December+19

=World Cultures Daily Round Up for (date)=

Scribed by: Alyssa, Kirste, Zach,Nick,Grady,Kyle E., Brittani

Activities for today >
 * Describe acitivies for class
 * We had a sub today.
 * We had to read a couple pages about Japanese culture, and lifestyle.
 * We had to figure out what mountains were drawn on the board. (By Eric Cech)
 * We had to study for the quiz.
 * We had 3 questions about japanese culture and 3 questions about the japanese school system.
 * We read 2 pages about japanese culture and answered ?'s about them.
 * We learned that students from japan have to take entrence exams to get into any level of school.
 * We learned that Japanese kids have to go to elementary school for six years.
 * she told us that the NC Tarheels got their name because they stuck to their positions like they had tar on their heels
 * she talked about the revolutionary war and other wars
 * the sub told us to never let somebody tell you you're not good enough because that's what people told michael jordan when he was a junior at NC (when he was a sophmore in high school he didnt make the team not junior)

Concepts covered in class with brief summary
 * Describe important concepts covered in class
 * We really didn't have any concepts to go over in class.
 * We learned from the one of the articles about the Japanese school system and how it is simiar/different from the US

Assignments for tomorrow or later
 * Describe assignments made in class today
 * If you haven't done the reading assignment, you should get right to it before its due.
 * We have a geography quiz over Japan tomarrow
 * We must read out of the Red Book by Friday
 * Study for the Japan Quiz wednesday

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
 * The sub (mrs. curlee) taught about why north carolina has a team called the tar heels and some interesting facts about the civil war