Absent

I wasn't in class again yesterday because I was still sick.

Sick day

I wasn't in class today because I'm sick

Study day

Mr. Schick wasn't here today so we had a day to review for the test we have on Friday. I looked at the notes I took last week and made a quizlet. I think that I have to study at home if I want to get a good grade. Some of the things I studied were the old and new stone ages, the invention of new things, and Mesopotamia. The old stone age was the paleolithic age and the new stone age was the neolithic age. The neolithic age included the start of farming/agriculture and the invention of the wheel and plow. The last thing I studied was that in Mesopotamia, Sumer is located between two rivers, and how new irrigation techniques increased the population. Cities and towns were founded and food storage allowed people to have different jobs. Sumerians invented writing known as cuneiform.

The Prehistoric Era

• The prehistoric age is a paleolithic age (old stone age)
• Neolithic age (New stone Age) was marked by advanced tool making and the beginnings of agriculture
• Initially, humans were part of migratory groups which hunted, fished, and gathered plants
• the agricultural/neolithic revolution was a shift from itinerant hunting/gathering to more permanent settlements centered on agriculture
• populations rose due to increased ability to care for children
• status of women was lowered as they were confined to domestic duties
• villagers were polytheists, worshipped multiple nature, human, and animal gods
• invention of the wheel and plow produced food for storage

Mesopotamia

• Summer was was located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers 
• new irrigation techniques increased population 
• cities and towns were founded
• better food storage allowed diversity in professions: priests, tradesmen, farmers 
• kings emerged as well as "city-state" 
• Sumerians invented writing known as "cuneiform"

First day

On our first day of class, Mr. Schick told all the new people information about his class like blogging, and having to get a spiral notebook. Since I had him last semester I already knew that. He also told us that this semester we won't be allowed to use our computers as much. Last semester, we got the worst grades out of all the classes he taught. There were a lot of new people in the class this semester and there weren't as many people I knew. After we talked about the class, we got to just relax and talk until the bell rang.