2013

Nelson Mandela

 Nelson Mandela was a famous person of South Africa who wanted freedom in South Africa. This quest took him to a prison underground to the presidency. Even though Nelson Mandela has past away he is still a very important figure in South Africa. In his quest to have freedom in South Africa Nelson Mandela became a rarity. Black and white people adore Nelson Mandela. 

What 2013 Taught Me

2013 taught me that you should be thankful for the life that you have because many people died. Since many people died in 2013 I feel I should be very thankful for every thing I have and that nothing really bad happened to me. Nelson Mandela, Paul Walker, Lou Reed, Cory Monteith were people who died in 2013.  

What I look forward to in 2014

I look forward to the technology of 2014. There have been many different advancements in technology. The IPhone S and C, the Samsung watch. Those are three advancements of many and there will be more in 2014.

Ligers

                              Introduction

Ligers are  a cross breed between a tiger and a lion. Ligers can be more like lions than tigers with their character. A liger is a big cat that is the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger. There is also something called a tigon. But this is the offspring of a female lion and male tiger. These two do look different even though they are offspring of the same animal. Ligers get characteristics from both lion and tiger . The liger has tiger like strips that are light and also looks like a big lion. Some say that a liger is larger than his parents and are arguably the largest big cats in the world.

Opinion

I didn't know that tigers and lions could mate because they both live in different continents. Also I read a book that said if a lion and a tiger saw each other, they wouldn't recognize each other and kill each other and the lion would win. Since there are more ligers than tigons the ligers may have a better chance at being born.



Top Ten Big Cats

  Jaguar


 
Leopard


 Tiger



 Lion



 Mountain Lion



 Cheetah




 Panther


Tigon



Liger



 White lion


Challenge

 Out of the big cats in the top ten list, which one is your favorite. Put your choice in the comments below. If you want to learn more about Ligers then look on the website Wonderopolis. that is where I got all my information.

Candy canes

                                  Introduction 

Candy canes weren't always striped, they were developed by just white strips of sugar.In the mid-1600 candy makers made candy canes by hand instead of machine. The task needed a lot of time and strength. The ingredients needed to be mixed, heated and then pulled, cut and twisted. The first candy sticks were made in 1670 by choirmaster in Germany. The candy canes were for the kids who went to the Christmas Nativity pageant.



Opinion 

My opinion on candy canes are that since they are a stick of sugar I think that kids should eat the smaller candy canes in stead of the larger ones because that much sugar can make a kid get hyper. Some parents don't let their kids eat candy canes because of the sugar. But the candy makers who make it by hand do work very hard and should get more credit. This video from Wonderopolis showed me that.

Top Ten Candy Cane Colors




























































































Challenge 

Go to  Wonderopolis and learn as much as possible about this topic. If you found any thing that you found interesting tell me in the comments. All the information that is in this blog is in the link for Wonderopolis. I hope you enjoyed my blog.

Turkey on Thanksgiving

Introduction

When the pilgrims came to America they met the American Indians. The American Indians taught the pilgrims many things about the land. When they became close they had something called Thanksgiving. On November 28th thanksgiving is a tradition and so is eating turkey on that day. There are many theories on why pilgrims eat turkey on thanksgiving. One theory was that during the 16th century a fleet of Spanish ships sunk on their way to attack England. Queen Elizabeth revived this news while eating dinner. She was so trilled that she ordered another goose be served. The Settlers were so trilled they roasted a turkey instead of a goose.


Opinion

I think that if we eat turkey on Thanksgiving because Queen Elizabeth ate a goose but not a turkey. Since she didn't eat a turkey I don't know why we eat turkey for sure. I think we eat turkey because the American Indians and pilgrims needed to decide on what to eat.  But the Indians think that animals should be respected. So they decided on a turkey than an other animal. If they decided on an other animal then they would eat an other animal.

 Top Ten foods on Thanksgiving

1. Turkey
2. Sweet potatoes
3. Potatoes
4. Stuffing
5. Carrots
6. Meatballs
7. Ham
8. Biscuits
9. Bacon
10. Sausages 

Challenge 

Did you eat any turkey during thanksgiving, if you did I hope you enjoyed. I also want you to learn as much as you can about this and post your favorite theory in the comments. Thank you for reading my blog and I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving. All of this information was found on Wonderopolis and CNN.com.

The Mysteries of Stonehenge

Introduction

There are many world landmarks but one that is very interesting is Stonehenge. Stonehenge is an unknown statue with a lot of theories. Some say that it's earths greatest mysteries. It has many theories. Some theories are that prehistoric people made it and others say that it was an alien landing sight. Other theories are that the rocks have healing powers. Stonehenge is located in southern England Salisbury plain. This circular structure is a very popular land mark to tourist all around the world.


My Opinion

I personally think that Stonehenge was made by prehistoric people. But didn't have written records.The prehistoric era was when writing wasn't invented. There were many inventions in prehistoric time so it is not a surprise that something like this was made. As you can see in the picture above, this structure is made out of only rocks in a circular way. If you look at other pictures you can see how some people may think that it was left by aliens. But I personally don't think that it was aliens.

Challenge 

I  challenge you to learn as much as possible about Stonehenge. The website I got all my information from is a website called Wonderopolis. If you want to go check it out just click on the word. Leave a comment below and tell me what I did well on and what I need improvement on.

The Secrets of Advertisment

Techniques
           Many techniques are used in advertising. Two of the techniques that the commercial below focuses on are Emotional appeal and Transfer. Emotional appeal gives us a feeling of of happiness, sadness, and other feeling. This is effective because it appeals to your emotions happy, sad, mad etc.Transfer connects a product with a positive image,lifestyle, or idea.This is also effective because you might want to be like the baby when he is having the time of his life. As you can see both Emotional appeal and Transfer are used in commercials to make you wnt the product and laugh. In the commercial emotional appeal shows at the end when the baby is having a party and other events, this might make you laugh. Transfer is used at the end when the baby is having the time of his life in many events. Emotional appeal is a good technique because the emotions like laughter and sadness are very persuasive because sadness makes people think about what would happen. Happiness makes people laugh or smile and this can have then buy your product.

            Opinion
I like this commercial because it makes me happy and puts a smile on my face. The transfer part of the commercial makes me think if i get the product I can do all the things that the baby did.The target audience could be people who want to save money. Also the target audience could be people who want to save but use most of the money. I think that the target audience would like this commercial because there is humor behind saving money by blowing it. I think this commercial made a lot of money because of the humor from the baby in the commercial. There are other Etrade commercials commercials with this baby and I think these commercials will keep making money. I think that if this commercial keeps making money as long as they keep the baby and tell the truth about the product. I know that Etrade works because my Aunt has Etrade because she wants to save as much money as possible. My Aunt save an enormous amount of money when she started with Etrade. The baby in these commercials tells you a lot about this product so that you are happy about with Etrade.

Top Five Emotional Appeal Commercials.(Don't read the bold before reading the last paragraph)
Emotional appeal is shown when the cheetah goes after the man instead of the car. This is humorous because when other people get hurt we find it funny. 
Emotional appeal is shown when the baby inside the baby room says that he is speed dating. Emotional appeal is shown when everyone is fighting while whispering because of they are arguing about" cream or cookie"  This is humorous because people fighting the way they are fighting is funny because they are all whispering. Emotional appeal is shown when the kid in the back of the car asks" where do babies come from."  This is humorous because the parents reaction is that he didn't want to know what he knew. Emotional appeal is shown when the baby gets sling shot and takes the Doritos right from the kids hand .This is humorous because when the baby gets sling shot he knows what to do like he did it before.

Top Five Transfer Commercials
(Don't read the bold before reading the next paragraph) 
 
Transfer is shown when the little girl is dancing with the bears.  This is transfer because the kid is dancing with teddy bears and it isn't telling you and thing about the cereal.Transfer is shown when Ana Gasteyer is talking about how she lost weight in a song.  This is transfer because it shows how much weight she lost. Transfer is shown when the women talks about losing weight with many other people.  This is transfer because it is talking about women losing weight and believing in yourself.Transfer is shown when the women are talking aboutlosin weight when it isn't affecting their diet.Transfer is shown when the women is singing about how people should believe in each other and themselves. This is transfer because she is saying that you can lose weight if you want. 

Challenge 
If you didn't already look at each video and find where the techniques are used. answer all the videos without looking at the bold for the answer.  Also tell me how I did in the comments and write your answer in the comments as well. I hope you enjoyed my blog and the videos. For more information about Emotional appeal and Transfer commercials look at the links below.
1. Emotional appeal commercial#1
2. Transfer commercial#1
3. Emotional appeal commercial#2
4. Transfer commercial#2

Monster of China

The First Emperor of China 

 In 1974 farmers found a sculpted head in their soil. Which lead to the discovery of Qin shi huang's tomb. Qin was only 13 years old when he became Emperor. He became Emperor in 246 B.C. Qin was a ruler with many powers and a lot of money. Qin made the first version of the Great Wall of China, and took over 36 years to build. Qin had money and power but wanted more, he wanted immortality. But when he failed to get immortality, in his tomb was another empire to help him in the after life. The tomb of Qin shi huang had an army of terracotta warriors. The terracotta army included archers, cavalry, chariots, and foot soldiers. But he envisioned that he would need citizens in the after life as well. This included government officials, acrobats, dancers, singers, animals, and a strong man to entertain him.

 My opinion
Qin shi haung was a cruel ruler for how he massacred the army of six states without mercy. 
He put 100 of thousands of people into harsh labor. showed no toleration for dissent. If you did have dissent he would have you killed on the spot, and ask someone else to do the job. People who he ruled over tried to assassinate him seven times but he lived through all of them. When Qin shi haung made his tomb it cost an enormous amount of money, and with all the money he had he didn't share any of it. This shows that Qin was a greedy ruler and he also didn't respect anyone.

Top ten facts

1. An army of 8,000 clay soldiers to accompany Qin shi haung in his tomb and after life
2. Terracotta warriors are over 2,200 years old
3. Discovered by local farmers who were digging for water
4. Each face is unique with detail
5. Their height and uniform also varies by rank 
6. Over 650 horses are part of the army
7. It is believed that the Empeor's tomb contains simulated rivers
8. It is believed that soldiers held real weapons 
9. Over 700,000 workers were employed for construction 
10. The tomb has not been dug yet

 Would you want to live under Qin shi haung's rule? I would never want to be under his rule because of how unfair it was. Leave your opinion in a comment below. Other articles will be below along with some videos.

Links

Video one 
Video two
Top ten facts video
Article one
Article two
Article three
Article four

Supercroc awakening

Introduction
In the giant river lives a beast with over 100 razor sharp teeth that could kill anything it needed to kill. 110 years ago there was a monster that was 40 ft long and weighed 8-10 tons and could kill a giant dinosaur. The Supercroc was probably the best predator that ever lived. Supercroc lived in Africa and spent most of it’s life in the river but could hunt on land as well as in water. Because of the supercroc's strength some people say that the supercroc could have could have killed a T-rex easily. Although Supercroc was one of the most dominant  predators on the planet, they were very rare because a crocodile like this needs a large space to live.

My opinion
My opinion I think Supercroc could kill anything that challenged it. This Supercroc could also go 2 years without food and months without water according to the video "Crocs eating Dinos". Plus the jaws were five feet long according to Peter Winker. also the life span is 50-60 years. According to National geography Supercroc had cousins know as Boar, Rat, Pancake, Dog, and Duck croc.


Top ten Supercroc Articles & Facts

1. Supercrocs cousins

2. Article #1

3. Quiz yourself on Supercrocs cousin 

4. See why you and Supercroc are not related 

5. Learn about the Supercroc fossils 

6. There are no differences between male and female supercrocs

7. Sarcossuchus imperator is also supercrocs name
8. Paul Sereno and his team are the founders of supercroc
9. There is no way to know if supercroc is a male or female
10. Supercroc was found in the Sahara Desert

Since you Know a little about supercroc I encourage you to learn more about supercroc and his cousins. I hope the links on the page will make your curiosity for supercroc even larger. Leave a comment ask questions and explore about supercroc.