Three interesting facts

Important facts about Mesopotamia:

1. The traders of Mesopotamia traveled on boats called guffa.
2. The city states of Mesopotamia were very dependent on their scribes.
3. Scribes recorded many things such as; what crops were grown, how many animals were born and how many died, and what each citizen paid in taxes.

Ziggurat Due Friday Dec. 3
Tablet Due Dec. 10
Poster Due Dec. 17
Mesopotamia Madness Due Dec. 10
HHT Due Monday

HHT November.29

Computer passwords and entire emails from household areas Britain have been copied by Google-that internet search giant and it is an amazing privacy breach.
Kate Middleton will marry Prince William on April.29 2011.
Brandon High school rodeo took place in Brandon October.22 2010 Gord Brandford had a fun concert.
Bj recently got a new puppy a male Rottweiler about 6 months old named Thor.
Montreal Alouettes defeat Saskatchewan Roughriders to clinch the Grey cup on Sunday 21-18.
A hotel in Playa De Carman Mexico blew up recently they believe the explosion is due to a gas leak. 5 Canadians died and 7 were injured.
Scientists are researching how to turn skin cells into blood cells.
November.8 was the 115th anniversary of Xrays.
Wed November 24 CCA finals in Regina. During 40th anniversary of CWA Agribition BP rode. 1 out of 5 and finished 4th out of 6!
Today is SP Grandpa's last chemo treatment!
November 8 Justin Timberlake opened a restaurant!

Homework

Ziggurats due Friday December.3 Tablets due December. 10 Poster due December.17
Mesopatamians invented the calender.
They were the first civilization to write down their laws and stories.
The women wore makeup.

On Friday Justin Bieber's My Worlds Acoustic CD came out and it features his new song Pray! For every CD he sells he is going to donate half of the money to the children s hospital!

Nov.26

Mesopotamia Facts: They made the plow, for easier farming.
Had boats called Guffas, only disadvantage was it could not travel up stream.
First Civilization to write down their stories.



Homework: Mesopotamia Questions Due Monday
Ziggurat Due Dec.3
Tablets due Dec.10
Poster's due Dec.17
Mesopotamia Madness on Dec.10.

29 days till CHRISTMAS!

Go Riders Go!!!

Three interesting facts about Mesopotamia:
1:Sumerians worshiped about 3000 gods
2:They developed engineering skills
3:Developed a numbering system

Homework assignment for November 16

• Test completely corrected for Wednesday Nov. 17

Three interesting facts

• Sumerians were buried underneath there beds when they died.
• The Upper class were the only Sumerians to eat meat.
• Sumerians used a wheel to make pottery and used it for transportation.
  

HHT November 15

• Definitions due Nov. 22
• Everyday Gr. 8's will start to answer three questions when they blog. BE READY!!!!!
• Have corrected test ready for Wednesday
  

HHT November 1 2010

• An eruption of a volcano in Indonesia caused a major off shore earthquake. As a result of the earthquake a tsunami hit the islands and over 500 deaths have been reported.
• Curling season has started for Marc and his family.
  
• Graham James has returned to Canada to face charges by Theron Fluery.
• KJ and Laura are in Cancun, reports say a hurricane is heading that way.
• Farm Effects on 101.1 (contest) is over.
• Last Wednesday we had our S.S. test.
• Scientists have produced a small scale version of a human liver.
• Hedley is making a movie about their career.
• Bin Laudin is sending death threats to France due to the banning of wearing burkas in public.
• The Giants won against the Rangers.
• The Sask. Roughriders lost the 4th game in a row!!!! :), it was 2003 when they last lost 5 straight games in a row.