Calendar

Although Julius Caesar may have been a power hungry dictator, some of the things he did in his days were beneficial to the world. For example, Caesar abolished the roman republic, he created the calendar we know today, and he never lost a war. “Veni, vidi, vici.” A famous quote by Julius Caesar it means “I came, I saw, I conquered” people may miss take this quote to be about him being a power hungry dictator, however the way I view it is he came to a place with a corrupted government, and when…

students academically, wail others think that they are not. Breaks in the school year (called intersessions) can be better for some students. Students should be on a year-round calendar because of behavior in the class room, the frequent breaks in the school year, and the student’s education. Schools should be on a year-round calendar because of behavior in the class room. “lifescript.com” states that the majority of problems with students is that when some kids don’t have a break from school…

of public schools attending year-round school is 10%. Many people dispute on whether or not American schools should do a nine-month school calendar or a balanced calendar. The original schedule was implemented because children were needed to work in the fields during the summer. A balanced calendar should not be an option. One reason a balanced calendar shouldn’t be used because it increases expenses. A few increased expenses are for facility, maintenance, student transportation, and…

traditional school calendar. The Year-Round calendar is the best schooling method because kids will learn more, what more educational opportunities, less money being wasted. It is imperative we switch to the Year-Round calendar. When we exercise the Year-Round schooling calendar kids don’t learn up to their full potential. After each nine weeks students start to get fatigued and stale. Without breaks students give up in school. If we utilize the Year-Round schooling calendar kids will have a…

that would be a part of all mankind. This one creation was a observatory, made for Guo Shoujing and his partner, Wang Xun. The Yuan government decided to make this building to make it easier and to help Shoujing and Xun design and develop a new calendar. The observatory came to be called the Observatory of Dadu (today’s Beijing). They began building in March of that year. The work of building the observatory was completed in two months, while following the design that Guo Shoujing developed.…

useful animals of labor, lead the Mayans to discover ideas, such as farming, far later than the Europeans. Despite this, the Mayans were able to develop things like math with the use of “zero”, a trade network, impressive stone structure, and a solar calendar. All of this was…

civilizations are widely known today as a result of the preserved artifacts and origin stories. Some artifacts found from the Aztec culture are pieces of stonework that depict gods, calendars, and origin stories. The most preserved and sought after artifacts are those of the Maya. The Maya civilization passed on their life work in calendars and origin stories. These objects have provided insight of who the Aztecs and Mayan were and it has enabled us to grasp a better understanding of their…

religion. Aqueducts were constructed, agriculture was cultivated, and their empire seemed to be constantly growing. Astrology was, arguably, one of the more important and fundamental achievements of the Aztec civilization. The development of the calendar became an important part of their lives specifying religious purpose. Unfortunately, their peak of great success and achievements were short lived. The arrival of the Spanish conquistadors quickly brought them their demise. Today, Aztec culture…

these basic technologies, the Aztecs had an adequately developed society. They had some writing and technology of their own. The Aztec developed many technologies ranging from tools, weapons, transportation, to even medicine. They also developed a calendar, a language, writing, and a sense of education. Because the Aztecs didn’t have iron or bronze to make tools…

WCPA searching for Executive Functioning By Robin Dobrusin and Christopher Shedyak Literature: Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA) Author: By Joan Toglia, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Theory Model: Cognitive Rehabilitation Objective: A performance-based measure of executive function (EF), and cognitive ability. Materials Needed: A weekly calendar broken into hourly increments with sub divisions into 15 min increments, scrap paper, pen or pencils, a score chart (provided in the book WCPA)…