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 * The one good thing I could see was that the water was so shallow where the Narwhal went down that, once I broke clear of the ship, I didn't have far to go to reach the surface. It was long enough, though. **


 * By the time I broke the surface, I had almost given up hope, but I found myself in the air and took a huge, gulping gasp. I splashed around, happy just to be alive. That's when the hand reached down and grabbed me. **


 * Before I had a chance to think, I had been hauled into a small boat and dumped there like a load of fish. I opened my eyes and was surprised--and happy--to see Jeremy staring down at me. "You made it," he said. I nodded. "Did you get the map?" he asked. I sat up, outraged. "Is that all you can think about?" I demanded **** .  **


 * "No. Of course not. But did you get it?" I pulled the map, now waterlogged, from the folds of my shirt and tossed it to the floor of the boat. Jeremy looked visibly relieved. **** "Are you all right?" he asked. "I--I think so," I said. "What happened to...uh, to Diablo?" I shrugged. "I don't know. I didn't see him." There was a pause.  **

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__Conclusion __

So there you have it. Some of my broadest beliefs that make me, me and some of my reasons and how I came to believing it. I really hope you thought these were good and I will always try and weave them into my life at all times in the near future. I hope you think that you would like to follow these too, and maybe even make other people thrive. I will always try throughout my life to get people to follow somethings I do. Maybe we could even make the world better! You never know, and thanks for listening or reading my beliefs ad\nd thought. (:

__Introduction __

Hi (: My name is Nadira Anzum. I'm eleven and I'm from Bangladesh. I'm a Muslim, but you won't see anything about religion here. One of hobbies is laughter! I know, it's really strange but as they say, laughter is the best medicine. I like to make myself happy all the time and laugh off embarrassing moments, which is a lot since I'm super clumsy! I'm usually super nice and I love joking around with people, strangers included. I believe in a lot of things. Most of them might sound strange, but oh well! I have many beliefs, and some of them are here:

__Belief #3:Draft 1 __


 * A belief I hold is about always feeing good about yourself. If you don't like yourself, why would others? I think you should always try to make yourself happy. Whether it's doing something you love, listening to your favorite song or anything else that makes you happy, do it! I think you should make yourself happy. I've had this belief forever! I honestly can't remember when I started. I always try to make myself happy, in one way or the other. Even if it is in small ways, like the color of the pen I use. It always makes me happy, when even the smallest things can relate to something I like. You should always try to make yourself happy, I believe that. **

__Belief #2: Draft 1 __

**I believe in many things, and one of them happen to be karma. Karma is when you do something good, something good will happen to you. The same with bad things. I first started believing in this about a year ago. I'm not completely sure how it happend. It actually started in fourth to fifth grade-ish. But, there was one very important ingredient in the making of my belief: backstabbing. We were pre-teens, and school was a game of popularity. We said bad things about each other when we were with other people, and their best friend with them. It started and ended the same way. The friend finds out, starts rumors, the other friend finds out, starts rumors. You understand? You do a bad thing, a bad thing will happen to you. I noticed the cycle never actually ends, and I hate rumors that get started about me. So, instead I just don't say stuff about people. Yes, I gossip. Everyone gossips. But, I don't backstab people. If I don't like someone, I don't pretend to be their friend. I just am not. It's really that simple. I think karma is good and it really helps sometimes. This I believe.**

__Belief Draft #1 __

I believe if the love of power can be overcome, the world will be peaceful. People should always try to love each other. Not as in "I love you, I love you" like boyfriend/girlfriend. I believe that when people love each other, it is more likely that conflicts will not occur. Always help people, you might make a new friend. Most people think that loving a stranger is strange. It honestly isn't. If you do think it is, your telling me that you hate someone you don't know yet? Every bad person has a little good in the, every good person has a little bad. It's just the way we were made. A person may seem bad, but how do you know why they might be? Have you asked them what their past is? Where they're from? You can't judge them if you haven't met them. Loving someone who you just met makes more sense. How? Like I said before, everyone has good in them. I suggest you embrace the good, even though it may be vague. I developed this belief in many ways. The idea of this hadn't completely formed in my head at first. When I was seven or eight, I first read the quote "When the power of love, overcomes the love of power, the world will know to peace." I was really young, I hadn't fully interpreted it, at that stage. I did of course get it, but hadn't thought of it much. Half a year later, I saw this movie called Cyberbully. It really sparked me how mean people can be, and that's when I finally decided that love is the power that will overcome all. I try to be as nice as I can to people, and try to be helpful. I really, really hope you agree with my belief and liked it. Thank you (:

__** Assignment #2 - "This I Believe" Essay Review ** __ = = Go to the "This I Believe" essay list for Under 18 . Browse through the essay choices and choose one that interests you. Listen to it or read the text. On your wiki page, write a review about the essay. Include the title of the essay, a little something about the author and why you chose it. Then describe the person's belief and how/why they have this belief.


 * I chose the "freedom in semi-permanent hair dye" one. The girl's name is Amelia Baxter-Stoltzfus, from New York. I chose this because I believe her belief. Basically, she says that you never change, really. Your looks, yes, your personality, maybe, but sometimes you have things in your life that will never change.**

= __Assignment 1-__ __<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'comic sans ms',sans-serif; font-size: small;">** Pre-Unit Reflection ** __ = <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'comic sans ms',sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Personal Beliefs are important values that guide your daily life. What we believe in influences who we are, how we act, and the decisions we make.

<span style="color: #8b56c3; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**I believe in a lot of things. Well, first of all I believe that people are all equal and unique in their own way. Besides, why die a copy when you were born an original? Everyone should be respected for who they are. I once wrote a quote about being unique (put it on the bottom). I live by a lot of inspirational quotes and sayings. I believe that this quote "when the power of love, overcomes the love of power, the world will know to peace." Honestly, the maker of the quote, Jimi Hendrix, was a smart cookie. I believe that it's true. Another quote I think is really inspirational is "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." Mohammed Ali means that you should always be kind and gentle, but never let your loyal side be your weakness. I believe you should always stand up for yourself. You should always be true to yourself and always follow your dreams no matter what people say.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0d9696; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">" beαuty is only skin deep. whαt defines α person is not whαt one weαrs, looks like or αcts like. whαt defines α person is uniqueness. uniqueness is whαt mαkes αn individuαl themself. αnd without uniqueness, the world would be α rαiny sky, in which only uniqueness shαll be the sunshine. " - Me (:

__ ** Assignment #4 - Unit Review ** __ This assignment is to help prepare you for the final assessment. Copy the table into your wiki page. Write what you have learned about each Big Understanding and Essential Question. Support your answer by using examples of activities, lessons, materials, etc. from our unit that helped you to understand the concept/idea better. Can you make any connections to cultural diffusion/interaction today or to yourself?

changes both cultures. ||  || Sometimes the interaction isn't peaceful, like war. Though, other times it is, in this case, trade. ||  ||   || cultures come into contact. ||  || Sometimes interactions aren't always peaceful. They can lead to war because this king didn't give this to the other king. ||  || I saw 4th graders sharing some cards of some kind the other day & they were arguing about it. I didn't listen to the whole conversation, so I don't know what happend in the end. || cultures? ||  || If you visit a different country, people are probably not going to follow your culture. They will wear their traditional clothing, eat their food, ec. ||  || When I first went to Canada in 2OO4, I was only three years old, so I didn't know much. Fast forward to 2OO8, I had been living their for two years, but sometimes I had trouble with the culture. The clothing was simple, but we mostly had difficulty with the food. We couldn't eat pork so we had to make sure we check everything first. I also had some trouble with school. I was fluent in english and I had forgotten how to speak bangla in 2OO7, where as in 2OO8 I used to say things in bangla rather than english. It wasn't on purpose. I wouldn't realize and my friends gave me that look like "what is wrong with this gurl?" o_O || take place? ||  || When two cultures interact by Trade or War gi ving off ideas and such. I learned this from the culture packet. ||  || I'm not sure about this, but I saw two men talking about some things related to culture. I'm not sure if this counts or not, but I couldn't think of anything else. || of diffusion? ||  || Romans started wearing silk from China. I learned this from Ch. 24 ||  || The Korean restaurant served Japanese soup. || interact in positive, neutral, and negative ways? ||  || The positive ways would be trade or coffee in modern day. A normal conversation can make a big difference. The negative ways would be war and I'm not sure about modern day. ||  || My Dad is an international businessman. He has a lot of foreign buyers since he's in the garments business. He told me that he gets in arguments with his buyers sometimes. Most of the time, though, they speak like civilized people. ||
 * **Big Understanding/**
 * Essential Question** ||  || **What have I learned about this?**
 * What from the unit helped me to**
 * understand this?** ||  || **Connections to today or to self** ||
 * Interaction between cultures
 * Trade and War are the main ways
 * What is culture? ||  || Culture is what the people in a certain country or place in the world practices, values; their customs and more. ||   || Well, I see culture all the time. We went to a Korean restaurant today. They fed us Korean food (obviously) & there were Korean Buddha statues. They were wearing Korean clothing as well. ||
 * How do people identify with their
 * How does cultural diffusion
 * What are some historical examples
 * How do people from different cultures

= __Assignment 3__ = Directions: Think about your experience in our Heelot/Hokie activity and then answer the following questions clearly ** in your notebook **.

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 * 1) How did you learn about the other culture? (For example, was it through second hand information from previous visitors, direct observation, trial and error?) ** Well, I was one of the first five to go... and I got kicked out in the first 1O seconds. A new world record :D haha. Anyways, the "Hokies" aren't as smart as they seem, considering they use a number in everything. But, I found them.. "interesting", to be honest. The way they talk, their behavior, everything. **
 * 2) What made it difficult for you to learn about the other culture's customs? (language differences, body language, nervousness?) ** The Heelots were not allowed to do a lot of the things the Hokies were. For example, the Hokies had to shake hands before a conversation and in our culture it was taboo to touch each other. So, it was a little difficult because of the different customs and laws. **
 * 3) Do you think the kinds of things that you experienced in this simulation occur in the 'real world' as well? What effects do these personal communication problems have on international relations? ** I think so. In some countries, they hate muslims and other people because of their belief systems etc. I honestly find it a bit.. I'm not really sure. This may also occur when you are in a different country. They might find some things we do in ordinary life as a taboo. **

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= __<range type="comment" id="406030212_1">Rise of Civilization Unit ; ; Assignment 2- Reflection</range id="406030212_1">__ = = =

The people before us developed the use of tools and these helped them to survive better. Today, man is still developing tools to help us survive better such as cell phones, which help us if we're ever in serious troubles like a fire. The Sumerians invented writing, and I still use writing in my daily work and activities. The Greeks created medicine, and I need medicine or I`d die by now of sickness. Our ancestors created so many things for us. We should all thank them :) Say thank you.

= __**<range type="comment" id="385721466_1">Boy** of the Painted Cave Table</range id="385721466_1">__ = Copy the heading above and following table on to your own wiki page and fill in the information for all the chapters. __**Chapter Summaries**__ ||<  ||= __**Vocab Word(s),**__ __**Page #**__ __**& Meaning**__ ||<  ||= __**A Descriptive Phrase**__ __**You Liked, Page #, and Why**__ __**You Liked it**__ ||<  ||= __**My Reaction/Comments/**__ __**Connections to this Chapter (Maximum of two sentences)**__ || When you hold something or looking for an answer desperately ||  || ** "except for the short coughing rear of a cave lion and the hiss and sputter of fire" **, 26: It's interesting because fire doesn't make noise. ||  || I liked it because I was scared at the Slough part. And I always like a little scare in books. || A wizard-like person who can contact spirits ||<  ||<   ||<   ||< I liked it because he learned about his mother and I've been really wandering what his parents' where. || Leaping over something, another word for jumping. ||<  ||< ** "down near the glades a big glacier lake extended a long blue finger into the Slough" **, page 62: It gives me a clear look oh what the lake looks like from above ||<   ||<   || an event regarded as a portent of good or evil ||<  ||<   ||<   ||< I was really surprised when Graybeard acted like that to Tao. || the female of a horse or other equine animal. ||<  ||< ** "the days were growing warmer as the sun climbed into the heavens" **, page 82: I like it because of the heaven's part. ||<  ||< It was a short chapter and not very complicated. Overall it was okay. || = __<range type="comment" id="379953914_1">Assignment 1- Flight Reflection</range id="379953914_1">__ = <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #999999; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">✰
 * = __**Chapters**__ ||<  ||= __**One or Two Sentence**__
 * = **1** ||<  ||< Tao forgot the rabbit and had to hunt for another one. ||<   ||< **taboo,** page 15: something in a culture that is not allowed or unacceptable ||<   ||< **"lumbering shapes of the mountains-that-walk, the mammoths"**, page 16: This phrase gives me a very clear image in my mind of the true size of the mammoths. ||<   ||< This was a good introduction to Tao and his desire to be a cave painter and how he is questioning the taboo. ||
 * = **2** ||  || Tao found the wolf dog and named him Ram also he heard a scary noise the the slough ||   || **groping**, page 26:
 * = **3 & 4** ||<  ||< Tao came back to the camp. He told the people about hunting with wolf dogs. And he finds out about his mom ||<   ||< **shaman,** page 43:
 * = **5 & 6** ||<  ||< Tao leaves the clan and moves into a cave. He meets a "Chosen One" named Graybeard and tell him about the taboos. ||<   ||< **vaulting**, page 53:
 * = **7 & 8** ||<  ||< Graybeard gets really angry at Tao for painting. He shows Tao the correct way to paint. ||<   ||< **omen**, page 79:
 * = **9 & 10** ||<  ||< He watches Saxon, the sacred bull and Graybeard comes to visit. He shows Tao magic. ||<   ||< **mares**, page 82:
 * = **11 & 12** ||<  ||< Graybeard teaches Tao how to draw animals. ||<   ||< Tarpan, pg 99: a grayish horse ||<   || ** "Rainbow of color rippling across the white cliffs" **, pg 99: I liked the description of the rippling-ness ||<   ||< It was normal. Okay but not really interesting. ||
 * = **13 & 14** ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||
 * = **15 & 16** ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||
 * = **17 & 18** ||<  ||< He wins against Saxon and Volt is his father ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||
 * = **End** ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||

> ** I'm not really sure. At times it felt like it was a race, but at times I just had to really think about the task really hard so it was hard to think of it as anything else other than a task, a job. But, other times, I wanted to be first so bad. You know that personal happiness you feel when you get first place. Even for something that actually not at all needed in your future knowledge. I felt like that sometimes and sometimes, I forgot what that feeling is. It's mixed feelings. ** > ** Well, of course. We didn't argue very much, which was good :) But we did sometimes. Why we argued? Oh please, Sanskar, Georgie, Aman and I aren't exactly like four peas in the same pod. Sure we can work together just fine, but we don't agree with each other 1OO% all the time. Which is completely normal, since I have sudden very wacky and strange ideas that not many people agree with right away. We argued on the diary sometimes, on the flight plan too. But we always worked it out. Like once on the diary, I'm the best writer in the group (Personal Achievement :D) so I helped writing the diary everyday. We didn't agree on the same things to put in it. We mostly end up somehow putting both things together and create something pizzaz-y. ** > **Hmmm... this is a tough one. I'm not really sure. There were loads of hard and challenging things in this simulation. Personally, I really hated that fate card that Aman had pulled because we went a full day behind!! And the flight we had to start again, it had a lot of mistakes. So, yeah that was the most challenging thing.** > ** How about listening to each other one at a time for a change? Haha, yes we need to work on that urgently! And maybe sharing more ideas together and battle strategies! Yes, yes and what else..? Hmm.. maybe being more creative. But that really depends on the type of person. Oh yes! I have a good one, NOT GOOFING OFF :D We have to stay on topic more. ** > ** Independence: **** We had to practice independence a lot. Even if you had help and people check your work it all started off with you. You had to start it and they had to make sure you did the task well and accurately. Example the diary, you had to be creative and make it beautiful and interesting independently. No one told you to write this and write that. You had to go into the depths of the abyss and recesses in your head. Where all your good ideas are stored to be used. ** > > ** Teamwork: **** You had to be a team player or else your um.. grades won't look so.. "fantastic". Not only your grades, but it might impact you in your future. If you aren't good at teamwork than it will not be easy to you in group projects. For the simulation teamwork was one of the main things you needed. You always had to help anybody who needed help or something like that. You needed to be a team player and help with the flight plan, preparation etc. ** > > = =
 * Directions: ** Now that we are finished our flight simulation, I would like you to reflect on what we did. ** On your wiki page **, please answer the following questions in ** complete ** and ** detailed ** sentences.
 * 1) Did you feel like you were in a race? Why or why not?
 * 1) Did you and other team members agree on what to do? Why or why not? Give an example of one agreement or disagreement.
 * 1) What parts of the flight activity were the most challenging? Why?
 * 1) If you were going to do a similar team activity again, what would you change?
 * 1) Name two life skills (e.g. teamwork, problem solving, time management, independence, organization, communication, etc.) you worked on during this flight simulation. For **each** life skill you chose, give an example of how you worked on it during your flight simulation experience.