The Black Death

The Black Death was a Pandemic infectious disease. It started in China. And five million people died from it.  A ship that came from China brought the disease to Europe. So many people died that there weren’t even enough graves for all of them. People didn’t know how to cure themselves. The doctors of the time actually caused more harm than help. They kept bleeding people hoping to help them but it didn't help at all it only made things worse. The black death spread all the way to England. Iam very grateful that i didn't live when the black death was around.

Stop Motion Video

I just did a stop motion video today. It was about a thief that tried to get the gold from the king but the Romans stopped him.

I like the Romans because they stopped the thief and they had very good soldiers.

The thief was not very smart though. He should've gone through the door and get the gold but he went on the walls where the soldiers could find him.

Here is the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr5e7R0JSE4&list=HL1371295139&feature=mh_lolz

Montezuma and Cortes

I just read about when Cortes went to the Aztecs. The people saw him and when he brought his horses out of the ship many ran away in terror because they’d never seen a horse before.

Cortes went with his men to look for cities of gold and the people who lived there thought he was a God because he had the same helmet as a picture of a prophecy. Because of these they gave him gold and Montezuma let him in the city.

After that though he killed several of Montezuma’s men and Montezuma was very mad. He fought them but the Conquistadors killed Montezuma in a battle and Cortes was made king.

One night when Cortes looked out it appeared deserted so he went out to the moat with his troops to escape with the gold from the city. He built a bridge and they were crossing it, but the Aztecs came in canoes and fought them on the bridge. Many of the Spaniards pockets were so filled with gold that they drowned.

Cortes and some of his best men survived so they went and got another army of Natives to come conquer the Aztecs. The Aztecs had sacrificed these people’s families so they were happy to fight against the Aztecs.

They did a siege around the city and since they didn’t have enough food and water Cortes took over the city.

Sprints and Running

I like sprinting because i like exercising.

Today i ran a mile in 7 minutes and 42 seconds.  

My mommy can run a mile in 7 minutes and 1 second. 

I want to run a mile in four minutes some day. 

I can run a 100 meter sprint in 18.18 seconds and I can run a 50 meter sprint in 7.7 seconds. 

Do you know Bolt the fastest man in the world? 

He can run a 100 meter Sprint in 9.25 seconds. 

That's 9 seconds faster than me! 

One race he did he started too early and he was disqualified. And then the other Jamaican sprinter won and Bolt was very mad because he wanted to be that Jamaican guy. 

I also like sprinting because it helps with soccer and it makes you more fit. 

I also did a hill sprint in 29 seconds by my house. Hill sprints are not like regular sprints. They are lots harder because you have to fight gravity. It would be very easy to do a hill sprint on the moon because there is not that much gravity at all.

Rome vs. Carthage

Rome and Carthage Fought each other in the sea. 

They fought for years and years until Carthage’s War leader had an idea. He thought he could fight Italy with elephants. 

So he went Down the Alps and they attacked Italy’s camp and the Romans were terrified some of them had never seen an elephant before. 

Some went on their  horses and tried to fight the elephants. But they could not defeat them. They went into their city and tried to destroy it but Rome had good soldiers. 

The leader thought of an idea. He thought he could fight from sea and he did he fought Carthage when they didn’t expect it. 

They had to surrender. When the Carthage leader heard this he didn’t like it and Rome won the war.