Monday, May 31, 2010

this is what i believe and ill stand by it


In my life, I’ve been told stories that are amazing, completely astonishing and every story had different subjects. Those stories have made me believe that no matter what happens in life, love will always conquer everything. I believe this because; in the stories my mom has told me, there was always an evil guy, and they were usually evil because they had no one to love, or they had been rejected. Then when that has been changed and replaced with love they would put away their evilness and be kind.

Another reason I believe in this, is because when I read the story of Anne Frank, my teacher had told me that for punishment. If the Jews didn’t do as they were told, they would make the kids shoot their own father. Of course, it was hard for them I mean to shoot the person who cared for them when they were born, who was like a hero to you. My teacher even told me that, sometimes they were not able to do it. Also in WWII, when the Jewish people ran away to keep save some people tried hiding them, its like love between humans not because it is wrong but because we are all the same. I believe and always believe in this.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Game 1066 reflection


The game is basically about the fights between William and Harold and Harrald, it was also about defeating the other team and winning so that you could keep england.What i enjoyed most about this game was the fact that you needed a strategy, and that i was the one to control everything. I also enjoyed it because i learned a lot about it, i learned that you must never put the king at the front of a war because he most probably will die.

In hastings there were two kings and both of them were fighting for the throne of england, the kings were William and Harold, so the battle of hasting was a battle that lasted 6 hours. At the end William won. I think this game is really valuable because its like hwat if harold had won and all of that stuff.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Duke William of Normandy

When Duke William of Normandy had taken over the english he had different ways of ruling over england that the english had never heard of. For example William had made a book called the Doomsday Book, in that book he wrote down what everyone owned and combined everything in a book. He used this book to put taxes and since everyone told him what they had owned there were no hiding places because he knew everything. Also William killed lots of people and burned down houses and villages! he did this to show how powerful he was and so that everyone would respect him. William did not only scare the english but tormented them, for the english what William did was terrible but if you think of england now it was actually pretty good.