April 29, 2014

Test Questions/Answers

What were Caesar's last words?

• "Et tu, Brute?" ("Even you, Brutus?")

The Roman Empire

• The republic changed to an empire

Octavian

• AKA Caesar Augustus
• Augustus- honorific; the honored one
• He was nearly a God in their eyes
• He took over at the age of 18

• Augustus was "the first emperor getting it done"
• Begins the Pax Romana - a period of peace and prosperity
• Built roads, aqueducts (brought water into cities)
• Set up civil service to take care of roads, the grain supply, even a postal service
• Augustus dies at age 76 in A.D. 14, and passes his power to Tiberius

Jesus

• Jesus was a Roman citizen and a practicing Jew
• At 30, he began his ministry (A.D. 31-33), preaching to the poor (and there were lots of them) in the empire, and reaching out to outsiders
• Statements like "my kingdom is not of this world" made the Romans (and the Jews) nervous, and they began to plan his execution
• The governor of the Roman province of Judaea, Pontius Pilate (prompted by Jewish high priests), sentences Jesus to death by crucifixion

• Paul is instrumental in telling the world about Jesus' life, death, resurrection, and message
• He travels far and wide: Cyprus, Anatolia, Athens, Corinth, Macedonia, Rome, Jerusalem, and maybe even Spain and Britain
• He writes letters to many of those people he spoke to - these epistles are a part of the NT
• If not for the efforts of Paul, it is likely that Jesus remains an obscure preacher, instead of the central figure of the world's largest religion

The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History

1. Muhammad
2. Sir Isaac Newton
3. Jesus
4. Buddha
5. Confucius
6. St. Paul of Tarsus

April 25, 2014

Today in class, we watched a video. Mr. Schick's computer wasn't working, so he asked if he could use mine because mine always works. Of course, I said yes. It did work, but throughout the whole video, the sound stopped working and it was quite annoying. Mr. Schick was so annoyed and mad that he threw his speakers on the ground and got out his new one. He was definitely not in a good mood and was not to be angered again. He told us to watch the video on our own for the rest of class and if we had earphones, to use them. Other than that, we didn't do anything in class. We just sat there and relaxed.

Quote of the Day: "Impossible only means that you haven't found the solution yet." -Anonymous

April 24, 2014

Today in class, we were just kinda relaxed. We sat and underlined/highlighted stuff in our books as Mr. Schick lectured us about the topic. I wasn't really interested in it, but I guess someone is, and that is why we are being taught it. Other than that, we didn't do ANYTHING in class. The last couple minutes Mr. Schick let us play on our computers, but nothing in class was really interesting.

Quote of the Day: "Never be ashamed of what you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion you want and do what makes you happy." -Demi Lovato

April 23, 2014

Today in class, we had our presentation! We made a Ancient Roman Libum Cheesecake. After we finished our powerpoint, we passed out the food. It was actually pretty disgusting, and not even half of it was eaten. I threw the rest of it away. BUT, since the class was expecting real, edible food, my sister and I made cookies for them to enjoy after, even thought they weren't Ancient Roman cookies. The cookies were very good, and there was enough for everyone to have seconds of them! I really think we did a pretty good job on this project! The only thing that would have made it better would have been if Paula did more work. Jesseca and I practically did all of the work! ://

Quote of the Day: "Never let success get ot your head and never let failure get to your heart."

April 22, 2014

Today in class, we started the 200 point presentations. The two groups that presented were Hailey, Ellie, and Carly's group. The other group was Jevan, Matt, and Zach's group. The group of girls went first. Both groups made food. I liked their food that the girls made. Hailey's cookies were very good, but I didn't really liked Ellie's food. I was NOT a fan of the boy's food. It was pretty gross to me. It was bland and just kinda disgusting. My group goes tomorrow and we got kinda worried when we found out how gross the food we are making tastes. Jess and I are super worried.

Quote of the Day: "People say everything happens for a reason, but it would be nice to know of the reasons why."

April 11, 2014

Today in class, we had a test. We pretty much all failed it (except Carly). The results when we all saw our grades was sad. The 'oooooh's' and the 'woahhhhh's' were just sad. BUT we have a 200 point project due when we get back from break. That should bring my grade up, but only if I do a good job on it! Jesseca, Paula, and I are (i'm pretty sure) making cheesecake! I can't wait!

Quote of the Day: "Failure is the key to success." -Jesseca Dunnett

(This quote was just for laughs.. Jesseca said this today after everyone got their tests back!)

REAL Quote of the Day: "What is success to me? Success is the simple pleasures in life. For example, winning a softball game, acing a test, or reaching a goal. Success is success no matter how small." -Sarah Meyerl

April 10, 2014 (THE DAY BEFORE THE TEST)

The Roman Legion

• The soldiers
• If you needed to attack someone, they would do it
• The "police" or army
• Divided into two sections
• One legion is 5000 people
• A group of 80 is a century
• They didn't paid
• People joined because they were in it to do it
• The men on foot, marching: infantry
• ALL men; NO women
• Also had men on horseback: cavalry
• Being on horseback is faster; advantage
• Some men fought on horseback with shields, words, daggers, etc.

Punic Wars

• 3 Punic wars
• All won by Rome
• First on fought over Sicily
• Second - Hannibal
• Third - Romans Attacked Carthage

 

• Men go off to war and leave their wives at home
• Women are forced to sell their farm because of the amount of bills
• Latifundia- great estate

 

Gracchus

• 2 men with the same name
• they said we have a huge problem
• "The rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer.."
• "Give some of his land back to the people that you bought it from.."
• Said to get a law passed saying that the rich had to give back the land
• Got beaten and fought and throw into the Tigris River

 

April 9, 2014

Today in class, we didn't really do much. All we did was work on our projects that are due soon. I am working with Paula and Jesseca. We are making a Roman cheesecake, I believe. We actually were just joking around the whole class. There was a lot of wining, and us just being loud and obnoxious. Paula is going away over spring break, so Jesseca and I need to make our own cheesecake, but Paula is going to help with the report part of the project.

Quote of the Day: "A simple hello could lead to a million things."

April 8, 2014

Tarquin

• last ruler of Rome

Etruscans

• Really good at making roads
• Brick roads, not mud roads
• Introduced Romans to gladiators
• Distracted them from their everyday life
• Arch's made a huge breakthrough
• Aqueducts
• Transported water
• Coliseum
• Fights occurred here
• Fought animal
• Starving, irritated lions or other animals

 

 

Greeks

• Knew how to sail

Latin's

• Created alphabet

Plebians

• Had no power
• Grew all food and ran all shops
• Made everything happen

Patricians

• Money and wealth
• Had lots of land

Senate

• Wealthy people were the senators
• People who were super connected with money and position
• Would continue through the family; from father to son and so on
• Could be in the senate for life

Assembly

• Just like the senate, but for plebians

Aristocracy

• Poor people
• assembly

Dictator

• Dictated what everyone was going to do
• Only dictator for 6 months then went back to your life before that
• Had the power to make big decisions

Consoles

• Most powerful
• Only in for ONE year
• Could only run every ten years
• Made sure a different person was picked often

 

 

April 4, 2014

Today in class, all we did was pretty much nothing. We all got here, took attendance, and then went over the groups for the project that is due. I wasn't here when we talked about this project, so I was kinda clueless. I emailed Paula and asked if i could be in her group, though. She hasn't responded yet, but I'm praying she will. If I am in her group, which I'm almost positive she will let me in, we are making different kinda of Roman foods. I cant wait! It should be a lot of fun! We spent the rest of class working on our projects, but none of my partners were in class, so I did research alone.

Quote of the Day: "To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all." -Oscar Wilde

April 2, 2014

I was not in class today because I was sick, but I will be back tomorrow!

Quote of the Day: "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss

April 1, 2014

I was not in class today because I had a doctor's appointment, BUT I was there for Chi-Cago's (Mr. Schick's) rap! He did great.. I LOVED IT!!