! thank you Hannigan. We also had a quiz on what we learned so far in the France unit. After the quiz we did an exercise on Montesquieu, Voltaire and Rousseau. They were different philosophes who had different ideas. We had to make a compare and contrast chart. Well that's what we did in socials today.

Family Feud
POSTED BY Brett on 4:55 PM under

Today in socials we played family feud. First we had to make questions for family feud then we played. Usually the questions were like "who did Louis XVI marry" or "Where was Louis XIV's palace." The winning team won a platter of healthy food. Boo bring on the junk food. Anyway the point of that was to help study for the quiz on Monday. That's what we did in socials today.

All the Generations of Louis
POSTED BY Brett on 4:33 PM under

Today in socials about the Louis after Louis XIV. We mostly talked about Louis XVI because Louis XV didn't so much in french society. Louis XVI did the same things as his dad. He really pissed off the people when he married Marie Antoinette. The reason it pissed off the french people so much was because she was from Austria. Austria was a rival country to France. So there' our first alarm. Our second alarm was when Marie bought a diamond necklace worth more than all of France's annual income. Also when Marie first cam to France she didn't even change to not piss off the french. Well that's what we did in socials today.

Louis XIV
POSTED BY Brett on 3:54 PM under

Today in socials we talked more about Louis XIV. We learned to that he made all his nobles take ballet lessons so they won't embarrass him by not being graceful. We had ballet demonstrated to us by Marcy Mills and Matthew Cluff. We also talked about his palace in Versailles where him and his nobles lived. We learned that Louis favourite nobles joined him in the Royal Getting Up, the Royal Breakfast, The Royal Lunch, The Royal Dinner and the Royal going to bed. We also talked about how crappy he made Frances Economy. Well that's what we learned in socials today.

Can You Say French Fries
POSTED BY Brett on 7:40 PM under

Today in Socials we started talking about the French revolution. We learned that French society was backwards by the way they do things compared to England. They still used the feudal
system. France's economy was in a downward spiral under the "leadership" of King Louis XIV. We learned about the different classes of 17th century France. We learned Upper Class, the Bourgeoisie or middle class of France at that time and the lower class. We talked about what grew in France and who grew what. Well that's what we learned in socials today.

Test Time
POSTED BY Brett on 7:28 PM under

Today in Socials we had our test on 17th century England. I thought it would be harder. I'm happy it wasn't though because I'm not sure how well did. I made a few bonehead mistakes. One of them was name the leaders form first to last. The choices were: James I, Charles I, Queen Elizabeth, Charles II, James II, Oliver Cromwell and William and Mary of Orange. I should have got that one. The answer was obviously Queen Elizabeth and I put James I. So that's what we did in socials today.

One Tasty Game of Jeopardy
POSTED BY Brett on 7:10 PM under

In socials today we did more studying for our test on 17th century England. In second block we played a class game of Jeopardy to help us study. I was score keeper and team picker. It was awesome I had the power. Mr. Hannigan and I ate timbits every time the class wouldnt shut up. Even though I pissed a few people off it was still lots of fun...At least for me. ;)