Monday, June 1, 2015

last class

Today in the western div it was the last one of the year.  It was pretty relaxed we discussed the exam and went over the quiz. But still today was the last day of all of the class. It was sad but one of the greatest feelings in the world.

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

class

Today in the class we took a test I didn't do that bad on it think I did ok but I probably could ohm done better.

Friday, May 22, 2015

class

Today in clas we reviewed for the exam we went over the PowerPoint .  I am feeling pretty good with it all.

Thursday, May 21, 2015

class

In the class today we finished listing to all of the projects. We also learned sometime next week we will start a part of the exam. I find that nice because all we have to do is to do the scan tron and we will be finished.

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

class

Today we heard some more presentations. I presented my catapult project with Colin. It went pretty smooth. I think the project overall was pretty good. We went outside to present it.

Monday, May 18, 2015

class

Today in class we listened to some of the projects on Rome today they were all pretty good so far.  ia am exited to see what every one else is doing. I can't weight to present mine

Saturday, May 16, 2015

In class today we finished the video. We saw how gracus died he was beaten down by the leaders or the counsel. I wish we could watch more videos like that it made it easier to learn what is weas like back then.

Thursday, May 14, 2015

class

Today in class we talked about most of the video we watched.  We also continued to watch more of the video were watching we did into get that far into it. 

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

IN THE CLASS

IN THE CLASS OF WESTERN CIV TODAY WE WORKED WIH OUR GROUP FOR THE UPCOMING PROJECT DUE MONDAY.  ME AND COLIN ARE ALMOST DONE THE PAPER THEN ALL WE AHVE TO DO IS BULD THE CATIPULTE.

Monday, May 11, 2015

class

In class today we continued watching the video we watched on Friday but we started it from the beginning. I still find it incredibly interesting and I can't weight to watch more of it in class. 

Friday, May 8, 2015

class

Colin and I started to get the materials ready for the catapult.  I think is going to be a fun project to make I think we are going to build it next weekend.

Thursday, May 7, 2015

class

Today in class we watched a video independently.  The video so far is pretty interpreting. I am looking forward to watching more of the video.

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

class

To day in class we talked about the 3 Punic wars. The Romans  took over most of the land. Rome was attest multiple of times by the end of the wars there were 150,000 slavers in Rome. The farmers if they did not pay rent they would have to sell there property and work as slaves. 

Monday, May 4, 2015

classs

In class today I left early to go play Curley in lacrosse. We lost sadly. But we went out tried our best but we felt short.

Friday, May 1, 2015

exploring the 1920

In class today we went up stairs and saw people from then 1920s we say Emilia Earhart and Walt Disney.  There were many more . It was pretty cool.  It were juniors and seniors who dressed up as those people I think.  It was pretty cool because I love history

Thursday, April 30, 2015

In class today we talked about the story of sexton and his family . he lived a bad life he raped a women but if she did not do it he would of killed her.  He killed his father for the power of the country.

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

class

In class today Colin and I have changed our project idea from the lyric video to we are going to build a catapulted and a small model of a coliseum. We are going to write two papers on them.  We did that most of class.

Monday, April 27, 2015

class

             Circus maximums
  • The Circus Maximus was a chariot racetrack in Rome first constructed in the 6th century BCE. The Circus was also used for other public events such as the Roman Games and gladiator fights and was last used for chariot races in the 6th century .
  • The Circus Maximus, located in the valley between the Palatine and Aventine hills, is the oldest and largest public space in Rome and legend says that the Circus was originally laid out in the 6th century CE by the first Roman kings
  • At its largest during the 1st century CE following its rebuilding after the fire of 64 CE, the Circus had a capacity for 250,000 spectators seated on banks 30 m wide and 28 m high. Seats were in concrete and stone in the lower two tiers and wood for the rest.
  • The track, originally covered in sand, measured 540 x 80 m and had 12 starting gates fort the chariots.
Coliseum
  • The arena was used to host spectacular public entertainment events such as gladiator fights, wild animal hunts and public executions from 80 CE to 404 CE.
  • The theatre was spectacular even from the outside with monumental open arcades on each of the first three floors presenting statue-filled arches. The first floor carried Doric columns, the second Ionic and the third level Corinthian. The top floor had Corinthian pilasters and small rectangular windows. There were no less than eighty entrances, seventy-six of these were numbered and tickets were sold for each.
  • Coliseum was approximately 45,000 seated and 5,000 standing spectators. One of the oldest depictions of the Coliseum appeared on the coins of Titus and shows three tiers, statues in the upper external arches and the large column fountain - the Meta Sudans - which stood nearby.
  • Titus and Claudius were noted for shouting at the gladiators and other members of the crowd

Aqueducts
  •  In antiquity, aqueducts were a means to transport water from one place to another, achieving a regular and controlled water supply to a place which would not otherwise have received sufficient water to meet basic needs such as irrigation of food crops and drinking fountains.
  • The earliest and simplest aqueducts were constructed of lengths of inverted clay tiles and sometimes pipes which channeled water over a short distance and followed the contours of the land.
Roman forum 

  •  A Forum was the main center of a Roman city. Usually located near the physical center of a Roman town, it served as a public area in which commercial, religious, economic, political, legal, and social activities occurred.
  • Its placement in the central part of the city dates back to the time of the Tarquin kings, and it was seen fit to build a sewer, the cloca maxima , to provide proper drainage of the marshy land between the Esquiline, Capitoline, and Palatine Hills down to the Tiber River
  • the land properly drained and dry, this area naturally became a central gathering location for the Etruscan inhabitants.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

class

Today we talked about how Greece enhanced the battle formations and the weapons they used in battle.  We also talked about the different battles that were around Rome. Hannibal was a pretty big ;art in the battles.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

class

Today in class we walked a lot more about the Greeks and there military and government.  We also listed to a song that Mr Schick came up with about Greeks. It was a good song. He came in in a hoodie and some glasses. It was so funny.