Note Taking Day

Here are the  notes below that we took today...

Who settled in Rome?
-Came from the North-central part of the peninsula
-Metalworkers, artists, architects
-Two different foundations plus the story of Remus and Romulus

Who else settled Rome?
-They had many colonies around the Mediterranean Sea
-Romans borrowed ideas from them, such as:
1. Religious beliefs
2. Alphabet
3. Much of their Art
4. Military Techniques and weapons

But who first settled there?
-The Latins
-The descendants of Indo Europeans
-Settles on the banks of the Tiber
-Situated so trading ships but no war fleets could navigate as far ass Rome but no further
-A commercial port, but not susceptible to attack
-And built on seven hills

They Drained a Swamp
-Man=y streets named after the Tiber
-There areas a marshy called the Forum between the Palestine and Capitoline Hills
-Tarquin the Proud grandfather built the Cloaca Maxima (Largest Ancient Drain) which channeled water to the Tiber River

Now Tarquins kinda proud but he got a little loud
-Lucius Tarquins Superbus
-The seventh and final king of Rome
-Known as Tarquin the Proud
-A true Tyrant in the old and modern sense of the word

People were so shocked at this horrible behavior the family made them never want to be subject to the of kings ever again this was an that lasted forever

Project Work

Today in class we worked on our projects with our groups. We had to finalize our groups because Mr. Schick has a plan of making sure the passiveness come presenting day doesn't happen. He is going to do a drawing because every time its time to present know one wants to present. As a group we were able to decide what we were going to do, we are going to make a trifold program presentation on Chariots races and gladiator things that are going on at the games. In this presentation we are going to have the Roman architecture, The Roman architecture is going to be very descriptive, and very detailed. Our project is going to require us to get together in a couple of weeks.

Finding Reliable information

Today in class we were suppose to come up with 5 facts for the following topics... Circus Maximus, Coliseum, and other Roman Architectures. When we did this the main point of this was to use sites that very reliable sources. Because a lot of time we just type whatever into Google and 9/10 we just use wiki because its the first thing we see and if not then we use whatever of the next 3 top articles. When actually we should narrow our search and use other sources. Because when we use wiki or other unreliable sources, we put inaccurate information that makes us look stupid on a presentation because we just wanted ton get done but we didn't ant the most accurate information that we could get. But yea basically take your time in finding reliable information.

Absent

I was not able to be in school today due to a basketball tournament but I will work on my project while I'm here

Tarquin The Proud

Here are the notes below that I recorded...

-He was a Tyrant who was not goo to his people
-A very bad leader who all he cared about was himself
-Everyone was waiting for him to die to get a new leader
-They waited for him to die because they had a monarchy which means the King is there until he dies , there is no reelection
-And even if he died most likely his son would take over which would be even worse
-Brand new Republic ready to run Democracy, Aristocracy, and Monarchy.
-The Roman Legion had 5000 soldiers, and were not in for pay but because it was their duty for their nation

Punic Wars
-One of the most interesting things I heard in the notes was that in the war they used elephants instead of horses which is a great idea because they are more effective in size, strength, and power.
-Instead of going right at Rome to take it over, they went all the way around and Rome was not ready and they took it over.

Rome Rap by Mr. Schick

Today was a very interesting day as Mr. Schick's "friend" came in and did a very lyrical rap on Rome, it was very successful as I know far more know about Rome than did before the BARS that Mr. Schick gave us.

But here are the notes that I have recorded for today...

Republican Values
-Strong values with particular Gods such as Zeus, Hera, and Athens
-It was everybody's duty to participate in the Government
-Married Women were known as "matrons"
-Pater Familias known as The Family Father

Roman Expansion
-Rome military improved based on old Greek tactics which was very effective
-When conquering they made Rome laws
-Most Non-Romans in Italy want to bee them so they had became allies
-Tarquin The Proud
-They Use a Republic

Rome

Here are today's notes from class...

The Story of Remus and Romulus:

-Remus and Romulus were twin brothers, and as babies were abandoned to die because of the wrong doing of a Goddess and a human having kids.The river carried them to safety, nursing off a wolf. A Sheppard and his wife found them and took care of them. The twin eventually became great natural leaders & went back and killed the one who abandoned them. End the end they fight over where their new city should be and what it should be called so Romulus kills Remus over the great city.

City-State Empire: The Roman Republic 
-Indo European tribes moved into the Italian peninsula.
-Etruscan people, originally from the East, settled North of Italy
-Romans also influenced by Greek settlements such as the Alphabet
-Rome was first an anarchy which had an council of Elders called a Senate
-Rome overthrew the monarchy and created a Republic
-Patricians=Rich.....Plebeians= ordinary citizens
-Senate elected 2 ruler councils 1 term
-Law of Rome are recorded on the Twelve Tablets
-Mixed government of patricians and plebeians had many checks and balances just like today.

Powerpoint

Today in class we discuss the topic Rome, since this will be our next unit. Mr.Schick said we have the opportunity to either do a simple power point or a really cool project. My group of me, Gabi, and Skylar are thinking of a a lot of different ideas. We started with some brainstorming of making some ancient architecture,or making some Italian food since Rome is the Capitol of Italy. But those are just some of the many ideas that our group has come up with. Something that Mr. Schick pointed out that was a really good idea I thought was the making of a video. This gives you a chance of having a great grade because it requires a lot of work and usually ends out good, not only that but it makes it easier to learn because you have a visual.

YouTube Movie

Today in class we watched a controversial video clip from YouTube that everyone for the mot part had different opinions on. After the video we talked about it and heard a lot of different thought but then after those suggestions Mr.Schick asked us the true meaning and and symbolism of the movie. I think that the true meaning was that you should just follow the crowd you should do your own thing and what you think is right.

Review 1000 word essay

Today in class we discuss what is supposed to be used in a long essay and what is not supposed to be use in an essay. Mr. Schick gave us methods such as reading the work we have done aloud, because when you do this you can catch your own mistakes much better. A lot of the mistakes we make you don't notice when you read it silent because its your work and it all makes sense. We also reviewed the how learning how to write has changed over time. Middle School used to prepare you learn how to write in complete sentences and essays. The reason why we need to know this is because throughout our high-school and college careers.

Test Review Day

Today instead of going over a power point of note we went over the Classical Greece Test. We went around the class and gave answers and went over it as a class just in case anyone had any answers With this review I was able to see what I did right as well ass I did wrong. I started out good with the general information but I was not as prepared for the dates. We also got our 1000 word essay back which our group did very well on. I needed to do good on that essay to balance out the bad test grade I had

Quiz Day

Today we took a quiz on Greece and all the things that we have been going over all unit with the Gods and Goddess to Athens and Sparta and different things like that. I didn't do as good as Id like to but its early in the quarter I really put myself in a tough hole with a grade like that on my test I hope to do well on my 1000 word essay and other test to come