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Hello everybody! Today I’m going to be trying a different type of blog post. I’m going to tell a story about a recent simulation that we did. The story is going to be through the eyes of the character that I played. In the simulation, I got an extremely lucky role. I was the king! That meant that I could use electronics whenever I wanted, made $20 a day, and commanded my people.

Here are the in-depth laws:

Law 1: Starting off

You decide how voting works in your territory. Every time you vote as a territory, the group leader will be in charge of organizing and counting the vote. You can make decisions for just your territory that can help you in the game. Resourceful actions that you take can have the winning impact on the game. If you want to change something as a whole society, write a note and have it delivered to Group D. Groups D and C can vote to see if it passes. The king may throw out the decision of the court.

Law 2: Money

Money can be used to buy things at the store, and also to bribe people to vote a certain way, carry information, or provide other services for you. Counterfeiting money is illegal and also pretty silly.  The Universe (teacher) will react if counterfeit money is found.

Law 3: The Store

The store has a limited supply and receives new shipments daily.  If the store is sold out, there is no more food for the day.  Group D can cut in line at the store and the Store Owners are required by law to serve them first.  Store Owners may decide the prices.

Law 4: The Jail

Group C (Nobility) is in charge of arrests, but they may not arrest members of Group D (Clergy), and Group D may also make arrests.  If you are arrested, you MUST automatically go to jail.  The Nobility/Clergy has much more money & resources than the 3rd estate and could quickly overpower any one of them with weapons & backup.  From Jail, anyone may consult with the Universe on any plans.

Now time for my diary as a king!

Today I the first thing that I did was read the news. It told me that our country is going bankrupt. I know that, but I don’t know how the citizens of our town will take it. I know that they already are angry because of the taxes. Maybe tomorrow I’ll do something about that. I really want to be a good king. Anyways, once I had read the news, I met up with my trusted advisors Mackenzie and Charlie R. Together we scouted the kingdom to see if we could find any hints of a revolution. We couldn’t find anything, so we then went to the store. They were being so unfair! For the richest places, groups C and D, they were charging so much, but for groups A and D they were charging so little! I suppose it was fair, but I suppose that I should put a stop to it tomorrow. Overall, I think that this day was pretty good, I would rate it a 7/10. But little did I know, the worst was yet to come… When I heard a rumour that Groups A and B are plotting to kill the King. I remember when I heard that it was like a cold hand gripped my heart. I ordered for a Charlie R. to come with me at all times. I got really scared that I would be murdered.

The next day the first thing I did again was read the news. This time, taxes went up by $1, we’re officially bankrupt. We need to get out of this ASAP. Today I made a couple of new rules. I wanted to make section A to like me a little more because I didn’t want the, to kill me. I let them buy chairs, as well as gifting them 3. I also put their pay up by one dollar. I believe that they like me a lot more right now. The people that I’m most worried about are group B. They are in charge of the store, and have gotten very rich because of it. Their leader, Keaton has $50! I believe that he stole some of the money from me, because some of my money that I left on my throne was missing. I’ll grab a law enforcer from group C, and set up a trap tomorrow. Maybe I’ll catch him at it. As well as group B, I’m also worried about my advisors. Charlie R. made a joke about murdering me. I’ll have to watch him as I don’t know if it was completely a joke. I got another rumour today. “Something must be done about group A”. I do not understand that, as I did so much for them. Perhaps tomorrow they will show their thankfulness.

Day three of being king! Today food prices went up by one dollar. I don’t see why though, as it is already extremely expensive. As soon as I got my $20, I took Evangeline, and together we put my money onto a very obvious place. In a few minutes, Magnus and Keaton came by. Magnus grabbed the money so we arrested him. But later it struck me that I may have made the wrong arrest. Keaton was looking kind of suspicious. But the worst of Keaton was yet to come. I really didn’t do much today, so I’m going to go straight to the rumour. Secret Meetings are being held between A, B, and C. They are growing frustrated with how society is being run… This I got scared about. I knew something on was going on about A and B, but I didn’t know about C.

The news today was scary. I learned that there was a disease in groups A and B. I had the treatment and cured all with the disease to eliminate it entirely. I then promoted Tom to group C because he was being a very good subject. As well as the disease outbreak, I continued to hear word of a revolution. We were given weapons by the almighty universe to protect ourselves. I believe that the revolution has started. Charlie tried to kill me, but I escaped with Chris, Logan, and Mackenzie. Together, we joined another nation (nation Y) who was actually trying to invade nation X. We killed almost everyone and came put triumphant!

In the second part of our project, my group and I made a video about the ineffectiveness of the American Revolution. First though, we had to learn about the revolution. We had to make a graphic organizer to display what we had learned.

As well as the graphic organizer and video, we had to make an affidavit. Here that is:

Revolutions Affidavit

Form 1

Seycove Courts 

I, Charlie Mortimer, Julia Dianova, Silas Macintosh, Magnus Kauko, Keaton Schisler, and Makai Roka, the American Revolution of North Vancouver.

Swear or affirm that:

I know or believe the following facts to be true. If these facts are based on information from others, I believe that information to be true. 

1. I am making this affidavit

🔘 in support of the effectiveness of the revolution

🔘✅ in response to the ineffectiveness of the revolution 

List the facts that you wish to present to the court. If certain facts are not within your personal knowledge, identify the source of your information. If you refer to documents, attach them to this affidavit and mark them as exhibits.

2. 

3. 

4.

Listed Exhibits:

(List your exhibits – A, B, C, etc. Similar items can be grouped as one exhibit. Describe each exhibit, for example, “Letter from the frontlines dated June 14, 1776”.

Prosecution and/or Defence will be attaching the following exhibits:

Attach Document Below:

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/treaty-of-paris#transcript

Attach Document Below:

Here’s my graphic organizer and video!

I think we did well on the video, and maybe we proved to you that the American Revolution was ineffective? Let me know in the comments.

Thanks for reading my blog post! I’ll see you again, very very soon.

Hello everyone! Welcome back to my blog! Today I’ll be telling you about a recent project that we did called Vibrant Videos. In this project, we were learning all about filming and filmmaking. In grade 8 we learned about photography and this year we are learning about videos, and next year I expect we will be learning about audio as I’ve talked to a couple of grade 10s and they are making podcasts. 

The first thing that we learned was the history of movie making. We learned that Thomas Edison invented filmmaking, and we watched him record himself sneeze through a kinetoscope. A kinetoscope is a device that puts together a series of photos and plays them very fast to make an animation. The recording of Edison sneezing is the oldest surviving film. Another great milestone in filmmaking is a film called The Great Train Robbery. It was the very first narrative film! After we learned about historical filmmaking, we learned about making films in more recent years such as Jaws, Avatar, or Star Wars. 

Once we had finished learning about the history of filmmaking, we went on to create our first film! Our film had to include what I enjoy doing and why, what I don’t enjoy doing and why, what gives me meaning or purpose in life, what my talents/skills are, what I like to read or watch movies about and what I daydream about. I started by writing out the answer to all of those questions, then I wrote a script, and finally I was ready to film! I filmed at my house, and it took approximately 1 hour to make my movie. Here it is!

For our next video, we had to do a silent film. We were allowed to add music, but no talking. We had to include different angles (long shot, close up, Birds Eye, worms eye, are just a few examples), a filter for an old fashioned look, a goal-getter story and an appropriate soundtrack or music. Our video had to be 1-2 minutes in length. For our goal-getter story, we chose one called Making The World Better, One Cookie At A Time. You’ll see what it’s about in this video!

Our last video was a tutorial video about setting and achieving goals. The inspiration for this video came from a book called What Do You Really Want? It is all about setting and achieving goals. Before making the video we learned about treatments and log-lines. A treatment is a brief description about the movie, usually about a paragraph in length. A log-line is similar to a treatment, but a LOT shorter, usually only a sentence or two in length. Another difference between the two is that the log-line is usually used for advertising purposes. One last thing that we learned about is the storyboard. A storyboard is a collection of drawings that show the sequence of events in the story. It is similar to the treatment, but it shows the different angles at which the shots are being filmed. You would usually start a film with a treatment and a log-line, then move onto the storyboard. Once you are finished, you would go on to film the story. Here is the video!

Treatment:

Has this ever happened to you? One day Jeremiah talks to his teacher. His teacher says that he has to do a Maker video by Friday. On Wednesday he is feeling quite uninspired. Then there is a guy who says ‘Hey people! Welcome back to our YouTube channel, today we’ll be talking about 2 simple tips to stay on track for your goals. Remember to like and subscribe! The first tip is to check your goals daily, so that you don’t forget them!’  Then it cuts to a scene of Jeremiah checking his goals. The next tip is to set rewards for yourself to stay motivated. Then it cuts to Jeremiah setting rewards, and when he’s finished, he’s going to give himself 5 coffee crisps. After that, he celebrates because with these strategies, he’ll definitely get a rainbow. 

Log-line: 

A boy named Jeremiah is trying to get a video done for his maker class but he comes across some trouble making his video. He learns some tips to help him complete his goal and receive a rainbow.

In conclusion, I’d say I did well on this project, seeing that I know how to do all of this stuff now. I think that my favourite and best part of the project was my first video. I really enjoyed making it, and I am proud of it because I didn’t get any help. I was the only one home, so I got the whole house to film. I also realized that the difference in preparation between the first and the last film is crazy! In the first film I wrote a script, and that was all, but in the last film, my group and I had written out a treatment, log-line, storyboard, and script and it made a big difference with the final video. 

Hi everyone! Welcome back to my blog! Today I’ll be telling you about a recent project that we did called The Power of Geography. This is a very special project because we went to Alberta to enhance our learning! 

The first thing we did was learn about the five themes of geography. The five themes are place, location, regions, human-environment interaction, and movement. Each theme has sub-themes. For place, the sub-themes are physical and human cultural. Physical is like landforms, such as mountains, forests, or valleys. Human cultural is every day life, such as religion, food music, and more. For location, there are two sub-themes as well. There is absolute location, which is the exact location of where you are, such as a set of coordinates. Then there is a relative location, which is approximately where you are. An example for this could be “in Deep Cove.” Next, there are regions. Vernacular regions are a place defined by people, such as Gastown, or even Deep Cove. After that, there are functional regions, which are regions defined by a function of how the region is used. An example for this would be Vancouver Harbour. Lastly, there are formal regions, which are regions defined by an administrative boundary. An example for this could be North and South Korea. Human-environment interaction is based on three main ideas. Those ideas are we adapt to the environment, and we depend on the environment. Last but not least, there is movement. In movement, there is the movement of people, the movement of ideas and the movement of products. 

Now I’m going to show you my book! We spent a while working on this, and it was quite interesting. The first step of making our book was making a comic life on the five themes of geography.
Anyways, here’s my book!

For curricular competency’s, I think that I did well. The competency in this project was questioning. I did well questioning different things, and I asked questions on the trip.

Thank you for reading, and I’ll see you in the next post!