Monday, June 28, 2010

GRADES for 3A (these are the final grade total for the class)

Total Possible ended up at: 560 points

11274076 491
11200769 438
11322242 451
11298037 509
10001129 527
10676194 481
11357259 518
11386932 450
11361073 463
11364791 469
11135637 562
11294356 519
11309711 263
11350257 408
11341894 491
11355753 81
11311492 430
11293836 468
11252769 430
11261399 469
11302316 177
11336226 541
11346600 485
11327673 452
11358801 540
11273726 515
11253620 447
11189392 240
11345144 444
11253781 454
11363563 433
11265860 283
11358849 470
11292112 456
11160043 378
10344901 534
10341072 200
11296000 542
11357784 536
11258963 404
11276656 541
11337506 483
11278485 365
11310875 196
11259581 469
11327414 445
10068119 532
11262776 429
11202148 391
10714970 300
11176994 521
11251790 523
11349673 483
11339135 492
11290201 185
11162842 280
11375532 535
11190963 464
11362137 490
11345577 507
11187145 531
11203143 400
11174263 177
10341072 522
11256232 379
11297783 392
11341264 203
11310832 345
11201561 198
11364782 474
11254477 433
11227493 530
11348601 523
10715269 453
10523316 487
10318598 44

FINAL Project Debate Grade (Total 150)

11274076 140
11200769 137
11322242 150
11298037 145
10001129 150
10676194 137
11357259 142
11386932 145
11361073 139
11364791 140
11135637 150
11294356 133
11309711
11350257 140
11341894 140
11355753
11311492 145
11293836 145
11252769 100
11261399 143
11302316
11336226 150
11346600 130
11327673 100
11358801 145
11273726 135
11253620 137
11189392
11345144 140
11253781 140
11363563 100
11265860
11358849 135
11292112 100
11160043 100
10344901 150
10341072
11296000 145
11357784 145
11258963 100
11276656 145
11337506 140
11278485 100
11310875
11259581 135
11327414 138
10068119 140
11262776 140
11202148 140
10714970 135
11176994 140
11251790 145
11349673 145
11339135 137
11290201
11162842
11375532 145
11190963 137
11362137 145
11345577 150
11187145 145
11203143 135
11174263
10341072 150
11256232 120
11297783 120
11341264
11310832 135
11201561
11364782 139
11254477 135
11227493 145
11348601 145
10715269 135
10523316 140
10318598

Quiz 10 grades

CWID
11274076 7
11200769 4
11322242 8
11298037 8
10001129 5
10676194 6
11357259 7
11386932 7
11361073 8
11364791 6
11135637 6
11294356 7
11309711 4
11350257 10
11341894 6
11355753
11311492 8
11293836 6
11252769 6
11261399 8
11302316
11336226 7
11346600 8
11327673 7
11358801 7
11273726 8
11253620 5
11189392 7
11345144 7
11253781 7
11363563 6
11265860 7
11358849 6
11292112 9
11160043 6
10344901 7
10341072
11296000 7
11357784 5
11258963 5
11276656 7
11337506 7
11278485 5
11310875 3
11259581 8
11327414 8
10068119 7
11262776 6
11202148 6
10714970
11176994 8
11251790 9
11349673 9
11339135 6
11290201
11162842 7
11375532 7
11190963 8
11362137
11345577
11187145 8
11203143 4
11174263
10341072 8
11256232 7
11297783 6
11341264
11310832
11201561
11364782 9
11254477 7
11227493 7
11348601 6
10715269 8
10523316 8
10318598

Midterm 2 Grades (Total possible 100)

11274076 80
11200769 82
11322242 62
11298037 64
10001129 84
10676194 66
11357259 65
11386932 74
11361073 62
11364791 65
11135637 93
11294356 82
11309711 60
11350257 54
11341894 70
11355753
11311492 60
11293836 66
11252769 65
11261399 45
11302316
11336226 80
11346600 65
11327673 64
11358801 85
11273726 74
11253620 62
11189392 50
11345144 65
11253781 64
11363563 45
11265860 50
11358849 61
11292112 89
11160043 60
10344901 90
10341072 90
11296000 82
11357784 90
11258963 58
11276656 84
11337506 65
11278485 38
11310875
11259581 70
11327414 87
10068119 86
11262776
11202148 55
10714970 44
11176994 87
11251790 74
11349673 66
11339135 64
11290201
11162842 65
11375532 76
11190963 64
11362137 80
11345577 70
11187145 86
11203143 90
11174263
10341072 78
11256232 64
11297783 54
11341264
11310832
11201561
11364782 65
11254477 54
11227493 84
11348601 86
10715269 65
10523316 60
10318598

Saturday, June 12, 2010

PP Notes Inca

Tawantinsuyu or “Inca” 1200-1532 CE

Andean Region
From Colombia to Chile (2500 miles north to south)
From the coast to the Amazon (380,000 square miles in all)
1200 BCE – first Inca
Largest nation on earth



Cuzco (“navel”) was the capital
Legend of Inca origin
Quechua was the spoken language
Tawantinsuyu - Tawan means 4 – empire was divided into four regions
14,000 mile-long road system linking the capital to its empire (through the Andes)

Lodges, store houses, temples and posts along the way (roads kept clear no matter the location)
10 million subjects at its peak
Taxes in labor
Fierce warriors, but life was very peaceful

Daily life was spent at up to 15,000 ft
Ritual life up to 22,000 ft (in Chile)
Clothing was still minimal, even sandals were still used

The 3 laws:
Don’t steal,
Don’t lie
Don’t be lazy

Resulting in:
pushed from cliffs, hands, eyes or lips cut off, hung up to starve to death

Inca Architecture
Locking stones
Lacked any type of mortar
Used gold and silver
Story of cornfields and llamas

Irrigation System

Irrigation was complex and essentially in steppe farming
Have to reach multilevel sections
It was also a source of ritual
Developed methods of crop dusting
Highly advanced in cultivating crops
Religion

Polytheism
Worshipped the sun “Inti”
Condor represented heaven, anaconda for the underworld, Puma was the brother who resided on earth

Human sacrifice/child sacrifice (used chicha)
Mummies (royalty found in frozen peaks of the Andes) Kings did not rob dead kings
Story of Tanta Carhua
Complex calendaring

PP Notes Constantine

Constantine

300 CE, two kings had converted to Christianity: Osroene in Mesopotamia, and the king of Armenia.
Christians made up 20% or more of Rome’s population in parts of the Empire.


Constantine began to help with ideological conflicts and then in 321CE, made Sunday a day of rest, as was custom in the worship of Sol Invictus
In 312 CE, at the Tigris River Constantine met Maxentius and claimed victory, making him the Emperor of the West and Supreme Pontiff (fist Pope).

324 CE Constantine defeats Licinius and becomes Emperor of Rome.
Organized a conference of Bishops in 325, to resolve doctrinal issues
325 BCE made Byzantium: New Rome – today known as
Church moves away from consecration

Assimilation of paganism within the church: Christmas celebrated on Dec. 25th – birthday of Sol Invictus, pagan gods taking the faces of saints
In his 50’s Constantine was finally baptized by Eusebius (scholar and theologian) before the Emperor’s death.
Up to 400 CE
The Empire was split into thirds (Constantine’s sons)
Pagan-Christian conflicts again arise and by the tension between Jews and Christians increase
400 CE – Huns invade Armenia, Visigoths moved across the alps later joined by the Francs and other Germans – by 410 CE they held Rome
The city had not been penetrated since the Gauls 700 years earlier.
St Augustine
Authority of church split between Rome and Constantinople 451 CE
Origins of the canon:

PP Notes Maya and Mexica (Aztec)

Mesoamerica

Mesoamerica stretches from Mexico’s central plain to Costa Rica
Beginnings of civilization around 12000 BCE (300-400 yrs. after Shang)
Depended on corn, beans and wild turkey –used only digging sticks



Mesoamerican region
Lived in a tropical rain forest in Guatemala and Belize
Agricultural community: beans, maize, chili peppers and squash
Made clay, cloth, rope, nets, string
Around 900 BCE migrated into Yucatan Peninsula

By first century, traded with Teotihuacan
Complex family units, cities, temples: class division, private property
Built with limestone, coral, and plaster
Had writing and numbering system (including zero)

Religion

Trances/Visions: dancing, blood letting, hallucinogenic enemas, used the mushroom: psilocybim, flowers, toads, etc.
Sacred written texts
Popol Vuh was sacred mythology
Xibalba was the under world





Hunaphu and Ixbalanque – hero twins – played ball game in Xibalba and won. Most important thing you can be is a trickster, could outwit the gods. Really appreciated witty individuals. (Moon has a trickster)

All movements in the story of the twins represents solar movement, i.e. descending into Xibalba represents retrograde motion of Venus (disappears), mnemonic devices to plot movements of the universe
“Popol Vuh” – people of the mat.
Michael Coe wrote “Breaking the Maya Code” – took a Russian, Uri Knorosov, during the cold war, with outdated equipment (there was no Rosetta Stone until De Landa’s letters regarding Chi’s )



Aztecs 1345 – 1521 CE
The Aztec Calendar

In the Mesoamerican region
Came to Mexico from a Southwestern region in the United States
Capital was called Tenochtitlan (no comparison in 16th century Europe, when Cortes landed). 8 to 25 million people

The plaza on the island represented the Mesoamerican universe. Pyramids, large buildings, temples and homes.
Transportation was mainly canoes, much like in Venice.



Played a sacred ball game for 3000 years: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras.
More than 1560 courts have been discovered. Use of a heavy rubber ball, and a ring. Teams of two to seven, wore yokes, shoulder pads, hip covers and helmets – losers were sacrificed. Ball represents trajectory of a planet and set in ground – near underworld, supernatural.
Wagering was an important part of the games.

Religion
Human sacrifice
Gods: blood eaters
Complex calendaring
Polytheism
Human sacrifice