bellringer 4-25-12

Transportaion made it faster to communicate with other places. It made it easier to get things places, and also to communicate faster. In these factories it was to expensive to pay the men, so they trained children and women to work these machines. When machines became more and more advanced, more of a product could be produced. The machines became more automatic, so it was less complicated for people to work. The working conditions weren't very good for children. There were many injuries and some deaths, mostly in the younger group of workers.  Machines kept building on and on to each other to create more and more machines.

bellringer 2-24-12

First of all, I think video games are stupid! And I don't think that a video game could train you to shoot people. I mean they may influence you a little bit, but not enough to shoot 77 people.

Belringer 4-11

I don't think it's a super big deal that the man said those comments about the Cubians. I mean it was rude, but I don't think the people should of reacted the way they did. They didn't need to plan to storm the field and everything.

Bellringer 4-16

I think the most invention would be the printing press, because without it we would still have to hand write books and write letters or notes. It would take extremley long and a lot of work. With it, it has made all of that much much easier.

resolution due- 26th 7th period
ranked resolutions- 27th not 30th
mock un- 2,3,4,8,10

Model UN Project

Find a problem with your country (more of a world-wide problem)

write a resolution- 20-25 lines

********the un.org********

resolution-1st what is the problem 2nd how your going to fix it

 you can ask a question, comment or admenment (change)

to ask a question you say "will the author yield to a question"



to make a comment you say "venezuel speaks out (either) in favor (or) in oposision"

to say an amendment say "may venezuel propose an amendment"

you must speak 15 times to get full credit(doesn't count when mcnaboe calls on you)



Bellringer 4-12

4-12
I could not live without the sewing machine, because i would not have any clothes and it would be horrible. We would have some clothes, but they would have to be hand made. It would take forever to make them.

The revolution in agriculture quickly pushed it in industry revoltuion. Agrariansociety-argricultre society. Facorties have become huge in the world of industry. Facorties made production faster. Macines are much simplier than makeing-things by hand. There is not very much training in doing this. Pay is not on how much we make but how long we work. Not production pay but hourly work pay. Men use to be the only ones working but now woman and children do also. They have the same exact skills men have. They want kids and woman working because you can oay them less. They work cheaper. Society is changing so quickly because technology.

Gang Plow- It had 12-14 blades. It was created by Jonh Deer. It helped farming by have more than one plow.

Cast Iron Plow- People first believed it would poison the soil. It was made of metal instead of wood. The blades were changable, so you wouldn't have to replace the whole thing.

Flying Shuttle- It made weaving easier. It was made by John Kay. It was patented in 1733.

Mold Board Plow- It flipped the soil over. It put the more nutrietious soil on top. It was invented by the Chinese.

Corn Picker- It was invented because the lack of workers. It would be pulled over the corn and picked the corn. It peeled the corn and pulled it off the stalks.

Grain Elavator- It scoops up the grain. It is a tower containing a bucket elavator. It uses gravity to deposit grain.

Combine- It was built to make producing crops easier. It was invented in the United States. They were drawn by mules or horses.

Cotton Gin- It removes small seeds from cotton. It was used to quickly seperate cotton. It replaced doing it by hand.

Spring-Tooth Harrow

           A spring-tooth harrow or drag harrow more specifically refers to a largely outdated type of soil cultivation implement that is used to smooth the ground as well as loosen it after it has been plowed and packed. It uses many flexible iron teeth usually arranged into three rows. It has no hydraulic functionality and has to be raised and adjusted with one or multiple manual levers. It is a largely outdated piece of farm equipment, having been replaced by more modern disc harrows and deeper, stiff-toothed rippers, however, smaller farmers still use them.

          It was invented by David L. Garver in 1869. It was created because soil was quite rocky, so the spring-tooth harrow was a machine that dug the rocks out or derockatized the ground. This machine made it easier on the farmer to work. It helped to produce more product and was faster. It also helpegetting to the market quicker and getting more of the supply there. It gave the ground better nutrients and easier to plant things.

The Agricultural and Industrial Revolution

Subsistance farming- growing only what your family needs.
Enclosure movement- starting fencing all the common ground off
Common ground- land owned by everyone
Small families had farms taken and given to larger families in the enclosure movement
Tenant farmers
Those who couldnt be tenant farmers were forced to move
A man named Jethroh Toll was concerned about the amount of seed wasted by hand seeding, so he invented the seed drill, which made it more efficient to plant seed and plant in straight rows, made harvest easier and more efficient
crop rotation-  rotating the crops in the land you plant them in, because each crop requires a different nuetrients
-they continue to make advancements. they go from a wooden plow to a medal plow
-they created an interchangable plow, replaceable blades
-now larger populations in the cities, to find work, there is no work right now but soon there will be.
-Great Britain because of factors of productions is now the leader of production in europe because of natural resourses, the 2 top in great britian -iron ore, and coal
-the three factors of production-land, natural resourses and labor
-Great Britian also has water and rivers-power/energy, transportation
textile industry/clothing
-were made by hand, long time
-mechanization of things, mechanics
-they are now making things with machiness, they created a machine that can make clothes by almost 100,000 times faster
-the factory system now comes into play, we are now going into a age when people can man these machines for a flat rate a day and continue to pump out all these textiles.
-the steam engine has finally been created, now ways to power factories and boats and locomotives, travel time has been cut well over 1/2, and our communication is quicker

4 page newspaper

3 news articles-300-350 words each, solid facts, who what when where why and how

4 feature articles-fact based but not as timely as news articles, 275-325 words

2 editorials-only article with your opinion but it needs facts, 350-400 words

5 pictures with captions

3 charts/graphs

name the newspaper, something catchy

1 news article-911
2 featured articles- dinasaurs making a come back, global warming
1 editorial-30 students killed in Blacksburg Virginia
3 pictures
2 charts

Aretmisia Gentileschi
-introduced to painting in her fathers workshop
-she was raped
-she was praised and made-fun of
-she suffered neglect
-most important woman painter of early modern Europe
-painted pictures of strong woman including a self portrait*

Sr. Thomas More
-english lawyer, author
-important counciler to henry 8th
-wrote utopia

Martin Luther
-born into srict german-catholic family
-wrote the 95 theses
-he rebelled

Prince Henry of Portugual
-thrid child of King Jonh
-established a center of navigation and exploration

Miguel Decervantes
-born in 1547
-spanish novelist poret and playwriter
-wrote the book Donquixode

Filippo Brunelleschi
-formulated techniques for lifting things
-built the church of san
-designed a built a dome for the florence Cathedral

Ambrose Pare
-french surgeon
-great offical royal surgeon
- leader in surgical techniques
-1st to use bandages*

Pieter Brueghel
-nicked bruegel the peasant
-painted the peasnt dance a painting that relies on detail and realism*

Niccolo Machiavelli
-wrote a book called the Prince*

Leonardo Da Vinci
-invented and sketched early tanks and cars*

Nicolaus Copernicus
-published the therory the Earthy was not th ecenter of the universe*

Louise Labe

Louise Labé, (c. 1520 or 1522, Lyon – April 25, 1566, Parcieux), also identified as La Belle Cordière, (The Beautiful Ropemaker), was a female French poet of the Renaissance, born at Lyon, the daughter of a rich ropemaker, Pierre Charly, and his second wife, Etiennette Roybet.

Louise Labe was born in the early 1520s to a prosperous rope-maker, a member of the Lyon bourgeoisie. Her mother died when Labe was a child; her father had her educated in languages as well as in music, and she tells us that she also learned to ride and fence. She was married in her early 20s to another rope-maker, some 30 years older than she. It was apparently after her marriage that she began to participate in the literary circles of Lyon, which at the time challenged Paris as a cosmopolitan center and which allowed the bourgeoisie greater participation in cultural life than did the capital.

In 1555 Euvres de Louize Labe Lionnoize was published in Lyon: it contained a prose dedicatory epistle to a local noblewoman, a prose Debat de Folie et d'Amour, 24 sonnets (the first in Italian), and three elegies; the work concluded with 24 poems by other writers, praising Labe's ability. The book was popular enough that three other editions came out within a year (the first "revues et corrigees par la dite Dame"), and it was widely-read enough to bring both praise from beyond Lyon and criticism for being immodest and "unwomanly."

Sometime after 1556, Labe apparently left Lyon to live in the countryside. Her husband died in the early 1560s and she died, perhaps of the plague, in 1566.

Robert Hook
-english pholosopher
-helped rebuild London after fire
-built Grgorian telescopes
-last of 4 children
-architect

Niccolo Machiavelli
-born in Florence
-secretary of the ten
-lived for politics and patriottism
-wrote a book Prince

John Calvin
-He created Calvinism
-french reformer
-Calvinism was built on the supreme of God
-Janieva

Galileo Galiliei
-well-known musician
-made a telescope with 32 times magninfication
-created a  mililtary compass
-became blind
-created military thermometer
-first to record sun-spots

Johnnes Gutenberg
-German blacksmth, goldsmith, and publisher
-introduced printing to Europe
-invented movable printing press
-he major work was the Glutenburg Bible

Leonardo Davinci
-Painted the Mona Lisa
-painted the last supper
-first completed work was the unnunceation
-invented sketched the very first tanks and car

Michelangelo
-Italian painter
-painted the Sisteen Chapel was the most famous*

William Shakspear
-wrote the play Romeo and Juliet among others*

Robert Hooke
-developed the compound micro-scope*

Andreaus Vesalius
-published detailed desciription of the human anatomy*

Christopher Columbus

Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506), Italian Spanish navigator who sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a route to Asia but achieved fame by making landfall in the Americas instead.

On October 12, 1492, two worlds unknown to each other met for the first time on a small island in the Caribbean Sea . While on a voyage for Spain in search of a direct sea route from Europe to Asia, Christopher Columbus unintentionally discovered the Americas. However, in four separate voyages to the Caribbean from 1492 to 1504, he remained convinced that he had found the lands that Marco Polo reached in his overland travels to China at the end of the 13th century. To Columbus it was only a matter of time before a passage was found through the Caribbean islands to the fabled cities of Asia.

Columbus was not the first European to reach the Americas—Vikings from Scandinavia had briefly settled on the North American coast, in what is now Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, in the late 10th or early 11th century. However, Columbus’s explorations had a profound impact on the world. They led directly to the opening of the western hemisphere to European colonization; to large-scale exchanges of plants, animals, cultures, and ideas between the two worlds; and, on a darker note, to the deaths of millions of indigenous American peoples from war, forced labor, and disease.

In fourteen hundred ninety-two
Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

He had three ships and left from Spain;
He sailed through sunshine, wind and rain.

He sailed by night; he sailed by day;
He used the stars to find his way.

A compass also helped him know
How to find the way to go.

Ninety sailors were on board;
Some men worked while others snored.

Then the workers went to sleep;
And others watched the ocean deep.

Day after day they looked for land;
They dreamed of trees and rocks and sand.

October 12 their dream came true,
You never saw a happier crew!

"Indians! Indians!" Columbus cried;
His heart was filled with joyful pride.

But "India" the land was not;
It was the Bahamas, and it was hot.

The Arakawa natives were very nice;
They gave the sailors food and spice.

Columbus sailed on to find some gold
To bring back home, as he'd been told.

He made the trip again and again,
Trading gold to bring to Spain.

The first American? No, not quite.
But Columbus was brave, and he was bright.

King Henry's 2nd Wife

     
     Anne Boleyn was the second wife of King Henry the 8th. They were privatly married in January 1533, but nobidy knew until easter that year. She was the mother of Queen Elizabeth 1, who was born in September of 1533. While they were married Henry had affairs with other women due to losing interest. After two attempts of having children she still didn't meet King Henry's demands of having a boy. Anne was convicted of adultery and was believed to have had affairs. On May 19, 1536, she was beheaded because of an unanimous tip. Many people thought she was innocent but that didn't matter because her guiltiness was supported by Thomas Cromwell.

Michelangelo

I was given the name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni on the sixth of March, in the year of 1475. My mother died when I was six. Later, I was sent to grammar school. I had no ambition to learn about any of the school teachings. I rather of been copying paintings from churches.  I knew from a young age, I wanted to be an artist. Sculpting, architecture just came to me naturally. I became an Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer. Many say I exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.  Two of my best-known sculptures are the Pietá and the David. I created both of those before I was thirty. I never thought of myself to be the spectacular painter everyone else thought of me. Some said I created two of the most influential works in fresco in the history of Western art: the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling and The Last Judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.  In architecture, I pioneered the Mannerist style at the Laurentian Library. When I was 74 I succeeded Antonio da Sangallo the Younger as the architect of St. Peter’s Basilica. I was also the first Western artist whose biography was published during my life time. One was written by Giorgio Vasari. I would consider myself to be very unique. One of the qualities, in my opinion, most admired by my contemporaries was my terrbilitá. I believe that my impassioned and highly personal style resulted in Mannerism.

Febuary-Black History Month

Jesse Owens
-He was a track and field athlete.
-Owens set national records by running the 100-yard dash in 9.4 seconds.
-He also set a new broad jump record at 24 feet, nine and five eighths  inches.
-He was a gold medal winner for his long jump.
-Forty years after he won his gold medals, he was invited to the White House to accept a Presidental Medal of Freedom from Gerald Ford.

Lena Horne
-She is from Brookyln, New York.
-She always had ambitions to be a proformer.
-She is a famour actress and singer.
-She became the featured singer with the Noble Sissle Society Orchestra.
-She left Sissle in 1936 to perform as a "single" in a variety of the New York clubs.

Tiger Woods
-He is a professional golfer.
-He won two golf titles.
-He was youngest player to ever win the Masters.
-At 8, he won the first of six Optimist International Junior World Titles.
-He finished in the top 10 five times out of  his first 8 Professional Golf Association/

Booker T. Washington
-He was and educator and leader.
-He is from Franklin County, Virginia.
-He longed to go to a black college in Hampton, Virginia.
-He led Tuskegee Institute which, became an important force in black education.
-In 1895 he gave his famous "Atlanta Compromise" speech.

Harriet Tubman
-Born into slavery around 1820.
-She escaped from bondage in the South.
-She was a conductor of the underground railroad.
-She helped slaves escape from slavery.
-The U.S. Postal Service issued a Harriet Tubman commemorative stamp, the first in the Black Heritage USA series.

Duke Ellington
-He was a composer, bandleader, and pianist.
-He was born in Washington DC.
-He began piano lessons at age 7.
-He is generally considered to be the most important and prolific composer in jazz.
-He was strongly religious.

Dred Scott
-He was born a slave.
-He waged one of the most important legal battles in the history of the US.
-He was sold to a surgeon.
-On May 28, 1857 he owner freed him.
-His bid for freedom remained the most momentous judicial event of the century.

Elijah McCoy
-He helped trains and all things with engines move more smoothly and safely.
-He was born in Ontario, Canada.
-He attended grammar school until he was 15.
-The only job he could get was a fireman.
-Elijah never stopped inventing.

Du Bois W.E.B.
1. He lead an early portest movement.
2. He was an African American scholar.
3.He earned his masters of art.

Frederick Douglass
1. He was an abolitionist in antebellum America.
2. He was the first African-American leader of national statue in U.S. history.
3.He was born in Maryland.
4.Him and his mother were seperated at an early age.

Benjamin Banneker
1. He was the son of two slaves.
2. He taught himself astronomy.
3. In 1980 they began making a stamp to commerate his life.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee
1. She was a track and field athlete.
2. She was the younger of an Olympic track and field athlete.
3. She won a silver medal in heptathol.
4. She won gold medals in 1988 and 1992.
5. She was a world-class athlete.
Maya Angelou
1. She was a writer, poet, performer, and director.
2. She was with the name Marguerite Johnson.
3. She was from St. Louis Missouri.
4.She at one point stopped speaking after getting beat up.
5. She eventually started speaking again.

Marian Anderson
1. She was an operastic and concert singer.
2. She was renowned thoughtout the world for her extraordinary contralto voice.
3. The first African American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera.

Willie Lewis Brown Jr.
1.The mayor of the city and county of San Francisco, California.
2. He was the longest serving Speaker of the Assembly in California history.
3.He is the only African American to ever hold that post.

Mathew Gaines
1.A former slave, community leader and Republican State Senator.
2.He made valuable contributions in the establishment of free public education in Texas.
3. He was a preacher, also.

Project

Selecting a nursery rhyme, creating a 6 slide power point- slides (2 pictures)
1-3 are going to be the history of the nursery rhyme
1-2 time by line-the nursery rhyme
3- want advertisement-slogan, pics, highlightevents
4-6- pick another historical event:make nursery rhyme

Digital Learning Day

Americans have access to over 1,000,000,000 web pages.

Facebook and Youtube didn't exist 6 years ago.

2,272 is the average maount of texts a teen saend a month.

90% of 2 billion emails sent each day are spam.

The top ten jobs that were available in 2010 didnt exist in 2004.

Todays 20 year olds have watched 20,000 hours of television.

December 1992 was when the first commercial text message was sent.

There are over 230 billion facebook users.

Only 1 in 10 clase rooms use project based learning.

1 in 5 teachers use technology in their teaching.

Teachers are currebtly preparing students for jobs that dont yet exist.

1 in 4 workers have been employed by there worker for less than a year.

There are 31 billion searches on google every month.

Today the number of text messages  every day exceeds the toltal population.

There are about 540,000 words in the English language.

The Crusades

     During the late 1000s, the Seljug Turks, a Muslin people from Central Asia, gained control of Palenstine-know among Christians as "the Holy Land." The Byzantine emperor called on Pope Urban 11.The Crusades is a series of military expeditions to regain the Holy Land. At least 10,000 Europeans took up the cause. The sewed a cross of cloth on their clothes and were called crusaders. Some went to save there soul, knights hoped to gain land and wealth, and some merchants saw a chance to make money.
   The First Crusade lasted from 1096-1099. French and Italian lords led several armies of crusaders from europe-constantinople. The crusaders also marched down the the coast toward Palenstine and their main target- the holy city of Jerusalem. Thr crusaders' capture of Jerusalem brought much of the Holy Land under European control. As a result, Euroopean customs and institutions were put into place in parts of southwest Asis and the Holy Land.
     For almost 100 years, European Christians held onto Palenstine. Little by little, the Turks won back therir lost lands. Popes adn Europeans rulers tried to stop them during three more major crusades.
In 1147 the second Crusades began. In 1187 the Muslim leader Saladin gained control of Jerusalem. Three European rulers then led seperate armies into the third Crusades. Pope Innocent 111 gathered a group of French knights for the Fourth Crusades. In 1212 the short-lived and unfortunate Children's Crusades took place.
     The goal of the Crusades was to take the Holy Land from the Turks. All the Crusades except the first failed to reach that goal. By the end of the Crusades, the Muslims again controlled Palenstine.
     During the Crusades the weapon of choice for many European soliders was the crossbow.It requires far less skill to use than the regular bow. It was a deadly  weapon that was capable of penetrating chain mail and plate armor.From the Byzantines and Muslims, Europeans discovered new ways to wage  war- undermin walls and use catapults. From the Muslims, they may have learned about gunpower.
     To raise money to go on crusade some lords had sold their land. without land they had no power in the feudal syatem. WITH FEWER LORDS THE POWERE OF EUROPEAN KINGS GREW STRONGER. All these changes helped bring an end to feudalism.
     Between 1096-1291, thousands of crusaders traveled through the Holy Land. They exchanged ideas with crusaders from other parts of Europe. They also gained knowledge from the Byzantines and Muslims whom they met. Change in trade took place. Ships from Italian cities carried crusaders to the Holy Land.

Vow of Silence

   Today I did not like the fact that we couldn't talk, but I liked the silence. It was pretty hard not to talk especially when we were doing group and partner activities. I could barley make two class periods not talking. There is no way I could ever make it through the whole day. It would be extremley hard, and when you have to ask someone something you can't just say it. You have to write it down or use your hands. Today I learned that I am blessed with a voice. Some people can't talk. They were born like that, but I never take the time to realize how all the small things add up, big time. When my group worked together we used our hands alot to try to get what we wanted to say out. We also would write notes. The notes made the non-verbal communication a lot easier!

Notes

Bathing
1. People bathed once a month.
2. People wore the same clothes day after day they only had one outfit.
3.They used lavander flowers and mint in the water for cleaning. These were used to keep the fleas away because they had a lot of animals and straw in their houses.

Chairman
1. The word chairman comes from the Middle Ages where a hoouse only had one chair, for the exclusive use of the man of the family.

Sleeping
1. At night people would pile onto a mattress-lump of straw on the floor. The whole family slept in the same bed (Mom, Dad, Sisters, Brothers). If an animal was friendly they may sleep in the bed to keep you warm of course.

Troubadours
1. Troubadours traveled from town to town "singing for their supper,"
2. His songs were often about love or the glory of kings.
3. Troubadours would strum a lute or a guitar.

*The Anglo-Saxon concept came about during this time period.
*Shires-people who would collect there taxes (sherif)
*Alfred the Great was the first Anglo-Saxon. Edward the confessor was the last.
When Edward the confessar died there i going to be a war because he does not have a son or a brother. Harold Godwinthin was the brother in law of Edward, but he was english. The othere person who wanted the thrown was Willian the Duke of nurmerty, but he was from Nurmerty, France. But he was blloood related to Edward. This led to the Battle of Hasstly. It was basically over before it began. William kicked Harolds butt. he then got the nickname Willlian the conquer.
    When William took the thrown he wanted to take quick action with english men. he was the first to collect a census in those times. The census would come to ur house and keep track of how many animals and kids and people u had, and they would use it to tax you. He took all this information and piled it together in a book called the domesday book. They nicknamed it dooms day book.
  When willian dies he was reeplaced by Henry 1.   Henry 1 grandson was replaced by his gradon henry2.  Henry2 decide he was going to be like William and kick some butt. So firs he decided to change the law about the clergy not being held accountable for something. Thomas Backet and Henry 2 were BFFs. Thomas disagreed with Henry's changing of the church, so he decided he was going to go visit him and discuss it with him. They started argueing quickly. So Thomas stormed out and Henry mumbled I wish he would die. Henrys knights were listening through his door, the knight followed thomas to a church and stab him in the back on Christmas eve until he dies.
     John replaced him. He doesnt know how to be a leader. He wants to go to war with everyone. To go to war u need money so he decided to tax people very heavily(83) the people met at runnymeady because they were tired of it so they came up with the omata carta. King john was forced tio sign it. Its so important because it was the foundation of our  usconstitution.
     The magna carta purpose was to limit the kings power and protect the nobles feudal rights. It made the king and his subjects had to obey the law or face revolt and overthrow. Over time the freedoms guaranteed by magna carta spead to all citizens.

France

     The first attraction I would visit in France would be the Eiffel Tower.  I would go to top and just admire the view. Then, I would go to the Fountainebleau Forest and Castle.  After that I would visit the Notre-Dame de Paris. It is famous from the "Hunchback of Notre-Dame." The Effiel Tower would definitely be the high light of the trip.

Notes on Pop-Up Books

Lindsey-Bosnia
1. The language is Serbian.
2. One of the famous touring attractions is a market/dinning area.
3. Bosnia kids reads very simple stoies of morals of life.
4. Toys aren't very well made, they have wires sticking out, wood chips pointing out, etc.
5. There is no pre-school or kindergarten in schools.

Shania-Peru
1. A famous author is Isan Goldenburg.
2. The language spoken is Spanish.
3. Children play alot of clapping games with music.
4. The government is a constitutional republic.
5. The main ingredients in there foods are rice, pork, lamb, and potatoes.

Caleb-Zimbabwe
1. The capital is Kariari.
2. Kirski Powepski is an Olympic swimmer.
3. The kids play a game called burger, which teaches them about adulthood.
4.  It has a parliamentary democracy
5. The national food is salsa.

Mark-Greece
1. It's flag is made of blue and white stripes.
2. Socrates is a very popular author.
3. One of the most famous children's stories is "The Turtle and the Hare."
4. Greece's leader is Lucas P.
5. A common meal is baked lamb with potatoes.

John-Spain
1. The capital city is Madrid.
2. Salvador Dali is a famous writer.
3. Most kids play video games and watch television.
4. Spain's soccer team won the world cup in 2010.
5. In Spain they have a multiple variety of beans.
 
Hannah G.-Portugal
1. The population is 10,760,305.
2. One of the short story is called "FlyLady Bug Fly."
3. There President is elected for a five year term.
4. The cussard is a famous desert.
5. On Christmas the kids write to Jesus not Santa.

Haley-Switerland
1. The capital is Bernie.
2. The Death Experiences of Mary is a famous poem.
3. Rag dolls are common toys.
4. A common dish would be meatballs, cream sauce, and pickles.
5. Most children go to private schools.

Samantha-Morocco
1. The official language is Arabic.
2. The capital is Rabbit
3. The alphabet has 20 letters.
4. When they read they read from right to left.
5. They go to high school for three years.

Madori-Germany
1. Germany's flag is three different colored stripes.
2. Herman Hess is a famous author.
3. Erik Castol is a famous children's book writer.
4. A popular game is called "chocolate eating."
5. The government is a federal representative republic.

Krista-Barbanious
1. The native language is English.
2. Sharron Kanish is a famous author.
3. They use the same nursery rhymes we use here.
4. Sand is often the toy for the kids.
5. They eat fish, barracuda, and multiple spices.

Kristen- Japan
1. Toykio is the capital city.
2. Matsu Delacho is a famous author.
3. Japan is one of the best educated area.
4. Kids like to play with kites.
5. Sushi is one of the most traditional foods.

Taylor-Fiji
1. People usually speak English and Hindu.
2. "Faces in the village" is a famous poem.
3. Most stories are told about happiness and sadness.
4. A traditional food is homemade stones.
5. It is disrespectful to wear hats in the village.

Raychel-Italy
1. The capital city is Rome.
2. Leonardo Devinchi is a famous person from Italy.
3. A famous Italian book is "Clap your hands."
4. Italy is a republic.
5. They eat a lot of homemade breads.

Karlie-Egypt
1. The capital is Kyro.
2. A famous author is Omar Tahar.
3. There Christmas lasts 40 days.
4. "Steam Train Coming" is a popular nursery rhyme.
5. The kids play a lot of board games, like Scrabble squares.

Paige-Argentina
1. The official language is Spanish.
2. "The Magic Bean Tree," is a legend from Argentina.
3. Kids play with very similar things we do here.
4. Lunch is the biggest meal of the day.
5. Easter lasts for two weeks.

Katara-France
1. They speak French.
2. A famous author Sirino de Vercha.
3. Children usually play a lot of sports.
4. They have toy libraries.
5. There government is a republic.

Gunnar-Tyland
1. They have a king who is in charge of the military.
2. They have three branches in there military.
3. Education is free up to age 17.
4. They have one of the highest literacy rates in the world.
5. They drive  on the left side of the road.

Dale-Panama
1. They are mostly Roman Catholic.
2. Kids play with marbles, toy car, and dolls.
3. The government is a constitutional republic.
4. Panama city and the beaches are tourist attractions.
5. They have 3-4 years in high school.

Courtney-Scotland
1. David Russel is a guitarist
2. Kids play with the same toys as us.
3. For entertainment kids go to public places to play sports.
4. They have very similar food as ours.
5. They end school around the age of 16, and get paid for further there education.

Josh-United Kingdom
1. The capital city is London.
2. The most common language is English.
3. The author of "Harry Potter" is from the United Kingdom.
4.  A popular sport is cricket.
5. They have a monarchy.

Viola-Ireland
1. The capital is Dublin.
2. Children's entertainment is also very similar to the United States.
3. The type of government is a republic democracy.
4. Irish is the main language.
5. Most meals are veggies, meat, and fish.

Gabby-Bolivia
1. Spanish is the official language, but they also speak 30 others.
2. La Pez is the capital city.
3. "Humpty Dumpty" is famous in Bolivia.
4. There games are based on education.
5. They have a republic.

Abby-Madagascar
1. The flag has three differnet colors.
2. The main language is Mali.
3. Jean Joseph is a famous author.
4. The kids like board games and swimming.
5. They eat rice for every meal.

Chase-Venezuela
1. Spanish is the spoken language.
2. Ozwald Alcramo is a famous author.
3.They have a federal republic.
4. April 1st is there Independence Day
5. Kids have to go to school from age 6-15.

Sara-Sweden
1. Socome is the capital.
2. Children's literature is very important.
3. Toys are much like those in the United States.
4. Stew roast and varied sea food is a main dish.
5. Fish is also an important food.

Kelsey-El Salvador
1. There are 60,059,000 people.
2. The most popular form of literature is poetry.
3. They don't have any famous authors.
4. The government is a republic.
5. Children and the elderly drink coffee, while teens drink soda.