I was successful today at charger trails by working and collaborating with the other students. A lot of the ideas and suggestions from other students resulted in the team reaching the goals. In the maze activity, some of the students were leaders and pointed team members in the right direction through the maze and the rest followed the ideas. In the tube activity, lots of people had many great ideas to finish the path from the start to the cup, but we needed more practice to complete one of them. In the hog call activity, the team had different ideas to match the two people in a group, we tried all of them and it resulted with us reaching the goal. Throughout all of the activities, the team was open to suggestions and there no one dictating ideas. I learned that trying others ideas is a good way to reach a goal.
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Daily Life – Food & Drink
Daily Life – Food and Drink
Chris Butulis
How the Egyptians got their foods:
- Farmers had cattle and some people hunted wild animals to get meats.
- Raising animals for meat was expensive.
- Most of the Egyptians were farmers at a point, so they gathered food to sell at the market.
- Around 90 percent of the Egyptians were farmers, so they could get their food from farming.
- Some people gathered wild plants to supplement their diets.
What the Egyptians ate:
- Upper class families had a variety of foods to eat including fish, pigeon stew, quail, ribs, rolls, cakes, some fruits, stewed figs, cheese, wine and beer.
- Lower classes meals included a smaller variety of foods including vegetables, fish, bread, and water or beer.
- Malnutrition was not a rare occurrence among the lower classes.
- The upper and lower class Egyptians drank milk form their cows.
Crops and Animals:
- Two of the most important crops were wheat and barley, which were used to make bread and beer.
- Farmers also grew vegetables including onions, radishes, peas, beans, cucumbers, and lettuce.
- The Egyptians raised cattle for meat and milk and a few other animals like sheep
How Egyptians planted:
- One farmer scattered seeds and another farmer followed up with a plow.
- In November farmers sowed their fields in pairs.
- Egyptians harvested some of their crops with sickles
- The animals were fed some of the grown wheat.
Citations
(Image). http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/gif-still/farmers.gif.9/16/15.Web.
(Image).http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/pics/topics.jpg.9/16/15.Web.
Dollinger André. An introduction to the history and culture of Pharaonic Egypt.http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/index.html.9/16/15.Web
Carlos Museum of Emory University.Egypt. http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/homepg.html.9/16/15.Web.
Seedfolks-My Favorite Character
My favorite character in Seedfolks is Tio Juan. I admire Tio Juan because he still tried to feel a connection to the community even though he didn’t know English and couldn’t communicate . He had previously been a farmer, so he asked his niece to get seeds for the garden so he could reconnect with the community. He reconnected to the community through building a small garden for the seeds and trowels. I can relate to Tio Juan because I saw some sprouts in my compost pile and grew a garden out of them.
A Place I Want To Visit
I would like to visit the Bahamas so I can go swimming in the crystal clear waters and look for sand dollars. The Bahamas has a hotel called the Cove Atlantis that has an expansive water park, a beach, a dolphin experience and an aquarium. I would like to visit the Cove mostly for the water park so I can ride down the 9 story drops in an inflatable tube and enjoy the waterslides. I have visited The Cove 2 times before and am hoping to visit again.