1/31/19

Today in class, we finished watching the video Guns, Germs, and Steel with Jared Diamond based on the book written by Jared. In this last snippet of the video, we learned that Jared has finally found the answer yo Yalis question "Why do white men have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little?". And after all of Jared's extensive research and adventuring and birdwatching, he pieced together everything he learned. For example, due to geographic luck, the animals native to their locations, and their nations or tribe exploration, the reason lies within them and their people. They are the reason why they don't have much cargo. They haven't changed their way of life since 40,000 years ago.

1/28/19

Today in class we watched more of the video with Jared Diamond about different civilizations called Guns, Germs and steel. We learned more about geographical luck and domestication of plants and animals. We learned about the different animals used for farming. We found out that only fourteen animal species out of millions are domesticated for farming. Some of those fourteen are Bali cattle, pigs, horses, sheep, goat, and Arabic camels. These are because they reach the "requirements" in order to be a farm animal. Those requirements are, easy to domesticate, can reproduce within the first two years of life, over one hundred pounds,  and can be able to bear a large load or move a plow. These animals are also known as The Beasts of Burden. They are very important to the farming lifestyle. However, none of these animal species are native to New Guinea which makes it impossible for them to domesticate them and use them for farming. All of Papua New Guinea's farming is done by manpower and their stone tools. Granted it takes longer but it works. They have been doing this for the past 40,000 years. Nothing has changed since then.

1/25/19

Today in class we watched more of the video Guns, Germs, and Steel, with Jared Diamond and we learned more interesting facts. The middle eastern people were the first civilization to establish a farming system. They picked the wheat and barley grass and took the seeds, and then planted them around their houses. Their houses were made of mud and wood. This was 12,000 years ago. This was the first farming settlement in the world. We also learned about sago. Sago is the tree pulp found in the sago tree that is a food that ties the New Guineans over until they find a more substantial food source. It is very low in nutrition and one tree doesn't produce enough calories for the tribe. In the video, Jared Diamond talked about being geographically lucky. This means that where ever the settlers settle, there is a substantial food source, a body of water, and a good amount of materials. We also learned about the archaeologist Dan Kujit, he is digging in Drauu. A little place near Jordan. That is where the first settlement took place.

Video

Today in class we watched a video about Jared Diamond. Jared Diamond is a professor at UCLA, a biologist, an expert in physiology, and most importantly, a bird watcher. Jared is traveling to Papua New Guinea to try to answer the question "why do some civilizations advance faster than others?". This adventure sparked when a friend of his named Yali asked Jared when he arrived: "why you white men have so much cargo when we have so little?", in this Yali was using cargo as so much stuff that everyone "has to have".  The people of New Guinea have no tools, no stable food supply, and mass-produced clothes or materials. They rely on making everything themselves with homemade stone tools without any nuts and bolts. They also live a hunter-gatherer lifestyle. The same way they lived 40,000 years ago when the first people migrated there. They use old vines to cut notches in trees and tie pieces of wood together and build houses, cages, fences, and rafts. They also hollow out logs for boats. Their main food source is animals they kill or tree pulp which isn't really nutritious.

Today's class

Today in Mr.Schick's class we learned all of the rules and regulations and all about what we are going to expect this semester. We have these blogs we have to do every night we have class but i don't mind it. They are worth two points each and are a good way to keep your grade up. We do have to take written notes through which I'm not too fond of but apparently it helps you learn and study better. That will help in the long run for tests. Mr.Shick is a really cool guy and he has a good sense of humor. I a really looking forward to this semester. We seem to have a great class with new faces and we are very eager learners. Can't wait for this semester to start.👏💪