December+15

=World Cultures Daily Round Up for (date)=

Scribed by: Kirste, tevin, Brian,Shemiah, Alyssa, Zach,Nate, Brittani

Activities for today
 * Describe acitivies for class
 * had a orogami contest
 * Took a Quiz over the reading in Red and Blue book
 * Picture of the day a cute kitten and puppy falling asleep
 * Took Notes over Japan
 * we talked about kamakasi waves and what kamakasi means
 * we talked about different eras in Japan's history
 * We had a quiz in what we read from the blue and red books.
 * We also talked about random answers on the quiz for extra credit.
 * We took brief notes over Japan's history

Concepts covered in class with brief summary
 * Describe important concepts covered in class
 * Discussed different castles
 * Europeans arrived in Japan bringing guns and Christianity
 * First Catholic Missionary was St, Francis Xavier
 * The Ashikaga age was from 1338-1573.
 * Talked about how Japanese kept their old buildings in very good condition
 * We had a lecture on Feudal Japan.
 * We talk about the garments worn by samuri.
 * We wrote about Mongol "invasions" of Japan.
 * We wrote about The Age of Warring States: 1467-1568.
 * We wrote about Oda Nobunaya Era: 1534-1582.
 * Yesterday, we talk about the Code of Chivalry for the samuris.
 * We had notes that the kamikaze winds stopped the Mongol invasions of Japan.
 * We learned that during the age of Warring States, the power shifted from above to below.
 * Oda Nobunaga banished the last Ashikaga shogun and unified a large part of Japan.

Assignments for tomorrow or later
 * Describe assignments made in class today
 * We may have an origami contest sometime??
 * ENJOY THE WEEKEND!

Additional resources and interesting items related to class today http://www.peoples.ru/state/king/russia/putin/putin_456_s.jpg
 * Here is where you put facts, websites or other information that relates to concepts discussed in class
 * here is cool picture of a japanese castle http://medieval-castles.org/blog/media/japanese_castle.jpg
 * kamakase planes trying to sink a ship http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/ra5cimages/essex1944kamikaze.jpg
 * vladamir putin-