Artemis

       

Hieroglyphics

 This is my report on Hieroglyphics. See if you can decode this.

 

The Fountain Of Youth

Fountain of Youth

Caribbean Indians told Europeans of a fountain that would restore old men to their youth. This land was very mystical and many searched for it. The land that contained the alleged Fountain of Youth was called Bimini. Ponce de Leon served as governor of Puerto Rico in the early 16th century. He set out to look for Bimini in 1513 in search of gold, slaves and other forms of wealth. He never found Bimini and it's believed to be myth. He named the land he found, Florida.

Cleopatra

Click on the picture to visit a great site to get information on Cleopatra!

Cleopatra’s reign was from 51-30 B.C.
In 30 B.C. the Romans took over Egypt, which was why Cleopatra’s reign came to an end.
During her reign, Cleopatra was well known for her use of female dancers, and when she came to Rome, her dancers dressed like mermaids and goddesses, impressing Mark Antony of Rome, who she later married.
Cleopatra was trained to be queen when she went through puberty, as all royal girls were, and knew six different languages and she knew mathematics, philosophy, art, music, and medicine, talents that she would use when she was pharaoh.
Cleopatra was born in 69B.C. so she was 18 when she was made queen of Egypt.
Cleopatra, in 31B.C., had a son with Julius Caesar, named Caesarian.
She served as a coregent for her younger brother Ptolemy XIII, who was 10 at the time, and Cleopatra held the reigns of politics for many years.

Exciting Journey together

We are SO excited to begin this journey together!

December Reading Challenge

It's that time of year again! The December Reading Challenge 2011!
The game: Fill the chart with the number of pages you have read before New Year's Eve.
The first one to finish their chart wins a prize!

Athens Greece

Athens Greece: If you were a boy you had train to be a Hoplite or soldier when you were about 19-20 years old. They have an A on the shield. Athena gave the olive tree as a gift. As a young boy you'd have to go to school at the age 7. People lived in a square like house. Moms taught the girls how to take care of the house and how to weave and to sew. The Acropolis is a hill with a lot of temples to worship god's and goddesses. The Parthenon sits on the Acropolis. It's the largest temple on the hill, built  for Athena. The Greeks invented voting, it was on a hill called the Pynx.


these are some funny videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoUL4xyxzbA&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzVcxJiUZBo