Class Rewards 4/30/14

Today we watched a video that didn't require memorization, or any kind of notes.  Apparently we have been a pleasant class lately and so we were rewarded with a video that had nothing to do with learning! YAY!  That was pretty exciting.

The Roman Empire 4/29/14

The Roman Empire:

• Begins the Pax Romana- a period of peace and prosperity
• Built roads, adequates   
• Set up a civil service to take care of roads, the grain supply, even postal service
• Augustus dis at age 76 in A.D. 14, and passes power to... Tiberius

From Jesus to Christianity

• Jesus was a roman citizen and a practicing Jew
• At 30, he began his ministry, preaching to the poor in the empire, and reaching out to outsiders
• The governor of the Roman province of Judea, Pontius Pilate, sentences Jesus to death by Crucifixion

The word Spreads About the Risen Jesus

• Paul is instrumental about the world about Jesus' life, death, resurrection, and message
• he travels far and wide
• he writes letters to many of those he spoke to

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar 

• Caesar was from an old patrician family that had come down in the world, and he entered the city's politics as a young man determined to regain the fame and power of his ancestors 
• in the social struggles, he sided with the poorer citizens and used his influence with them to advance his own cause.
• in 60 B.C. he began to collaborate with gnaeus pompeius (pompey) an officer promoted by Sulla who had conquered many eastern Mediterranean lands.  the 2 allies formed a triumvirate, together with another guy named Marcus Crassus
• Rubicon- a river; Julius Caesar had to make a decision there to cross it and conquer the land, or come with a small army and still get fame.  
• He came with his whole army and invaded Rome to try and take it over
• He took over and he became a dictator with a 10-year term and he was involved in all the branches of government
• He extended Roman citizenship to parts of Gaul and Spain and appointed citizens from the provinces to the senate.  

greeks

• she was trusted associate of pericles and wrote some speeches- aspasia
• he was a war hero and ruturned home after the trojan- odysseus
• 508bc his spartan allies were drvien from power "peoples revolution"- isagoras
• an open place of assembly (dicuss importance) agora
• sporting competition- olympics
• notion of exellence and virtue; at of living up to ones full potential- arete
• he composed iliad and odyssey- Homer
• when these less advanced people dominated greece, wrtiting dispeared for 400 years- dorians
• he watched from a golden throne as his forces were defeated at the striats of salamis- xerxes
• this city-state was the home of democracy and the head of the delian league- athens
• he was recalled from exile and asked to build the world's first government of the people a system of gov. we know as demoacracy- cleisthenes 
• the most beutiful building of time, it was dedicated to a goddess whose 40-ft statue was found within it- parthenon
• in a greek tragedy he was the main character who fulfilled a prophecy that he would kill his father- oedipus
• this general rose from the ranks of the common people, and took stpes to increase the naval power of Athens- Themistocles
• an association of greek city states whose purpose was to remain strong and united against their enemies- delian league
• a fast, agile ship that was a weapon- trieme
• this hero of ancient greece is the central figure in a story which was the inspiration for modern sporting event the marathon- pheidippides
• he commanded the first persian invasion of greece, which ended with his defeat at marathon- darius
• their kings dominated greece from 1600 BC to 1200 BC- mycenaenas
• these legends decribe greek gods and goddesses and the nature of the world- myths
• the greeks used tricky and clever naval stratagy and to win this battle against the persians- salamis
• he was prominanet statesman, orator, and general of athens during the golden age, literature and culture- pericles
• long narrative poems- epics
• these people ruled an empire that streched all the way from egypt and asia minor to india and himilayas- persians
• leader of the gods, and the father of goffesss and wisdom- zeus
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Day 2 of Presentations

Today I watched my classmates present their Rome projects.  All of them did so well too!  Some of them even made food which made the presentation all that much better! It was a fun class and i learned a lot more about Rome!

ROMAN TEST TODAY!! 4/11/14

TEST!
Today we took a test on the Romans and their lifestyle and government.  I thought the test was pretty easy.  There were only 20-some questions on it anyway.  We also had a good 15 minutes before the test to study which helped me a lot.  The last question of the test was about "Flo-Rida" or "Mr. Schick"  I thought that question was pretty easy.  That is pretty much what we did all class.

Review for Test 4/9/14

Notes and Review for Tomorrow's Test

• Roman Legion would have near 5,000 people in it.  They were broken up into Cavalry and infantry. 
• They had smaller groups of 80 which was a century
• The 1st Punic war was fought over Sicily. The Romans won this one
• The 2nd Punic war was fought over Carthaginians who wanted to just "sack" the Romans.  The Romans also won this one too. 
• If the Romans wouldn't have won, we probably wouldn't be speaking English.  It was a huge game changer.  
• Carthage was located in Northwest Africa
• We also criticized Mr. Schick's drawings.  The "horse" he had drawn, really did look like an ant-eater.   (Maybe he will even add that on the test) 

We also went over our projects and what was expected with when they were presented etc.  

We have to make sure we write a one page paper

We have to explain what we did, how, why, and how it relates to ancient Roman life. 

Come in and give a 5-10 minute presentation 

Do NOT read right off your paper!!

THE PROJECT IS WORTH 200 POINTS!
Do your best. 

Quality class time... 4/8/14

More on the Punic Wars...


Today we watched a couple little videos on the Punic Wars.  The little character or whoever who was supposed to be talking sounded really funny!  He sounded like he had been sucking in helium for the past few days!  It was pretty funny.  The video itself was pretty interesting.  It had a lot of good information included in it.  I learned that the first Punic war was won by the Romans.  The Romans went up against elephants!  Creatures that were enormous and trained very well to fight.  I can't imagine the fear the Romans had when they first saw the elephants!  They were probably scared to death.  They were considered the "monsters" of the Punic Wars.  In which technically they are monsters... This is pretty much what we did all class today.

The Punic Wars 4/7/14

Today I left early at the beginning of class for an orthodontist appointment.  I came back in time to read about the Punic Wars.  They were waged on land and sea.  I only got to read a little bit about the Punic wars because i left early.  What i did read was pretty interesting though!

Class notes on Rome 4/2/14

Notes on Rome

• The Latins were the first people to settle on the shores of the Tiber River
• The Mediterranean Sea mean "middle" or "center of the world".  This is because people who lived near it had no idea there was more land and other seas on the other side of the world
• The Latins drained a swamp so it would dry out and they could build on it (smart idea)
• Tarquin was a harsh king and the people wanted to get rid of him.  So the people ran him out of town. 
• When the Romans got rid of Tarquin, they set up a government.  
•   They rolled 3 different governments together and called it a Republic
• Republic- part monarchy, part democracy, and aristocracy
• The USA is a republic and got the idea from the Romans
• Even building with the tall pillars was originally Roman architecture and that's where we got that architecture from

Rap in class? 4/1/14

Today in class Mr. Schick was rapping in class!  He made a whole song about Rome using a Flo Rida song.  It was pretty funny actually.  We were all taking videos of it and it was actually educational and covered everything we needed to know about Rome.  After that we just sat around discussing with our groups about what we were going to do for the upcoming project.  Class was pretty interesting today if you asked me... but it was fun!