May 16th, 2019

Today we got our tests back and i got a 92 so i'm really happy. I need to remember more about the Roman King's after Caesar Augustus and the Punic Wars for my Final Exam in 3 weeks. We didn't get time to do the book work for the day so i will follow that up on my next blog. 

May 15th, 2019

Today we took the test, i felt really good until the last page. I hope it goes well. Hopefully i'll know by tomorrow morning or such. Need it to be an A.

May 14th, 2019

Today in class we reviewed some more for the test after it was pushed back to Wednesday. I'm really glad we took another day because i was lost in some aspects and parts of Rome. I'm writing this coming back from McDaniel College for a soccer training session. I'm studying now and I feel iffy for the test tomorrow hopefully it will be good.

May 10th, 2019

Surprisingly, there were not many people in class today and it was kinda weird to be honest. Only about 10 and we just went over the powerpoint and the death of Julius "Augustus" Caesar. We take the Unit test on Rome on Tuesday and I'm a little bit shaky on the topic. But I think it will be okay. 

May 9th, 2019

Day 1 with Schick

1. 

Greco-Roman culture- The mixing of elements of Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman cultures

Pompeii- a large Roman town in the Italian region of Campania which was completely buried in volcanic ash following the eruption of nearby Mt. Vesuvius

Virgil- a poet who wrote the Aeneid

Tacitus- a Roman historian who presented the facts accurately

Aqueduct- designed by Roman engineers to bring water into cities and towns


5.

It was called the Romance languages which were the French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Romanian adding Latin into their languages

May 8th, 2019

Day 7 without Schick:

Assignment: In your blog, discuss this topic: The United States is declining, like the Roman Empire did. You may agree or disagree, but give solid reasons. 

My response: Before we compare, I'll go over what page 177 says about the 3 ways the Roman Empire fell. Edward Gibson says: The empire was just simply too large and the need of conquest destroyed Rome. Arther Ferrill says: The collapse of Military strength and power lead to the fall of the Government. And Finley Hooper says: The empire really didn't fall, it just split and adapted into the new Medieval time period. 

Honestly after that, I think the feared reasons the USA may begin to decline aren't anything like the Roman Empire. First the United States is not hungry for conquest, and we haven't added a state to our nation since Hawaii in 1958. Second we aren't are falling in Military power, the president is doing the exact opposite. In fact in September 2018, President Trump signed a bill to increase the Military budget up to $716 Billion; putting us easily as the strongest military in the world. Yes, i do believe that there are ways that could show US declining and honestly, I think it comes down to the people in the Government. Current President Donald Trump i wouldn't go as far to call a Bigot, but his lack of filter could get us as a nation in trouble. And as much as i hate to say it, the Democrats running against him are just as bad and some are 100% worse. Candidates like Senator Bernie Sanders and his socialist views could easily collapse our economy in a blink of an eye. I mean just look at Venezuela, there has never been a successful Socialist run government: from the USSR, to modern day Vietnam and you could argue China, however there strict laws kind of make it work and it just goes against everything our country stands for. So no, I don't think the two massively successful nations have anything to do with each other.  

May 6th, 2019

Day 6 Without Schick:

1.

Inflation- a drastic drop in the value of money coupled with a raise in prices.

Mercenary- foreign soldiers who fought for money, felt little sense of loyalty to the empire.

Diocletian- a strong-willed army leader, became the new emperor of Rome in 284 A.D.

Constantinople- The city of Constantine, the new name for the capital.

Attila- a powerful chieftain who terrorized both halves of the empire.

3.
The main internal causes of the fall of the Roman Empire were inflation, serious agricultural problems, destroyed farmland due to wars, and the disarray of the military by the lack of discipline and loyalty.

4.
 Diocletian succeeded by ruling with an iron fist and fixing the previous problems Rome suffered. He split the entire empire in half and ruled the Eastern part, and he doubled the size of the Roman army.

5.
The Germans invaded the Roman Empire because the Huns were invading their land and destroying everything so they had to flee.

May 3rd, 2019

Day 5 without Schick

1. 

Jesus- a jew born in Bethlehem 

Apostles- 12 men who followed Jesus 

Paul- an apostle who wrote many letters and had a huge impact and influence to Christianity

Constantine- Roman Emperor fighting three rivals for leadership of the Empire

Peter- apostle who become the first bishop of Rome and the first Pope

Pope- Head of the Christian Church

3. 

Jesus emphasized God's love and relationship to human beings in his teaching. 

4. 

Early Christians did not believe in the Roman God's and would not worship them.

5. 

The Nicene Creed defined the basic beliefs of the Church. 

May 2nd, 2019

Day 4 without Mr. Schick

The rap and the textbook are both teaching us about the same concept, Rome. But they do it in very different ways and you will learn the information wether you study the rap or the textbook. The textbook teaches it to us in a very direct and robotic way and there are some pictures to go along with it. The textbook also has all the information organized into different sections and we know where to look when we want to find idea or topic. But the rap on the other hand is very scattered with facts but if we listen to it enough it can get embedded into our heads and we can remember it very well. But to be honest i don't think i can sit the rap that many times to remember it. So, I feel like I'll have better success If i  read straight from the textbook because its easier for me to understand

April 30th, 2019

Day 3 without Mr. Schick

Pages 160-165 (Questions 1, 3, 4 & 5)

1.

Civil War - Conflict between groups in the same country (poor and rich in Rome).

Julius Caesar - a wealthy Roman and a genius military strategist.

Triumvirate - a group of three leaders.

Augustus - the title that Julius Caesar took, means "exalted one".

Pax Romana - "Roman Peace"

3. 
The fall of the Roman Republic was due to discontent among lower classes and a breakdown of the military order/power.

4.
Romans were able to control such a large empire because they had a very good and working government system and they had able rulers that knew how to fight and control.

5.
To control Rome, officials tried to provide free games, races, mock battles, and gladiator contests.

April 29th, 2019

Day 2 without Mr. Shick

Pages 155-159 (Questions 1, 3, 4 & 5)

1. Define: 

Republic - a form of Government in which power rests with citizens who have the right to vote to form their leaders
Patricians - Wealthy landowners who held most of the power
Plebeians - the common farmers, artisans and merchants who made up most of the population.
Tribunes- The plebeians way of forming their own assembly and elect representatives under Rome.
Consuls - two officials who ran the government and commanded the army. Voted for by the people, each Consul's term was only one year.
Dictator- A leader who had absolute power to makes laws and command
Legions- The Roman Legion was made up of about 5000 foot soldiers, each legion was split into groups of 80 called Century.
Punic Wars- In 264 BC, the war between Rome and Carthage. This War was won by the Romans in 202 BC
Hannibal - A 29 year old Carthage General who was a brilliant mastermind.

3.  What Limits were there on the power of the Roman Consuls?

The Limits were: A Consul's term was only a year long. The same person couldn't be elected again for another 10 years.

4.  What was the significance of the Twelve Tables?

The creation of the Twelve Tables helped earned an important victory for the Plebeians and helped forced the creation of a written law code.

5. How was Hannibal's attack on Rome daring and different? 

He led his army on a long trek from Sprain across to France and through the Alps. Although he lost almost half of his men in the process. It gave him the will to march up and the Italian Peninsula.

April 26th, 2019

Day 1 without Mr. Shick

Rome began as a republic, a government in which elected officials represent the people. Eventually, absolute rulers called emperors seized power and expanded the empire.

At its height, the Roman Empire touched three
continents—Europe, Asia, and Africa. For several centuries, Rome brought
peace and prosperity to its empire before its eventual collapse.

Out of Judea rose a monotheistic,
or single-god, religion known as Christianity. Based on the teachings of
Jesus of Nazareth, it soon spread throughout Rome and beyond.

509 BC- Rome becomes a republic
264 BC- First Punic War begins
218 BC- In the second Punic War Hannibal invades Italy
31 BC- Octavia defeats the forces of Antony and Cleopatra
284 AD- Diocletian becomes emperor
476 AD- Western Roman Empire falls

April 24th, 2019

Today in class we were played a rap about Rome, it was to the beat of Low i think, i don't know. Mr. Shick wrote himself. He leaves tomorrow and we wont see him for another two weeks.

April 23rd, 2019

Today we learned that Mr Schick would be out for two weeks because of a surgery. Some people are saying he is "having a baby" and Mr. Schick is going along with it. I hope the surgery goes well and he is safe.

Good Luck Mr. Schick!

April 22nd, 2019

Today in Class, I took my test i got a 93% on it. That is really good for me, I had to leave right at 1:30 for a track meet and i didnt get home until 8. I don't really know what else we learned in class that day but im satisfied with my test grade. 

April 10th, 2019

Today we reviewed some more, we were handed a paper that had moments in history done by a certain king and we had to match it up to who was who. We also had a really weird discussion about Oedious Rex which still kinda shakes me to my core but besides that it was good

April 9th, 2019

Today in class we reviewed for the upcoming test, I won't be here when they take the test so im going to have to do it the day we come back. Its going to be a struggle but ill get through it. We took notes on the differences between each other the Kings: Phillip II, Alexander the Great and others.

April 8th, 2019

1. Philip II - The Macedonian King who conquered Greece. Father of Alexander the Great.
    Macedonia - Kingdom located above Greece, had a cold and rough climate
    Alexander the Great- Son of Philip II, King of the largest Empire in history
    Darius III -  The Persian King who lost his kingdom to Alexander the Great after he lost.

3. Philip II turned the Macedonian Peasants into a professional army. Used a phalanx formation of 16 men across and 16 deep to break all enemy lines.

4. He wanted to conquer all of the land all the way to the farthest edge of the continent, he wanted to conquer all of the known world

5. The Alexandrian Empire was split into 3 people's rule after they couldn't decide who to give it too. The leader with the biggest impact would be Ptolemy as he would restore Egypt to it's former glory.

April 5th, 2019

Today in class we talked about some kind of play where some guy slept with his mom and killed his dad it was really wack. We took a pop quiz and i got a 12/14 so eh i guess. We don't have his class tomorrow but i hope to see my project grade on our Thermopylae Model soon.

April 3rd, 2019

Pages 134-139 "Democracy and the Golden Age of Greece":

Questions 1, 3, 4 & 5

1. Direct Democracy- a form of Democracy in which the people rule and not through representatives.
2. Classic Art- The Greek's values of harmony, order, balance and proportion. 
3. Tragedy- A type of Drama that was serious that often had common themes of love, hate, war or betrayal. 
4. Comedy- Drama that contained scenes filled with Slapstick situations and crude humor. 
5. Peloponnesian War- War between Sparta and Athens that started in 431 that ultimately ended in the Collapse of the Athenian Empire. 
6. Philosophers- The Great minds of Greece, means "Lovers of Wisdom" 
7. Socrates, Plato and Aristotle- The Great Philosophers of Greece. 

3. After the defeat of the Persians, Athens organized the Delian League between the City States. Pericles used the money of the Leagues Treasury to strengthen the Athenian Navy 

4. 

April 2nd, 2019

Today in Class we listened to the rest of the projects, they were all good. Honestly I don't think there was a bad project in the whole entire class. Out of the 3 presentations today though; my favorite has to be Kyle, Trent and Sean's "Life of a Spartan Soldier".

March 29th, 2019

We actually ended up going today, we were the last group to go that day but im glad its over with. I did the powerpoint and i was a little shaky but its all good and Tebo talked about the Model. Mr. Schick asked to keep it forever so i think that means he liked it, fingers crossed

March 28th, 2019

Today in Class we were supposed to get to at least 3 or 4 projects, but we only got to one. It was pretty good but they made food and i didnt eat it. It looks like we will be doing our presentation on Tuesday, which is good

March 27th, 2019

Wasn't in class today due to Illness.

Monday, March 25th

Today in Class, we and Tebo went over what we were going to do for our project. We are going to make a model of the Battle of Thermopylae. It's gonna be really good and It's gonna look really nice when its finally put together. Hopefully we can get an A on it in the end.

March 21, 2019

Today in class we went over the philosophers in the Ancient Greek times such as Plato, Socrates & Aristotle. We have a test tomorrow worth 100 points but I actually feel really good about it. We also have a big project due next week but me and Tebo will be fine.

March 19th, 2019

Today in class, instead of doing the project again we did more of the powerpoint, learned about the Wars and focused more on the history of Greece. Mr. Schick also told us of the test that we are having on Friday the 22nd. I really wanna keep my A so I have to study for it

March 18th, 2019

Today in Class, me and Tebo went over our project ideas and how we could make it. We decided to ditch the Shield idea because of the lack of resources, so instead we are doing the battle of Thermopylae in the Peloponnesian War. We are going to make a scene involving the 300 and describe what happen.

March 15th, 2019

Today in class we learned that we were going to have to do a 100 point project for the next quarter and it will be hard. Me and Tebo are making shields with the designs of each city state and how they fought in battle. We are doing Macedonia, Persia, Sparta and Athens

March 13th, 2019

Today while Mr. Schick was absent we watched a crash course history video. We learned more about the rise of the Athenian Empire and Democracy. Here is an important question asked on our assignment during the video:

• What happened in Athens while Cleisthenes was in Exile?

Answer: The Athenian people revolted for the first time in History and overthrew Isagoras, leading to the recalling and crowning of Cleisthenes

March 12th, 2019

Today in Class we did the same, we just took notes and learned about the history of Democracy, bringing up big years like 508 BCE (the birthday of Democracy) and important figures like Hippias, Cleisthenes and the fall of Isagoras leading to the rise of Democracy and the Athenian Empire.

March 11th, 2019

Today in Class we went on with the powerpoint after we didn't do it on Friday because we were being disrespectful. Today was kinda long and i don't remember what we really did. However, i know we did go over the Homeric Question if he was really real or not. I don't think I would enjoy reading the books he suppose wrote because they are so long.

March 8th, 2019

Today in Class we were gonna do the powerpoint but someone was talking, i don't know. All I know is we took textbook notes the whole time and it was okay cause I got to listen to music. Here are some important Government terms. 

• Monarchy - ruled by one
• Aristocracy - ruled by more then one or a group
• Oligarchy - Rich people trying to over throw the Aristocracy. 
• Tyrant- Cruel leader who tries over throw the Government

March 6th, 2019

Today we went over the powerpoint a little bit more and went over a lot about the Terrain of Greece:

• We learned that Greece is a Peninsula and its located in the Mediterranean Sea. 
• Greece is 3/4 Mountains and 1/4 Arable Land. 
• Greece is surrounded by 3 Seas: Adriatic, Aegean & Ionian Sea
• App. 2000 islands in the Ionian & Aegean Sea

We also learned about Greek Figures like Homer and the Homeric Question - Was he even real?

March 5th, 2019

Today in Class we did the same thing we always do for the first day of the unit. We did the presentation for the first half of class and notes out of the textbook, I like the text book notes better though because I can listen to music. Greece is a lot more interesting so far

March 4th, 2019

Today in class we took our Egypt test and i did well on it, class was kinda boring again today and i wanna start Greece. I'm doing a lot better in this class then in Human Geography which is good and the quarter is almost over which is really surprising.

February 28th

We did a powerpoint to review for our test on Tuesday

February 22, 2019

Today in class we did a worksheet on the important vocab for the next test we will be having on Monday. I hope it was like the Mesopotamia test because I did well on that. I'm kinda getting bored though because we don't really do anything exciting or have conversations about what we are learning, it's just notes.

February 26th, 2019

Page 41 Questions 1-5

1.
Delta - The Nile Region in Lower Egypt
Narmer - King that united Lower and Upper Egypt
Theocracy - The control of government through Religion
Pyramid - Rest place on the dead for rich people (kings)
Mummification - The preservation of the dead through rapping bodies
Hieroglyphic - Ancient language through symbols "Sacred - Carvings"
Papyrus - Egyptian equivalent to paper

2. The Structure of the Pyramid's because its the biggest mark the Egyptians left, it was a ancient wonder of the world and it's still a modern day phenomenon.

3. The Desert's surrounded Egypt benefited them because it was almost a natural barrier to sorts and helped keep out enemies

4. The Egyptians viewed the Pharaoh as a God, they worshipped him as he ruled over Egypt.

5. The Egyptians believed that there was an afterlife and at the gate or beginning you would judged by what you had to offer and the more money would get you more. They believed the Mummification of the dead was a step closer to the Afterlife.

February 22nd, 2019

Today in Class we were told we have a test on Mesopotamia on Tuesday. We took notes out of the textbook on Egypt and I only got like halfway through. Egypt is a lot more interesting to me then Mesopotamia. I'm glad to have moved on and next time we have class we'll take the test

February 15th, 2019

I don't know what we did in class, like Mr. Schick got a lazer pointer but thats all i know to be honest it was kinda boring. I already know everything so I just wanna take the test or learn something new, but I did get to listen to music but I do that 24/7

February 14th, 2019

Today was same old, we just review stuff we already knew again and then we were to read Hummarbi's Code. Some of the laws are kinda funny and insane at the same time. I wanna get through this unit because it really doesn't interest me that much to be honest. We will see him again tomorrow so fingers crossed i guess

February 13th, 2019

To be honest, I think we just reviewed again today like last class, so it was actually really boring cause i already know all this stuff from the text book. But i did get a 98 on my test so thats good. I really wanna learn about ancient Egypt and ancient Greece since i have played enough Assassins Creed to understand a good basis of it

February 8th, 2019

Today in Class we continued to take notes from the Chapter. I learned about the formation of the first empire from the conquer Sagon of Akkad and the rise and fall of his empire.
After reading about the God's of these early civilization years, I always think will that be what people think of us in 2000 years? Is it just endless cycle of God(s) that each civilization believed in? I know as a devoted Catholic, I know I shouldn't think like that but its just a interested thought 

February 7th, 2019

Today in class we took notes in the textbook. It was kinda boring but at least I have something I can study from. We went over Mesopotamia and the Samaritan people who inhabited it, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers caused much damage to the land and the Samar's where often susceptible to flooding and damage. The Greek people would often adapt the Government style of the early Mesopotamian City States 

February 5th, 2019

Today in Class we took our first test of Western Civilization, I think I did pretty good. For the rest of class all I had to do was write this blog. I think I did well on my other test in English today for Vocab. I really really really hope we don't have to watch another video for Chapter two and we can just learn like in Human Geo. I don't know what else to say for this blog sooooo

February 4th, 2019

Today was very long but I laughed a lot which is good. I got a 98 on my Math Test which I'm really proud of and I made First Honors. I have two tests tomorrow, a Vocabulary Test in English & the test in Western Civilization. After playing Assassins Creed, I'm very interested into seeing the Roman Empire and it's beautiful architecture, I know its a small detail to most but to me the Athenian & Roman architecture is absolutely breath taking to me. I'm going to make a quizlet tonight to review for the test and hopefully I can get my grade up. 

January 28th, 2019

Today was long, like long to the point in every class i wanted to hit my head on the wall like 100 times. Class started with the destruction of a Mac Charger which was really funny and then we had a discussion just like the Human Geo classes. However, I didn't sleep at all and Mr. Schick had all the lights off and the blinds barely open so I was so close to falling asleep but I held myself together and got through it. Hope we are done watching the Guns, Germs & Steel video cause I already watched it and don't feel like watching it again.

January 24th, 2019

Today in class, we continued to watch the video from the first Western Civilization class, I have already watched it and watching it a second time was kinda boring not gonna lie. I wanna do better in this class then Human Geo cause I feel like I could do better. School was really boring today especially in Grzanna's class, it felt like 5 hours instead of 55 Minutes. We don't have Western Civ tomorrow so we will be back on Monday

January 23rd, 2019

Today in class we watched the same video again and it was very long class. We took a pop quiz and i got a 83% which is ok,  I hope soon we can go back to way we learned in Human Geography because that was better. After looking at the Sophomore Courses, I'm going to do Honors Finical Literacy and AP Government because I'm really interested in Government and I think it would be a class I would love to learn and get a better understand of, hopefully the teachers aren't Bias. My day was long and it sucked but J. Cole drops tonight so hopefully that can make up for it

Western Civilization Introduction Video

In the video Jared Diamond is a specialist in Human Physiology and is embarking on an adventure to learn how Guns, Germs and Steel were used in advantage for civilizations of the future to become so much more powerful then others.
              Diamond has started in the Rainforest and brought up a very interesting idea for discussion, New Guineans are among the most culturally diverse and adaptable people in the world: so why are the so poor compared to modern Americans?
               This question requires us to go back to the beginning of time, how did great super powers of civilization like the Mayas, Greeks, Romans & Egyptians advance so much and other civilizations were lost to history?
                 To find this answer, Diamond set back the clock to 1300 years ago, when everyone was equal and all lived in small hunter gather groups. However after an archeologist find of one of the first villages in history they realized that these people were beginning to settle and live together and in this village there was a room: inside this room its believed to have had a way that these people kept grains and other types of food concealed from germs, insect & moister.
                 Diamonds answer: the crops & animals. He believes that origin to success starts in the Fertile Crescent and the spreading of crops and animals on the x/y axis of the land, spread to places like Egypt and Greece, and boosted the economies and civilizations