LAST BLOG OF THE YEAR

Today was our last day of class. This year was a lot of fun I can't wait til next year.
Time for exams ): and then summer (:

For the exams on Wednesday I need to study :
-Papua New Guinea
-Ancient and Modern Egypt
-Ancient Greece
-Ancient Rome

Daily Post 6/3

Today we went over the answers to the Rome test we took.
Mrs. Schick said we would spend our last couple of days reviewing for the exam.
The social studies is going to be to second exam we take on Wednesday.

On the Exam :
-100 multiple chose questions
-Write 2 essays (your pick out of 5 or 6 essay questions)
-No computers

Daily Post 5/2

Today in class we took a text on the Rome worksheet. It was pretty easy and had an extra credit that was worth 5 points. We had a long class today, so after everyone finished the tests Mr. Schick graded them and told us our grades. I got a 90 with the extra credit. I think I did pretty well, it should bring my grade up to.

Daily Post 6/1

It's already June!
Today in class we discussed the Rome packet and reviewed for our test on it tomorrow. It was originally planned  for today's class but Mr. Schick moved it so we could review after the long weekend break.

Daily Post 5/27

Today in class we finished talking about Rome. Mr. Schick was about to give us a quiz but instead he went over the questions and answers with us. At the end of class he gave us the worksheet to finish in class.

Daily Post 5/26

Today's class was a lot of fun. We went outside!
We also went over what we read last night. We talked about the economy in different places, prices going up, and many different people that were in the packet. I wrote my answers for the homework on a piece a paper since my blogger won't work for some reason because of problems with my password. I changed it many times to try to fix it but it won't work. So now I'm on my home computer and it works so there's something wrong with my school computer and not blogger.

Daily Post 5/25

Today in class, Mr. Schick gave back our tests on Rome. I got an 99 (:
It was pretty easy. We went over the answers, I only got one wrong. I'm saving the paper to study from for exams in a couple of weeks. Our essays were due today about the differences between the Roman Empire and Roman Republic. Our homework tonight is to read the packet Mr. Schick gave us and answer the questions on the back.

Daily Post 5/23

Today our printed essays were due on the differences between the Roman Empire and the Roman Republic. I switched papers with Megan. I checked her paper while she checked mine. Megan said my essay was pretty good, I was just missing a few commas and semi-colons. Mr.Schick also said I needed a more interesting title under than 'Roman Empire vs. Roman Republic'. So I going to think of a more creative title to grab the readers attention. The final printed copy is due Wednesday because we don't have class tomorrow. The rubic for the essay is on Mr.Schick's blog.

Daily Post 5/20

Today we had a sub because Mr. Schick was sick. He told us to work on our essay. I did a lot of research and continue writing from yesterday. So far, I have 96 words. I'm in the middle of talking about the Roman Republic and its 3 branches of government. Over the weekend, I'm going to finish talking about that and talk about the Roman Empire and the main differences. I'm hoping to be finished by Saturday. I'm going to check over it for grammar and spelling and print by Sunday. I hope the world doesn't end tomorrow!

Finished test ! and assignment

Today we had a test on the Rome PowerPoint. I think I good, probably in the 90.

I study last night and today in class. It had all the same things on it as the PowerPoint, some maybe word-for-word. It also had the emperors on it, such as Augutus, Tiberius, Caliguia, and Cladius. Mr. Schick assigned as a 500 point paper on the difference between the Roman empire and the Roman republic. It's due on Monday and we had time to start it in class. We need to format a specfic way. Which Mr. Schick will put more details on his blog.

Things on test

Today in class we finished writing notes about the powerpoint.
TEST TOMORROW YAY!

4 emperors :
Augustus -
started Pax Romana - period of peace
first emperor
made Rome grow
Tiberius -
the old one
became emperor at old age
good general
wasnt good at his job
Caligula -
crazy one
he was the 'booties'
assassinated by aides
Germanius's son
Claudius -
sick one
made fun of
conquered Britian
revonated Circus Maxium
gave people right and laws
married to Messilia

Jesus and Paul
Preseuting Jews
and PowerPoint

The Roman Empire

Octavian - AKA Caesar Augustus 

• first emperor
• Begins the Pax Romana - a period of peace and prosperity
• Built road
• Set up civil care service to take care of the roads, grain supply, postal service
• Was in power when Jesus came
• Dies at age 76 of old age in A.D. 14, and passes power to Tiberius

Jesus to Christianity 

• Roman citizen and a practicing Jew
• At 30, he began his ministry preaching to the poor in the empire, and reaching out to outsiders 
• Statements like "My kingdom is not of this world" made the Romans nervous
• The governor of the Roman province of Judaea, Pontius Pilate, sentences Jesus to death by crucifixion

The world spreads about risen Jesus

• Paul is instrumental in telling the world about Jesus' life, death, resurrection, and message
• He travels far and wide: Cyprus, Anatolia, Athens, Corinth, Macedonia, Rome, Jerusalem, and maybe even Spain and Britain
• He writes letters to many of those he spoke to these epistles are a part of the NT
• If not for the effort of Paul, it is likely that Jesus remains an obscure preacher, instead of the central

Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History

1. Muhammad
2. Sir Isaac Newton
3. Jesus
4. Buddha
5. Confucius
6. St. Paul of Tarsus

Tiberius

• As Augustus' stepson and adopted son, Tiberius succeeded Octavian
• Although a great general, he was a dark, somber, reclusive, and reluctant emperor
• He referred to the Senate as "men fit to be slaves", couldn't get along with the Senate
• Germanicus started out as Tiberius' ally, since he quelled a legion mutiny, but when it looked like he would succeed Tiberius, he got paranoid and had Germanicus killed
• Died in AD 37 at the age of 77, giving way to Caligula

Caligula - good start

• In addition to being Germanicus' son, he was Tiberius adopted grandson and great-nephew - putting him next in line for emperor
• He started off well: granting bonuses to those in the military, declaring treason 

Caligula - bad finish

• He began to fight with the Senate
• He claimed to be a god, and had statues displayed in many places - including the Jewish temple 
• Other examples of cruelty and insanity : he slept with other men's wives and bragged about it, too much spending, and even tried to make his horse a consul and a priest 
• Assassinated by his own aides, AD 41 and aged 28

Next in line : Claudius

• Ostracized by his family because of his disabilities (limp, slight deafness, possible speech impediment - thought to be cerebral palsy or polio), last adult male in the family
• He rose to the occasion : he conquered Britian; he built roads, canals, and aqueducts; he renovated the Circus Maximus
• Had an awful marriage to Messalina, who had many affairs

Meanwhile - religious troubles

• Christianity and Judaism : monotheistic - one God
• Romans had many gods, plus at times the emperor was viewed as a God
• AD 66: a group of Jews called the Zealots tried to rebel, but Roman troops put them down and burned their temple (except for one wall)
• The Western Wall today is the holiest of all Jewish shrines 
• Half a million Jews died in the rebellion

Persecution of Christians

• Romans were harsh toward those who would not worship the emperor
• Especially Christians, who were viewed as followers of a new, upstart religion (cult)
• Often used for "entertainment" purposes in the Colosseum (thrown to the lions)
• Despite the oppression, Christianity grew quickly - by AD 200, around 10 percent of the people in the Roman empire were Christians

Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius

Tiberius

• 2nd Emperor of the Roman Empire
• His step-father was Octavian
•  Emperor form 14 AD to 37 AD
•  Tiberius was the stepson of Augustus, great-uncle of Caligula, paternal uncle of Claudius

Caligula

• 3rd Emperor of the Roman Empire
• Emperor from 37 AD to 41 AD
• Caligula's father Germanicus, the nephew and adopted son of emperor Tiberius, was a very successful general 
• Caligula means "little boot"
• "There are few surviving sources on Caligula's reign, although he is described as a noble and moderate ruler during the first two years of his rule. After this, the sources focus upon his cruelty, extravagance, and sexual perversity, presenting him as an insane tyrant." 

Claudius

• 4th emperor of the Roman Empire
• Emperor from 41 AD to 54 AD
• Had a sickness when he was a child
• When he grew up, he had problems such as a limp, speech and walking issues
• Many people laughed at him
• But many people loved him because he passes many laws and gave them rights
• His wife, Messalia, had affairs with a noblemen
• Claudius told his men to kill her and her lover

FRIDAY THE 13TH

Today in class we finished watching the movie on Rome. I typed up all my notes I took and posted them. On Wednesday and Thursday when I tried to make a new post, blogger was down. Mr. Schick said he would give us credit for those days since we couldn't blog anything. He assigned us to do research with a partner on Tiberious, Caligua, and Cladius and post it on our blogs.

Rome Movie Notes

Notes

• Octiavious was Juilus Ceasar's adopted grandson 
• He made 3 branches of govnerment of republic: the consul, senate, and assembly
• Julius Ceasar had lots of power, was nice to the people, but had enemies
• They didn't want one person to have that much power
• So Octiavian goes againist him, stabs him to death with the rest of the senate, later he changes his name to Augutus
• Rome controled almost the entire coast of the Mediterrtian in the begin of the first century, which needed a lot of soldiers
• Octiavian died of age at 75 ?
• *Tiberous, step son of Otiavian, took over after Octiavian passed away
• You had to be in the Roman League, if you were stationed far, you were gone for 30 to 40 years
• They said they weren't going to fight anymore
• *Germanmicus, is going to cover/take charge for Tiberious and calm down the people in the army
• Seligula (bootus, his son about 2 years old) was the 'mascot' for the League
• He saw the army's loyalty 
• Germanius was getting to much power, so Tiberious, had him killed, some say of posion
• People after work, would go to the baths
• The baths - a social place, excersing rooms, an eatting place, even had hairpluckers&messages for the rich&poor
• Romans cheirshed their afternoon time
• Singanious, a calvary fighter
• Germanious is killed, and Singanious takes his children and straves one and the other commites suicde, later dragged on the streets and thrown into the ocean
• Genmanious was struggled and thrown into a River
• Jesus was in Judea and baptised in the Jordan River
• Tried to help/appeal to the poor
• *The Romans put Jesus to death
• He goes to marketplace and flips the tables
• He causes people a lot of trouble
• He went around with no politcal views, no wealthy families/background, he just went around preaching to the poor, like many other people did
• Jesus was arrested and later restution
• They picked that type of death to send a message to others & it was public
• Tiberious was in charge at this time
• His followers believed Jesus rose from the dead and came back
• Paul preached more the Jesus, he traveled more, going all around the Roman empire
• Calugea's father's and brothers were killed, some say he suffered from a biopolar or lead posion, calling him crazy
• He was supposed to kill an animal instead he killed a priest for no reason 
• He had a statue of himself put in the main church/temple
• His own people killed him
• Cladius was disfirgued, he didn't walk or talk right - something happened when he was little, people laughed at him
• After Calugea was killed, Cladius was next in line and took over 
• He passed laws, raised women rights, and more
• He wanted to join Gauls, brits, and Spain into the Roman empire and share the wealth and power
• Messalia, his wife, had affairs with other men, once with a noblemen
• He had his men sent to killed her and the noblemen, her lover
• His men killed her in front of her mother
• He celebrated his wifes death with a dinner party

Daily Post 5/9

Today in class Mr.Schick gave us our Greek and Rome tests back. We went over the answers, and I wrote what I got wrong so I can study from them for the finals in the end of the year. I have to study the people better because thats what I think I really messed up on.

After Test

I just finished the test and I think I failed haha
I hope I do better than I thought.
The test had questions on the important Roman people like Julius Caesar, Octavian, etc.
It also had questions on the important places and events that happened.

Rome Rap Paragraphs

Paragraph 1 

• The Etruscans had a written language 
• Greeks god and goddess were taken by the Romans
• Many Roman words came from the Greeks
• The Tiber River is where the Latins lived
• Latin were the dominant and civilized people on this area 
• Romans become part of Rome including the Latins
• Rome was built on a swamp
• Soon had a king called Tarquin
• the last king they ever had *
• They never had another dictator then had a republic 

Paragraph 2  

• Democracy - a form of gov. where all people have equal say 
• Consuls - highest elected office of the Roman gov.
• Aristocracy - a form of gov. based on the best citizens ruling the city
• Monarchy - a single ruler, like a king
• Legions - made up of Romans citizens 
• Carthage is in Africa *
• Hannibal took Carthage behind, crossed the Alps and went through all of Italy
• After 3rd Punic War, the city was destroyed by the Romans 

Paragraph 3 

• Latifundia - a huge estate or villa 
• The latifundia were the Roman estates
• The rich were getting more land and money
• They were a big problem
• Gracchus Brothers - Tiderius and Gaius, Roman plabien noble
• Attempted to pass a land reform that would redistribute huge pieces of patrician land among the plebeians *
• They said the patricans should given part of there land to the soliders who were fighting for there ccoutry, with socialism and populism *
• Both were assassinated for their attempts *
• Led to the civil war

Paragraph 4

• He changed Rome from a republic to an empire
• He appointer dictator for ten years * which wasn't normal 
• Alliance - First Triumvirate
• He entered a political alliance with Crassus * got his money and Pompey 
• When Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon river, it was considered an act of war
• Gallic Wars - a series of military campaigns lead by J.C.
• Expansion of the Roman empire into Gaul, defeated Gaul
• He was trying to be dictator for life, be a king, and the people didn't want that so they stabbed him to death * 

Paragraph 6

• Octavius - his father was the first one to become a senator, he was Caesars grand - somthing? adopted him
• Lepidus - A Roman patrician who became a member of the Second Triumvirate, was one of Ceasar;s greatest supporters
• Cleopatra - The last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. committed suicided because plan didn't work
• After Julius died, Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus formed an offical three-man gov.,called "the second triumvirate"
• Cleopatra tried to take over Octavius power, he remained ruler and changed his name

Paragraph 7 

• Pax Romana - Latin for "Roman Peace", a period of peace
• Roman roads allowed them to move armies, trade good, and communicate : used stones, broken stones mixed with cement and sand, etc.
• They were built like walls
• Circus Maximus - chariot racing stadium in Ancient Rome 

Test tomorrow

25-30 questions
On Rome
the lyrics to the song
the handouts (3)

Daily Post 5/4

Today in class Mr Schick wasn't here. We went into a different class and continued working with our partners on the powerpoint. We and Megan are done and ready to present tomorrow.

Daily Post 5/2

Today in class Mr Schick assigned us a paragraph from his Rome rap (on my links).
We had to work with a partner, Megan, to make a powerpoint on what its about.
Me and Megan are doing the Murder of Julius Cearsar and are almost finished our powerpoint.

10 pictures to lyrics

It’s a triumvirate -- that’s a group of three
“Crassus (come on), Pompey (come on), I’m JC! (come on)
We three will rule!

It’s the start of the rise of Julius C

I can hear the brothers Gracchus Sayin, 

“Rich, please don’t attack us” (don’t attack us)

“We got a feeling that the senators will whack us” (hey!)

Shield, sword, dagger, and armor and tunic

On horseback is the cavalry

Brand new republic ready to run
Democracy
Aristocracy

Hannibal riding on elephant back

They moved to Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome

Brutus and the Senate murdered Julius C
He hit the floor (he hit the floor)
Next thing you know
Caesar’s no more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more
You know he’s so depressed
23 stab wounds in his chest (in his chest)

Pax Romana is the word that brings the cheers (Yay!)

To the shores of the River Tiber

Daily Post 4/28

Today in class we reviewed from yesterday's class, about the first Rome reading.
I took notes on that below. We also took another mini pop quiz. We went over the vocab words and discussed some of the answers on the quiz. We started going over the answers to our homework.

Rome Reading 2

Vocab 

Consul - two roman officials that commanded the army and directed the government MONACRY

Veto - forbid or overrule 

Senate - the aristocratic branch of Rome's government 

Assembly - the democratic side of Roman government 

Dictator - a leader who had absolute power to make laws and command the army 

Mercenary - soldiers who fight in any country's army for pay

Question 1-6

1. a. Why were many plebians dissatisfied with Rome's government in the early years of the republic? They had to much power and control of the Roman government b. How did they win reforms? Refusing to fight in army unless they agreed c. What changes did they bring about in Roman government? they obtained more farovable laws, marriage between plebeians and patricians 
2. Why did Romans consider that they had a balanced government? Because their government was partly monarchy (by king), partly an aristocracy (by nobles), and partly a democracy (by the people). They believed that this mixture gave them the best features of all kinds of governments
3. Once Rome had conquered most of Italy, how did the Roman government win the support of the conquered people? they became allies to the Romans
4. a. At the start of the Punic Wars, why might Carthage have appeared the stronger power? Had a population of 250,000 people which was about three times the size of Rome, had a huge navy of 500 ships, wealthy, and hired mercenaries b.Why was Rome, in fact, the victor? The romans had directed much of energy toward winning wars, and better models of ships
5. Why was the Battle of Zama a major turning point in history? If Hannibal had been the victor, Carthage and not rome would have become the greatest empire in the world
6. a. Why did the Greeks at first welcome Romans armies? They freed the Greeks of their ruler Phillip  b. Why did the Greek attitude change? The Greeks were greedy with their freedom

Notes on 4/28

How many people were in the Roman army at a time? 

4,000-6,000

What were some conflicts between plebeians and patrians? 

The plebeians were tried of being under class men so they made the patricans make 12 laws wroten on tables/tablets so everyone could see; the plebians couldn't hold office so they didn't want to fight in the army

What were some of the powers of the consul? They could veto each other, could serve for 1 year and then change after 10 years, command the army, directed the government 

Who was in the Senate? rich, powerful patrains and men only : started out as 100, you served for life

Who was the Assembly? They tried to pass laws

Who were the three groups? Consul, Senate, Assembly

Who was the office of dirator? 

Rome Reading 1

Vocab

Republic - a political unit that is not rules by a monarch and in which citizens with the right to vote choose their leaders

Gravitas - disciple, strength, loyalty, weightiness or seriousness

Pater familias - father, the oldest male of the family he had power and could sell any of the family members 

Toga - loose, uncomfortable garment worn by the citizens of rome

Patrician - people who were upper class because they claimed to have had ancestors that were founders of Rome

Plebeian - common farmers, artisans,and merchants

Legion - a massive (4,000 to 6,000) military unit -calavery,horses and infinitry, foot soldiers and spears-

Century - a fighting unity made of 80 people 

Questions 1- 6

How did geography help Rome?

The city is a central point in within a central peninsula 
Has a river, on a hill, have the Alps. 
Mediterranean - they thought the sun and stars went around the world and Mediterranean was the center
Why was each of the following groups important to Rome's development?
*Latins - settled on neither side of the Tiber River, Rome became a settlement of Latin shepherds 
Greeks - Rome established 50 colonies on the coast of southern Italy and Sicily; they copied most of the things Greeks did like Greek gods and architecture
Etruscans - Roman buildings show the influence of Etruscans architecture. Helped Romans to develop Rome's trade. Romans adopted there alphabet   
What were the values of early Roman society?
Gravitas - discipline, strength, loyalty
family
How was the Roman household organized?
Men took charge - pater familias and women took care of the house
What freedoms did women have in the family and in society?
Women were in charge of the home
How was the army linked to Roman society?
All men had to serve in the army, no one could hold public office without being in the army for 10 years 

Review for Test on WED.

NO BLOGS ):

-Multiple chose 

     25-30 questions

-Essay

    3 choices

    Probably about Socrates

    Plato's cave

Mostly on Class Projects :

Greeks Army, Battle 

What is a hiaplite? Greek soldiers

What is the formation called? phananx 

Some of the Greek battles? mostly fought Persians (Marathon, Themerpliy, Straight Selmonas)

Plennitsonian War

How long did the Plensican War last? 27 years

How who? Sparta at Slicly

A key factor that cause the war? 

How were the Athenian going to fight this war? The wall and at water

Where did it go wrong? When the plague came from cargo

What happened when the plague came? Pericles, his sons, 2/3 people

Math and Science

What are two important names? Arctiemitles, Pythias 

Poets and Poetry 

Who were the two main poets? Homer and Saffo 

Drama

What kind of types were they? Tragedy, Comedy, Sader

Where did they go see plays? It was semi-circular, seats carved out of the hill

Skene was a back wall behind the stage

There wasn't anything like this in the world

Pericles   

What were his goals? His wanted to glorify Athens, strengthen democratic, expand the empire  

The center of town where people discussion in - Agora

Parthenon 

Built by Pericles

Frieze - regular people carved into rim of the Parthenon 

Statue of Athina - in the middle  

Built of the Acropois so everyone could see it

Built in the Doric style - first example

Aricthure - PICTURES

What were the styles? Doric - basic, Oxic - little more fancy, Corinthian - very fancy 

Trial of Scrates

Charged with corrupting the youth minds and going against the gods

How did he die? Drank poison hemlock

Olympics  

First games were held in 756 B.C.

Only free men who spoke Greece were allowed to precipitate  

No women came  precipitate or watch 

Boxing, racing, etc.

Hoplitodrmos - event that you run - extra credit? 

Philosphery 

In order - Socrates, Plato, Artistotle 

Scoatic Method - opinions

Plato - found a school called the Acemdey

Plato wrote Dialouges 

  

Alexander the Great Movie

Notes : 

• Beupleaus couldn't be tamed or ridden by anyone but Alexander wanted to try
• He figured out that he was afraid of his shadow, and rode him the other direction
• His father, Philip II of Macedon, didn't get along with his mother, and he hated the fact that he was tutored by Aristotle and studied poetry, music, etc.
• He got along really well his mother, Olympias  
• His was a captain in his father's army by 16
• He believed Zerkius payed someone to associated his father, his be looking for revenge
• Zerkius got scared because Alexander and his men were getting so close to him that just turned around and ran away

Greeks Movie

Notes : 

• Socrates had an in-normal appearance, he focused in the mind and thinking
• Greeks started calculating things by mathematics and science instead of using the gods
• Theleis used the stars to sail at night and measured the pyramids by measuring the shadow with the sun
• Socrates used reason and logic to examine 
• Spent his days debating and in conversations  
• He thought he was more attached than others, he said his eyes bulge out so he can see things better and his nose flared out so he can take in more smells
• "THE UNEXAMINED LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING" ~ Socrates
• The plague was boughten to Athens from cargo, a disease that would greatly affect them  
• 1/3 to 2/3 of the population was done
• Then it hit Pericles after 6 months, he died 
• He had plans to make Athens the greatest empire on the Mediteriterrian 
• His sons and navy leaders died with him also
• When he dies everything falls apart, so everyone would want to be the leader
• After Pericles Athens never had a political leader
• War happened no one spoke expect Socrates, but he was only one voice
• The generals died of drinking poison
• Sparta went to war with Athens, no one was able to win 
• In 415 B.C they went to war to Sicily, and lost a lot of men 
• The Athens began to starve in the streets
• They turned to Athenian but she couldn't help
• They turned to Lysander
• They burnt the Walls of Athens and burning all there ships
• They had to blame someone for what was going on in Athens
• They went for Socrates, he was arrested for undermining the youth and disrespecting the gods
• He annoys Athens and wants them to think
• Socrates was put to death by drinking poison, he was very calm, treating it like it was nothing
• All of Socrates friends broke down but Socrates just told them to be brave
• He didn't die for glory, he died for his principles
• He believed man should question the world around him 
• After he died his students, plato, aristotle, started learning by reason - empire by thought

Homer

Homer 
Olivia - 88/100

1. Who was Homer? A early Greek poet, known for the Iliad and Odyssey, legend says his blind
2. True or False : He could have not been alive or real. True
3. True or False :The stories could have been written by others poets but they wrote in different styles but the Odyssey but the style was consistent. True 

Alexander's Conquest

Alexander's Conquest
Jordan - 88/100

1. True or False : Most of the battle were against Persians. True
2. True or False : Never got a battle. True
3. What was his horses name? Buceupalus, means ox head in Greek
4. What age did his die? 32, very young people say he die of alcohol poisoning, syphilis, fever, etc. 

Trial of Socrates

Trial of Socrates
Vinny -  90/100

1. What was the Trial of Socrates? He came up with a theory that the earth wasn't revolved around the Gods. 
2. True or False : People thought the center of the earth was the center of the universe. True
3. He went to a trial and had about 10 to 15 minutes, charged with disrespecting the gods and the youth, he was sentenced to death

Greek Army and Battles

Greek Army and Battles
Megan - 97/100

1. True or False: One of the main formation used for battle was called phalanx. It was well protected because of the shields. True
2. What were Hoplites? Citizen-soldiers, they have lots of people but had hot/heavy armor
3. What were some armor they wear? Helmets out of bronze, cuirass out of bronze or leather, aspis out of wood, spears out of iron and metal, and xiphos, weapon used if you lost the spear(sword)
4.  What were some major battles in history? Marathon, Thermopylae, and more . . .
5. What were some of Alexander's Battles? Granicus and Issus and Gaugamela and Hydaspes

The Hellenic Age

The Hellenic Age
Brylyn - 92/100

1. What happened during the Hellenic Age? brought drama political views and art sculptures 
2. What were the three types of style? Serve, High Classical, and Fourth Century B.C.
3. True or False : They used sculptures to show the god and goddess glory. They tried to make them real-like and show emotions

Greek Architecture

Greek Architecture 
Brad - 93/100

1. What were the 3 styles? Doric - basic, thicker and shorter (remember), Ionic, and Corinthian - complex 
2. True or False: The original system of Greek system was the Doric style. True 
3. What were they made out of? Limestone, marble
4. What was the most famous building of Greece? The Parthoen

The Golden Age/ The Age of Pericles

The Golden Age/ The Age of Pericles
Laruen - 97/100

1. Who was Pericles? A leader of Athens at age 32
2. True or False : The Athenians attended reglious festivals, Panathenaia - honered Athena Dionysa - honered the god of wine and ecstacy. True
3. True or False: Girls never got an education only boys had education and power. True
4. Who was Aspasia? A member of the Hetarae, a class of the unmarried females that went to pays, studied, and debeted with men, opened her own school, Perciles fell in love with her, divorced his wife and moved in with her, it says she wrote most of Perciles speeches
5. What were Pericles three goals? Strengthen democracy, Expand their empire, Make Athens more beatiful

Greek Poets & poety

Greek Poets 
Alena - 95/100

1. Why did they write poetry? They did it as a living or as a career 
2. Who is Sophronia? A female poet she was one of the first people who wrote poems in first person, she was an artiscatic who married a merchant, small and ugly
3. Who was Homer? A blind storyteller and musican, and poet, wrote the itiate and osydess - might have had many different people

Greek Drama

Greek Drama 
Sam - 90/100

1. What are the three types of drama? tradey, comedy, and satyr
2. Tragedy were preformed by ____. Men
3. What was the theater of Delphi? Site of the most important oracle
4. Why was drama created? It was the reglious worship of the god and goddess

Pantheon

Pantheon 
Haley 90/100

1. Who built it and for how, what was it for? Built by Perciles to the goddess Athienia built to worship the goddesses 
2. What sytle was it built in? The Doric Style 
3. What was on the inside? The statue of Atheia and carving of the common people on the inside, frieze, and the gods and goddess of the outside

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great 
Morgan 100/100

1. Who was Alexander the Great? He was a great ruler and general of Greece, he named the city after his horse died, studied literture, Alexander was captain in the Macdonian army at age 16, brave and intelligent solider, he never lost a battle and conquered all
2. Why was he was named the Great? He was able to conquer the world
3. What city did he build in Egypt? Alexandria

Math and Science Breakthroughs

Math and Science Breakthroughs 
Kevin 88/100

1. What is physical displacement? You can measure the volume of a body by measuring in the water
2. What were some things the Greeks came up with? Astronomy, Geometry, Pie, Pathogen theory, etc. it was a whole new way of looking of things, everything can be explained by science and math not by the gods
3. Who was Eratosthenes? He found the circumference of the earth with in 2% of error over 200 years before Jesus was born

Absent today !

I wasn't at school today. But I check Mr.Schick's blog and it said that Julia did a presentation on Greek Art and Zach did a presentation on the Olympics. I couldn't grade their presentations because I didn't see them but I graded Caitlin's below.

Peloponnesian War

Peloponnesian War
Catlin - 93/100

1. Who was in the War? Spartians vs. Athenians
2. Which city states were involded? Argos, Corinth, Megara, Athens, Sparta 
3. Why did it happen? Pericles had a treaty that didn't work out and the plague killed many soldiers about 2/3 of the population
4. Who won the battle? The Spartans 

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Today was a fun class. We didn't really do anything but watch each make fun of one other. Then Colby walked into our class and Mr. Schick wanted to see if he could switch places with Zach in class. I don't really know what happened after that. A nice western civ class to have before SPRING BREAK (:

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Today in class we got our tests back.
I didn't do so good, Mr. Schick passed out the sheet with the questions from the test.
I wrote down all the correct answers so I could see what I got wrong and study them for exams!
Mr. Schick also assigned projects over spring break. My project is on Greek philosphers.
After that we are going to start our unit on Rome!

Test Day

Today in Mr.Shick's class we had a test on Greece.
It included names of the important people and places that were in the movie.
I don't think I good on it. Better luck next time!

The Greeks Day 5

Notes :

• Pericles was born into one of Athens most elite family
• He knew what the people wanted a city fit for a emperior 
• Parthenon was a massive building with a huge 40 ft. statiue of Athenia, goddess, in it 
• Made of marble, irony, gold, and gews 
• Friezes, 500 ft. long, were inside that were narrow marble shells carved to show regular people doing farming and battle ect. 
• A testament to the common man 
• They built narrower at the top so it looks more taller
• Pericles planned everything
• It was and still is the most glorious part of Athens emperor
• Cost about 1 million dollars to build, they could afford to because they had high employment and trade
• Aspsia was a high price, smart, beautiful women 
• Pericles divorced his wife for her 
• She was included with his discussions with very important people
• She wasn't born in Athens and she was a women, 2nd class to men
• They invented drama and theater, story-tellers
•  Big acting and gestures 
• The fatal faul, when you have everything and you do something wrong, when you mess up everything 
• Pericles thought he could have everything if he conqueced Sparta, he could ruled all of Greece 
• Hubris, aigate where you could everything, having to much pride

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We continued watching the movie.
I took more notes under The Greeks movie - Day 4.

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Today in class we finished the movie and started another one.
I have more notes below under The Greeks, Day 3

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Today in class, we continued watching the movie, The Greeks.
I took more notes under "The Greeks" day 2.

Ancient Greece

Notes :

Crucible 

Geography of Greece

• Mountainous Peninsula
• Cover 3/4 of Greece
• 1,400 islands in the Aegean and Ionian Seas
• Location shaped its culture
• Skilled sailors 
• Poor natural resources
• Difficult to unite the ancient Greeks because of the terrain
• developed small, independent communities call city states
• Only 20% of Greece was suitable for farming
• Fetile valleys cover 1/4 of peninsula
• Because of geography the Greek diet consists of grain, gapes, and olives 
• Lack of resources most likely led to Greek colonization
• Right on the Med. sea
• Temperatures range from 48 in the winter to 80 in the summer
• Made them very physical active people

Mycenaeans 

• Began around 2000 BC
• Mycenae is located on a rocky ridge and protected by a 20 ft. thick wall
• Mycenaean kings dominated Greece from 1600-1200 BC
• Controlled trade in the region
• 1400 BC Mycenaean invaded Crete and absorbed Minoan culture and language

Culture in Decline

• Around 1200 BC sea people began to invade Mycenae and burnt palace after palace
• The Dorians moved into the war-torn region
• Far less advanced
• Economy collapsed
• Writing disappeared for 400 years

Homer and Myths

• Only stories were kept and passed on by word of mouth 
• Homer lived at the end of the "Greek Dark Ages"
• Recoreded stories of the Trojan War in The lliad and The Odyssey (written 750-700 BC)
• Trojan war was probably one of the last conquests of the Mycenaeans 
• They would remember all these stories by singing or music

Greek Concepts

• Arete
• virtue and excellence
• Epics
• narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds
• Myths were created to explain creation
• Zeus : leader of the gods
• Hera : Zeus' wife
• Athena: goddess of wisdom

Movie - The Greeks

Notes:

• The Greeks formed the civilization that formed that world
• 508BC, 5 century before in the birth of Christ, in a town called Athens the people turned all their rulers
• Celitanieis, a knight, would set the Greeks to the path of emperor
• He was called a artisiocat
• Reading and writing was a hard skill
• Life expetancy was less than 15 years
• The great civilations in his day lied in Egypt and Persia 
• Greece was a place with lots of mountain ranges
• Greece was divided into little groups called city states, each different
• Argos - ships went across the Mediterrian 
• Corinth
• One cite state had miltary power called Sparta 
• They were raised in fields, away from their families, they were made to be soldiers 
• Red cloaks  
• Sparta conquered more than 40 miles of Greece, became rulers
• Ancient tails and stories inspired the Greeks 
• Stories shaped Celitanieis and other Greeks
• Two tales are still told today, they tell about the battles and heros who won power 
• Images of hero's are found all over Greek art
• One day a man rode into the city of Athens with a woman, goddess of Athens, he was welcome as a ruler but he wanted more than gain and pass on the power so he would have to find an allies. Hightrosit reduced taxes and increases farmers ?and began a change 
• He gained power by her
• He cut cut taxes and lent money from gov. (below)
• Started to prodice olives, the best in the world, not only over Greek but over the seas 
• Greeks were scattered, like ants or frogs around a pond
• Everyone had something to sell, gold, silver, art, wine and everyone was willing to trade for their olive oil
• The vase was Athens first greatest innovation
• What was inside the pot was more then the outside 
• Poverty had been important throw the ancient world
• Using designs based on Egyptians
• Greeks started a different style of art 
• Made art of each other 
• Shown their compassion for achcivement
•  527BC the ruler died and was layed in the graveyard
• His son took over, and started things like his father did
• 524BC, his son was muried 
• Hippieas finally thought it was the right time to go for ruler
• He want to over throw Hiptraiate
• 510BC and Clitainese was finally ruler
• The competion of the games was found in 77BC, before he was born
•  The Qlypmics games were to display to heroic feeling
• Chariot ranings, running, wreslting, or boxing
• No price just the fame and glory
• 40,000 Greeks would gather for the games
• They would travel hundreds of miles to see the games
• Anyone would win or compete, even a farmer 
• The only rule is you get what you get
• You have to show they you can win
• 508BC, this would be Athens first chance to seize power for the people
• For the first time in history, Athens in under a law
• Cletheneis was asked to create a government 
• They had a gathering place, so they would diciside the future for their state 
• White pebble - yes
• Red pebble -no
• A system in which know we call democratic
• To the raising of taxes, to . .
• They are the government
• Democratic presented a heroic, it showed that even those who where poor would have glory and power

Day 2 :

• Artisocats were people with power and money, part of the ruling class
• Acropolis - named of the big rock, means highest city or peak, good place to pick a village so they could see their enemies

• Artisocats were people with power and money, part of the ruling class
• Acropolis - named of the big rock, means highest city or peak, good place to pick a village so they could see their enemies
• Because they were sepreated by mountains, they didn't get along, they fought wars, these places were called city states
• Artee - philospy that you do everything you can 
• If you are a pottery, you make the best pots
• If you are a solider, you fight for your city state and not for yourself
• They didn't take shortcuts
• The Odyssey is preversed until now 
• They had to memorizes this long book and memorized it 
• Written by Hormer
• Tirent 
• Pisistratus is Clethesis brother-in-law
• He cuts taxes
• He lent them money, so they can grow things themselves or buy new equipment
• He became friends with the articocats 
• Everyone thought that Greece was in a good condition to around with everyone around them
• The Vase was Athens first artist fantasy
• inside the pot was worth more than the pot itself
• They drew each other on the outside, with geometric patterns 

Day 3 :

• Hipipas murder his mother
• He became bitter and supsation for anyone because of what happen to his brother
• His brother got killed, so he took it all out on the people
• Clethesis wanted to overthrow Hippias to gain power 
• Hippias would be captured and banthed from Athen forever
• The Olympic games were those wealth but Clethesis made it so a farmer can fight a nobleman
• (games and more info above)
• Probably 40,000 Greeks would gather to see the games
• Travel 100 of miles to see the games
• Impower the poor people so they could have money
• You have to go in there and show that you can win
• Hipsaarous. a artisocat, also wanted power
• He couldn;t do in alone 
• He went to the Spartans, which the Greeks feared
• He would betray his city, Athens
• He got control of Athens
• He and his troops would rule the high point of Athens
• Over 700 houses were ruined or burnt including Clenthesis
• Cl. left his house and left Athens to the Spartans 
• Ishgirs and his troop went on top of the large rock (name above)
• For 2 days and 1 nights 
• This was the first revolution of the people, and overthrow a leader
• Ishgirs throw out Clethesis, and the people were mad 
• Athens is know control of the law
• The people turn to one man, Cl.
• Agora was there meeting place where they would discussion things for their country (more above)
• A system which we now more of democratic 
• They would meet every 9 days and vote, everyone got to say they opinion, mugity rules
• Anybody could go up there and speak 
• First time ever since anyone did this
• White Pebble - yes
• Red Pebble - no
• 419BC - Pheideppides ran the first marathon 
• He ran is not for glory but for survival
• Persia had lots of power
• The head of the emperior, was Enthies 
• The Greeks emphasis freedom and Persia would emphasis power, with slaves
• The heart of the Athenian force was a hoplite, is a professional solders 
• Pheidppides ran 140 miles in just 2 days
• 1 story : To inform the Athens the Sparta was coming and then he died on the spot
• 2 story : Went to Sparta and said that they were are all Greeks and we have to fight the Spartans 
• He deviered a message that needed to be sent
• The Athens spundered the Spartain 
• The Athens returned home to celeabrate there victory
• But there war with Persian had just begen
• Themistocles had risen to power by democratic
• He learn his leadership skills on the polumdn 
• One of the first guys to rise up to, 'anyone could have power' 

Day 4 :

• Pheidppides was a regualur person like as, who rose up to be the gerenal of the navy because he was very good at his job
•  He would be the savor of his city
• He made sure that if the Persians were going to come again, they wouldn't be defeated
• Trireme - battleship of its time, stated of the art ships
• To ram the enemies ship, they used it as a weapon 
• 170 guys are trained to row in the same direction in unison 
• Had over 200 triremes in their nations because of Clethesis, the greatest navy force in Greece
• They were very expensive
• In 483BC, the Greeks found silver
• The people wanted to shared the silver but Chethesis wanted to spend it on ships
• Xerxes is Darious son who is still upset that his father lost to Greece
• He gathered his forced
• His army had over 2 million men, the greatest the world has ever since
• The Greeks who where scared of the Persians invaded went to a Oraere, fortune teller, in Delphi 
• They could them they were domed and to run away
• They had a plan to fight the Persians at sea 
• They were going to evaluate Athens, leave their homes and possessions  
• Salamis - place they were going to fighting in the Straits of Salamis, body of water between them
• The Persian  burned the templetes in Athens 
• The Persian's navy is 4 times larger than the Greeks
• The Greeks defeated the greatest emperor of the time, out numbered by land and sea
• Delian League became Athens emperior, making money to protect themselfes
• Became a city of a fast trade emperior, goods came shipped from all over the place
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Today we went over our Greek projects. I haven't been in class for a while, so i didn't know what we were doing but I figured it out. Mr. Schick assigned me a topic to reach on. I got Themistocles. He was a great commender and general of Athens. For more information on him, go to the slide.

Links:
https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AdUU_awE1hVjZGNidHAyamtfMTUxd2JxZzl0Zmo&hl=en

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Today in class, we took a test on ancient and modern Egypt. I think I did pretty good. 

Test Review - Modern Egypt

ON HIS BLOG

Egypt's economy

• Tourism, biggest industrial in Egypt right now
• Oil, natural gas, manufacturing 
• Agriculture - making the most of their limited arable land (3%)
• They grow cotton (very good), corn, rice, wheat, beans
• The old pattern of dealing with the Nile has been changed since 1970 of the Aswan High Dam, the dam controls the flooding of the Nile, and increases the amount of reclaimed land
• Akhet - inundation
• Peret - land emerges from the flood
• Shomu - water is short 

Egypt's demographics 

• 79 million people - biggest population of Middle Eastern nations - third biggest African country
• Cairo : 6.7 million 
• NYC : 8.3 million
• Most of the people live near the Nile, other land is mostly desert   
• Offical language : Arabic (English, French, German, etc.)
• Religion : around 90% Muslim (Egypt is the 12th in religious violence, 5th worst for religious freedom), most of the rest are Christian, but there are major conflicts 

Egypt - politics, goverment, revolution

• 1922 - end of protectorate with the United Kingdom
   
  1953 - Egypt declared a Republic
   
  1954-1970 - ruled by Gamal Nasser
  • nationalizes the Suez Canal
  • forms allegiance with Soviet Union

   
  1970-1981 - ruled by Anwar Sadat
  • switches allegiance to the United States
  • attacked Israel over Sinai Peninsula, but later made peace
  • Sadat assassinated in 1981

   
  1981-2011 - ruled by Hosni Mubarak
  • kept alliance w/ US (helped in the Iraq war)
  • accused of corruption, political persecution, human rights violations
  • driven from office following mass demonstrations last month

Who's next for Egypt?

• Egypt currently ruled by military junta, but democratic elections in September
• Some want Mubarak arrested and tried for embezzling from the government 
• Revolution is in the air throughout the Middle East and northern Africa
• Libya has been ruled by Muammer Gaddafi since 1969
• he is vioently opposing Libya's uprising 
• Libya may desend into full civil was
• the east is controlled by rebels, but he still holds the capital 

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Today in class we went over more notes on the test that were having on Monday. I have the review notes on a blog below. Thanks Mr. Schick for giving us the mod off (:

Test Review for Monday

The test on Monday is mostly about : 

• Geography 
• Daily Life
• Pharaohs
• Goddess & Gods
• Pyramids

Geography :

• Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River
• Use it for planting crops, transpiration, drinking, bathing, for irrigating
• Lives there because most other places are deserts and dry
• Flows north, only river in the world that flows north
• North because country's below have mountains with higher elevation
• First people to invent to sail so they could sail north and south
• Every July it floods
• Every October it leaves behind rich soil and slit 
• Manging the river required technological breakthroughs in irrigation
• First people to use a calender 
• They figured out night and day, the moons to tell the months, the seasons colder and hotter at a certain time, and then a year 
• Then you can tell where specialized workers when to work
• The Delta is a broad, marshy triangular area of fertile silt 
• The Great Sphinx of Giza 
• Face - Is a wise person
• Body -  a laying lion, relaxed and watching
• a recumbent lion with a human's head
• oldest monumental statue in the world, 45 hundred years
• built 2555-2532BC
• Notes on Video :
• The Greeks had a myth about what were in those pyramids 
• When they were built, gold bricks stuck together that you couldn't fit a knife between them
• Classes lowest to highest : Slaves and servants, farmers, artisans - craftsmen, merchant, scribes - educated and knew how to write, soldiers, government officials - nobles and priests, pharaohs
• Slaves/Servants : helped the wealthy, with housework and child raising
• Farmers : raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions - benefited from irrigation of the Nile 
• Artisans : would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife 
• Merchants : money/barter system was used - merchants might accept bags of grain for payment - later, coinage and money came about and a system of money
• Scribes - kept records, told stories about the soliders and pharaohs, wrote poems, described anatomy and medical treatments, they wrote in hieroglyphs and in hieratic, which were ABC's
• Soldiers: used wooden weapons (bows,arrow, spears) with bronze tips and might ride chariots
• Upper class, known as the 'white kit class' priests, physicians, engineers 
• Pharaohs : Religious and political leader of the Egyptian people holding the titles, 'Lord of the Two Lands' 
• As 'Lord of the Two Lands' the pharaoh was the ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt, He owned all land, made laws, collected taxes, & defended Egyptian foreigners  
• Hetshepsut was a women who served as pharaoh 
• Cleopatra VII also served as pharaoh, but much later (51-39 BC) more on her when we study Greece  

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Today in class we went over the answers for the Gums, Germs, & Steel test from a while ago. I circled the answers so I can study off of them for the finals at the end of the year. Mr. Schick also told as that there were be  a test on ancient and modern Egypt this week, maybe Friday.

Talking to Sarah

Today in class we talked to Mr.Shick's friend, Sarah, from Egypt. We asked her many questions which she answered. She was really nice and explained everything we asked her very clearly so we could understand. She sounded very serious and involved of whats happening in her county right now. A question we asked her was who is in charge now that their king is gone. She said that the army is in charge until the election in September. She also told us that her family is on her side. Her family agrees with her and is not against getting a new ruler, but was scared that she would get hurt or even killed in the process of protesting. She said that everyone has a voice. Talking to Sarah was very interesting, I fell like I know more about what is going on in Egypt. Its not everyday in class where you get to Skype someone in Egypt!

10 questions for Sarah

10 Questions 

1. If the government finds the videos and pictures on the interent, will u stop use of the interent? Or harm the people who took them?

2. When everybody is protesting, pushing and shoving, where are the little kids? are they at home? Do they know whats happening?

3. When do they know its time to pray? Do they all have to pray at the same time? Have you ever been in a situtation where you had to stop and pray?

4. Do you know anyone who has been abused, harmed or taken away from the police from protesting?

5. Who are the Muslism brothers? 

6. How big is this group and are you in this group? Can't the government put a stop to this group?

7. Do people still go to school or work during all this chaos?

8. What are the positions of the police? Can they agree with the protest or will they be harmed? 

9. Did Mubarak ever come out to deal with this chaos? Did he ever come out to explain himself?

10. Why don't the people of Egypt, the government, or the police go capture Mubarak?