Native American Culture 1-6

1. Native Americans are best know for their bead work.

2. To use the computer to make bead work.

3. The type of symmetry used in this bead work is four fold symmetry. 

4. They all have the same amount of sections.
5.The four images are embroidery, Shoshone beadwork, Buffalo Hide Drum, and a Navajo rug.
6. Reflection smmetry is where both sides look exactly the same.

HIstory: The Medici and Machiavelli

            The essential question for this mini unit is; How did wealth in Florence lead to new art and ideas during the Renaissance? To figure this out we did many activities in class. One was watch a video on the Medici family, probably the most powerful family of the time, and took notes on how their power came to be. They did by funding money for artists, thinkers, and scientists or otherwise know as patrons. Also, we read segments of "The Prince", by Niccolo Machiavelli. In this book Machiavelli takes about how a Prince should rule and do as ruler. He wrote this book to help the Medici and because they exiled him for trying to start a "rebellion" against the Medici. Machiavelli thought writing the book for the Medici would help his changes of the Medici canceling his exile. 

             One excerpts  from " The Prince" is: That Which Concerns the Prince on Subject of Art and War. It is important for a prince to study war because if his kingdom is attacked he must have a plan or if he wants to attack another kingdom he must also have a plan. In other words he has to know what he is doing when his town is attacked or he attacks. A prince could gain the knowledge of strategy by studying war. If he gets lazy about studying war and if he is attacked he won't know what to do and most likely lose. Also if he decides to attack someone he won't have a good plan of attack and most likely lose.

               I agree with Machiavelli's leadership ideas, but they only work for his time period. I think this because his ideas are based on manipulating peoples minds like using fear to win over your people, but now most people are educated and can figure out if you're not true to your word or just threatening them. Also, world leaders now have people doing the thinking for them so the ideas of ruling won't matter to them and they'll forget about Machiavelli's leadership ideas. 

communication

I communicate using my phone a lot. I rely on my phone to talk to friends and family without actually seeing them face-to-face. An example would be me using Snapchat to communicate with my friends.

reflection

I thought the search activity was easy to do and a little boring. Although it was quick and easy to do.

Computer Buying Project Reflection

My partners have been working on the computer buying project. So far it has been good. We did have some computer issues, but overall it has been good. I learned about what a video and sound card were. A challenge though was finding what the sound card was for a Dell.

my wordle

Hi I'm Zach. I'm in High School and love to play basketball. That isn't the only sport I play though. I also play football. I live in Massachusetts, but I was born in New York. That's why I'm not a baseball fan. I'm 14 years old and six foot two. My favorite ice cream is chocolate and my favorite food is pizza. Also, I'm a big fan of the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Pats. I've been to Canada and the Caribbean. I don't really travel that much, but on some occasions I go somewhere. I have a little brother named Nick and a dog named Max.