Tuesday's Class 4/29/14

      When Julius Caesar died it was like a crazy search for a leader.  People were looking all over the place for someone who take his spot as leader.  His grand nephew Octavian and he took over for Caesar.  This is the crucial moment in Roman history when it switches from being a three house form over government to an empire.

- Octavian - AKA Caesar Augustus

- August - Means to be honored

- He took over at the age of 18

- Augustus is the first to change it from a Republic to an Empire

- Built roads, aqueducts (brought water to the cities)

- Set up civil service to take care of roads, the grain supply, even a postal service

- Augustus dies at age 76 in A.D. 14, and passes power to...

- Jesus was a Roman citizen and a practicing Jew

- At 30, he began his ministry (A.D. 31-33), preaching to the poor (and there were lots of 'em) in the empire, and reaching out to outsiders

- Statements like "My kingdom is not of this world" made the Romans (and the Jews) nervous, and they began to plan his execution

- The governor of the Roman province of Judaea, Pontius Pilate (prompted by Jewish high priests), sentences Jesus to death by crucifixion

Friday's Class 4/25/14

     Caesar Augustus did not kill Jesus Christ.   Ancient Rome greatly influenced our American society.  Julius Caesar always fought with his own army because this showed the type of leader he was which was a great one.  The Romans won against gull and Caesar was victorious.  Julius Caesar was a smart guy and knew how to get everyone on his side.  He especially was good to the common people which ended up helping him.  The only problem was eventually the the rich people (people with power) ended up turning on him and that was the end of him.

Thursday's Class 4/24/14

     Today in class we talked about what it was like to be in the Roman army back in the day.  Mr. Schick basically told us how rewarding it was to be in the army back then rather than today.  Don't get me wrong being in the U.S. army would be a great honor to fight for this country but back in Rome it was different.  When you fought and won territory you got to divide it up and everybody got a little piece of victory.  I was told that if you were a generally you you all of the loot, had sex with all the women, made a good salary, and were rewarded land.  Now if you ask me that life doesn't sound too bad for an Ancient Roman general.

Wednesdays Class 4/23/14

     Today in class three other groups presented their project.  One group which is Jess, Paula, and Sarah made these ancient Roman cookies which were pretty good.  Another group that presented was Stephanie and Jasmine and they made the Roman Colosseum.  I felt like they had a put a lot of hard work into making it and they had a good presentation to go along with it.  The other group was Sam, Dom, and Logan and they make the pantheon building and they had a map of Rome along with a good presentation.

Today's Class 4/22/14

     Today in class we presented our group projects about ancient Rome.  The first group that presented was Hailey, Ellie, and Carly's group.  They had chosen the same thing as a and made an ancient roman dessert.  The made cookies.  My group was up next which is me, Zack, and Jevan.  We made an ancient roman honey cake dessert which by the way Mr. Schick liked alot.  I have a good feeling that we got a good grade on our project from Mr. Schick's reaction.

Thursday's Class 4/10/14

     Old Roman soldiers weren't just in the army for pay they were in it because they wanted to defend their civilization.  Infantry are the guys who marched on their feet, or ground troops.  The cavalry are the guys who marched on horseback.  First Punic war was fought over Sicily and Rome won.  Rome was the winner of all three Punic wars.  Every Punic war was fought between Rome and Carthage.  Roman war heroes weren't worshiped when they got home.  Latifundia is a Latin word for great estate.

Wednesday's Blog 4/9/14

     Today in class we went over the instructions for what we can do and what we should do for our project.  Jevan, Zack, and I are still deciding what were are doing and where we are going to do it so we are not exactly ready yet.  I think we are going to actually go to Zacks house.  

Tuesday's Class 4/8/14

     Today in class we reviewed what we have learned about Romans so that we will be ready for our test on Friday.  The plebeians are the very common people who were low in social status and did most of the work around the town.  The patricians are the more important people who don't have to do much work and are higher in social status.  They had twelve big tables of Laws that apply to EVERYONE.  The plebeians lacked their own branch in the government until the assembly came along.  The assembly was like the senate for plebeians.  I you are elected to the the house that represents the middle class or the lower class your a tribune.  Aristocracy - Rich people, Democracy - the people (lower citizens) have a say in things.  Monarchy - A government led by a king or one ruler.  You were only the dictator for about 6 months and then you went back to being in the senate or wherever else you were.

Punic wars
Punic War 1 - Fought between Roman and Carthage
Won by : Romans
Punic War 2 - Fought between Roman and Carthage
Won by : Romans
Punic War 3 - Fought between Roman and Carthage
Won : Romans

Friday's Class 4/4/14

     Today in class we found our groups that we are going to be in for our Rome projects.  I am going to be in a group with Jevan and Zack.  We are going to do some kind of honey dessert for our Rome project.  We spent all of class looking through different old Italian honey dessert recipes.  I think that we have decided on some kind of cake that will have honey on it.

Thursday's Class 4/3/14

      Today in class we brought our text books to class which is something we don't do very often.  We went over the important stuff in the chapter we are starting about the Romans and underlined it.  We probably did that most of class but we did also talk about two other things.  We talked about how our school is going to get air conditioning in all of the class rooms.  Which will happen while we are still at John Carroll.  We also talked about how we might change our schedule in two years.  I personally like the way the schedule is and don't want it to change but they are thinking about making our schedule into a block schedule.  We also have a few other options but the only one I would like would be the one with one big free mod every day where it would be an hour and ten minutes long.

Wednesday's Class 4/2/14

     Today in class we got our tests back and we went over them.  I personally think I did great on the test I got an 83.  I think that maybe the second highest grade I have gotten on one of Mr. Schick's tests all year.  Not that that is necessarily anything to brag about but it is good for me.  I hope this test starts a continuous trend of good test grades in your class Mr. Schick.

Tuesday's Class 4/1/14

     Today in class Mr. Schick was dressed up kind of like a white 90's rapper which was pretty funny.  He made a version of the song Low by Flo Rida and it was about Rome.  We all got to video him with are phones which is pretty great.  We are also getting ready to do a group project.  I am working with JP. I think.