Exam Essays

Today in class we wrote out essay questions for our final exam. We were supposed to pick 3 out of the 5 but since our class was shortened from the assembly this morning we only had to pick 2 out of the 5. Which was great! It was still hard getting both essays done in less than 30 min. but we all managed to get them done.

Rome Test

Today we took our final test in class, this test was on Ancient Rome. The questions were all on the power point. The biggest problem for me was remembering what the different parts for legislative and judicial. Other than that it was good, i could always study a little more though.  

Presentations Day 3

Today we continued presenting our projects. We learned about Hadrians wall, The pantheon, and Mosaics. Dimitra and i were supposed to go today. Although, she did not come to school. So I had to present our project alone.

Presentation Day 2

Today in class two groups presented their projects. We heard about the crucifixion of Jesus, which was very interesting. We also learned about the Baths in ancient Rome.

Presentations Day 1

Today in class we started our presentations. We learned about ancient Roman food and pottery, Ancient paintings of foryums, and aqueducts.

Pop Quiz

Today in class we took a pop quiz on Rome, then we got the rest of class to work on our projects that are due next week.

Students teaching

Today in class Mr. Schick let the students teach, so four people got up and started presenting the Rome power point. It was really funny, but also interesting. I liked it because it was a change from the same thing we usually do, which is take notes from the slide. Sometimes we may understand it better if we share and talk about it to the class.

Rome video

Today in class we watched a video about Rome and Tiberius. Tiberius wanted to speak for the poor people, the rich people were taking their land; leaving them with nothing. Octavious was supposed to be Tiberius' friend but ended up going against him. Vetoing the one thing TIberius wanted for the people. When the senate saw Tiberius was gaining power, they started lying to the people; telling them that Tiberius was not going to help them and wanted to be King of Rome. Tiberius wanted to run for Trbune again but you can only run for 1 year. He tried breaking the law running again, to prove to the people that he can help them. In the summer, it was time for another election. The senate murdered him that day, throwing his body in the Tiber river.

Project day

Today since Mr. Schick was not in class, we had an opportunity to work with our group to discuss our projects in more detail. Since the due date is slowly approaching, Dimitra and I need to start gathering information to make our power point and construct our model of the Pantheon. We have already started the power point and will be completing the model this week!

absent

I was not in school today because my allergies were terrible.

Rome vs. U.S - Government

Today in class we were comparing the government of Rome to the United States. The United States government is based off the Roman one, although many of the ideas are the same we have changed them to make the laws equal. 

Executive - Rome                      Executive - U.S 

- two counsels                            - president (and VP)

- one year term                           - four year term 

- veto power                               - veto proposed laws

- controls military                      - commander-in-chief

- could appoint a dictator

Legislative - Rome                       Legislative - U.S

- Senate: 300 people                     - Senate: 100 Senators. six year terms 

- Assembles: members for life     - House of Representatives: 435 members, two year terms

Judicial - Rome                                      Judicial - U.S

- Praetors                                                - Supreme Court 

- Chosen by the Centuriate assembly    - Nine members

- One year terms                                    - Appointed by the President, confirmed by the senate            

                                                               - lifetime terms

Rome - Punic Wars

Today in class we took more notes on Rome from the power point in class. We talked a lot about the wars Rome fought in. They fought in three Punic wars, the first was from (264 -241 BCE) and Rome won. The second war was from (218 -201 BCE) this was when Hannibal tried to attack Rome from the North, but did not succeed in getting there. The third, and final Punic War was from (149 - 146 BCE) The Romans got tired of the Carthaginians and wanted them to be destroyed. The finally took everything from them, including their 50,000 slaves back to Rome. If Carthage would have entered into Rome. Things would have been a lot different now, Hannibal would have changed history.

Project

We spent the class today with our group, coming up with ideas for our projects. For our project we are building the Pantheon along with a power point to explain the building. We also had a fire drill that we did not hear at first.

Riots

Today in class we talked about the riots in Baltimore City. we had a class discussion on what we thought about the whole thing. Personally, it is sad. I never imagined seeing this happen in our city. We also talked about a protest or riot that is supposedly taking place on Thursday at 5-5:30 pm in bel air. I am curious to see if this actually takes place or not.    

Facts about Rome

Today in class we looked on different websites and took notes about the Coliseum, Circus Maximus, Roman Forum, and Aqueducts. It was a little difficult cause we do not know what information is true or not. Unless its from a well known site (national geographic)

Coliseum

1. First called the Flavian Amphitheater
2. 50,000-80,000 Romans
3. Covers 6 acres
4. 36 trap doors in the arena 
5. Had four floors

Circus Maximus

1. Was built in the 6th century BCE
2. 250,000 could fit in the arena
3. Everyone could attend to the arena, for free
4. Mainly used for chariot races
5. Built on land between Palatine and Aventine hills in Rome, Italy

Aqueducts

1. Use for irrigation, drinking, and bathing
2. Used to make the water flow better throughout Rome
3. Built arches to run pipes through to carry water.
4. 260 miles long

Roman Forum

1. Centers where people met in the middle of cities

Rome project

Today in class we spent time figuring out what we wanted to do for our Rome projects. Mr. Schick gave us a list of ideas to get us thinking about some topics. Dimitra and i will either be constructing a building or baking a dessert. If we make a dessert we will practice ahead of time to make sure we get it right.

Rome Rap

Today in class Mr. Schick rapped a song that he made to the song low by flo rida about Rome. It was very interesting. Although it is going to be good to study and start to memorize for the test, i think it will be really helpful and something that we will remember even later in life and for the final exam.

Rome and the United States

Today in class we talked about Rome. We mainly talked about how the Roman Empire fell because they had so much land to cover and rule. This lead them to disaster. Many people today think that the same thing will happen to the United States, because we are going strong now just like Rome was. Although at any time we could collapse; having nothing. This sort of thing may happen in the future but not any time soon (hopefully). We talked about this because this could be an option for our project to do on Rome.

video Plato

Today in class we finished watching the Allegory. The video was about prisoners in a cave that could only see what the people wanted them to see, once one of the men were let free they saw what was out in the wold. The man came back to tell is friends what he saw ans what they are saying and showing you is not true and you need to believe what you want instead of listening to what they tell you. Then we talked about gay relationships and if they should be allowed or not.

Today in class we talked about actors and actresses and how Mr.Schick was apart of production movies and TV shows before he started teaching. Then at the end  of class we started watching a video for class.