December+20

=World Cultures Daily Round Up for (date)=

Scribed by:Nate, Kirste, Colter, tevin, Alyssa, alex, Brian, Mandy, Braden, Brittani

Activities for today
 * Describe acitivies for class
 * we took a quiz over japans geography
 * took more notes on japan
 * time pictures of pumpkin and watermelon rotting over so many days
 * downloaded nelsons laugh,solviet union flag
 * We downloaded the sound of a flushing toilet.
 * We watch a timelapse of a rotting watermelon, a cat sleeping in a sun beam, rotting pumpkin, and a growing set of lilies.
 * We got our video fo the day then we took a test then notes.
 * We downloaded a picture of a toilet, and the sound and a picture of a microwave.
 * We looked at photography art of a watermeleon, hot air ballons, and a pumpkin.
 * Geography quiz and notes

Concepts covered in class with brief summary
 * Describe important concepts covered in class
 * japan sent someone over to china to learn why it seemed they werre falling back in time instead of forward
 * The last shogun fell
 * The Japanese were obsessed with Western Styles
 * Learned what Meiji was (enlightened rule)
 * Japan took some Western ideas.
 * The Japanese saw that China was experiencing the first steps of emperialism.
 * Japan modernized by "Selective Borrowing." was a popular board game in Japan like monopoly based off of this concept.
 * Slogan-"Japanese Spirit, Western Technology"

Assignments for tomorrow or later
 * Describe assignments made in class today
 * We still have the reading assignment from Monday.
 * watch iron chef tommrow

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
 * [|www.johnberman.com/.../ simpsons_nelson_haha2.jpg] go here for pics of nelson muntz
 * [|www.comboutique.com/ shop/products/inprint_sma]... go here for pics of soviet union
 * [|www.users.bigpond.com/.../ Samurai_with_bow.jpg] go here for pic of japanese shoguns
 * here is a pic of a rotted pumpkin http://www.traversemagazine.com/photos/gallery/000953E.jpg

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