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History Essay – Lessons 61-65

There are four inventions I learned about this week. We studied buttons, oil paint, the cannon, and the spinning wheel. 

The first invention I learned about this week was the button. The button is a piece of plastic cut into a circle that has two holes. Its purpose is to keep clothing together tightly enough that it is hard to see the skin.

The second invention was oil paint. Oil paint is a type of paint that can be made from oils, eggs, snail slime and even pig snot. It is mixed with pigment, and it allows for us to paint with more detail than earlier paints from before the 15th century.

The third invention I learned about this week was the cannon. The cannon is a weapon used to break walls and destroy whatever they target. The cannon helped people destroy walls and protect walls. We can trace back the first cannon to China, but it has been used by many counties.

The last is the spinning wheel. The spinning wheel is a table with a wheel that is connected to a piece of string that is spun to knit clothing together. It allowed for clothing to be made faster to sell or trade.

My favorite was the Cannon because every little kid loves things that destroy other things.