Summary of Class 4/23-4/24

On Wednesday in class, we took a look at the life on the prairie and the many hardships that went along with it. One of the many troubles on the prairie was that the people lived in soddie houses. To learn about soddie houses, we started off by smelling the grass that these houses were made of. We were asked if we would be able to live in one, with all the stench and I don't think I'd be able to do it. We were then asked to sit, sleep, cook, and eat in the small area that would be considered our house with a group of five other people. Mr.Boyle wanted to know if the area and the amount of people would affect us and seeing that the soddie houses were smaller than my bedroom now, it definitely would. Back then in all of the pictures, you had to hold your position for a minute or else the picture would get blurry. Because of this, we also had to do the same thing. On Thursday in class, we were in the computer lab and put into groups. Each group had a different tool that was used on the prairie in which they had to create a presentation on. Tomorrow in class, we will be presenting these presentations and we will be trying to sell our product, imagining that we lived in the 1800's.