Wednesday

today in class we took the essay section of our exam. i think that i did pretty well on it but i know i could have done better if we had more time but since we were short on time we only had to write two so that was good.

Tuesday

today in class we took a test and i think that i did pretty well on it.

Friday

today in class we when through the Rome power point to start reviewing for our exam

Wednesday

today in class we continued to share our projects.

Tuesday

i was not in school today

Monday

today in class we started presenting our projects.

Friday

today in class we worked on our projects.

Wednesday

today in class mr. schick let us work on out projects.

Thursday

today in class mr. schick let Kelsey, Jude, Hunter, and Steve teach our class. they thought and went over the power point on Rome that mr. schick put together.

monday

today in class we watched a documentary on the rise and fall of the Roman Empire.

friday

today in class we worked on our ancient Rome project.

Wednesday

today in class we took notes on Ancient Rome. we also started to watch a documentary on the rise and fall of Rome.

Thursday

today in class we took more notes on Ancient Rome

Monday

today in class we took more notes on ancient Rome

Friday

today in class we took more notes on Ancient Rome.

Wednesday

today in class we had a fire drill. this took up a lot of the class time but when we got back we started to work on our Rome projects.

Tuesday

today in class we talked about the riots that are happening in Baltimore.

monday

today in class Mr. Schick gave us four major things that the Ancient Romans invented: aqueducts, the Colosseum, Roman Forum, and the Circus Maximums. we had to go on to the internet and find out a few facts about them. once we did that Mr. Schick called on us to read out-loud some of the things we found and then he would ask us what website we found them on and then he asked if the website was legit or not.    

Wednesday

today in class we continued take notes on Rome. Mr. Schick also gave us notes by raping a song about Rome that he made all by himself.  

tuesday

today in class we took more notes on ancient Rome.

monday

we started and took notes on ancient Rome.

Friday

today in class Mr. Schick told us about a project on ancient Rome. we got with our groups and talked about what we we going to do.

Wednesday

today in class we talked about political thing and watched the rest of the video on Plato.

Tuesday

today in class we talked about Mr. Schick's life as a movie Director. we also watched a short video on Ancient Greece.

monday

today in class we went over our tests from before we left for break. i did alright on it but i think that i could have done a little better.

Wednesday

today in class we took a test.

Tuesday

today in class we put the final touches on our paper and proof read it. we also watched a video on Greece.

Monday

today in class we finishes our 1000 word essay.

friday

today in class we started out 1000 word essay. my group got the first paragraph and a good amount of the second done.

Wednesday

i was not is school today because i was sick.

Tuesday

today in class we took notes on Ancient Greece. the main topic we covered were how the Ancient Athenians started their democracy.

monday

today in class we talked about Mr. Schick and his imaginary family. also in class we finished the power points on Greece and took notes on them..

Friday

today in class we started to share our power point presentations. my group when and i think that we did pretty well and covered all of the topics  that we were assigned

Wednesday

today in class we took a few more notes on ancient Greece. the notes we took were on how the aristocrats and rich people controlled the city-states and would discuss the government ideas at exclusive parties. we also looked at sometimes the aristocrats would be shut out and then they would become tyrants and take the power back.

Tuesday

today in class we made PB&J sandwiches and put the finishing touches on our power point .

Monday

today in class we worked on our power point presentation on the golden age of Greece and Pericles. Mr. Schick gave us the entire first mod do do this so we got a lot done. he also said that that would be the last class we have to work in our groups in class on the presentations.  

Friday

today in class Mr. Schick gave us our pop-quizzes back. i aced the quiz and was out of town when we learned most of the topic. also during the rest of class we did our projects on Greece. our topic is Pericles and the golden age of Greece.  

monday

1st video pyramids

• they looked different back then then they do now
• they were covered with plates that were put very close together 
• only one stone moved and it was very high up and looked like all of the others
• many other chambers and tunnels have been discovered 

2nd video mummies 

• mummification was invented by the Egyptians for the afterlife
• all organs were removed except lungs 
• covered with salt and left for forty days 
• oils and perfumes covered body 
• layers of resin covered body so linens would stick 
• a mummified ibis was put with the body 
• then more linens were put to hold everything together and then a picture of persons face was put on top 
• then a large piece of cloth was put over top
• and then entire thing was sometimes painted but then they were all painted with objects from their life 

3rd video 

• lasted from 3,000-332 B.C.E 
• Nile shaped world view for Egypt
• Nile is one of the most safest and richest in agriculture places in the world 
• easy to plant and harvest crops
• Egyptian communities only existed on Nile 

Wednesday

today in class we took a short test on Greece. i am pretty shore that i got a 100% on it or maybe one wrong.

plato

 

Plato was a ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician  that lived from 428/427 to 349/347 B.C.E. A few of his interests were art, literature, politics, education, and family. one of the ideas he is credited with is the theory of form which refers to the belief that the material world as it seems to us is not the real world, but only an "image" or "copy" of the real world. not much is know about Plato's earlier life but what we know is that he came from a very wealthy and political family so he could get a good education and was taught by some of the best in his era.

monday

Greece's location can effect their culture by providing them with what they need to survive, how they farm, if they are vulnerable to attack, and if the ground is stable to build cities.

the bodies of water that surround Greece are the Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea. 

the large island to the south/southeast is Crete. 

Athens and Sparta are located pretty close to the sea and they are good ways apart   

friday

today in class we took a test. i think that i did pretty well on it. i also remembered to do the honor pledge so i know i got at lest two points.

Wednesday

today in west civ we reviewed a power point on ancient egypt. we covered the pyramids what they were built for and some of the more important ones. it also when over the difference between hieroglyphs and hierartics. also it covered how they wrote and what they wrote with. it also whet over some of the other things they did and invented like astronomy and how they traveled up and down the Nile on sail boats.

Tuesday

today in west civ we played a game called pyramid challenge. it was about building a pyramid and choosing the right steps and order for building one. we were the first group done and got the 20 out of 20.

friday

today mr. schick gave us some links to look at the Ancient Egyptians inventions and put what we think are the 5 most important inventions. i think the most important would be their medicine. i think this one is the most important because if someone got sick, broke a limb, or needed surgery they could make them better or make it better then it was. next i think it would be their farm tools because it aloud them to make enough food for everyone. next i think would be how they figured out how to build their massive cities and massive monuments. another important invention is how they figured out how to preserve and mummify for their after life. the final important invention i think is their writing and how they had so many words so they could keep notes on every thing.  

today in west civ

today in class we Mr. Schick gave back our test from a week or two ago and we went over them. we also continued to look at the Prezzie on Ancient Egypt. a topic that we covered in the prezzie was where in society the people ranked by what their occupation was.

today in west civ

today school was canceled and this means that cyber days start and the teachers send us work to do at home :( But what Mr. Schick told us to do was take notes on an Ancient Egypt Prezzie.

west civ

today in class we took a test on the video Guns, Germs, and Steel. the test was not to hard and i think i did pretty well. but after the test we went over the first question and got that wrong.

today in westciv

today in class we finished watching Guns, germs, and steel video. Mr. Schick also told us that we will be having a test on the video on Monday.

todat in west civ

today in class we when over what to do if the school has to go into lock down and what to do if there is a severe storm. we also continued to watch Jarrod Diamonds video. what the video covered today was that in the fertile crescent the small towns eventually chopped down all of the trees in the area and used up the soil. this made the people have to move. by them moving they formed ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece, and China.    

today in westciv

today we continued to watch Jarrod Diamonds Guns, Germs, and Steal video. what we saw in the video was that where ever the country you lived was located was what crops they can grow and live off. it also showed how only 14 animals have been tamed to help humans grow or harvest crops.

today in westciv

today in class we watched a video called Guns, Germs, ans steel based on Jarrod Diamond's book. it was about his look at early civilizations and how they survived. it was also about the people in Papua New Guinea and how they survive just how the hunter gathers did. it was also looking at how even in the 21st century they don't have any of the modern technology that a lot of other people have.but then it also explained how they wouldn't be able to survive in the city but can survive in the rain forest.  

today westciv

today in class we took a test on the fertile crescent. i think i did alright and the test was set up well.

today westciv

in class today Mr. Schick told us what was going to be on our test on Friday. he also when through his power point he made on Mesopotamia and the fertile crescent. and for the first few minutes of class he told the class what his pet-peeves were.

today in class we reviewed individually for our test.

today in westciv

in class today we talked about the fertile crescent and early civilizations. we talked about the early civilizations were nomadic and there tools were only made of rocks. because the children became hard to keep carrying around they started to settle down and make large cities. one of the largest cities was called Sumer and was located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the region called the fertile crescent.

first class

In class today Mr. Schick went over what we will need for the upcoming classes. We also set up our blog accounts and he told us what we will use and need them for. He told us that we will have to blog every time we have class and they should be about what we did that day.