Today in Class.

Today in class we finished up the powerpoint. Then, we locked over our last test that we had taken on martin Luther. Then, we just reviewed for our FINAL EXAM. Here are my notes on the powerpoint:


- Niccolo Machiavelli
○ Wrote the Prince
○ Cynical view: most people are corrupt and selfish
○ He focused on telling rulers how to expand their power even if it meant taking steps the Church viewed as evil
- Shakespeare

Today in Class....

Today un class we took notes on the powerpoint. Here are my notes:


- Donatello
○ Sculpture of David
- Perspective( in painting)- a technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions using a vanishing point and horizon
- Vernacular (native language) ex. Dante in Medieval Times writing
- Boccaccio- wrote the Decameron, a series of realistic, sometimes off-color stories, cutting down public figures

Today In Class...

Today in class we talked about and watched a movie about Michelangelo. Here are my notes about him:

- Michelangelo
○ His most famous sculpture is the Pieta
○ Made of marble
○ They would get it down by using wooden sleds and roll them down the hill
○ The people are trying to make a copy of the Pieta
○ He lived like a poor man
○ He received 45,000 dollars for doing the statue
○ It is in the heart of the Roman Catholic Church- St. Peter's Basilica
○ Not everyone signed their work back then, but Michelangelo signed his so people would know you sculpted it
He wasalso asked to paint the Sisten Chapel

Today In Class...

Today in class, we learned about the Renaissance. Here are my notes:

- Florence, Rome- 1450
- Humanist philosophy- with its focus on the human rather than the divine, and on the virtues of physical and mental self-perfection, encouraged this approach to art
- Religious topics were covered in paintings and sculptures
- They introduced mathematical perspective to their works
- Middle class of merchants and bankers, the arts found new sources of support
- It brought in a periods of explosive growth of knowledge in literature, painting, architecture, science, and mathematics
- Renaissance means "rebirth"
- Started in Italy for three main reasons
○ There were several important trade cities
○ Cities gas bankers and merchant class
○ Artists were inspired by heritage of classical Rome
- Humanism- an interest in secular (worldly) things rather than religious/ spiritual art
- Humanists focused on human potential and achievements (individuality)
- Spirit of the Renaissance was concerned with the here and now, not the hereafter
- Patrons- wealthy clients who pay to support artists and their creations
○ Example: the Medici family, a powerful banking and trading family, supported artists: paying for portraits, donating public art
- Leonardo Divinci
○ Born in 1452 in Vinci, Italy
○ He was a bastard child
○ He wasn’t able to learn literature or anything
○ "The First Modern Mind"
○ He wrote left handed and backwards
○ He was obsessed with everything
○ He left behind 6,000 pages of notes about making something for humans to fly
- Michelangelo

Homework...

Of course, this is a picture of the Mona Lisa. The painting was done by Leonardo Divinci. The background to this picture is a regular painting that Divinci did. When he finished the background, he just painted the Mona Lisa on top of the background painting at another place.

This is a picture of the Vitruvian man. It was painted by Leonardo Divinci. He was always interested in the human body and how our muscels worked. This is a good example of his theories.

This is a picture of the Pieta. It is a sculpture that was made by Michelangelo. It is made of marble. It represents Mary holding Jesus after he was taken down from the cross. This statue is now at the heart of the Roman Catholic Church in St. Peter's Basilica.

Questions for Martin Luther Test

1. What did Martin Luther's father want him to be?
a. Teacher
b. Lawyer
c. Singer
d. Dancer

2. What year did Martin Luther write the 95 Theses?
a. 1529
b. 1937
c. 1517
d. 1518

3. Who did Martin Luther visit when he went to Worms?
a. His father
b. Leo X
c. Leo V
d. Fredrick

4. What monastery did Luther join?
a. Augustinians
b. Lutherinians
c. Christian

5. What did the people of the church sell to let people know that they are going to get to heaven?
a. Indulgences
b. Food
c. Bibles
d. clothes

6. What was Luther accused of?
a. Taking indulgences
b. Heresy
c. Stealing
d. Killing the pope

7. Where did people think they went to get rid of all of their sins?
a. McDonalds
b. Heaven
c. Purgatory
d. The church

8. What happened to Luther after he put up the 95 Theses?
a. He was excommunicated
b. They cut his head off
c. They put him on a cross
d. Nothing

9. Where did Martin Luther grow up?
a. Germany
b. England
c. France
d. Russia

10. Who invented the printing press?
a. Martin Luther
b. Leo V
c. Gutenberg
d. Hugenberg

Today In Class...

Today in class we watched the video about Martin Luther. Here are the notes I took:

- Leo X
□ Devoted to the pleasures of the flesh
□ EWWWW!
□ Spent money like crazy
□ he is going to build a church but he is spending it all
□ He is now selling indulgences
□ To pay for forgiveness of sins
- Salvation was a gift of God
- You get it through faith
- 1517: He stated to write down the 95 Theses
- He is feeling as if the world is coming to an end
- Gutenberg invented the first printing press 70 years before
- Luther's work was printed by him
- The pope was a sponsor of the indulgences
- Heretics- someone who says something the total opposite of what the church teaches us
- The greatest conflict would occur
- All Hallows Eve- 1517- he puts the theses on the church
- Martin Luther was pretty much barbequed for his death for putting up the Theses
- This brought courage for the people of the church
- He considered himself as a reformer
- The pope wanted Luther to get rid of the theses
- He was charged with heresy

They were going to excommunicate Luther

In Class Today...

In class today, we took some more notes on Martin Luther. We also took notes on our 95These about John Carroll. We had a lot of ideas and putting them up might change the school.......forever!

Homework...

5 things I would change about JC.

1. We don't use computers- there are so many things that can go wrong with them (crashing!)

2. We should be able to wear whatever type of undershirt we want to. It doesn't matter what is under our school shirts just as long as we wear them.

3. We need more off mods. One off mod in a day is NOT enough!

4. The new advisories aren't such a good idea. Mainly the only thing I don't like is that I might not know anyone in my advisatory. We should be able to have at least one person we know in them.

5. We should be able to wear sweatpants when we get out-of-uniform days. Jeans are so uncomfortable, DON'T YOU WANT US TO BE HAPPY!:(

Today In Class,,,,

Today in class we watched a movie about Martin Luther. Here are my notes:

Martin Luther
- 1483
- The plague was happening
- 1.4 of children died before they were 5
- 1546
- Travels to Wittenberg in Eislenben
- Toward the end of Luther's life
- He had undergone death for his beliefs
- Grew up in Germany
- In a supreme family
- The church was the center of his world
- If you were with the church, you would find eternal happiness in heaven
- Life was very lousy for the people in the Middle Ages
- Then the plague comes through very often
- A town could get completely infected
- Luther embraced the church
- Was an alter boy and sang in the choir
- Hans Luther wanted his son to be a lawyer
- Martin hated his father
- His mother was sympathetic
- He was sent to the best schools
- His college was very new to him
- It was a great center for the church
- Martin became a musician
- He got his masters degree
- 1505 - Plague struck
- The Black Death
- They thought that God was punishing them for their sins
- 3 of his friends were killed
- At 23, he vowed himself to God because he was in a storm
- He thought he wouldn’t live
- He vowed to be a monk
- He was free to devote himself to the church
- In monasteries, speaking wasn’t allowed at certain times
- Salvation was to be achieved
- He joined one of the most severe monastaries
- He was in the Augustinians
- They were ig in schools
- Ascetic- somebody who gives up everything to achieve a spiritual awakening
- People were willing to pay their fees to forgive their sins
- This disgusted Martin
- They were imitating the life of Christ
- He said that the years in the monastery ruined his life
- He did everything 100%
□ He gives it his all
- He was concerned that he would never please God

He thought he would never achieve salvation

Today In Class.

Today in class we went over the test we took on the Medieval Times. Here are the notes that I took about the test:

Test Notes
§ Religious Times were not part of the Medieval Ages
§ Trade got disrupted, population shifting, and downfall of cities
§ Their desire to reproduce artistic traditions were not important to them
§ Many of the nobles moved from the cities to the rural areas
§ Greek was not a language spoken in this time
§ Nuns could be literate
§ The land was cut into small kingdoms
§ Gaul is known as France
§ Clovis teamed up with the Church
§ Benedict made rules to use when in the monastery
§ The three vows the monks took were obedience, poverty, and chastity
§ The monks copied books, maintained libraries, and opened schools
§ Pope Gregory the Great started to get involved with his kingdom
§ Secular power= worldly power
§ Money was used to help the poor, rebuild roads, and help the army
§ Theocracy
§ Franks won
§ Muslims lost
§ Charles Martel was Carloman and Pepin the Short
§ He made the kingdom one under his rule, he spread Christianity, and beat the Muslims in Spain
§ His sons were Charles the Bald, Lothar, Louis the German
§ The event was called the Treaty of Verdun
§ Jerusalem was considered the holiest place
§ Christians, Jews, and Muslims agreed with this
§ Crusades- taking of the cross
§ If you died in battle your sins would be forgiven

Then,we watched a powerpoint about the Reformation and took notes on that.

Today In Class....

Today in class we learned about the Crusaders. We have a test tomorrow about the Middle Ages. Here are the notes I took when learning about the Crusaders:

- The Crusades
○ Age of Faith
○ The Holy Roman Empire is the strongest kingdom in Europe
○ Over 500 massive Gothic cathedrals
○ Are built in Europe between 1170 to 1270
○ Jerusalem
§ Controlled by Muslims
§ 3rd HOLIEST CITY
§ Holy city to the Jews
§ And to the Christians
§ The Holy War
□ Pope Urban II put out the call for Christians to recapture Jerusalem and the Holy Lands from Muslim Turks
□ Thus began 200 years of religiously sanctioned military campaigns from 1095 to 1291
□ These soldiers of the Church took vows to take back the Holy Land

The Pope promised those who died in the endeavor would receive immediate remission for their sins

Today in Class.

Today in class we went over more about Charlemagne with Mr Schicks powerpoint he made. We shoed him our powerpoints, as well. Here are the notes I had taken while we watched the powerpoint:

- BEFORE CHARLEMAGNE
○ Christianity as a territorial phenomenon
○ Government devoted to the enforcement of Christian values
○ Christian theocracy
○ Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great) goes secular (worldly power)
○ Church revenues used to help the poor, build roads, and raise armies
○ Gregory's spiritual kingdom extends from Italy to England, from Spain to Germany
○ Charles Martel defeats Muslim raiders at the Battle of Tours (732)
○ Charles Martel had a son named Pepin the Short
○ He was named "king by the grace of God" by the Pope
○ Dies 768
○ Had two sons: Carloman (dies in 771)
○ Charles the Great (Charlemagne
- Charlemagne
○ Charles the Hammer was his grandfather - 688- 741
§ Won the crucial Battle of Tours
○ Charles Martel was his father
○ Renewed emphasis on education and culture
§ Literature, mathematics, art, architecture
§ Opened a palace school
○ He regularly visited every part of his kingdom- hands-on ruling style
○ United most of western Europe for the first time since Rome
○ 47years in charge
○ Age 72
○ Named his son, Louis the Pious, co-emperor
○ Rules from 814 - 840
○ Charlemagne's three sons were not able to decide who could really be the one ruler
○ The ended up cutting it into three pieces

It was bound to fall apart

Today In Class..

today in class we workedon porjects while mr Schick wasnt here. Our projects were on Charlemagne.

Today in Class...

Today in class we took the rest ofthe notes we needed for the Medival Times. We learned about Clovis and Pope Gregory the 1 (Gregory the Great)

Today in Class.

Today in class we took notes on the Medival Period. These notes are also on his website, but I still tend to take tons of notes. Here are the notes that I took.......

- Medieval period
- 476 - 1453 AD
- From the end of the Roman Empire to the conquest of Constantinople by the Turks
- Invasions trigger changes in western Europe
○ Invasions and constant warfare spark new trends
§ Disruption of trade
□ Europe's cities are no linger economic centers
□ Money is scarce
§ Downfall of cities
□ Cities are no longer centers of administration
§ Population shifts
□ Nobles retreat to the rural areas
□ Cities don’t have strong leadership
○ Decline of learning
§ Germanic invaders are illiterate, but they communicate through oral tradition
§ Only priests and church officials could read and write
§ Knowledge of Greek (and literature, science, philosophy) is almost lost
○ Loss of a common language
§ Dialects develop in different regions
§ By the 800s, French, Spanish, other Roman-based languages are evolving from Latin
- Germanic kingdoms emerge
○ The concept of government changes
§ Roman society: loyal to public government
§ Germanic society: loyal to family
□ Germanic chief led warriors
□ During peace, he provided food, weapons, treasure, a place to live (the lord's hall)
□ During wartime, warriors fought for the lord
§ "the king? Who's that? You want to collect taxes from me ? Who the heck are you?"
§ Franks live in the Roman province of Gaul- their leader is Clovis
○ The Franks inder Clovis
§ Another battlefield conversion! (just like Constantine)
§ Clovis and 3000 of his warriors are baptized by the bishop
§ The church in Rome approves of this alliance
§ Clovis and the Church begin to work together
- Germanic peoples adopt Christianity
○ 511AD- Clovis unites Franks into one kingdom
○ 600AD- Church + Franks rulers convert many
○ Monasteries and convents
§ 520 AD- Benedict wrote the rules for monks and monasteries
□ Had a sister named Scholastica did the same for nuns in convents
§ 731AD- the Venerable Bede wrote a killer history of England
§ (Pope) Gregory I expands papal power
□ Papacy= pope's office
□ Secular power= worldly power
□ Papal Power (power of the pope) is political power, presented fron the pope's palace
□ The church used church money to:
® Raise armies
® Repair roads
® Help the poor
□ Gregory the Great began to act as mayor of Rome, and as head of an earthly kingdon (Christendom)

Cinco de May0

Today in class we went over our essays that we wrote when we took the ancient Greece Quiz. We also went over a little bit of the Medival Period time which is what we are going to be working on next.

middle ages

The period of the Middle Ages were part of the European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. They used the stone archtitecture for their buildings and their art was based on Christiananity. The breakdown of Rome signifies the beginning of the middle ages. The Hundred Year's War signifies the end of the middle ages. The last emperor of the Western Roman Empire was Romulus Agustus.
In class today we went over the tests that we had taken. We also took a test that wasn't graded on the Middle Ages. It is the next chapter that we are going to be working on.

Today in Class...

Today in class we finished up all of the projects for the magazine. We have a test tomorrow. Here are the notes that I took while listening to them:


Caesar Augustus
- 46BC he impressed Caesar
- March 12 BC he took the position of Pontifex Maximus
- February 5 he was given the title "father of the country"
- He developed a better currency system
- Much of the city was rebuilt under August
- Augustus rule started Pax Romama (Roman Peace)
- Improved roads with a postal service, and created official police and fire-fighting forces of Rome
- He built bridges, aqueducts and buildings adorned with beautiful works of art
- The people didn’t mind him having all of this power
- Died August 19, 14 AD
- He was declared a god after he died

Circus Maximus/ Coliseum
- Coliseum
- 70-72 AD to 80AD
- 50,000 people
- Used as a church when it was first built
- Bullfights, gladiator fights, executions, persecution of Christians
- The main building still stands today
- Circus Maximus
- Means large circus
- 1/4 of Rome's population could be in their
- Fist circus in Rome
- 81 AD built in honor of Titus

Diocletian
- 250 years after Caesar Augustus
- Sending troops to secure boarders
- Became to be to much
- Divided Rome
- Constantinople (eastern)
- Rome (western)
- Made a law that says it is okay to persecute Christians

Persecution of Christians
- Christians who were being killed
- Many different religions were killed
- 20,000 Christians- Diocletian ordered
- They would be stoned
- Nero was the first case of persecution of the Christians
- They made is legal that you could be killed on sight

Edict of Milan
- 313 AD
- Caused the persecution of Christians to stop
- Without the edict, we would never be able to practice our religions peacefully
- It was created by Constantine and Licinius
- Constantine made the official religion Catholicism

Fall of Rome
- Over 500 years, Rome was ruled by a supreme
- The Goths invaded Rome
- Held them all hostage in the own city
- Honorius decided to meet with Alaric to give him want they wanted
- Stillico, the emperor's chief advisor, was executed by the Goths for trying to kill Alaric
- Everyone who wasn’t a part of the Goths were sent to leave
- Nothing continued to go in or out
- They made a deal with Alaric
- They took all of the treasures
- They gave Rome food for 3 days
- They couldn’t find Honorius
- This was the end of the empire
- 476 AD

Today In Class.

Today in class wewent over the rest of the presentations. We also had to take notes on them. The topic I chose was constantine's conversion. Here are the notes that I took while listenign to them.

- The Gallic had good strategies
- The Rubicon River

Geography of Rome
- Played a big role in society
- Surrounded by water- peninsula
- Helped with trade
- High level above the sea
- Land was marshy which made it hard to invade
- The Tiber Rive allowed Rome to flow
- Mountains, hills, plains depending on which region you were in

Julius Caesar- Military Man
- He was first a politician
- Became general
- In many wars
- Spain, Gallic, Gaul
- He thought he should've ruled Rome
- Started a civil war
- His only option was to fight instead of running away
- He was assassinated
- The senate stabbed him to death

Triumvirate to Emperor
- 60 BC returned to Spain
- 54BC returned to Gaul
- Became the governor of Gaul
- 52 BC Gaul rose against him
- Battle of Alesia was Gaul against Rome
- Caesar was a Roman
- Crossed the Rubicon River
- Pompey defended Gaul
- Caesar won that battle
- Had power over Rome

Caesar and Cleopatra
- Met a few months after Cleopatra was removed from her leadership
- She saw how powerful Caesar was how powerful he was so she asked him to reinstate her as queen
- Caesar's army killed the people that kicked her out and her brother, Ptolemy XIII, he drowned in the Nile
- She married her 12 year old brother to become a co-ruler of Egypt- she was 22
- Cleopatra and Caesar got married and they had their only son, Caesarian
- Their affair continued until Caesar was stabbed to death
- Then she married another brother just to be queen
- Ptolemy was fighting with Pompey
- He thought that if he cut off Pompey's head and gave it to Caesar, Caesar would not kill him
- Caesar actually had respect for Pompey
- Back-fired on Ptolemy

Today In Class

In class we shared out magazine pages and took notes for our test on FRIDAY.
Here are the notes that I took while watching.

Remus and Romulus
- Twin who were born by Mars
- They were abandoned
- A wolf discovered them
- A MYTH
- They think that they founded Rome
- They both wanted to build a city
- Romulus won
- Remus died in a fight
- Named after Romulus
- Romulus abducted women to have children and have it populated

Tarquin the Proud
- 7th king of Rome
- Superbus was his nickname
- He was expelled from Rome
- His brother-in-law was a part of the throne
- He was the last king
- Ruled harshly
- Abused his power
- Killed the king before him
- Let his family get away with things

The Roman Republic
- 753 to 509 BC- Rome was ruled by a king
- The Roman Republic lasted more than 450 years
- It was formed so that tyrants wouldn’t be in charge
- It lasted until Octavian became emperor

Tiber Gracchus
- He was offered eternal peace by the Numentines
- Octavious started to talk bad about Tiberius
- His people went against him
- The senate killed them and threw him into the Tiber River
- The Tiber River's name comes from Tiberius

Patricians and Plebeians
- Plebeians were middle/lower class people
- Patricians were the upper class
- Outside of Roman Republic, plebeians were excluded from the religious colleges and magistracies
- Plebeians came around when Ancus Marcius came around
- It was against the law for the two of them to get married
- If they did get married and had a child, it would not be considered a citizen

The Senate
- The highest in Rome
- Inherit you position
- Fought with plebeians for laws
- They soon became like our own government
- 300 people
- The senators had people speak for them
- They had no real power though

Today In Class.

Today in class we finished watching the Fall of Rome. Here are the notes that I took.
- Alaric is pulling back from Rome
- The emperor is trying to sneak in soldiers to help their people
- They tried to trick the Goths
- Only a few Roman soldiers survived
- Rome had lost
- Athaulf wants to go back and fight against the Romans as the rest of his men
- They want a new leader if Alaric doesn’t fight against Rome again
- The go back to Rome
- Alaric wanted to talk to the senate
- The senate turned against their emperor
- They picked a new leader
- The young emperors assistant wants him to starve Rome
- They were soon dependent on grain and Attalis stopped it
- Attalis collapsed
- Rome started to crumble
- Athaulf just wanted to take what was left of Rome and leave
- Alaric didn’t want to
- They don’t think that Alaric is fit to lead them
- Alaric wants to meet with Honorius
- 410AD
- They set off the to find the treaty- Goths
- It seemed they would meet in peace
- Alaric's men were attacked by Honorius's men
- The gates were opened to the Goths by some of the Romans
- They were going to attack Rome
- They took Honorius's sister as a hostage
- Three days later
- Alaric had won Rome
- They would head south
- Honorius didn’t know about his men attacking Alaric
- Sirus didn’t agree with Honorius's deal with the Goths
- Honorius was emperor for the next 13 years
- Alaric died 4 months after the sack of Rome
- He never found a safe haven for his people
- Athaulf took Alaric's place and married Honorius's sister
- Western France- the kingdom of the Visigoths
- ^ a place for his people
- 476AD
- The last Roman emperor was oppressed

After that, we finished doing our projects with our groups.

Today In Class..

Tosay in class we watched more on the Fall of Rome. I agree with Alarics choices because he wanted his land, but Rome did'ntgive it to them so he demanded revenge. Here are the notes that I took when watching the movie.

- Noricum
- Alaric is getting frustrated because his people still haven't gotten land
- The Goths had 30,000 men
- They are going to march in Rome
- They want to hold Rome hostage
- Swept through Italy
- 3 months after leaving, the reached Rome
- They are taking revenge
- Rome was beginning to suffer like the Goths
- Rome doesn’t have enough people to defend their people
- They had enough food for 10 days
- The emperor is not in Rome so he isnt feeling the pain
- They couldn’t afford to give them land
- They will reject their demands
- The people turned to the senate
- Alaric wanted a fight
- He wanted their gold/ all of their treasure
- He would leave them their souls
- One week later
- There's not a whole lot for Rome to do
- He is going to give them three days with food because he doesn’t believe they gave them all of their goods
- He still just wants the land
- Alaric was true to his word
- They think that Alaric is going to destroy Rome

Today In Class...

Today in class movie about the Fall of Rome. We had taken notes we watched about the movie and here they are:


The Fall of Rome
- A weak emperor who tried to be strong
- 410 Fifth century AD
- Athaulf Goths General
- Alaric- King of the Goths
- Two years earlier, an act of betrayal brought them their war
- The barbarians and Rome
- The Huns and the Vandals are fighting each other
- The Goths were pushed out of their land
- They thought he was promising to much
- August 408 AD
- Goth military would serve in their military for land
- They would be with Rome
- Ravenna
- Their emperor had called to kill the man in the church in Rome
- Honorius ^
- Since he was a kid
- The families of any barbarians who followed the man who died was killed
- The survivors fled

The Diocletian Persecution and Circus Maximus

Diocletian Persecution
The Diocletian Persecution was the last and most severe persecution of Christians Emperor Diocletian and his colleagues issued a series of edicts. These edicts rescinded the legal rights of Christians and demanding they comply with traditional religious practices. Later, the edicts targeted the clergy and demanding universal sacrifice, ordering all inhabitants to sacrifice to the gods. The intensity of the prosecutions varied from across the empire. The weakest prosecutions were in Gaul and Britain. In these two places, the edict was issued there first. The strongest prosecutions were in the Eastern provinces. Persecutory laws were nullified by different emperors and at different times. The Edict of Milan, the law between Constantine and Licinius, had marked the end of the persecutions.

Circus Maximus
The Circus Maximus was the first place used for games and entertainment. The first version was made completely out of wood. These could hold about ¼ of the city’s population. This was about 250,000 people. It measured about 2,037 feet in length and 387 feet in width. It was the first largest Chariot Racing Stadium in ancient Rome. It is located in a valley between Aventine and Palatine. The chariot races were most important in the Circus Maximus. The last known chariot race was in 549 held by Totila. Other events held in the Circus Maximus were processions and gladiator combats. The Circus Maximus still entertains Romans now that it is a park for people to stay in.

Today In Class

Today in class we watched the rest of the movie on Constantine. Here are the notes that I took of the video:

- He made St. Peter's a Christian church
- Licinius believes the senate is powerless
- They want Constantine dead
- People from the Temple of Jupiter are going out to find and kill Constantine
- The guards killed the senator because Constantine saw it coming
- Now Constantine trusts no one
- Basianes was killed
- The conflict between Lucinius and Constantine took a long time
- The Edict of Milan lasted 7 years
- East(Licinius) vs. west(Constantine)
- The senate is acting as much
- The battle took place in modern day Turkey
- Constantine unleashed his biggest weapon- the Christian banner
- It brought terror to the other men
- Constantine wins
- His sister wants him to spear Licinius because it is her husband
- Licinius surrenders
- Constantine tells him to live his life in peace
- 325AD
- He brought together bishops
- They strangled Licinius
- His wife was strangled in the bath, people think it was in order from Constantine
- Constantine's sister never forgave him for what he did
- Constantine lived for another 12 years
- He's the first Christian emperor

Today In Class....

Today in class we reviewed what we watched yesterday on Constantine. We also talked about all of the different views on how Constantine conversion really happened. Then, we watched more on the video and took notes on them:

- Everybody loved them when he came back
- Constantine wanted to liberate not conquer
- Constantine wanted to bring peace with the western with Lucinius
- 313AD. Married off his sister
- She was a Christian
- Nothing could part them
- Constantine and the other senators were fighting on what to do with to rulers
- They are trying to set up an agreement of making Christianity a religion that you can practice
- They are going to divide it into two empires , but Constantine wants to still have one empire and have everyone practice their own religion without getting killed
- Lactantias- Edict of Milan
- Basically said you could practice any religion you wanted
- The new religion was now tolerated and you would not be persecuted
- Constantine was growing doubtful
- He was turning more to Christianity
- Constantine goes to the Christian district
- The Christina s are saying that Constantine was the 13th apostle
- 315AD
- The people dedicated an arch in his honor
- He now dedicated himself to the city
- One empire, one God, one emperor

Today in class, mr. Schick walked around and looked at our presentations that we made. We also watched more on the movie about Constantine and here are the notes that I took:

- Maxentius was making plans for when he was going to attack Constantine
- He is going to trap him at the Tiber River
- He thinks Constantine will not even reach the city
- They want Constantine to paint the Christian symbol on their guards
- They didn’t because they were afraid Jupiter would strike them down
- Constantine's outnumbered army was about to fight
- They had to cross the Tiber River to get to the city
- 75,000 men
- Milvian - they had to cross it
- When the bridge knocked down- Maxentius was on the bridge and it brought him down and drowned him
- They had won the battle
- He had the whole western empire
- Constantine or Constantine conversion
○ The video said that a huge meteorite hit right in front of his eyes
○ The conversion was the result of either a vision or a dream in which Christ directed him to fight under Christian standards, and his victory apparently assured Constantine in his faith in a new god.- This was from BBC History.
○ During the next night, so Eusebius' account continues, Christ appeared to Constantine and instructed him to place the heavenly sign on the battle standards of his army. The new battle standard became known as the labarum. - This came from Roman Emperors (.org)

The Emperor Constantine I was exposed to Christianity by his mother, Helena. Constantine was over 42 when he finally declared himself a Christian. Writing to Christians, Constantine made clear that he owed his successes to the protection of that High God alone.- This was from Wikipedia.com

Homework 4-13

Since i did a powerpoint, because I was having trouble doing a prezi, I wasn't sure how I was going to upload it. I still did it and I have it saved in my documents.

Today in class we....

Today in class we went over our our tests that we had taken way before spring break. We also watched a video about Constantine and took notes.

Constantine
- 400 AD
- 312 AD
- Maxentuis- Constantine is planning to fight against him
- Maxentuis outnumbered them
- A growing new religion were with Constantine
- Maxentuis was the emperor and was hated
- Constantine will fight in 3 days
- The enemy of Rome will be defeated
- They think that Constantine will be defeated, but really Maxentuis is the enemy of everybody
- They want him to put his faith in one god
- 27th of October
- Max brought troops from other places; tens of thousands
- A bomb of some sort hit and they were not sure what had happened
- A theory was that it was a meteorite
- This blasted on a hill and the Christians thought it was a sign

Today in Class We..

Today in the beginning of class we had technical difficulties with the movie we were watching,but Mr. Schick fixed and we watched the movie about Julius Caesar. Here are the notes I took while watching the movie:

○ Forced Pompey to fight in Pharsaluso
○ 48BC
○ Pompey had 45,000 people and Caesar had 22,000 people
○ Pompey had more calvery- 6,000- Caesar had 1,000
○ They were going to surround Caesar
○ Caesar wins
○ This ends the civil war
He gets named dictator for life

Julius Caesar

Today we watched a movie on YouTube about Julius Caesar. We took notes on the video and here they are:

- Julius Caesar
○ 52 BD Gaul, France
○ Gaul's and Roman's are fighting
○ 100,000 men from Gaul
○ 40,000 with Caesar
○ Battle of Alesia
○ Caesar refuses to go out because his hair doesn’t look right
○ As all seemed lost, Caesar came in and Rome won
○ Fights with him for 10-12 year
○ and soon becomes important
○ Calvary was sent to Gaul to trap the people
○ Most brilliant fight in military
○ Beginning of a revolution
○ He was also a powerful politician
○ All of Gaul was conquered
○ Rome was a republic
○ The senate was worried
○ Was subjected to regular elections
○ Pompey and Caesar were once political allies
○ Rubicon- if you cross it, you would not be able to go back
○ He formed a triumvirate- an unofficial group of three people who try to run things- Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus
○ Crassus dies
○ Caesar gets named consul- he makes himself consul for life
○ Pompey thinks Caesar went to far
○ Caesar and Pompey battle each other with their own armies
○ Caesar just wants more power/ out of control
○ He is being stopped by the tribune of the people
○ Caesar is taking the money that all of Rome has
○ Pompey fled east(Greece) to get his allies
○ Caesar went to Spain and whip them out
○ Caesar promised them riches, which he never delivered
○ His own men are rebelling against him
○ In order to stop the rebelling- decimate- of all the 4000 men- 10% of them are killed to keep them straight
- Mark Anthony
○ General of Caesar's army
○
- Marcus Cato- the senator
○ Sent out messages
○ They were offers/demanding letters telling Caesar to leave his military
○ Caesar ignored it
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- Gnaeus Pompey
○ Politician and retired general
○ Most successful
○ Conquered most of the eastern Mediterranean

Tiberius Gracchus- What I Think About Him

In my opinion, I think Tiberius was a good ruler, but toward the end of his life, he went downhill. When they were at his father’s funeral and the people were saying his eulogy, they had mentioned he was a despiser of kings. Tiberius turned out to wanting to be able to stay in and have some power, which his father would not have wanted if he were still alive. In the beginning of Tiberius’s ruling, he was a good ruler. When they had gone to war with Spain, he had brought back 20,000 men. They came back to their families in Rome, and they had more respect for Tiberius because they had brought back the men. This time showed that Tiberius had a good ruling at that time. When he decided to run for tribune, he knew that the people were going to vote for him. He had promised the plebeians that he would get their land back for them when they lost it in the battle with Carthage in 146 BC. This was a good choice made by Tiberius because he knew that he would be helping the people. This choice was effective because in the future, this choice to run for tribune would bring him down. When Octavious vetoed the choice to let the people vote, and then Tiberius started vetoing everything that was on the agenda; that was a bad idea. He was acting like a child because he didn’t get his way. He wanted the people to start to riot, which would not be a good idea. If some of the people didn’t agree with him, they could attack him and end his life. Vetoing everything that the people in the senate said was a bad choice made by Tiberius. When Octavious started to go out in the night to tell the people that Tiberius wanted to be king and make them slaves, which was a good idea from Octavious because he knew that Tiberius was getting a little to cocky and he wanted him to go down. What I think is that Tiberius wanted more power to himself and he had promised things that he wasn’t able to do because he didn’t have that type of power. In the movie, when Tiberius was pointing to his head, I’m not sure if that really happened in real life or they were doing it just for the movie, it probably made the people think that he wanted Mather to get the crown for him before the senate attacked him. Overall, I think that Tiberius was a good ruler in the beginning, but towards the end of his ruling/life, he became a little too cocky and he couldn’t handle all of the politics that the people in the government really have to handle.

Today In Class We...

Today in class we watched more on the video about Tiberius. We got news that we had to write a paper about what we thought of Tiberius and if what he did was good or not good. Here are the notes I tookk while we watched the video:

○ The next day Octavious vetoed again
○ Now Tiberius is vetoing everything so that there will be riots everywhere
○ He was pissed off at Octavious
○ They had never had a mob like this before
○ Tiberius won the vote to get rid of Octavious and he couldn’t vote anymore
○ Octavious is going to the people ad telling them that he was lying to them and they were all saying that he was wearing royal clothing and the crown and he just wanted to be king
○ They would prosecute him for treason
○ The people were going to rebel against him
○ The last thing they want is a guy with a lot of power
○ Mather believed the same as the people
○ They were in the midst of a civil war
○ When is term as tribune was over, the were all going to kill him
○ Tiberius says the people will protect him
○ Summer of 133 BC- the election day
○ He is fighting for a second term but that isn't allowed
○ Mather tried to defend Tiberius but he died
○ Then they beat Tiberius to death
○ There was no funeral for him- they just dumped his body in the Tiber River

It would take 100 years to get Rome back to its normal self

Today In Class....

Today in class we watched more of the movie about Tiberius and his fight to make Rome better. We watched it oin the laguage lab. Here are the notes I took while watching the movie:

○ The soldiers families who survived were happy to see Tiberius, but the rich, on the other hand, were all upset because they thought that Tiberius and his people were giving up and they wanted the poorer people to stay in line and not get out of hand
○ His mother wanted him to apologize to one of the senators because she thought he had let down Rome
○ Mather- showed Tiberius how easy it was to get to him by putting a knife to him
○ He wanted to give him help by protecting him- the people needed them
○ He was offering his services to him as a bodyguard
○ Tiberius's one friend from the senate told him to run for something in the political office- he knew he would get a lot of votes from the plebeians
○ He ran for tribune- to protect people's rights
○ He would be able to pass new laws to give them new lands
○ They weren't any laws back then that said you could only own a certain amount of land
○ Octavious wouldn’t give up his land because his father died on it
○ His friend in the senate wants Tiberius to marry his daughter
○ 133 BC
○ He became tribune of the assembly (the people) and asked the senate to vote for his laws
○ He wanted everyone to have a home
○ Octavious-senate tribune- vetoed and was the only one who didn’t agree
○ Didn’t choose by majority- all of them had to agree

Today in Class we...

Today in class we watched a video on YouTube about Tiberius Gracchus and other ancient Rome people. Here are the notes I took while watching the video.

- Once was a large democratic society
- They called it the republic
- Lasted 500 years
- Tiberius Gracchus
○ His father was a despiser of kings
○ 146BC- Carthage
○ Ten years after his fathers death
○ They will find justice over tyranny
○ They were separated from each other for 120 years
○ They streets ran with blood
○ Six days after brutal fighting, Carthage surrendered and Rome had won
○ Tiberius was the first the get over the wall and he was crowned king
○ Carthage was burnt to the ground- nothing was left
○ They people were sent to slavery
○ They would role for the next 600 years
○ Six months later after the battle between Carthage and Rome, Rome's streets were being filled with poor people
○ Latifundia- huge plots of land that Rome controlled
○ The men who fought were treated like kings now
○ They want to create a new enemy
○ Tiberius was a firm believer in the republic
○ He was going to go to war with Spain
○ Octavious stole a women's farm and made her poor- one of the millions of aristocrats who took advantage of the widows or people who weren't able to keep it up. They would also just take it, like that.
○ Tiberius doesn’t agree with what he had done
○ Thousands of farmers lost their land
○ They brought in people from Carthage to act like slaves to rebuild them
○ They had lost their battle with Spain
○ The army(20,000 men) was surrounded by barbarians
○ They couldn’t fight, so they surrendered
○ The Barbarians wanted to fight- Tiberius wanted them to let them free, so the Barbarians wanted something back, the got everlasting peace with each other
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Flashcards- 3-23

Today In Class We...

Mr. Scick akak Chi Cago showed a rap he made about ancient Rome. We took notes on this rap which had the beat from Low by Flo Rida:

- Etruscans and the Greeks
- the Latin's came first
- they drained the swamps of the Tiber River
- Tarquin wasn't happy and they ran the tyrants out of town
- They didn't have anymore kings
- Romulus and Remus(twins)- fathered by the god Mars, born by a virgin, then uncle puts them into the wild to let them die, and then a she wolf saves the and raises them, then they founded Rome ........MYTH
-they had three governments rolled into one
-Patricians and plebeians
-they had new republics to run- democracy, aristocracy, and monarchy
-5000 soldiers
-they fought against Carthage in wars that were Punic

Today In Class We.....

Today in class we reviewed for our test that is on Friday. We reviewed by looking at other peoples blogs and using their flashcards. We also looked at Mr. Schicks blog to see what we neededfor the test like a pencil and paper

Today In Class We.....

Today in class, we looked at some peoples flashcards because we finished the movie. We looked over the flashcards, not just to see what other people did, but to review everything we learned about like Pericles, Aspasia, and The Battle of Salamis.

Today In Class We.....

Today in class we watched more about the movie about ancient Greece. Here are the notes I took when watching it.

□ Thales
□ Stood next to the pyramid when the sun was at a certain point to tell how tall it was
§ Theatres
□ When people didn’t like it they booed
□ Tragedies were the main play that were performed
§ The Spartans vs. The Athenians
□ A plague hit Athens
□ The diseases spread like wildfire
□ Over 1/3 of the population had died
□ It soon hit Pericles
□ He was soon relying on potions and magic
□ Died 6 months after getting the diseases (429 BC)
□ His plans only brought disease and death
□ Socrates tried to calm the people after losing a battle against Sparta
□ In the end, he was only one voice like everyone else
□ All of the people who did the wrong thing, they were to die by drinking poison
□ They had been part of one of the greatest defeats
□ 2 fleets had been destroyed
§ Athens vs. Persia
□ Athens had defeated the Persians 50 years earlier
□ Athenians began to starve
□ They all turned to Athena
□ The goddess offered no help
□ 404BC - Athens surrendered to Sparta's leader- Lysander
□ Their fleets were destroyed
□ Everything but 12 ships were to be burned
□ Athenians looked for someone to blame
□ They blamed Socrates
□ Critical about everything
□ He was arrested
□ They put him on trial
□ Held in Athens central market place under a canopy
□ He had only a little nit of time to state something- they used water timer
□ They found him guilty and put him to death
□ He reacted calmly
□ He would die by hemlock
® Drinking poison

Today In Class....

Today in class we watched the movie abotu ancient Greece. We had to take notes on what we watched, but what we watched, we already took notes on them so I dont have any notes to post up besides what we did in class.

In Class Today We.....

Today in class we watched a movie about Alexander the Greek. We took nites, but it wasn't much because we weren't able to watch a lot. We had to stop when they were battling, the Persians and the Greeks. Mr. Schick ruined it by telling us that Greece wins. Thanks Mr Schick.
Here are the few notes that I took:


-Alexander's mother thinks his father is Zeus
-Bucephles - Greek for Bulls Head
-Gaugamela, Persia- one of his earlier battles
-He battled with them instead of just watching from the back
-150,000 Persians on an open field
-Outnumbered 4:1

Today In Class We...

Today in class we worked on our flashcards and Mr. Schick showed us a presentation about how to make them. He also got frustrated overmy computer because it wouldn't upload a video.

Homework from March 7

In Class Today We.....

In class today, we watched someof the movie about ancient Greece. Here are the notes that I took while watching the movie:


§ Themistocles- Navy
□ Risen to power through democracy
□ He knew how to make a city great
□ He would become one of histories greatest saviors
□ He had been using the trireme
® To ram the enemies ship
® They were also very expensive
□ They discovered silver
□ He wanted to spend the money of ships
□ He wanted to fight the Persians at sea
□ He wanted the children and wives to evacuate to Salamis, Greece
□ Wants to fight in shallow water
□ They had the victory
□ He built a Navy
□ He had defeated the most greatest empire
□ Delian league- organization of Greek cities - Athens empire- all joined forces
□ They still had democracy
□ The pebbles decided everything
□ Other cultures could not manage this kind of
□ Ostracize- writing someone's name on a rock and whoever got the most votes where thrown out of the city
□ Sometimes it were a period years or it was for life
□ Used to protect the government
□ The kicked out Themistocles
□ Because he was getting a big head
□ Never recovered from this humiliation
□ Eventually died in Persia
- They were now looking for a New Leader
§ Pericles
□ He was the leader of Athens when it was at its highest
□ He was born into an elite family
□ Knew the people wanted a city fit to rule a empire
□ The burnt down areas became a memorial for all the people who had died
□ He would make it a temple for Athena
□ It was extraordinarily expensive
□ Who 20,000 lbs. of marble
□ It would be decorated like none before
□ Sculptures and architects were brought from all over Greece
□ It took 15 years
□ Most glorious symbol of Athens empire
□ 40ft high statue of Athena
□ Was truly overwhelming
□ 2500 yeas old
□ Stands at the peak of Acropolis
□ Aspasia- like a prostitute
□ Was his companion
□ She wrote some of his speeches for him
□ He treated her like an equal, when women were considered 2nd class
□ Were to become one of the most influential groups
□ Theatres were built in every main city in Greece
□ He wouldn’t just bring glory, but death and destruction
□ Got his people to follow his plan
□ The were faced with the plaque
□ Results were horrendous
□ Spread like wildfire
□ The body suddenly stopped
□ Was worse then what human nature could ever happen to them
□
§ Xerxes
□ 486 BC
□ He was going to destroy Athens
□ 2 million men
□ 480 BC- news reached Athens and the Persian army was coming to attack
□ He was confident of victory
□ Burnt down the most famous places in Greece
□ Thought it was easy
□ Believed Themistocles trick- a guy tells them that it’s the perfect time to attack and to not kill him, but really Themistocles told the guy to tell him that
□ They soon realized his plan when they saw a wall of Themistocles ships
□ Aeschyles fought in the battle and was able to talk about it
□ At the end of the battle they had lost over 200 ships
□
§ Delphi
□ The Greek would go their to discover their future
□ Considered the center of the universe
□ Themistocles went to Delphi after the war of marathon
§ 431 BC
□ Presents his people with the news that he is going to war with Sparta
□ They were a fearsome force
□ He decided to finish this old rivalry
□ Convinced his people to go to Piraeus
□ Used the Athenian Navy
□ They crowded behind the cities walls
§ Socrates
□ He was unbelievably ugly
□ Walked the streets barefoot
□ Didn’t care about appearance
□ Interested only in the mind
□ Would be part of the revolution in the mind
□ Took the gods from the heavens and replaced them with reason
□ This was the birth of science
□ He was interested in logic and reason in people
□ Cares about the individual
□ Talking and debating with anybody he met
□ He loved the city
□ As he spent days thinking, his city was in war
□

Final Flashcards

First try With Flashcards

In Class Today We....

Today in class, we watched a movie about ancient Greece and how they started democracy. We took notes and here they are:


Crucible of Civilization
- Athens was struck by an extraordinary event
○ They had taken their destiny into their own arms
○ They rose up in revolution
○ The people had turned against their rulers
○ 508 BC.
○ First step to empire and glory
○ The first time in history this has happened
- What happens Now?
○ Cleisthenes was forced to build a government
○ He was a leader that got ran out when the Spartans attacked
○ They could gather and talk about their future
○ A white pebble for yes, a black pebble for no
§ How the people voted
§ This started democracy
○ Ordinary Greeks who were not wealthy would feel heroic because they were able to contribute to the democracy
○ No one ever thought of having the people vote
○ At some points, they had a better democracy then we do now
○ The people had to defend their nation from attackers
○ 490 BC.
§ Phiediippities
□ He was one of the best athletes
□ Its not for glory, but for survival
□ To run for help
□ He was running to Sparta
□ He ran 140 miles in 2 days
□ The help would be refused
□ He never imagined that the Greeks won the battle
□ They had slaughtered 6,000 Persians in one day
§ From India to Turkey
§ They were gaining power
§ Persians had to destroy them
§ Diraus - leader of Persia
§ News spread of the attack like wildfire
§ Every men citizen had to fight
§ Use any weapon they could find
§ Athens was outnumbered 2:1
§ They returned to their city to celebrate
§ The war had only just begin
§ Themistocles- Navy
□ Risen to power through democracy
□ He knew how to make a city great
□ He would become one of histories greatest saviors
□ He had been using the trireme
® To ram the enemies ship
® They were also very expensive
□ They discovered silver
□ He wanted to spend the money of ships
§ Xerxes
□ 486 BC
□ He was going to destroy Athens
□ 2 million men
□ 480 BC- news reached Athens and the Persian army was coming to attack

In Class Today We...

We finished up the projects and we presneted ours.


- Comedies
○ Written for the sense of humor about the ancient Greek times
- Tragedies
○ Main character faces adversity
- The Actors
○ In the beginning , they didn’t have actors, they had people tell poems
○ Followers were other people in the play who were not the main characters
○ Hypocrites were the main roles.
○ Boy who hadn't hit puberty were the women in the plays
○ Large masks were worn to exaggerate facial expressions
○ The mouth was small so that the audience could not see who the actor was
○ Thespis was the earliest recorded play write known to use masks
○ The symbol of theatre comes from the Greek masks of comedy and tragedy
- Costumes
○ Important because it defined who the character was: social statues, gender.
○ They were decorated(flashy) to emphasize the theatrical aspects of the play
○ Prosterneda would be placed over the mans chest to make them look like a woman

^^^ these notes our from the group that did the project on Greek Theatre.

Aristotle

Timeline

384 BC- Aristotle is born
374 BC- His father dies
367 BC- Aristotle enrolls in Academy
347 BC- Aristotle travels to Atarneus and Assos
347/346 BC- Aristotle marries Pythias
335 BC- He travels to Athens and opens the Lyceum
323/3232 BC- Aristotle travels to Chalkis
322 BC- Aristotle died and Theophrastur leads the Lyceum

Biography

Aristotle was born in 384 BC in Chalcidice. Aristotle was also a Greek philosopher and a student of Plato. His writing included subjects like physics, metaphysics, poetry, theatre, music, logic, rhetoric, government, ethics, biology, zoology. He was one of the most important founding figures of the Western philosophy. He died in 322 BC at age 61 or 62 in Euboea.

Plato

Time line

427 BC- Plato was probably born in Athens
407 BC- Plato associated with Socrates mainly because of political reasons
404-403 BC- He became disgusted with politics.
399 BC- Plato believed that politics was to found a school and create a new kind of character
367 BC- Plato makes his second trip to Syracuse
347 BC- Plato dies at age 80. (He was never married and had no children)

Biography

Plato was a classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founded the Academy of Athens. He helped the foundations of natural philosophy, science, and Western philosophy. He was once a student of Socrates. He was influenced by his thinking as by what he saw as his unjust death. Plato died in 348-347 BC at age 84.

Socrates

Socrates
470 BC- born, son of a sculptor
431 BC- Peloponnesian War begins
418 BC- Socrates fights in Battle of Mantinea as a armed soldier. He was about 52.The battle was lost.
404 BC- Peloponnesian War ends.
399 BC- Socrates is executed. He was around 70-71 years old.

Biography

Socrates was considered one of the wisest Greek philosophers during the Peloponnesian War. He was most famous for his sayings, his method of discussion or dialogue, and "Socratic irony." he actively participated in Athenian democracy. He served in the Peloponnesian War. His life came to and end when he ingested poison hemlock, in fulfillment of his death sentence.

Philosophy & Socratic Method

Philosophy is the study of general and fundemental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. The Socratic Method is really a debat that people have have opposite views based on asking questions to stimulate thinking and bring up ideas.

wikipedia.org

Today In Class We...

Today In class today we watched the rest of the presentations. Here are the notes that I took while watching them:

Places of Ancient Greece
- Acropolis- means upper city
○ 200ft above the rest of the city
○ Known for its statues
- Agora
○ One of the more important parts of ancient city of Athens
○ Like a marketplace
○ Like a mall
- Propylene
○ Is a gateway that serves as a entrance to the Acropolis
- The Temple of Athena Nike
○ Means victory
- Delphi
○ Considered a place where heaven and earth met
○ Center of warship of Apollo
○ Oracle of Delphi- a spiritual experience when Apollo is asked for advice
○ Tholas- the most recognized building on the site because of the color of the marble and the fact that it is a round temple.
○ Famous for many athletic statues
- Sparta
○ Sanctuary of Atremis Orthia
○ One of the most religious parts of Sparta
○ Had a theatre
- Olympia
○ The Temple of Zeus
○ Built by Libon
○ Olympics were held there on the first Olympics
○ Inside the temples is one of the seven wonders of the world.
○ The Philippeion
○ It contains statues of Philips family
○ Only statue dedicated to a human
○ Temple of Hera
○ The wife of Zeus


Greek Mythology
- Hera
○ Queen of the Olympians
○ She hated Hercules
○ The oldest temples were consecrated to her
- Zeus
○ He was the god of the slide
○ He was the fathers of Hercules and Perseus
○ His father was Cronus
○ He was the youngest sons of the titans
○ He had had affairs with eight goddesses other than his wife
○ Also with many mortals and nymphs
○ Weapon was a thunderbolt
- Greek Heroes
○ Consisted of myths and legends
- Hercules
○ Was known as a hero as an infant
○ He had 12 labors before his death all challenging
- Theseus
○ Second most known hero
○ Mainly because of his ancestors
○ Known to be hero at sixteen
○ He defeated many beasts and humans
- The Griffin
○ Body on a lion and head of an eagle
○ Lion was considered the king of the beasts
○ Eagle was the king of the birds

Today In Class We.....

Today in class two groups presented their projects. One group did the Olympis and the other group did Greek theatre. The theatre group put on a play and Mr. Schick was Zues and he dressed up. I was able to take some notes, but not a whole lot. Here they are:


The Olympics
- Held in honor of gods
- Held in Olympia
- Five days of events
- One day: devoted to sacrifices
- Events included
○ Boxing-
- always became more and more brutal
○ Wrestling
○ Equestrian events
- Only the wealth could participate
- The horse who won- not the rider- but the owner would win
- Chariot racing
- Riding
*Pankration
○ Pentathlon
- Wreaths of leaves were awarded to the owners, and competitors, and warn as headbands, as they won their events in the Olympic Games


Greek Theatre
Four types of Greek theatre:
Tragedies
Comedies

Called theatrons- outdoors arenas

Today In Class We.....

Today in class we got back together in our groups to work on our projects. Our group is working well together and I hope we get a good grade.

In Class Today We.....

Today in class we worked more on our projects. My job so far is to answer a few questions about the temples and how they are important/special to the gods and goddesses. I think our project will end up with a good grade because our group works well together.

Happy Ash Wednseday

Today in class we got into groups and worked on a prject were we made a board game. My group was made up of Fiona M and Erin M. Our board game was about designing an ancient greek temple to a god of our choice!!

Ancient Egypt Quiz!!!!

1. This is a picture of of the Great Sphinx of Gize. It is in frontof the biggestpyramid in the world. It is a recumbent lion with a humans body. It was built about 4500 years ago. Oldest statue in the world. Built from 2555- 2532BC.

2. This is picture of This is the Nile Rive. It flows from the South to the North. At the end of the Nile River, the green in the picture, is called a delta. This river was good for it water to drink, the bath in, and irrigation. Every July it floods, and every October it leaves behind rich soil. The delta is a broad, marshy, triangular areaof fertile silt.

3. This is a picture of a pharaoh. They were the political and religious leaders of the Egyptian people, holding titles such as "The Lord of the Two Lands" and "High Priests of Every Temple". Hatsheput was first women emperor.

4. This is hyroglyphs. These were made by scribesmen. They wrote in hieroglyphs and in hieratics.

5. This is a picture of a soldier. He is holding a wooden weapon with a bronze tip and riding a chariot. His weapons could consist of bow&arrows or spears.

Essay A
In the Egyptian social pyramid, it shows that there were many different types of people that lived in ancient Egypt that is somewhat different that what we have in the US. The lowest people in the social pyramid were the slaves or servants. Their jobs consisted of cleaning the king and they would have to take care of the children of the family they took care of. Even if they didn’t work for the king they still had to do what their master told them to do. They mainly worked with the wealthy people with household and childraising duties. The People that are located towards the middle of the social pyramid are the farmers or the artisans. The farmer raised wheat, barley, lentils, and onions. All of these crops benefited from the irrigation from the Nile. The farmers liked the Nile’s way because every July it would flood and when it came to October, it would leave the farmers rich soil which was used for planting their crops to sell for money. Before they sold their crops for coins, they had used the money/barter system- merchants might accept bags of grain for payment-later, coinage came. The artisans were also by the farmers in the social pyramid. The artisans would carve statues and reliefs. These statues or reliefs would recreate military battles. They would also show scenes of what they think the afterlife would look like. The main upper-class men were known as the “white kilt class”. These people consisted of priests, physicians, and engineers. The pharaohs were also part of the upper-class men. They were considered to be the leader of all of the Egyptian people. They held titles such as “High Priest of Every Temple” and “The Lord of the Two Lands.” They were the ruler of the Upper and Lower Egypt. He owned all of the land, made all of the laws, collected all the taxes, and defended the ancient Egyptians from foreigners.

In Class Today We...

We did moreof the prezi and took more notes. And we have a test tomorrow!

Here are the revised notes:

Geography
- Egyptian life was centered around the Nile River
○ Water for drinking, for irrigating, for bathing
○ Every July it floods
○ Every October it leaves behind rich soil
○ The delta is a broad, marshy triangular area of fertile silt
○ Managing the river required technological breakthroughs in irrigation

Daily Life
- Slaves/ servants helped the wealthy with household and childraising duties
- Farmers- raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions- benefited from irrigation of the Nile
- Artisans would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife
- Money/barter system was used-merchants might accept bags of grain for payment- later, coinage came about
- Scribes kept records, told stories, wrote poetry described anatomy and medical treatments
- They wrote in hieroglyphs and in hieratics
- Soldiers used wooden weapons (bow&arrows, spears) with bronze tips and might ride chariots
- Upper class, known as the "white kilt class"- priests, physicians, engineers

Pharaohs
- The political and religious leader of the Egyptian people, holding the titles : "Lord of the Two lands" and "High Priest of Every Temple"
- As Lord of the Two Lands the pharaoh was the ruler of Upper and lower Egypt. He owned all land, made laws, collected taxes, and defended Egypt against foreigners
- Hatshepsut was a women who served as pharaoh

Pyramids
- The Great Sphinx of Giza
○ Built 2555- 2532BC
○ 4500 years ago
○ A recumbent lion with a human's body
○ Oldest monumental statue in the world
○ Located in front of the biggest pyramid in the world to guard it the pyramid

Today In Class We.....

In class todayMr. Schick presented his prezi. It's supposed to be ten times better than a regular powerpoint. Here are the notes:

Geography
- Egyptian life was centered around the Nile River
○ Water for drinking, for irrigating, for bathing
○ Every July it floods
○ Every October it leaves behind rich soil
○ The delta is a broad, marshy triangular area of fertile silt
○ Managing the river required technological breakthroughs in irrigation
Pyramids
- The Great Sphinx of Giza
○ Built 2555- 2532BC
○ 4500 years ago
○ A recumbent lion with a human's body
○ Oldest monumental statue in the world

Happy Groundhog's Day/Pyramid Building Day/UBs(Uncle Brian) Birthday

Today in class we built our own pyramids.It took us a couple tries but we did it ! The first time doing the Nile River thing was hard, but we did it! Even though we weren't the first three team to finish, we got a 90%!!!!

Today In Class We......

Today in classwe presented our blogs we did about ancient Egypt. Our blog was about the family life in ancient Egypt. I found a really cool video made by barfbag12345( best dude ever!) about the day in the life of an Egyptian king. I'm pretty sure it taught us a lot about the kings.

The Ancient Egyptian Life/Family

The ancient Egyptian family highly valued their family life. They treasured their children and considered them a great blessing. The wealthy families and the nobilities had slaves and servants that helped take care of their children while the poorer and less fortunate families took care of their children themselves. If a family was unable to have a family, then they would either go to the gods and goddesses for help, or they would use magic. Adoption was also another option if none of the possible options would work. Overall, the poor families actually got to take the time to spend with their children, while the wealthier people had the option, but they just decided to have servants and slaves take care of their own children. The life of Ancient Egyptians was usually located near the Nile River and along the fertile land along the banks. The people of Ancient Greece built their own mud brick homes, and grew their own foods. Most of the Egyptian people worked as farmers, scribes, or craftsmen’s.

the ancient egyptians

Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of the eastern North Africa. It was also located along the lower reaches of the Nile River. This is now the modern country of Egypt. The civilization coalesced around 3150BC. Egypt was conquered by a succession of foreign powers in this late period, and the rule of the pharaohs officially ended in 31BC. This is when the early Roman Empire conquered Egypt and made it a province. Since living by the Nile for such a long time, the Egyptians were able to predict if a flood was about to approach. The yearly flooding brought good harvest and wealth to the lands. The Egyptians were about to build mud bricks to make their homes. They would grow some of their own food to get money to buy other food that was necessary in their life. The ancient Egyptian family highly valued their family life. They treasured their children and considered them a great blessing. The wealthy families and the nobilities had slaves and servants that helped take care of their children while the poorer and less fortunate families took care of their children themselves. If a family was unable to have a family, then they would either go to the gods and goddesses for help, or they would use magic. Adoption was also another option if none of the possible options would work. Overall, the poor families actually got to take the time to spend with their children, while the wealthier people had the option, but they just decided to have servants and slaves take care of their own children.


http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/life/home.html

THE IRON SLASHING SWORD AND LUCKY PAPERCLIPS

We got assigned seats today :(. We also went over the three groups, the Minoans, the Mycenaeans, and the Dorians.

Greek Imigration from 1150 to 700 BC

The Dorians

They were best known for their invasion of mainland Greece along with the civil war at the end of the Mycenaean. This lead to the Greek Dark Ages. The Dorians originated from north/northwestern Greece, Macedonia, and Epirus. They began to invade toward the south, and then into the center of mainland Greece. Once they ended their invasions of central Greece, their descent to southern Greece produced waves of invasions through the Peloponnesus, into Crete, and western to Rhodes. The Dorians were compared to the Bronze Age Mycenaean. There are many hypotheses about their origins. The Dorians got their name from a small district in central Greece also known as Doris. The Dorians, unlike the myth of their origination, remain quite obscure due to a general lack of archeological evidence during the Greek Dark Ages. However, they are mainly known for having knowledge of the iron slashing sword. The Dorians primarily began settling in the south and eastern mainland of Greece. They created strong centers in Laconia, Messenia, Argolis, and the Isthmus of Corinth. Their settlements also continued into the southern Aegean of Melos, Thera, Rhodes, Cos, and Crete. By the 8th century BC, the Dorian influence had spread to many parts of the Aegean, including Italy. Their main way of rulership was to generally merge with the indigenous people of their land. This has also been seen with the invasion of Corinth, Rhodes, and Argos. The Dorians kept their power entirely to themselves, creating a ruling military class which they solely occupied. The Doric language was mainly ancient Greek. Other dialects spoken were Ionic-Attic, Aeolic, and Arcado Cypriot, the latter dominating Greek language from the 5th century BC. The Dorians included the use of choral lyrics in Greek Tragedy.


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What We Did In Class

We picked one of the three peoples that settled in ancient Greece. The three people were the Mycenaeans, the Dorians, and the Minoans. The group I picked was the Dorians.

Cultures of the Mountains and the Sea

Setting the Stage
- Not a united country.
- By 2000 BC the Minoans lived on the large Greek Island of Crete.
- They had great power in the Mediterranean world.
- At the same time, Indo-European people migrated from the plains along the Black Sea and Anatolia.
- They settled in mainland Greece

Geography Shapes Greek Life
- Ancient Greece consisted mainly of mountainous peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea.
- It consisted of 1400 islands in Aegean and Ionian Seas.

The Sea
- They did not live in the land, but around the sea
- Greeks rarely traveled more than 85 miles to reach the coastline.
- These liquid highways linked most parts of Greece.
- Sea travel and trade were also important because Greece itself was poor in natural resources
- Lacked: timber, precious metals, and usable farmland

The Land
- Mountains covered three-fourths of ancient Greece
- Mountain chains ran northwest to southeast along the Balkan peninsula
- Difficult to unite the government into one
- Each valley was a small independent community
- City-state Sparta was only about 60 miles from Olympia
- It took then a week to get there
- Stony land-approximately 20%- was arable, suitable for farming
- Fertile valleys covered one-forth of Greece
- The small streams were not suitable for the large-scale projects
- Greece was never able support a large population
- No more than a few million lived in ancient Greece
- Basic diet consisted of grains, grapes, and olives.
- A desire for more living space, grasslands for raising livestock, and adequate farmland may have been factors that motivated the Greeks to seek new sites for colonies.

The Climate
- Third important environmental influence
- Varied climates from 48 degrees in winter to 80 degrees in summer
- Men spent most time at outdoor public events
- Met often to discuss public issues, exchange news, and take an active part in civil life.

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