May 28, 2015: Last Class

Today was our last class in Western Civilization. We spent the entire class writing three essays for our final exam next Wednesday. You could pick three out of the five topics to write about. I chose to compare and contrast the government of Ancient Rome with the Current U.S. government in 2015. The second essay i picked was to write about the meaning of the phrase fro Socrates, "The unexamined life is not worth living." The final essay i wrote was to compare the social hierarchy of Ancient Egypt with Ancient Rome.

May 27, 2015: Class

Today in West Civ Mr. Schick showed us an article about a shooter killing an employee at Walmart in North Dakota. Then he passed out our tests while Rosemary and Karson took the Rome test. We reviewed the tests.

May 26, 2015: Class

In class today we took our test on ancient Rome. We had about the first ten minutes of class to study and then we took it. When everyone was finished he graded them and told us our grades. I got a 93%.

May 22, 2015: Test

Things to know for the test on Rome.

- Washington D.C. not actually a swamp (2% swamp)
- First people to settle in Rome: Etruscans, Latins, Greeks
- Latins settled first
- Tarquin the Proud (Tarquinias Superbus)
   - Seventh and Final king of Rome
- Law of the Twelve Tables
- Res Publica : the people's affairs
   - Democracy
   - Aristocracy
   - Republic

- Rome: Executive - Two consuls
- U.S.: Executive - President and VP

- Rome: Legislative - Senate: 300 / Assemblies: 193
- U.S.: Legislative - Senate: 100 (each state) / House of Representatives: 435

- Rome: Judicial - Praetors
- U.S.: Judicial - Supreme Court

- Rome: Legal Code - Twelve Tables
- U.S.: Legal Code - Bill of Rights (The Ten Amendments)

- Punic Wars
   - Three
   - Rome vs. Carthage
   - First war started because of territory for Sicily
   - Second war because Carthage wanted revenge
   - Third because Rome was tired of Carthage as a threat
(Rome won all three wars)

- Latifundia
- Tiberius Gracchus
- Julius Caesar
   - Formed Triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus (Rule of three men)
   - "Crossing the Rubicon"

May 21, 2015: Projects

Today in West Civ we finished up the Rome projects today. The first project to present today was from Chesca, Jessica, and Alyssa. Their project was on Roman pottery. They talked about the different types, compared them to Greek pottery, and what the pottery was used for. Then Jeremiah, Parker, Rory, and Dylan went. Their project was the Gladiators of Rome. they talked about their role, who was put into their position, and into more detail. The last person to go was Kendall, Ellee, and Karson. they made a board game about Rome. It was based on Roman trivia.

May 20, 2015: Projects

In class today three more people presented their projects on Rome. The first person to present was Jayla. Her project was on pottery from ancient Rome. She explained how important poetry was in Rome and what it was used for. The next was project was from Alex and Arthur. The researched roman Architecture and made a model of a temple. Then finally Trish and Caitlyn presented their project. They made a diary of he life of a plebeian and patrician life.

May 19, 2015: Projects

Today in Western Civilization three projects were presented. The first project was Zaire, Veronica, Rosemary, and I with our Roman meal. We made Columella Salad, A type of pasta, Roman cheesecake, and a type of apple juice. We gave the class samples of each and then discussed what the Romans ate, how they ate, and the ingredients of the food. The next project was by Adam, Steven, and Evan with their parody of Iggy Azalea. They made a song about Rome, recorded it, and then presented in class with the lyrics on the Smart board. Finally, David presented his power point on the Colosseum and the Circus Maximus. He gave detailed information about each like the structure, what happened there, when it was built, and many other facts.