Today during class we went over the last test of the Year ! We also were told someone got shot at Walmart in North Dakota.

Today in class we took a test on Rome. I did well and got a 93% and we got to get my project. I got a 92% and I was happy.

Today during class we had a review about the test coming up Tuesday. We also were told about our team writing part Thursday.

Today during class we got to have two more projects. The first was Chesca, Jessica ,and Alyssa did their project on poetry. They showed the class a pot they made form clay and some history. The second was mine about gladiators and the third was a board game about Rome.

Today during class we got to see three more projects. The first project was Jayla's which was about pottery of the Romans and their styles. The second project was Authors about architecture. They used legos to make a building from Rome. They last project was about to Roman people's diaries that Caitlin and Trish wrote.

Today during class there were 3 presentation on Rome. There was one on food which tasted good with cookies and pasta. The second project was on a song that was funny. The third group did there project on the Coliseum. 

Today during class Mr.Schick told us about a very famous blues musicians.  BB King died yesterday at the age of 89. Mr. Schick let us hear Blues the whole class and we got to use the rest of the class on our projects.

Poor Plebs 

• Plebs are kept happy (not to revolt)
• the poet Juvenal said the people anxiously hoped for two things ;bread and circuses
• bread(free grub from the state) and entertainment( Circus Maximus,Colosseum)partly to keep them alive partly to keep them quiet 
• A change in Rule
• Tiberius Grachus recognized the advantages  of courting the plebeians (even though he was unsuccessful)
• military generals worked that angle lead an army that conquers a land , then give then a share in the spoils 
• soldiers' loyalty was to their military leader, not necessarily to Rome or the Republic 

Today during class we took a ten question quiz. I got an 80 and our class average was around a 74%. Some of the questions were who were the common people answer being plebeians  What is the executive branch of the USA the president.

• Today during class during class we watched a movie in class about Tiberius; a Romain general kick out of his position. He try to fight for peoples rights and get their land back"Grab some land".He serves a 1 yr term and try to get re elected. The council gets together and beats him to death with chairs.

Today during class I wet to the room for western civi and there was no one there. I looked around the school and ended up going to the office to find the class we were in. I was told to work on my project which is coming along nicely about gladiators.

Roman Legion

• 5,000 soldiers, not in it for pay (not yet)
• the Roman army elite heavy infantry 
• recruited exclusively from Roman citizens
• group of eighty;s a century 
• on horseback is the cavalry 
• shield,sword,dagger,and armor and tunic
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The Punic Wars 

• 264-146 BCE
• Rome vs Cathage
• three wars
• First Punic War (264-241 BCE)
• navel battles for control of the strategically located island of Sicily
• Rome wins this war

second punic war (218-201 BCE)

• 29 year old Carthaginian general Hannibal almost does the impossible taking Rome
• attacks Rome from the North after crossing Iberia (Spain) and the alps 
• lays siege to much of the peninsula for 15 years, but he never can get to Rome

Third war (149-146 BCE)

• Rome wanted to finally remove the threat of Carthage
• Scipio, Tiberius Gracchus,and others mercilessly attacked the city 
• Carthage was burned for 17 days the city's walls and buildings were utterly destroyed 
• when the war ended, the last 50,000 people in the city were sold  into slavery
• the rest of Carthage's territories were annexed, and made into the Roman province of Africa

• May 5
• fifth century BCE-patrician dominance of the government was challenged by the plebs("people")
• plebs were 98% of the pop
• how did the patricians dominate?
• plebs were threatened with debt slavery 
• plebs had to legal rights
• "no legal rights"
• plebs were victims of discriminatory decisions in judicial trials

• Rome had no actual laws just urbane customs
• patricians could interpret these to their own advantage
• laws  were written out (the law of the twelve tables)
• these laws(on tablets) were posted in public (in 450 BCE)

                                          May

        Today Mr. Schick told us we could do whatever we wanted to do because we were ahead of the other classes.

Who settled Rome?

• Etrscans 
• came from the north central part of the peninsula 
• metalworkers, artist, architects

Who else settled Rome?

• Greeks they had many colonies around the mediterranean sea
• Romans borrowed ideas from them 
• religion 
• alphabet 
• much of their art 
•  military techniques and weapons

The first settled there?

the Latins

• descendants of Indo-Europeans 
• settled on the banks of the Tiber 
• Situated to trading ships but not war fleets could navigate as far as Rome
• a commercial port, but not susceptible to attacks

-Today during class we work on our project They didn't always fight to the death

-There were referees that could stop

the fight whenever they wanted

-The match could end if the crowd was getting bored

-The fighters were placed in classes based on their record, skill level, and experience for an entertaining match

1. Today during class we discussed the resent riots in baltimore 
2. after the death a man in baltimore a group of students rioted after school 
3. looting and destroying stores
4. Mr. Schick says he does not agree with the destruction of property, but agrees with the peaceful protest
5. he said he saw a boy in a blue sweatshirt that said they had taking their schools, activity senators, and this was going to happen

Today during class we were shown a couple of ideas for over projects. I decided to make a sculpture of a gladiator and give some information about it.

Rome

• they a drained the swampy area they lived in
• 534-510 BCE was the last king
• who rapped a family member and was not in trouble 
• same time Greece changed their government 
• Republic mad of 
• plebeians-poor  people
• patricians-rich people
• Aristocracy-senate 

Rome 

• tiber river is connected to Mediterranean
• rome had a republic 
• with a sent senate and assembly like our own 
• had gladiator fights and chariot RACES
• GOT RID OF TARQUIN 
• 12 tables 
•  Roman empire ending in 476 BCE
• ordinary citizens fought for a vote in roman's government 
• fighting was scene as a public serves 

Today during class we were able to do anything we wanted. This was because we were ahead of the other classes. I decided to do my hw and he showed us a video of a chariot race.

Today during class we discussed the idea of a project that we might do inserted of a powerpoint.

I left earlier for a lax game.

Today during class we went over the test we took 

before the break which I did well on, because I 

studied. The test was on ancient Greece and Mr. Shick said he was

 number one in Maryland at trivia crack. We left class early for a 

very good assembly. 

                       SPRING BREAK!!!!!!!!

Today during class I worked on my paper and finished the rest of it during class. I am now going to continue studying and I will watch the video Mr. Schick gave us on his blog.

Greek religion 

• polytheistic 
• gods 
• very human like 
• 12 big olympian gods
• greek pantheon= hall of fame
• Zeus- king of gods
• poseiden-king of sea
• Athena-goddess of athenian and wisdom, reason
• Aphrodite- goddess of love and beauty 
• Hera-queen of olympus
• apollo-god of the sin,light
• artemis-twin to apollo both archers 
• ares- god of war
• hermes- trade message
• Hephaestus- god if fire
• Dionysus-god of win
• hades-god of wealth 

Socrates

• charged with impiety 
• died by Hemlock
• said at his death
• Athens was like a lazy old horse that he had to annoy like a fly 

Plato

• wrote down most of socrates
• plato's republic 
• "one of most influential book ever"

Aristotle

• was student of plato
• helped internet become a reality
• his school the lyceum-focused on knowledge gathered over the world 
• tutored alexander the great 

Aritecture of greek 

• doric order - look simplest 
• ionic order-voluted capital 
• corinthian order-most decorative 
• drinking classical age the skill went way up
• Hellenistic period- peak of greek sculpture 

Peloponnesian war:

• Sparta feared Athens power growing 
• war started April 4th 431 BCE

Social structure

• aristocrate 
• middle class
• farmer lowest class 
• metic 

Pericles

• was from Athens 
• died in 429 BCE from plague 

-Athens

• capital of grease
• social class
• aristocrate
• middle class
• lowest class

Diet

• light lunch 
• cheese
• vegetables
• olives
• fruit

Males 

• did sports, math
• 5 to 18 years were taught in school
• entered military at 20,optional 
• Metics were not athenian born males
• and they couldn't vote 

Athenian Women

• house work
• clothing
• collected water

Athen;s weapons

• doru: long spear
• sawroter: a curved leaf shaped spear head

War uniform 

• deathly wear bronze 
• lower class wore very little armor and had a shield and helmet 

-with Hippie gone, Isagoras and Clisthenes(both were aristocrats- surprise!) engaged in a power struggle
-isagoras had support from some fellow aristocrats,plus from Sparta
-Cleisthenes had support of the majority of Athenians
Isagoras won!
-cleisthenes and Democracy
Cleisthenes- definitely a member of the elite
Cleisthenes very rich 
insulated from "hoipolloi"
a craft politician 

aristocracy

-during the seventh and sixth centuries BCE, aristocrats ran the show in most of Greece

-rich people held much of the power

-more than the middle class

-aristocracy is ruled by aristocrats

-they attended symposiums,meetings where the elite men would enjoy wine and poetry, performances by dancers

• Boule
  the second important institution,or council of 5 hundred men,at least 50 from each of the 10 Athenians tribes
• they met everyday and did more hands on work of governance
• were in charge of navy ships and war horses
• Ekklesia
  -this was the first democratic institution
  
  
  -the sovereign body of Athens
  
  
  -any man was a loud to attend their meetings  

in class we worked on our powerpoint 

-508 Bc democracy was born

-the Atheneian leader Cleisthenes introduced a system of political reforms that he called demokratia, or “rule by the people”.

Today in class we met Mr.Shick's daughter on his phone face timing. She seamed very nice and then for a little while we worked on own power points for Fridays class.

my partners are Dylan Karr and Parker Rajewski and we are doing the 3 governments of Greece

• ionian river is at south of adriatic
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• this combination shaped Greece's culture they had many skilled sailors and shipbuilders also farmers, metalworkers,weavers,potters
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• although fertile valleys cover one quarter of the peninsula only about 20% is suitable for farming 
• Greek diet consists of gain, grapes, olives
• lack of resources most likely led to greek colonization
• back then,temperatures usually ranged from mid 40's in the winter to low 80's in the summer although it could not in the summer it was pretty nice year round
• the influence began around 2,000 BCE
• Mycenae is located on a rocky ridge and protected by a 20 feet thick wall.
• Mcycenae is located on a rocky ridge and protected by a 20 foot thick wall.
• Mycenaean kings doominated Greece from 1600-1200 BCE
• Controlled trade in the region
• 14000 BCE Mycenaeans invaded Crete and absorded Miroan culture and language 

(a picture of Socrates dying by Hemlock)

                 Socrates is an ancient Greek philosopher, his method of asking questions to discover the truth that problems can be salved with thinking and human reasoning is the Socrates method. Socrates lived (470-399 BC) and was a Greek philosopher who, despite being considered one of the greatest and most important philosophers who ever lived, left no writings at all. Most of what we know about his life and work comes from the writings of his disciples, Plato and Xenophon. He lived during a period of transition in the Greek empire, and after the Peloponnesian War, he was tried, convicted, and executed for corrupting the young minds by questioning God.Killed by hemlock(a flower) which can make poison. A group of people tried to stop it, but he did not go as he chose to take his punishment.

This is a column shaft from the Temple of Artemis at Sardis, from 4th century B.C. and it is made of Marble, standing at a hight of 361 cm. Parts of the column were found during excavations done from 1911 through 1914 at Sardis the ancient capital of Lydia in southern Turkey. This column was once part of the Temple of Artemis one of the cities of western Asia Minor.

This marble piece originally included two facing lions attacking a bull which once decorated the pediment of a small temple or civic building in ancient Greece. Built in  525–500 B.C and is 64.01 cm tall.

Architectural tile fragment from 6th century B.c.
This is Greek Lydian which was Excavated at Sardis.
It is Terracotta with red and black painted decoration and is 20.51 cm.This brightly painted tile is one of many that have been excavated at Sardis the capital of the ancient kingdom of Lydia in southern Turkey.                        

today in class Mr.Schick talked shoveling snow, finding a dead body in the snow, talked about the 10 to 7 inches of snow ,the cyber day assignments which we might get. Theses would be identifying buildings and adding facts on our blog. He also handed out candy and said we could make up any cyber day assignments tomorrow.

Ancient Greece
 great world's great locations

• Egypt/Nile river
• India/Indus river
• China/Huang he river

• Mediterranean means middle of earth 
• the location has a lot of mountains 
• Aegean sea(right)
• Adriatic Sea (left)
• Crete important island for navy (big southeast island)
• Sparta is inland 
• Athens is here water and hate each other 
• most of Greece were city states and were individual groups 
• Greece is mostly surrounded by water 

Today, during class we took a test and the lord helped me do my best. I am awaiting my test grade. I am hoping I did well and I assume I did.

1)fill in

Egyptians relied on a harmony and balance of the universe which they called ____

answer: "mat"

2)multi choice 

Pharaohs were

a. Seen as God

b. Thought to have Devine powers

c. Were leader of government and religion

d. Could loss their job

answer: all

3)What technological break though did Egyptians due to the Nile?
Answer: Irrigation 

4)Mostly who built the pyramids?
Answer:Farmers

5)how long is the Nile river
4,000 mile

• Pharaoh were all powerful
• Egyptians relied on a harmony and balance of the universe which they called "mat"
• Gods were often portrayed with animal heads or bodies
• Egyptians believed in an after life and mummified bodies to preserve them for this post-death journey
• The writing of the words of God
• Earliest Egyptian Writing formed @ 3000 B.C and were small pictures known as hieroglyphics 
• Hieroglyphics represented religious words, or part of words, and most commonly adorned temples
• Hieratic script was a shorthand developed by scribes and priest
• Hieratic script was usually written in ink on papyrus, which was made from mashed Nile reeds

Today during class we created a pyramid in a online game where it shows you how hard it was to create a pyramid. The game made you sail the Nile which was hard and dangerous to do. The stone as well as the man power was need to be picked in order to create the pyramid. It took my pyramid about 24 years and my workers got the plague, setting it back 2 years.

The Egyptians greatest achievement was erigation of the Nile river. This helped them to grow crops which also helped them to make there civilization more prosperous.

Mummification was another big break through as it helped them to understand the human body and how it worked. This led to surgery and saving lives.

Astronomy was the third achievement making them aware of the starts as well as the earth. They made many calendars and 60 min and 24 hours, and 12 months and 30 days.

Egyptians mathematics were very advanced they had plots of land and surveying as well as taxing people. 

Digging for gold and gold minds. Theses gave the Egyptians death, power, and money to by things with others.

Egyptian life is center around the Nile River
flows south to north
Irrigation the water when it flooded
4,000 mile river by Nile
Delt shaped like a D water
vegitiation on iyit
water for drinking for irrigation, bathing, and transportation
every july floods
every October it leaves behind rich soil
managing river tecnology break through
Pyramids
the great sphinx of Giza
a recumbent

Pharaohs were a political and religious leader. Egyptian life is center around the Nile River, flows south to north, Irrigation the water when it flooded, water was used for bathing 4,000 mile river by Nile, Delt shaped like a D water,vegitiation on it, water for drinking for irrigation, bathing, and transportation, every july floods, every October it leaves behind rich soil

Today during class we received are test back which I did well on. I was also scared when I turned around from talking to my friend and I'm told my face was priceless. I kept the test so I can review it before the exam.

Today we had a test the lord helped me do my best. I did well and got my first ding on the bell.