3/31/14

Instead of devoting his life to the city state of Rome he belonged first to a family or clan. They clans and fathers were held together by "fathers" or "paterfamilias"  meaning the family father who had unlimited power over his household. The only person who could not go under his rule is the wife but only if she was still subject to the authority of her on father or the "genius" of the family. A married women in Rome is known as a matron or "lady mother" she embodied worship in the house along side her husband's genius. The Romans believed in the power of fatherhood in their community as well. Roman community life was seen as a family but on a much larger scale.

3/26/14

In class today we took the test on the ancient Greek civilization. I am so glad that it is finally over but I am going to miss it at the same time. I feel like I got a low B on the test. It was pretty easy, open blog, fill in the blank, and multiple choice. The only thing I had trouble with was the names. This blog is not late, I clicked publish and it only saved it as a draft.

2/25/14

Today in class we watched the video about the Persian vs. Athens war. Tomorrow is the test and im honestly not ready for it like I have prepared for it but I feel like there's going to be some special detailed questions on it that I'm not prepared for like always. The video talked about Xerces and how he gathered his 1 million army on the march to Greece. But the Athens won because they took the war to the sea and because of their strong navy and trireme.

3/24/14

Today I wasn't here because I was in Virginia so I have nothing to tell about class today because I wasn't there, other than that Virginia was cool.

3/21/14

Friday in class I accidently showed up 20 minutes late but Mr. Schick doesn't think it was an accident. All we did on Friday was watch videos of peoples commercial including mine. I got a 95 which is pretty good but I don't know what was keeping me from a 100. I miss our old class with all of the other kids but it is what it is. Right now I am in Virginia taking a break from John Carroll finally.

3/19/14

Today in class we just reviewed our cyber day work that we did on Monday. I don't feel like being in school right now so I am bummed out. The worksheet was like 30 question computer test, it took me a long time. It asked all kind of questions about our Greece unit. Mr. Schick says that our test is going to be on Friday so that's good because I am tired of talking about Ancient Greece.

3/18/14

Today in class we sat here with a sub because Mr. Schick isn't here. We have to review that one paper that we were supposed to finish the other day because he said something about a quiz. Right now I am sitting in class watching other kids play on their labtops. I think we have a quiz in here tomorrow but im not sure but hopefully not because im not ready. I hope Mr. Schick and his team do good in the playoffs and win a big trophy as tall as him. Meanwhile we are in here talking about the Ancient Greek civilization. The Athens are my favorite because they remind me of modern day America in a way because of how free their people were.

monday cyber day asignment

1. Mostly fertile land is not a characteristics of Ancient Greece.
2. Approximately 3/4 of Greece is covered by mountains.
3. The word Barbarian came from the Greek word "barbarous," which originally meant "Non-Greek"
4.  megalithic structure is Massive rough-cut stones used to construct monuments and tombs.
5. the term tribe refers to A social and political unit consisting of a group of communities held together by common interests, traditions, and real or mythical ties of kinship.
6. tribes were governed by warrior kings or queens, chieftains, and tribal leaders chosen by warriors.
7. The first European barbarians to make contact with civilization were the Greeks (not 100% sure because I couldn't find a defendant answer).
8. United States would not be considered a member of western civilization.
9. The Ionian sea is located west of the Greek mainland.
10. The Aegean sea is located east of the Greek mainland
11. The major crops the Aegean people lived on were grain, vines, and olives.
12. The Minoan civilization arose on the island of Crete.
13. The Minoan civilization established settlements along the Greek mainland's southern shore on some islands.
14.  The Mycenaean civilization built huge walls for defense.
15. A period of Greek history in which the population dropped, ships no longer sailed, and writing fell out of use was called the dark ages.
16. The group the Greeks joined was the Etruscans
17. The "C" as in c 1500 BC. means circa, around, and about.
18. the 600 B.C Greek city states that dotted around the Mediterranean sea were called colonies
19. although it is a matter of opinion the city states resembled counties
20. an oligarchy is a form of government in which small group of citizens dominated, and the power of the majority was limited in various ways.
21. A democracy is a government in which the decisions were made by majority of adult male citizens.
22. A Tyranny is a government with a self proclaimed dictator.
23. A Monarchy is a government with a single ruler.
24. Spartans had a monarchy, oligarchy, and a democracy government.
25. Spartans boys started training at age 7.
26. the wealthiest city state in the Ancient Greek world was Athens
27. The Acropolis was the high fortified citadel religious center of an ancient Greek town.
28. The southern peninsula where Sparta was located is called the Peloponnesus.
29. triremes were massive ships used to ram people.
30. a hoplite is a heavily armed citizen- soldier

short answer:
1. The dark ages were from 1100 BC – 750 BC.

2. The two stories homer wrote were called The Helen of Troy and the Trojan war.

3. Mediterranean comes from the Latin medius (middle) and terra (land), meaning middle of the land.

4. The Athenian landowners were called aristocrats.

3/14/14

Today is pie day! In class we tried to watch a video in class but we had no speakers so we had to listen to it in groups. Mr. Schick has not seen my commercial for ancient Athens. He is not here today so I doubt he will watch it. I wasn't here yesterday or the day before so I have no clue what's going on. It's a good thing that today is Friday because I hate school. Tomorrow is Saturday and I will have nothing to do because I am boring. I might go to the circus and the Washington D.C. Wish me luck, goodbye!

3/13/14

Today I don't know if I have Mr. Schick's class today. But I'm still sick so I wasn't at school today.

3/12/14

Today I was absent because I am sick.

3/11/14

today in class we watched peoples commercials. I couldn't go today because I had to upload mine to you tube and it took forever. watching other videos compared to mine is weird because there's are different. Mine has music and instead of Sparta I did Athens. I talked about the acropolis, the theatre, the navy, the school, the government, and the Olympics. The only thing I think I have more of instead of them is information. Well we will see tomorrow!

3/10/14

Today in class I  finished the story board in class. I didn't know that we had to do the board and the video so I am glad Mr. Schick is sick, I guess. I already finished it in class and it is really easy if you already have your video. I feel really good about the project but the only problem was getting old pictures instead of modern pictures.  Mrs... Merkel  was being mean to us but it's ok because I'm happy (:

3/7/14

Today in class Mr. Schick wasn't here because he was on retreat with the seniors. While he wasn't here we tried to finish our worksheets we started the other day. I don't think anybody finished because I sure didn't. Hopefully Mr. Schick will go over it when he gets back. The paper is about ancient Sparta and ancient Athens and more. I haven't started on my movie but I might start tonight.

3/ 5/14

Today in class we were watching the video that we never finished. We still didn't finish it. We took notes on a piece of oaper about Sparta and Athens. I haven't started my movie yet but hopefully I'll start it tomorrow. Other than that nothing really went on in class so I have nothing else to say.

3/4/14

Today in class we started by watching Mr. Shick's cyber day video because he wanted us to blog. Other than that today was a short class because of the 2 hour late bell so we just started taking notes on this movie that is supposed to help us for the test. I was kind of confused at the beginning but then I started picking up on it. So yeah that's all we did.

3/3/14

Today is a cyber day so we didn't have school. I am starting my movie today and I think I can get a good grade for this. I'm going to do mine on ancient Athens because they were more happy and it will be easier to do. See you tomorrow Mr. Schick, and nice video by the way ha ha ha.