Sunday, February 8, 2009

THE KOREAN WAR



Big Questions for Korean war


1. What were the causes of the war? or why/how did the war start?

2. How did North Korea almost beat South Korea?

3. Why did the Americans sided with the South Koreans instead of the North? & Why did China side with the North Koreans insted of the South?

4. Why didn't the North korea win? Why didn't Kim Il Sung's plan didn't work as he had thought?

5. Why were there more people in the North Korea's side, but want to move to the South?




My Grandfather Story From Korean War


1. Where were you when you heard that the war had started?

2. How did you feel?

3. What particular events can you remember most clearly?

4. How did you survive?

5. What was it like at the end of the war?

6. How did you feel after the war?

Monday, February 2, 2009

The Tollund Man
















1. The tollund man was alive around 400 B.C

2. The people who discovered about the tollund man found out that the last meal he ate was either gruel or thin soup of some 30 different kinds grains and weeds, including barely, oat, flax, and field pansy. Some of the British archeologists followed the recipe, made a dish and represented to people, everyone thought it was "disgusting" or "horrible".
3. The tollund man was close to 5' 3" tall.
4. Forensic pathologists examined his skeleton and admitted that he was roughly 40 years old when he died.
5. The Tollund Man's body were in full & great condition, people even misunderstood that he died about a few weeks ago. His toe-nails survived through thousands of years without fading, and all his hairs were as alive as ever.

6. The Tollund Man looked so peaceful, curled up in a comfortable position, eyes closed. He looked like he was resting.
7.Archeologists believe that either he was a human sacrifice or a punished criminal, but has been treated gently after his death.
8. The tollund man's body was found in bog peat called sphagnum, and found bacteria in it.
9. He was wearing nothing but a simple belt and a sheep skin wool hat.
10. There was a four foot long rope, made out of braided leather straps
These are some of the interesting facts about THE TOLLUND MAN