Tuesday, September 8, 2009

What makes a Monet a Monet?


Monet is one of the most well known impressionist artist. He had a certain style of painting that made him famous through out history. There where some very specific characteristics of his paintings.
* in the background, Monet defined only a few objects clearly
*his shadows- instead of just black he used colors
*instead of mixing colors, e just put them on top of each other on the canvas
*Monet loved to paint water, and when he did he put colors in it and put the reflection of everything above it in it.

So that's what makes a Monet a Monet!

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Constitutional Match-up
(definition stile)
1. preamble - introduction to the Constitution.
2. ratify - agree to.
3. elastic clause - what gives the government the right to make laws.
4. amendment - a change to the Constitution.
5. Bill of Rights - first ten amendments reto the Constitution.
6. Great Compromise - agreement about each states presentation in Congress.
7. Judicial review - Supreme Courts power to decide if a law is allowed by the Constitution.
8. Electoral College -voters who choose the president..
9. Articles of Confederation - first document outlining an agreement among the. states
10. Three-fiths Compromise -agreement between slave and non slave states.
Interesting facts
about gold

1. Their used to be a volcano that shot out gold every day!(Colombia South America)
2. A long time ago using gold was a sign of respect.
3. The largest nugget of gold was more than 142 pounds.
4. Gold is actually very soft, in fact it's so soft you can mold it in you hands.
5. Theirs lots of places you can go to mine like the people in the gold rush.