Room 613 Talk

The 6th grade students have started posting to our student social studies weblog. Our first reflections addressed the following question: If you could visit anyplace in the world, where would you go and why? You can read their latest writing at Room 613 Student Blogs.
All future posting will be at the new Room 613 Student [...]

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Christianity By Allie B.
Did you know the Christians are the followers of Jesus Christ? And in fact the word Christ originated from the Greek term anointed which means chosen one. There are many holy days and much more!!!
They began when Jesus started to preach that he was the Messiah and [...]

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Brianne’s California and Nevada Trip
Recently Brianne C. traveled to California and Nevada. She was generous enough to share her thoughts about the trip through her journal. You can read about her trip at http://room613talk.edublogs.org/my-california-and-nevada-journal-by-brianne-c/
Enjoy the adventure! Mr. H.

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Have you ever wondered about the land between two rivers? In other words Mesopotamia? Well I have. Here is many facts that may answer your questions. One thing first. Did you know that Mesopotamia is Greek for the land between two rivers? I didn’t. Also, do you know the names of the rivers? [...]

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Room 613 Talk Podcast - 12-05-05
Click here to listen to our 3rd Podcast, the Holiday edition!
Our third podcast features the Porter 6th Grade Chorus… enjoy the music while listening to our student reporters.
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Show notes for our 12-05-2005 show:
Mesopotamia by Maya and Ryan
The Hippo Song sung by Meagan and Madison
A Visitor from [...]

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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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