Monday, September 17, 2012

September 17, 2012 The Ancient World

Homework: 

  • Post a comment to this post with a question that you have about Otzi the frozen iceman.  Just anything you might want to know about or are curious about in regards to him. 
  • Finish the pictures on your vocab sheet for the key terms History and Prehistory


Today we finally dove into our textbook!  We did a book tour with students and talked about where they could find everything in their book (index, glossary, gazetteer, etc).  We also talked about how previewing chapters and doing the pre-reading exercises (reading the key terms, looking at pictures, making predictions, etc) would help them understand the material better and practice good reading strategies!

In our book we began reading section 1 of chapter 1, The beginnings of Human Society.  The chapter opened by discussing a frozen iceman that was found in the Alps.  It talked about how scientists used clues to make inferences about his life.  For example, his clothes were finely stitched so they assume his community included people that were skilled in sewing.  It also talked about the weapons that were found with his body.

This section had two key terms that we covered today.  History: The written and other recorded events of people and Prehistory: The time before history (period of time before writing was invented)

Our strange news today came from Kylee, who sent me a link to an article from the Time for Kids website about how scientists believe Jupiter has been saving Earth from asteroids headed toward us!  Since Jupiter's magnetic pull is so strong, asteroids on a path towards Earth end up getting sucked in to the giant planet and hitting there instead.  Thanks Jupiter!

Don't forget to post your comment!

70 comments:

  1. Why is Otis skin still on
    Kori vickery

    ReplyDelete
  2. Did Otzi accidently cut himself in the hand.

    Emily J

    ReplyDelete
  3. When they found him, what was left of his body?
    - Karlee K. -

    ReplyDelete
  4. Is the guys body different than ours? Dalton

    ReplyDelete
  5. what parts of his body were found? Lauryn w

    ReplyDelete
  6. This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
  7. I wonder who who hurt Otzi that caused him to die.

    Josie W.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. In what year did they find Otzi?
      Sophia

      Delete
  8. I think its cool that after all thoughts years they were able to fined a hole body and it had a lot of skin on it

    Paige B




    ReplyDelete
  9. Did otzi stab him self on purpose?

    parker

    ReplyDelete
  10. Did they keep him frozen? If not did he stink?

    Gabriel P.

    ReplyDelete
  11. how old is otzi? How do you find out how old he is?


    Samantha B.

    ReplyDelete
  12. How did they see him under ground

    taylor w

    ReplyDelete
  13. How long was he frozen for before they found Otzi


    Maddie W.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Did the Otiz try to kill himself, or try to put himself in pain.

    ReplyDelete
  15. I wonder how old otzi is and when they found him.


    Megan R.

    ReplyDelete
  16. Did the Otiz try to kill, or put himself in pain.

    ReplyDelete
  17. Are they still doing studies on Otzi?
    ~Natalie V.~

    ReplyDelete
  18. What did his face look like? How old was he? Did he have anything with him?
    Were there any other bodies found by his? If so were they killed the same way?


    Ann Franks

    ReplyDelete
  19. Did he die from the arrow in the shoulder or stabbed in the hand or did he freeze to death so what I'm saying is how did he die?

    Carter Powell

    ReplyDelete
  20. how did they find otzi?



    owen heinz

    ReplyDelete
  21. What did he look like when he was found right away. I wonder how the hikers felt when they made the discovery

    ReplyDelete
  22. I wonder how he looked like right when they found him. I wonder how the hikers felt when they found him?

    ReplyDelete
  23. How did he look like right away? I wonder how the hikers felt when they found the body.

    Beau Warden

    ReplyDelete
  24. Did he commit suicide?


    Quinn Kientop

    ReplyDelete
  25. How old is the frozen man? Is he 400 bc or 5000 bc?

    ReplyDelete
  26. Was Otzi a caveman? Was he with anybody else that could have froze, too? Was he fully dressed when the hikers found him?
    Lauren

    ReplyDelete
  27. I wonder if someone was with him at the time when he was laying dead? Malorie Schultz

    ReplyDelete
  28. Did he have any flesh or orgins by or on him?
    Conrad

    ReplyDelete
  29. How long was his body in the ice? Did they find any other people close or near him?
    Mackenzie Niespodzany

    ReplyDelete
  30. did he have any flesh or orgains on him still?

    ReplyDelete
  31. how old was he? what did he eat? where in the mountains did he live? do you think he was going home when he died? were there any other objects near him?

    Kylee fameree

    ReplyDelete
  32. It the iceman an indian?If he is what native tribe is he in?

    ReplyDelete
  33. What tools were found with Otzi that were made during his time?

    -Erin L

    ReplyDelete
  34. Was Otzi his real name? Did he die from hypothermia? Were there other groups around his town? Did he have a tribe?



    Maddie Wendrick :)

    ReplyDelete
  35. Why was his skin yellow and where was his hand.

    ReplyDelete
  36. How long did it take to get him out of the ice?

    Brenden W.

    ReplyDelete
  37. how did they find otzi in the ground?
    Becca M.

    ReplyDelete
  38. how old was he when he died
    Sara K

    ReplyDelete
  39. What tools were found with Otzi that were made during his time, or in other words, can you describe some items that were discovered with Otzi that we don't use/have anymore that reflect on his time?

    -Erin L.

    ReplyDelete
  40. What tools were found with Otzi that were made during his time, or in other words, can you describe some items that were discovered with Otzi that we don't use/have anymore that reflect on his time?

    -Erin L.

    ReplyDelete
  41. Did Otzi belong to a tribe and did the people search the area around were he was found.


    Wesley G

    ReplyDelete
  42. What tools were found with Otzi that were made during his time, or in other words, can you describe some items that were discovered with Otzi that we don't use/have anymore that reflect on his time?

    -Erin L.

    ReplyDelete
  43. What tools were found with Otzi that were made during his time, or in other words, can you describe some items that were discovered with Otzi that we don't use/have anymore that reflect on his time?

    -Erin L.

    ReplyDelete
  44. Why do they call him Otzi? Where did he come from? What period of time did otzi come from? How did they find him? where did they find him?

    ReplyDelete
  45. How old was Otzi when he died. Who killed Otzi



    Sam Brodhgen

    ReplyDelete
  46. How did the hikers find Otzi?

    Julia Prien

    ReplyDelete
  47. Did he drown? How old is he? Was there a group of people that didn't like his group?

    ReplyDelete
  48. what did he eat?

    ryan

    ReplyDelete
  49. Did otzi really die from the lack of heat? or was he in a battle?
    -spencer bestul

    ReplyDelete
  50. what did he eat?

    Ryan M

    ReplyDelete
  51. Was his family frozen Emily Kuske.

    ReplyDelete
  52. How old was Otzi when he died? Keeshon

    ReplyDelete
  53. When was he alive? Raymond N.

    ReplyDelete
  54. How many people lived Otzi's colony? Ben Tanke

    ReplyDelete
  55. How did they name him Otzi? Cody L

    ReplyDelete
  56. Who found Otzi? Hunter G.

    ReplyDelete
  57. What does Otzi look like? Josie W.

    ReplyDelete
  58. Where did Otzi live? Casey L

    ReplyDelete
  59. Why did they pick Otzi as a name? Carolanne G.

    ReplyDelete
  60. What culture did Otzi come from? Aaron K.

    ReplyDelete
  61. My question is "I wonder who shot the arrow in his back?" Wesley H.

    ReplyDelete
  62. How old was he when he died. Matthew Ascher

    ReplyDelete
  63. How old was Otzi and did he have family buried around him? Kyle K

    ReplyDelete
  64. How old was Otzi? Lydiah

    ReplyDelete
  65. Did Otzi Have any hair? If so what color was it? Katie C

    ReplyDelete
  66. What was he wearing when they found him? Beau D.

    ReplyDelete
  67. Did he die from the wounds on his hand and shoulder? Cade E.

    ReplyDelete
  68. How did Otzi die? Shelby A.

    ReplyDelete
  69. Does he have any eyes/nose? Regina C.

    ReplyDelete