Room 613 Talk

Have you ever wondered where the first civilization developed? First, what is a civilization? Civilization is a culture of people that have each of these things:

A system of writing

Cities

Workers who specialize in certain type of work. Who was first to have these?

In [...]

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Mesopotamia by Emelie V.

5,000 years ago, an incredible event occurred. The world today would not be the same if the land “between two rivers” had not been settled by the Sumerians, and 1,900 years later fallen under the Assyrians, reign. Mesopotamia, or the land “between two rivers”, was formed in 3,000 B.C. [...]

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On Friday, November 11, 2005 I visited Quancheng Square in Jinan. I wrote a summary of my memories of that visit during a bus trip the next day, but didn’t get a chance to post more than the pictures while in China. Here are my observations, as well as some pictures of the square. [...]

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Mesopotamia by Kelley L.
In Mesopotamia there were many civilizations such as, the Babylonian, Assyrians, and Sumerians. Did you know that Mesopotamia means ’’land between the rivers’’? Well that’s where it got its name, Mesopotamia means between two rivers. Archeologists found Mesopotamia under a baron desert. In case you didn’t know Sumerians were the first [...]

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Mesopotamia By Allie B.
Have you ever wondered about the first civilizations? Who lived there what were they like? Well I had those questions until I watched an amazing movie that told me about Mesopotamia, or “between the rivers”. There were many city-states in Mesopotamia, one was Sumer. The Sumerians lived in homes [...]

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Here are some of our student’s bug projects from Mr. Lawrence’s Science Class

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Here are photo’s of some beautiful paintings and characters made by students of the Jinan Foreign Language Primary School.

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What kind of mood was the crab in when he woke up? A Crabby mood!
What is an elephants favorite font? The elephont!
What kind of attitude do the students in the LA room have? A Laughing [...]

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Dances and Activity nights By Kelley and Brianna
Music! dancing! eating! and just having fun! Those are just a couple of words that describe what goes on at the dances and activity nights at Porter school. Dances are when grades 6th through 8th go into our schools cafetorium, and while a DJ is [...]

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