5/24/13

Today in class we worked on a Google doc.  Me Mackenzie and holly were smart and worked together so there would be less work.  I came up with the idea to do this, i believe i deserve a round of applause. I shall ace this test.

5/22/13

Today in class Maxwell and David were the teachers today.  They were team testosterone.  They reminded me of the consul in ancient Rome.  A manor was a large property of a plantation.  a bailiff is a is a second in control.   A serf is a servant who isn't a slave but should be.  in 1000 their was a agricultural boom.  Walls were built to keep towns in.  Their were no ancient passports.  Only four donkeys could cross the bridge at the same time.

5/21/13

Today in class we learned about feudalism.  Feudalism is the governmental system and the relationships between landowners and warriors.  Lord is the owner.  Vassle is the knight. Barons were lords of large territories who usually paid homage to a king.      

5/20/13

Today in class we had a pop quiz.  I had no idea about it, but i trusted my gut.  I got an one hundred and I didn't even study.  Natural instinct is the best way to study.

5/17/13

Today i wasn't in class.  I was at a fishing camp catching fish.

5/15/13

Today in class we went over a PowerPoint.  This PowerPoint was about the Middle ages.  It was mainly about the transition period of the roman empire to the middle ages.  There were different Bavarian groups that took over different places.  The roman empire was over with its last emperor Romulus Augustulus.

5/14/13

Today in class we took a test.  I have to say it was a little difficult, but i pulled through.  I liked how we were able to come up with the question ourselves.  I do feel that you didn't use any of mine.  If you would of used mine it would of been a great benefit to all.

5/13/13

Today in Class  we had to create questions for the test.  I don't believe that you will use other people questions.  You most likely will just use mine because they are amazing questions and probably challenging to some.

5/10/13

Today in Class the tables were turned.  Grace and Kelly went off and thought us every thing about Constantinople   They also talked about The Four Edicts.  I think that I should be the teacher next time and I will tell you the story of life and how to make the world a better place. I will save all.  

5/8/13

Today in class we learned about Christians in Rome.  Not only that but the deciples who followed him.  Paul was his greatest deciple who spread christianity to the Roman's and many other Gentiles.  Diocleation was an emperor who ruled and didn't mind the Christians but then later persecuted them.  

5/7/13

Today in Class we got back our tests.  Of course I got a 100%  #Smart.  Then we learned about Jesus.  Is this religion class I don't think so.  I already have to spend class learning about Jesus.  Now I have to learn about him twice in one day.  Its not even my religion soooo whats up with that.

5/6/13

Today in Class we handed in our paper that was amazing.  Then we had to take a surprise test.  I got a solid 100 % as usual.    After that we had to read about 9 paragraphs out of the book about Jesus and Rome religion,  but I thought this we West Civ not religion class.  So it confused me a little bit.

5/1/13

Today in class we learned about Julius Ceases   He was a dictator, but in my mind was a good one.  He took over Rome in a very sneaky way.  If I was him I would take over the world with that power.  Now we got Octavian and he is the most amazing man ever.

4/30/13

Today in class we continued the movie.  I thought I knew what was going to happen, but I was completely wrong.  It doesn't feel like this ever happened because it is way more dramatic then real life seems.  I couldn't beleive that they would kill the Gracuss Brothers.

4/29/13

Today in class we started a video/movie on ancient Rome   Apparently we only get to see 1 out of 6 parts of it.  That is very depressing to me.  But in this one part we watched the first 6 chapters.  The are life changing and I now know the history of the Roman revolution.  I am so pumped for the rest of this movie.  

4/24/13

Today in class we took a quest.  Apparently it is a combination of a quiz and a test.  It wasn't to difficult but some questions challenged me.  like how many people were in the senate.  in my defense that wasn't in the rap.  So how would I of known it.

4/23/13

today in class we continued the dissociation on the lyrics.  we got deeper into the Punic Wars.  The conversation we had was amazing about how countries get there names.  You said i was off topic but it had to do with Rome soooo.

4/22/13

Today in class we went over the lyrics to the song again.  We found out about the Punic wars.  there were three and Rome won all three.  And we found out that Hannibal came up from the the alps and tried to to take over Rome and it failed and the city of Carthage was over.  

4/17/13

Today in class we got to watch me, holly, and Savannah's music video.  You could say it was amazing and you said it.  All I have to say is you are welcome and thank you.  The tables have turned.

4/15/13

Today in class we continued to work on the music video.  Ours is probably the best music video ever made. It was pretty hard to make but we powered through and be prepared to be amazed.  Because i am already amazed.

4/14/13

Today in class Savannah, Holly, and I took over.  We were dropping beats and spitting rhymes about Rome.            We had to make a music video wit a bunch of pics. To be able to describe the life and love of Rome.  It is a very difficult and we only got half way done.  But no worries because I got my team on my back.

4/12/13

Today in class you were absent and our sub was Mr. Sutton.  We had to make a cartoon of the myth of the begin of Rome.  Here mine. Enjoy.


http://www.pixton.com/comic/945ten3r

4/10/13

Today in class we watched a rap about Rome.  It was preformed by Chi Cago  aka: Mr. Shick.  And his associate Martha.  It was probably going to be to be #1 on iTunes.  We got so much information out of that musical education.  Like how Octacvion was only 18 when he took over.

4/9/13

The Romans loved the Greeks and wanted to be like them.  They modeled them in the way they did government and warfare.  
Italy and his peoples
- Italy is a meditranean base country, with good farming and easy access to the sea
- They had more farming land and were able to feed more people and have a larger army
- The Latins were the first people to settle in Rome
- Then the Etruscan's settled in Rome
-Then the Greeks
The Romans got there alphabet from Greece
The Roman Republic: The Senate and the people
- patritions- were the rich handed down families
- Pelbians- lower class, farmers
-senate- thew elders of the people chosen by the king
500 B.C. Monarchy was abolished
peoples business
combined a democracy and a olicary making a republic

4/8/13

Today in class we took a test on our first day break from school.  It was pretty easy and I'm pretty sure i aced it.

LO1 
City state and Empire; The Roman Republic 

900 B.C. - Etruscan s move into Italy
800 B.C. - first Greek colonies in southern Italy, settlements near the mouth of the Tiber River Join to form the city state of Rome
600 B.C. - Etruscan's conquer Latium
500 B.C. - Rome overthrows Etruscan's rule
450 B.C. - Twelve Tables, first write  Roman legal code
264-146 B.C. - Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage 
250 B.C. All of Italy south of the river Po is in Roman hands; plebeians share political rights with partisans 
202 B.C. - Romans wins control of western Mediterranean 
100 B.C. - Most non-Romans in Italy win citizen rights; Romans expand into the eastern Mediterranean and then into western Europe 
44 B.C. - Julius Caesar becomes dictator for life; members of the Senate assassinate him
31 B.C. - Octavian's forces defeat Antony and Cleopatra; Octavian becomes supreme ruler of Rome 

patricians- upper-class citizens who belong to the oldest and noblest Roman families

Republic- in reference to ancient Rome, the system of city-state government in which decision-making power was shared between the Senate and Assemblies of male citizens 

plebeians- the Roman common people, including workers, small farmers, and wealthy people who were not patricians 

Senate- a government assembly appointed by the king, under the Republic by the consuls; originally all members were partians, but in the time wealthy plebeians were appointed as well 

 Consuls- two senates who led the government and military

dictator- a single leader who makes his own decisions and rules all

tribunes- magistrates elected by the plebeians, 

client- a person who provides personal services in return for money and protection from a patron

patron-  a wealthy person who supports others with money an protection in exchange for personal services 

pontiff- one of the republic's leading priests

paterfamiles- the family father who was in control of his household

matron- title given to a married woman in Rome

3/26/13

Today in class we finished up the rest of the groups powerpoints.  The We found about the different conspencies of Alexanders death.  How he might of been killed.  Also about his battle tactics of war.  Then we started to watch a movie about Alexanders life.  we got to see him tame his horse.

3/22/13

Today in class we let the students be the teachers.  Some of the the class presented there presentations a bout Alexander the Great.  We only got through three of the seven presentations.  The presentations we heard were about Alex's early life, Parents  and military fights.  We learned about the relationship between Alex and his mother Olymipia.  We also found out that King Phillip II was assassinated by his body guarded.  

3/22/13

3/19/13

Today in class we talked about the Peloponnese War.  We went over how if they would of had different plans they could of taking over Sparta.  If they wouldn't of tried to talk over Sparta they would be in a much better place.  They could of gotten to the moon in a thousand years.  Not to shabby if you ask me.

3/18/13

Hellenistic- refers to the "international" period of Greek history, when much of the Mediterranean and southwestern Asia was under Greek rule.

358 B.C.- King of Macedonia, Philip the Second came to power and takes control of Greece.

Athens lost the war to Sparta due to the way the Greek leaders tried to fight.  They shouldn't of tried to fight the Spartans in the first place.  They were not to big of a threat in the first place. The were struck by a terrible plague and one fourth of Athens died.  When all of the people of Athens were close together and they became sick.  With out them having a lot of space between them the disease spread quickly.  It was a bad way to fight the Spartans becasue with all the men in the sea they could attack by land.  In the end The Greeks lost to the Spartans and the way of life the Greeks new was over.  

3/13/13

Today in class we continued to watch the video about the ancient Greeks.  In this segment we learned about the death of Socrates.  How he went to trail and was found guilty.  He had multiple chances to get out of death, but   he loved democracy so much he died for it.  He had to drink hemlock for his death.

3/11/13

Today in class we watched the video on the Greeks again.  This is starting to become very shabby.  We didn't watch to much of the video because we spent the first part of the class talking about what we have obtained from the video so far.  Then we started to watch the video and learned about the theater and the plays they put on.  Then we just started to get to Socrates.

3/8/13

Today in class you weren't in class and it was very depressing.  Instead we had Mr. Shupe for our substitute.  Once again we watched the Movie about the ancient Greeks.  We learned about when the Persians burned down Athens. And then the Athens destroyed the entire Persian Empire.

3/5/13

Today in class we continued the endless video on the Greeks.  I am starting to believe that this movie will never end.  I'm enjoying the movie, but I just wonder how much information can one put into a movie.  Not too shabby if you ask me.  I have to say my notes are pretty nice and right on accurate.

3/4/13

Today in class we continued the movie about the ancient Greeks.  We got deeper into the true way of life of the Greeks.  Not too shabby if u ask me.  We got to hear about all of the ancient Greeks that shaped their culture and way of life.  I learned how the first democracy was formed.  Also how they used white and black pebbles to determine decisions.  

2/27/13

Today in class we watched a video about Greece.  It was rate educational.  I learned a lot of information.  Not to shabby if you ask me. We even got to see a pic of Socrates.  He is beautiful   Just saying.  The things I retained we about the way of Spartan way of life.  And how they were raised to be strong and to fight.  

2/26/13

Today in class we were quiet.  All we did was work on our study guides.  Even though we haven't study any of this information yet.  It didn't make sense why we did it.  It was pretty shabby.  And i didn't enjoy it.  Can we not do it again.  This is a blog by me, you are welcome.

2/25/13

Today in class we took a test.  It was pretty easy and it wasn't shabby.  We could use our book so that help for almost every question except for the ones about government  but I knew them by hart so no problem there.  Our sub was Mr. Lawler and lets just say he laid down the law.

2/22/13

Today in class we went over the outline yet again.  It was not  as bad as last class because we got into h=a heated discussion.  We learned about the different types of government in Greece.  Greece used a democracy government.  America uses a republic democracy, similar to Greeks.  But more like the Romans government.  We found out why "under God" is in the Pledge of Allegiance.

2/20/13

Today was a boring day and was not that fun.  All we did was read of an outline and took notes.  Pretty shabby on that part.  Then we found out that it was McKenzie's birthday and then it got intense.  We got to sing happy birthday to her and then she got a stylish birthday hat, which she didn't want to wear.  The down side was there wasn't any birthday snacks handed out.  I can't wait till it's my birthday and I get to wear a hat.  

2/19/13

Today in class we got the best student power point presented to us.  It was preformed by Alex, Sydney, McKenzie and Rachel.  It was amazing and a great learning experience.  I believe that we shall do that more often.  It will be a great time and a happy year of joy.  Not to shabby if you ask me. Next time you should let me present and it will be a fun time.

2/15/13

Today was a rather short class, but we got a lot done.  In class we got our test and i got an 97% on it .  Not to shabby if you ask me.  Then we went over the test and got a copy of the test and we got to keep the paper to study for exams.  Thank you my master teacher.  Then Grace got yelled at and then we had to get into our groups and talked about our power points.

2/13/13

Today in class you were absent.  It hurt my feelings that you were not present to see us work on our power points.  We had a sub and she was rather nice and treated us well.  We found out you were creeping on our power point and I was pretty sketchy.  Pretty shabby if you ask me. Then you commented a comment that was either nice or mean, I found it mean, you said its about time you got some work done.  I am sad.

2/12/13

Today was a pretty fun.  We didn't have that much to do except for finish up our power points.  My group is pretty intense with me, Grace, Kelly  and Savannah   It would of been better if Julia would have joined our group, but she felt bad for Holly and joined her group.  Pretty shabby if you ask me.  Our power point was pretty nice, but we had to add some pics.  My favorite pic was of the barbarian man.  He was beautiful.

2/11/13

Today in class we talked about STONEHENGE and the Greeks.  We took multiple pages of notes.  The discussion we had about Stonehenge got pretty intense.  We found out that what happened there was almost impossible how they built it with there tools.  They used it for religious ceremonies   It worked as a calendar and was orientated north and south.  There has been belief that aliens built this.  That is what i believe and what is what you should believe too.   I like the thought of aliens they are not to shabby.  

Greece Homework

Greece was one of the newer ancient civilizations.  The Greeks were made up of ancient people called barbarians.  A barbarian is a person that lives a life around farming, warfare,and tribal organization.  Most of the barbarians began showing up in Europe around the time of 2500 B.C. Then around 2000 B.C. the Greeks started to migrate to  Asia Minor.  They were the earliest form of the Greeks. The Greeks inhabited there art, architect  and way of life from the older civilizations.  The newest ancient Greeks formed around 800 B.C.  The Greeks started worshiping gods, building monuments, and settling in to city-states and tribes with in them.  Little tribes started to form around the bigger city and branched out farther and populated and kept expanding.  The Greeks had there own language and writing the people spoke.  The Greeks became one of the most powerful civilizations in the ancient times.

2/8/13

Today in class we had a test.  Lets just say it was like taking the final exam in outer spacer.  SOOOOO MIUCHHHH PRESSURE!!!!!!!!!!  I'm pretty sure I got a 85%.  Not too shabby if you ask me.  We had 25 multipule choice questions.  Then a short answer had to be 3 sentences.  Then we had to do an essay 3 paragraphs long.  The most writing I have ever done was completed in under 30 minutes.  My life is forever changed by this test.   

2/6/13

Today in class we talked about daily life in Ancient Egypt.  We found out about the pyramid of social power starting as pharaohs at the top and slaves at the bottom.   Then we watched an other John Green Crash Course video on Ancient Egypt.  He was very wrong about somethings in the video.  He said that the Nile river flowed north to south when it flows south to north.  He has some explaining to do.  I am very sad and emotional now.  Not too shabby on my part.    

2/5/13

Today in class we played a very intense video game called Pyramid Challenge.  Lets just say it was the most intense game I have ever played.  I have never experienced anything so intense in my life.  I sweated probably two gallons of water.  I am still dripping three hours later.  In this game you have to decide many different things such as: where you will build the  pyramid, what angle, what god your building it for, and ect.  The hardest part was trying to drive the boat.  Me and Julia where a team and came in 3rd place and got a bronze metal, not too shabby if you ask me.  

1/30/13

Today in class we learned that we were the worst West Civ class of the year.  We came in a solid 3rd place out of three classes.  Not to shabby if u ask, at least we got a bronze.  We started to take notes on ancient Egypt.  We found out about Great Sphinx of Giza.  Also the multiple chambers of the pyramids.  Also we talked about the Nile River and its many powers it has to provide water

1/29/13

Today in class you were not here. Our sub was Mrs. Fisher.  We had to read LO3.  In that we learned about ancient Egypt. It talked about the way of life of the Egyptians.  How they worshiped a pharaoh as their king and god.   And the pyramids that they built to for burring the dead.  How there language was called hyroglifics  and it was just a bunch of little pictures creating a sentence.

1/25/13

Today in class we learned about Mesopotamia.  We found out that they were the first people to have a written language. They made a bigger transfer from living on the go to living in communities of around 40,000 people.  They lived on the Fertile Crescent around place called Sumer.  It was between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates.  Which is around current day Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.    

1/23/13

Today in class we re-watched parts of the video on Agriculture revolution.  We took notes on the video.  We also talked about how in the future of how schooling will be.  Also what we wanted to be in the future.   What classes we had to take to be successful in our careers.

1/22/13

Today in class we watched a video about the agriculture revolution.  The video was by John Green and his video's crash course.  His theories we'er similar as Jared Diamonds.  Mostly he talked about how fast of a switch from looking for food to going to McDonald's to buy some food of minim wage.  In over 19,000 years we have become far more advanced then our past selves in only a short period of time.  

Was Jared Diamond on track with his theory of "geographic luck"?

Jared Diamond was on track with his theory of geographic luck.  He was on track because he had all of the right details about what makes a place geographically lucky.  Such as the different types of animals and plants it takes to be able to have a successful village.  In the book they talk about how in the prehistoric era, everyone one was a hunter and gatherer.  The roles that men and women were equal in power.  The men would go out and hunt.  The women would gather the plants, berries and other foods.  Making them have equal roles.  As time went on and people started settling down and forming a village the men started farming so the women wouldn’t have to spend all of their time collecting food and gave them a chance to try different things.  This led to the invention of many different things and tools.  This is exactly what Jared Diamond said about how the people of Europe were able to have guns, germs, and steel.   

1/18/13

Today was our first day of Western Civilization.  We created our new blogs for class.  Also how to access your blog on Google chrome.  We also received our textbooks for class.  I need to go get a composition book for class.   Mr. Schick also yelled at Grace often for talking to much.