Monday, December 1, 2008

The Ancient Timeline- Today vs. Tomorrow


In Humanities today, we watched a movie called Guns, Germs, and Steel. It discussed and compared different civilizations and talked about what civilizations need. Overall it was a generally interesting film. We had to make an interesting headline that sort of describes what we learnt about and mine is the title above. (The Ancient Timeline- Today vs. Tomorrow.)I hope that the title made this piece interesting. I didn't want to state the obvious when I wrote it.

update below/Revised:

Just to make it clear, I am making a revised version because I think that I could have expanded on my thoughts and added more details and connections to my writing. Here it goes! In Humanities class, we watched a movie called Guns, Germs, and Steel. The movie is actually based on a book! It discussed and compared different civilizations and talked about what civilizations need in order to be strong. Overall it was a generally interesting film. The main aspect that it talked aboutw as farming. It talked about how men changed from hunting to farming a long time ago. They settled down so they could work on their farms and such. It also talked about animals. Did you know that there are 14 domesticated animals that weigh over 100 lbs? I thought that was an interesting fact because I had no idea. The movie also mentioned lifestyles. I realized that the lifestyle in New Guinea is significantly different that the lifestyle in the Middle East. It turns out that people who live in New Guinea still have to hunt and work very hard for food. Did you know that it takes roughly two days for them to get food that is only 40 pounds? (From a tree.) Also that isn't enough protein to feed a group of people. This made me think about my home place- North America. When I am in my hometown I can just bike down to a supermarket and pick up a gallon of milk. These people have to actually milk an animal and then go through a whole process of getting the milk good so everyone can drink it. My lifestyle sure is different than others. The movie held alot of interesting historical information. If you really enjoy learning about civilizations and lifestyles of different people, I would recomend seeing the movie. I have not read the book but I am guessing it would be similar to the movie so that would also be good to read.
Another thing we did was make an interesting headline that sort of describes what we learnt about and mine is the title above. (The Ancient Timeline- Today vs. Tomorrow.)I hope that the title made this piece interesting. I didn't want to state the obvious when I wrote it.

3 comments:

Aidan said...

There is not much explanation of your title but I liked the title! :)
-Aidan

Anissa said...

I liked your post and how you said it was for school at the bottom. My only comment is that you could be a bit more descriptive. Great Job!!!

Jamie McQueen said...

Riley, good post and well done revising your older post.

A couple of questions that will take your thinking further. Please respond to these in your next post.

You said, "It discussed and compared different civilizations and talked about what civilizations need in order to be strong."....

Is strength in this case a positive? Could it be a negative? How?

Mr. McQueen