Today it was great because all of the grandparents were in our class, so it was nice. But we are talking about Rome so here are my notes:
Who settled Rome?
-Etruscans: came from the north-central part of the peninsula
-metal workers, artists, architects
-two foundation myths: Virgil's Aeneid (when Aeneid escapes from Troy) plus the story of Remus and Romulus.
Greeks: they had many colonies around the Mediterranean Sea
Romans borrowed ideas from them, such as:
-religious beliefs
-alphabet
-art
-military techniques and weapons
Latins:
-descendants of Indo-Europeans
-settled on the bank of the Tiber
-situated so trading ships - but not war fleets - could navigate as far as Rome, but no further
-commercial port, not susceptible to attack and built of seven hills(Palatine)
They drained the swamp:
-many streams flowed into the Tiber
-there was a marshy area called the Forum, between Palatine & Capitoline Hills
-Tarquin the Proud's grandfather built the Cloaca Maxima (largest ancient drain), which channeled water into the Tiber
-Urban legend says Washington DC was built on a swamp - but only about 2% was actually swampland - however, Constitution Avenue is located on what used to be called Tiber Creek
Lucius Tarquinias Superbus:
-the seventh and final king of Rome
-known as Tarquin the "Pride" (Arrogant)
-a true tyrant in the old and modern sense of the word
-Tarquin seized power like an old school tyrant
-the people's shock at this horrible behaviour and this horrible family made them NEVER want to be subject to rule of kings - lasted for centuries.
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
project
Today in Western Civ we got into our groups and started to work on what we are going to do for our project.
My group, Rosemary, Veronica, Megan and I are going to make a four course meal. Rosemary is going to make the drink, Megan is doing the appetizer, Veronica is doing the main dish, and I'm making the dessert while I'm really excited about!
So that's basically everything we did today in Western Civ, so peace
My group, Rosemary, Veronica, Megan and I are going to make a four course meal. Rosemary is going to make the drink, Megan is doing the appetizer, Veronica is doing the main dish, and I'm making the dessert while I'm really excited about!
So that's basically everything we did today in Western Civ, so peace
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
pray for baltimore
Today in Western Civ we were talking about the horrible events in Baltimore City last night. I think we had a very good discussion about it.
I think what happened was absolutely horrible, it made me so ashamed. I was ashamed because this is my city but these people were also of my race. I understand the anger toward the police officers, but this was not how it should go.
I agree that everyone has their rights and opinions but going into your community stores and businesses and trashing it is just wrong. I don't think those young and older people would do that? At the end of the day it's going to be their community that they destroyed, what are they going to have left to go too?
I don't think some of these people even cared about Freddie Gray, they were just taking advantage of the situation. They were making fools of themselves.
It just made me very mad and upset. I hope both of my grandmothers are okay because they live in East and West Baltimore. And I really hope that my cousin, who works for the national guard, will be okay. I'm just praying that this whole thing is over soon. We just need to pray for our city right now.
I think what happened was absolutely horrible, it made me so ashamed. I was ashamed because this is my city but these people were also of my race. I understand the anger toward the police officers, but this was not how it should go.
I agree that everyone has their rights and opinions but going into your community stores and businesses and trashing it is just wrong. I don't think those young and older people would do that? At the end of the day it's going to be their community that they destroyed, what are they going to have left to go too?
I don't think some of these people even cared about Freddie Gray, they were just taking advantage of the situation. They were making fools of themselves.
It just made me very mad and upset. I hope both of my grandmothers are okay because they live in East and West Baltimore. And I really hope that my cousin, who works for the national guard, will be okay. I'm just praying that this whole thing is over soon. We just need to pray for our city right now.
Friday, April 24, 2015
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Rome
Today in Western Civ, we started the section Rome. So here are my notes:
Chronology:
-ninth century: Etruscans, Greeks, and Latin's moved into Italy (next to the Tiber River)
City-state and Empire - The Roman Republic:
-Italy and its people
-Indo-European tribes moved into the Italian peninsula and some settled along the Tiber Rover creating the city-state known as Rome.
-Remus and Romulus were babies who came and were going to be put to death. So they were put into the Tiber River, however they were taken in by a female wolf. A woodpecker brought them food. They were taken into by two shepherds until grown. Remus and Romulus get into a fight and he kills Remus then creates Rome named after him. (the story of how Rome was created)
-Etruscans settled in the east
-Romans were influenced by Greece and their settlements to their south. Learned the alphabet and city-state organization from Greece.
The Rome Republic: The Senate and the People:
-originally, Rome was a monarchy on the Etruscan model with a council od elders called "The Senate".
-C. 500 BC, the Romans overthrew their monarchy and established a "Republic"
-Since the Senate was populated only by patricians (aristocratic men) the plebeians (ordinary citizens) fought for a vote in Rome's government.
-Each year the Senate elected two rulers, "consulus", who each served a term of one year.
-As in the Greek city-states, the Romans would appoint a single dictator in times on war or conflict
-12 tables: list of laws that were posted in the public square
-Res publica - Latin term meaning the people's affair.
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Chronology:
-ninth century: Etruscans, Greeks, and Latin's moved into Italy (next to the Tiber River)
City-state and Empire - The Roman Republic:
-Italy and its people
-Indo-European tribes moved into the Italian peninsula and some settled along the Tiber Rover creating the city-state known as Rome.
-Remus and Romulus were babies who came and were going to be put to death. So they were put into the Tiber River, however they were taken in by a female wolf. A woodpecker brought them food. They were taken into by two shepherds until grown. Remus and Romulus get into a fight and he kills Remus then creates Rome named after him. (the story of how Rome was created)
-Etruscans settled in the east
-Romans were influenced by Greece and their settlements to their south. Learned the alphabet and city-state organization from Greece.
The Rome Republic: The Senate and the People:
-originally, Rome was a monarchy on the Etruscan model with a council od elders called "The Senate".
-C. 500 BC, the Romans overthrew their monarchy and established a "Republic"
-Since the Senate was populated only by patricians (aristocratic men) the plebeians (ordinary citizens) fought for a vote in Rome's government.
-Each year the Senate elected two rulers, "consulus", who each served a term of one year.
-As in the Greek city-states, the Romans would appoint a single dictator in times on war or conflict
-12 tables: list of laws that were posted in the public square
-Res publica - Latin term meaning the people's affair.
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Friday, April 17, 2015
04/17
Today in Western Civ, Mr. Schick told us that we were the class that is ahead of all the other classes so we had a free class today.
He gave us time to work on classwork from other classes or talk about what we wanted to do for the projects.
Mr. Schick also showed us this video of this project that one of his former classes did for a Rome project. It was a pretty cool video, it was little clips of a movie (that I have seen.) I was going to cook something but I think they it's not a good idea now because no one else is doing it and I'll be the only with food. I think my second options will probably be editing up a cool video. I can ask my mom and dad for help on that stuff because that's their specialty. So I'm still deciding.
Oh and we videotaped the class for Veronica.
That's about it :)
Peace!
He gave us time to work on classwork from other classes or talk about what we wanted to do for the projects.
Mr. Schick also showed us this video of this project that one of his former classes did for a Rome project. It was a pretty cool video, it was little clips of a movie (that I have seen.) I was going to cook something but I think they it's not a good idea now because no one else is doing it and I'll be the only with food. I think my second options will probably be editing up a cool video. I can ask my mom and dad for help on that stuff because that's their specialty. So I'm still deciding.
Oh and we videotaped the class for Veronica.
That's about it :)
Peace!
Thursday, April 16, 2015
04/16
Today in Western Civ we talked about projects. We are going to be starting to learn about Rome soon so we have to figure out ideas about how we could do projects that would help us learn the subject.
There were various interesting ideas, like a battling with the other Western Civ classes... and building chariots. Their was another idea about people acting out The View but with the Roman gods and goddess as the hosts. I don't really like acting or standing in front of people and talking or anything.
I personally liked the idea of cooking a Roman dish and having everyone in the school come and try all the dishes. That would be an interesting thing to do because you get to see what the Roman ate and how they cook their food in certain ways. I also like the idea of the school trying it too. I don't think anyone else liked this idea though, so I guess I would probably be on my own with this idea lol.
So yeah, the project seem like they are going to be fun, so I'm excited!
Peace
There were various interesting ideas, like a battling with the other Western Civ classes... and building chariots. Their was another idea about people acting out The View but with the Roman gods and goddess as the hosts. I don't really like acting or standing in front of people and talking or anything.
I personally liked the idea of cooking a Roman dish and having everyone in the school come and try all the dishes. That would be an interesting thing to do because you get to see what the Roman ate and how they cook their food in certain ways. I also like the idea of the school trying it too. I don't think anyone else liked this idea though, so I guess I would probably be on my own with this idea lol.
So yeah, the project seem like they are going to be fun, so I'm excited!
Peace
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
corrupting your minds
Today in Western Civ we watched this video:
It was talking about Plato's story he wrote about Socrates. It was showing how the world can corrupt your mind by imprisoning you and showing you their point of view of things, saying "this is what you should believe and that's it". You don't see YOUR big picture, just the picture that was put in front of you.
Mr. Schick asked us about some ideas of what might be an example of this in the 21st century, today. We listed some good ideas. One people said that a very good example of this was school. In school, yes everything that the teacher says isn't wrong but on some things that they say their opinion on for example; that's what you might start to believe. You may start to believe it because you only hear their side of it. You don't hear the other side of the opinion. Society is a very big one too. TV Commercials also. We as a generation just have been getting corrupted for a long time and sometimes we need to learn how to think for ourselves.
PLATO - Allegory of the Cave(animated)
It was talking about Plato's story he wrote about Socrates. It was showing how the world can corrupt your mind by imprisoning you and showing you their point of view of things, saying "this is what you should believe and that's it". You don't see YOUR big picture, just the picture that was put in front of you.
Mr. Schick asked us about some ideas of what might be an example of this in the 21st century, today. We listed some good ideas. One people said that a very good example of this was school. In school, yes everything that the teacher says isn't wrong but on some things that they say their opinion on for example; that's what you might start to believe. You may start to believe it because you only hear their side of it. You don't hear the other side of the opinion. Society is a very big one too. TV Commercials also. We as a generation just have been getting corrupted for a long time and sometimes we need to learn how to think for ourselves.
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
test review
Today was our first day back from Western Civ! We didn't do much, only went over the test we took on Anicent Greece before we left for break. I did pretty bad.... my first bad grade in this class but I think it was just because I had a ton of essays and power points to do for various teachers and it was a crazy week. But I'm planning on never getting a grade like that again.
But anyways, yeah we just went over the test then went to this really fantastic assembly where this guy named John O'Leary spoke to us! It was pretty great, I loved it so much! He was very funny and positive and inspiring. It was amazing to hear him tell us his story but see such a strong looking man standing there telling us all these great things and joking with us and stuff. It was just great!
But anyways, yeah we just went over the test then went to this really fantastic assembly where this guy named John O'Leary spoke to us! It was pretty great, I loved it so much! He was very funny and positive and inspiring. It was amazing to hear him tell us his story but see such a strong looking man standing there telling us all these great things and joking with us and stuff. It was just great!
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
the test...
Today in Western Civ, Mr. Schick was finally back! We took our test on Ancient Greece today also... To be honest I don't think I was as prepared as I usually would be for this test mainly because all of the essays and projects I had this week and all. So I'm not very certain about what I'm going to get on this test. I hope I get at least a B, that would be fine but I don't really know...
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Oh, we also turned in our essay for Hoplites and Triremes and I think we are going to get a good grade on it because we worked very hard on it! So that's basically it, yup.
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