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