January+2

=World Cultures Daily Round Up for 2 January 2007=

Scribed by: Kirste, Corey, Kirste, Alyssa,Jessica, Shea, Zach, Alex, Brittani

Activities for today >
 * Describe acitivies for class
 * Took notes over WWII about the US Bombing Japan
 * Got weekly guide to tell us what were doing for the week
 * took notes on Atomic Bomb and how much damage it can cuse in a little amount of time!
 * Learned about how nuclear weapons work
 * We got notes on Japan and World War II.
 * We had a picture of the day on people with too much time on their hands. They covered a Jag with post-it notes.
 * Picture of the day then we took notes and had a disscusion on the atomic bomb drop

Concepts covered in class with brief summary >
 * Describe important concepts covered in class
 * Learned about 3 kinds of nuclear damages: pressure damage, fallout, and nuclear winter
 * Atomic bomb, Quiz friday, sticky notes, lol, and Semester tests coming up.
 * The firist successful testing of the a-bomm was on July 16, 1945 in New Mexico.
 * who droped the first and only atomic bomb?
 * Japan needed resources so went and took land from other countries to get the land.
 * Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, at 7:55 am. They sunk 5 major ships and 11 others. 2,400 Americans were killed and more damage was done then all of WWI combined.
 * US declares war on Japan after Pearl Harbor

Assignments for tomorrow or later
 * Describe assignments made in class today
 * Read Chapter 28 sections 1 and 2. Study for Quiz and Semesters.
 * Scribe on the wiki
 * Everything You Know About China
 * China is called the People's Republic of China and the capital is Beijing but used to be known as Peking.
 * Main langauge is Mandarin
 * Women usually wear red on their wedding day to symbolize happiness.
 * Has a population of about 1.3 billion people.
 * They have a very high population density.
 * It is made up of mostly mountains and deserts.
 * The capital is Beijing.

Additional resources and interesting items related to class today >
 * Here is where you put facts, websites or other information that relates to concepts discussed in class!
 * http://www.geekgrrl.com/images/StickyNoteRebellion.jpg
 * what i know about china is:they are a lot more traditional, they eat traditional foods,they speak manderin chinese,has the largest language system for writing,and the chinese dragon symbolizes power.
 * http://library.thinkquest.org/28383/nowe_teksty/htmla/2_34a.html
 * http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/aencmed/targets/illus/ilt/T048774A.gif
 * http://www.chemcases.com/nuclear/nc-09.htm
 * http://www.edinformatics.com/inventions_inventors/atomic_bomb.htm
 * [[image:http://www.radgraphics.net/images/main/atomic%20explosion%20-%204.jpg width="698" height="558"]][[image:http://highlandrebels.k12.ar.us/American%20Vets/hhs/American%20Veterans/American%20Vets/Andy%20Ward/Bill%20Hollister-WWII/Confidential%20Bomb%20Plot1.jpg width="546" height="558"]][[image:http://static.flickr.com/34/72750725_583d116c9c_m.jpg]]