Romans

Unlike Sparta, the men of Rome did not devote their whole life to the city-state. Parterfamilias was the "father family" in ancient Rome, who had unlimited power over his household. This included life or death. The wife was the only person that may not have been under the man's full power, if she was still under the authority of her father. The power was worshiped by the family and by the father. The power of man was not only worshiped in their family life, but also in the community. Motherhood was very important in Rome too. Matron  is the title of honor given to a married woman in ancient Rome. She was worshiped alongside her husband. She lived a life that was not as high as her husband but she was also supposed to give to her community and her family too.

3.26.14 class

Today in class, we took a test. It was pretty difficult because the fill in the blanks were hard. I knew most of the answers, but some of them were really hard. I hope I did well because I do not want to start the quarter off bad. I studied the paper that we went over in class last night, so I thought I would know more of the answers. It was really great that we got to use our blog, because I would not have felt good about my answers if we could not have used them. I am going to write more notes in my blog so that if we are aloud to use our blog again, I will have more information. Overall, I think I did okay and I hope that I get a good grade.

class of 3/25/14

Today in class, we watched a video of the people of Ancient Greece. We reviewed for our test that is tomorrow. I like learning about all the people, but it is hard to remember all of their names. They are very different and are hard to pronounce. I hope that I do well on the test because I want to start the quarter off good. I hate Wednesdays because they are long and that is the day we have a test. I am not looking forward to the test at all but I want to get it over with. Hopefully it will not be very hard and I can get a good grade.

Class of 3/19/14

Today in class, we went over our notes and corrected out answers from the work we had for cyberday. That was a really long sentence. I learned in class that the USA is part of the Western world. China is not because it isn't in the west. I also learned about oligarchies. Russia is an oligarchy that is taking over many countries. That is really scary and dangerous. I also learned that Athens was the wealthiest city-state. I was wrong and put Corinth. Corinth is rich but not nearly as rich as Athens. Athens traded a lot and that is why they were so successful. I learned a lot in this class. Greece is very confusing with all of the weird names. Greece is very interesting and I am excited to learn more.

Class of 3/18/14

Today in class, we worked on the blog that we did for cyber day and another paper. This has been like the third class in a row that we have not really done anything. Our substitute today was Mr. DelPuppo. The class was very quiet because the teacher was grading papers and he said it would distract him if we had conversations. I can see where he is coming from because I would get distracted too if people were talking the whole. Although it would have been better to talk to our friends, the class was not that bad. The last period is always the worst because everyone just wants to go home. I really do not want to be at school because it is boring and there is nothing to do. So today was basically like our last classes except we had a different teacher.

Cyber Day 3/17/14

1. D. Mostly fertile land was not a characteristic of Greece.

2. B. Mountains make up three fourths of Greece.

3. D. Barbarians is defined a life based upon farming, welfare, and tribal organization.

4. C. Massive rough-cut stones used to construct monuments and tombs are what defines a megalithic structure.

5. E. The term tribe refers to all of thee above.

6. D. All of these.

7. A. Greeks were the first European Barbarians to make contact with civilization.

8. C. China would not be considered a member of "Western Civilization" because China is on the far East.

9. D. The Ionian Sea is just west of the Greek mainland.

10. B. The Aegean Sea is located just east of the Greek mainland.

11. C. The major crops the Aegean people lived on were grains, vines, an olives.

12. B. The Mycenaean Civilization arose on the island of Crete.

13. A. The Mycenaean Civilization established settlements along the Greek mainlands southern shore.

14. A. The Mycenaean Civilization built massive walls to protect themselves from attack.

15. D. The Dark ages were a period in history in which the population dropped, ships no longer sailed, and writing fell out of use.

16. E. The Greeks joined the Phoenicians.

17. C. The letter "c" stands for circa.

18. A. Colonies dotted the coastline around the Mediterranean.

19. B. Greek city-states most closely resembled counties.

20. C. An oligarchy is a type of government in which a small group of citizens dominated.

21. A. A democracy was a form of government in which decisions were made by the majority of adult male citizens.

22. D. Tyranny is a form of government that is ruled by a self proclaimed dictator.

23. B. A monarchy is a form of government in which power is held by a single ruler, and is often passed down from father to son.

24. C. Spartans used an oligarchy as their government.

25. A. Spartans boys began their military training at age seven.

26. A. Athens was the wealthiest city-state in Ancient Greece.

27. C. Acropolis was the high fortified citadel and religious center of an ancient Greek town.

28. E. Sparta was located on the southern peninsula known as Peloponnesus.

29. E. Triremes were massive fighting ships.

30. B. Hoplites were heavily armed and armored citizens-soldiers of ancient Greece.

Short Answers

1. The Dark ages began around 1100 BCE. They ended around 700 BCE. Trade came almost to a halt.

2. Homer's story The Iliad was about the Trojan war. His story about a war hero attempting to get home was called The Odyssey. 

3. The word "Mediterranean" originally meant "middle of the Earth".

4. Prominent and long-established land owners were called aristocrats.

Friday Class

In class, we watched the video that we were assigned. We didn't really watch it because no one could find speakers and it was hard for everyone to focus on the video. Mr. Teter was our substitute. Mr. Teter used to be my human geography teacher so it was cool to have him in class again. Friday was a long class because we didn't do much. It was nice to talk to my friends. I don't know what else to say because like I said we didn't do much in class. I hope you feel better Mr. Schick because I know you are sick or were sick. Have a good weekend and hopefully it won't snow.

3/12/14

In class, we watched the rest of the videos that we didn't get to watch from Tuesday. They were very well done and put together nicely. I think everyone did a great job and worked hard on their videos. I think everyone deserves a good grade on our project. We also watched one video from a different class, which was very good. I wish I could have gotten clips from youtube to put in my video, but I didn't know how too. Hopefully I will get a good grade and everyone else in the class will too.

3/11/14

Today in class, we watched our commercial videos. I chose Sparta because I love the fighting and the action of the city-state. The videos that we watched were very creative and well done. I was nervous about mine because I wasn't sure how it was going to look compared to all the other people. I think I did a great job on my video because I worked hard on it and it took a long time for me to learn how to use movie maker. I am excited to watch more videos tomorrow because they are interesting to watch. I look forward to class tomorrow and can't wait to see the other videos.

Class of 3/10/14

Today in class we worked on our video and story board things. I was already finished my things so the class was really boring and long. I just put the finishing touches on everything and made sure it was all done. My video is cool, but I couldn't figure out how to put clips of Youtube videos in movie maker. Hopefully my video will turn out to be okay because I am kind of nervous about it. My partner is not in my class so I had nothing to do. Everything was already finished because it was supposed to be due on today. It is okay because some people still need to work on it and I am happy they have an extra day to work.

3/7/14

Today in class, we worked on our paper. It was difficult but I got it finished. Greece is an interesting topic because the gods and goddesses are exciting and different. Greece is very complex because so many things happened a long time ago. My friend goes to Greece every year and one day I hope to go with her. It would be exciting to experience the culture and the different foods. The history is very cool and all the wars and troubles that Greece faces is amazing. They have gone through so much more than the United States and they are there. I would love to explore Greece and walk through a historic place.

3/5/14

Today in class, we continued watching that video. It is really long and is about Greece. It is very informational. Our assignment for the video is now due on Monday, which is nice because I will have the weekend to work on it. Tomorrow is Thursday, which means we don't have class. On Friday, we have a substitute. I am excited to see who it is. We will probably continue to watch that video. The video is interesting but is kind of boring too. Hopefully it will get better because it is hard to focus on things that are boring.

cyber day

We had cyber day, which I really don't like. I would rather go to school then to have to do cyber day. My assignment was to keep working on my commercial. My partner is Daphne, but she is in Mr. Teter's class. Hopefully we will have school tomorrow because I really dislike cyber days. Two hour delays are the best because classes are really short and make life so much better.