today in class we took the test on rome. it seemed very easy and i was finished very quickly. although that is what it looked like, i got a 75%. luckily it only pulled my final grade down to an 82 which is still an alright grade.

today in class we watched kelsey, kyle, and jacobs presentation on roman hot tub houses. after that my group (ryan, pierce, & i) presented a project on crucifixion. i think it went well and that we should get a good grade on it.

today in class we presented some projects for rome. kacey and meredith presented first. avery presented 2nd. steve and hunter presented last. they were all decent projects and probably received alright grades.

In today in class we took a pop quiz on Rome.  The pop quiz was on the Power Point and it was 10 questions total. After the quiz, Mr. Schick graded them and showed us our grades. i got a 90%. After that, we worked on our project.  This was a very good class because we were able to change our project on Rome.

5-12-15

today in class we did nothing at the start of class. i then realized that the project is due next monday and had a mental break down. then mr. brown and mrs Boyle showed up to teach the class for about 5 minutes and were later fired. as they were fired, mr. Peverly and mr. Lutche were hired. they taught things about rome and did a good job presenting.

5-11-15

 today in class we watched more of the video of on carthage and rome. after rome destroys carthage they agree that they have to create a new enemy to keep order in roman social classes. tiberius becomes a tribune, but is rebeled upon and killed

5-5-15

today in class we talked about roman government and todays government in the USA. they are both fairly similar and have three branches (judicial, legislative, and executive). they also have a list of rules (roman had the 12 tablets and USA has the bill of rights)

5-4-15

• fifth century BCE - patrician dominance of the government was challenged by the plebs (“people”)
• plebs were 98% of the population
• how did the patricians dominate?
• plebs had to serve in the army, but could not hold office
• plebs were threatened with debt slavery
• plebs had no legal rights
• plebs refused to serve in the military until…
• tribunes (“tribal leaders”) were elected  
• these laws (on tablets) were posted in public (in 450 BCE)
• laws were written out (The Law of the Twelve Tables)
• originally, the US modeled their new government on the model used by the ancient Romans
• is it exactly the same?  not quite…
• but both have three branches of government... executive, legislative, judicial and both have a legal code

4-29-30

today we went over our projects on rome. my project is with ryan and pierce and we are recreating the death of jesus christ. this is roman because he was crucified under roman law. ryan will be jesus, i will be Pontious Pilate and pierce will be the recorder/ simon the apostle.

4-28-15

today i was not in class because of a lacrosse game. id think that we researched or took notes on rome. i will check your blog and text Ryan or Steve or pierce to get the notes for information that i missed in class.

4-27-15

Today in class we researched the Colosseum, Circus Maximus, Roman Forum, and Aqueducts. towards the end of class we talked about reliable websites that we can use to research topics. nat geo, discovery, or a government website. both the colosseum and the circus Maximus are used for entertaining games for the public.

4-24-15

today we were working on our project. instead of doing a catapult we decided we will recreate the death of jesus christ. ryan will be jesus, i will be ponchious poilite, and pierce will be simon the apostle. we still need to find a way to hoist ryan on a cross.

4-22-15

today we took more notes on Rome. we also had a special guest named CHI-CAGO. he is good friends with FLO-RIDA. he sang us a song about rome and the main things about rome. if i were to learn this song i feel like i would get a VERY good grade on this test. i loved the guest even though he was actually mr shick.

4-21-15

today i was not in class because i was at a lacrosse game. we lost 13-12 to curley and it was very disappointing. i am just glad because i get alot of playing time as a freshman. i assume we took notes on rome and will try to get them from somebody during an off mod.

4-20-15

Today in class we got our Greece papers back and Mr. Schick talked about mistakes that everyone made on the papers. I got a  89on the paper. After talking about our papers we started taking note on Rome. We talked about the people you first settled in Rome called the Indo-europeans. We discussed how Rome's government was and how the government was taken over around the same that Greece was taken over. We then talked about the mythology in Rome and how it mainly was based of of Greek mythology.

4-15-15

today i wasn't in class because of a lacrosse game. we won 13-3 and are now 3-0 in in-conference games.

4-14-15

today in class we talked about Mr. Shicks history and how he is friends with many famous people. ryan was AMAZED how he knew Rob Lowe and began to break down because he began to idolize mr shick as well as Rob Lowe. at the end of class we watched about 4 minutes of a short video that had the quality of a flip phone. we will continue discussion on the video tomorrow.

4-13-15

today we went over the test in class and reviewed answers. i got an 80 on mine so i did alright. we also went over Odysseus rex who is a very interesting man. i was glad you told us all the story of the man who slept with his mom and killed his dad... very interesting. he also cut his eyeballs out. /":

4-1-15

today we took the quiz on classical Greece and it was somewhat hard. usually when it is somewhat hard, its worse then an 80 every time but i guess we shall see. have a good easter break.

3-30-15

Today in class we worked in our groups on the project. My group is mostly done we just need to add a few more interesting facts on some of our paragraphs on plato and aristotle and we have to review our work. I think my group will get a decent grade on the project. Tomorrow we will probably work on the essay then we will watch the video that Mr. Schick has on his blog.

3-25-15

today in class we just went over more notes on Greece and talked about what would go on while you are in Europe... you said you were not doing anything while you are over there so i am not sure whether or not we should still blog or not but if i never find out i will continue to blog just in case. enjoy your flight and have fun being a king in a castle, i am quite jelous.

3-23-15

today we finish everyones presentations.
i think our group did very well be cause we got a standing ovation after we presented. i said that we all did and equal amount of work and i think that we should get a good grade on it. the paper seems a bit challenging but with a week and a half i think we will be able to get a good 1000 word paper out by then.

3-18-15

today in class we started to review more on ancient Greece. we went over aristocracy (which is rule by just the rich) & tyranny (which is when somebody seizes power with the help of soldiers. we also played the academic team question game and i got one answer right. (the question was what is the greek word for "seize the day" and i got Carpe Diem which was right... unfortunately today i did not seize the day enough to do my home work on time so i hope you will except this. i am behind in my work with the quarter ending and being out for all these classes.

3-17-15 (out for lacrosse)

today i was not in class because a 1:15 dismissal for a lacrosse game in Virginia. we lost 4-15. i will try and receive the notes from Ryan or Pierce by the end of today as well. i am very sad i missed out on peanut butter n jelly sandwich day today for Pierce and Kelsey's birthdays.

9-17-15

today i am running a little late because i had a 8-10 lacrosse practice so please excuse my lateness of my blog. today we worked on our projects and our group is just about done. we can still make some final revisions before we turn it in.

3-13-15

today in class we got with our groups and began to work on our projects. Our project is on Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates. we set up out powerpoint on google slide and it is very cool. the technology of it is very cool to me and with that i think we will be alot more productive

3-11-15

today in class we reviewed notes, then took a pop quiz. the pop quiz was very easy and i'm pretty sure i got an A or a B. i still need to pick my grade up to make second honors. after that we went over our projects and see how they are going to be made and how much they are worth. after that we went ove Gumbi and cutting nuns.

3-10-15

Peirce Sanders
Ryan Muhlenfeld
Luke Ensor

topic #6 - socrates, plato, & Aristotle (Great Philosopher)

today in class we went over your review thing that people took on you, then watched babies cry.

3-9-15

today in class we revisited some topics of Greece and went over some new things. some of the new things we went over was Greeks geography and how that affected their culture. since the land was so mountainous, it caused many things. 1 it caused them to become great sailors and ship builders, 2 it made different civilizations not use to each other (causing many enemies and few friends on the battle field) and 3 it made them have to sail to trade within their own country. another thing we went over today is homer ( a blind, old, greek story teller). this man was very talented with story telling and told stories about greek gods and goddesses. one of his most famous stories was called odyssey.

cyber day/ 3-6-5

 
The ancient geek philosopher i chose is Aristotle. this man was very important in ancient times and did man things. for one, he tough alexander the great (who was extremely wealthy) and he gave him access to the lyceum. he lived to be about 82 which is pretty long for a guy of that time period. some of his main ideas during his time Golden mean, Aristotelian logic, Syllogism, Hexis, Hylomorphism, and the Theory of the soul. during his life he interacted with plato, another greek philosopher. he thought of another element known as Aether (which would aslo go along with earth, air, fire, and water). this 5th element had to do with heaven and it was a divine substance. he was also involved with the 4 causes and the second person to have an idea/plan with optics.

3-4-15

today we did nothing in class to be honest. at first we talked about the cyber day home work we will have. after that we started to talk about the future and all the advancements in technology. after that we talked about grocery shopping. today was a good day, i liked it alot.

cyber day/ 3-2-15

Greece is the word cyber homework

all of the worlds great civilizations occurred and were located around rivers

Mesopotamia had the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Egypt had the Nile River
India had Indus River
China had the Huang He River

the significance of Greece's location is that it is right by the water. so instead of having just a river for its water, it has an entire sea. Greece also seems to be in the form of a peninsula so that means it has water on 3 sides of it. the topography of it seems like it is pretty high up and goes up at a very high rate from the water. it looks as if it has a lot of mountains as well. Greece as a lot of good surroundings. Greece has a sea to the left, right, and below it. Greece has islands all around it that has great use for fishing. Greece has mountains above it and i do not know what the mountains do for the civilization. all of these things would affect their culture by influencing the way they have to live by the things surrounding them. there is a lot of water near them, the greeks will probably have to fish and know how to do it well.

the Aegean sea and the Adriatic sea surround the civilization. south/ southeast of Greece is an island called Crete. Athens and Sparta are relatively close to each other, but are separated by  body of water (part of the Aegean sea).

2-27-15

today we took the quiz on Egypt. my shadow took the test and Mr. Shick said if he got a 100% as a shadow, that he would give him 1000 dollars cash. i hope that he takes the right guesses and receives 1000 dollars from a teacher he has never seen before. i thought the test wasn't that to hard but ik i didn't get a 100 because some of the questions were a bit challenging. The last class's average grade was a 74% so i am sort of scared but if i get a good grade it could pull my grade up to a higher B and maybe even an A at some point.

cyber day / 2-26-15

what is the triangle shaped physical feature at the end of the nile river. (delta)

who was at the bottom of the social pyramid in Egypt. (slaves)

what were the pyramids built for. (tombs)

The Pharaohs were considered part _____ & part ___. (human) (god)

What physical feature caused the people of Egypt to live where they did?  (nile)

2-25-15

today we went over more notes about Egypt and i think im getting the hang of it. i was complemented greatly on my elbow patches. there isnt much time left in class and i dont wanna blog when i get home so i will rant about nothing cause i have all my notes on egypt in previous blogs. your daughter must be having a blast in europe which is very cool. i wish i could leave the east coast haha

2-24-15

i hate this game and will never play it again. i have tried to complete this about 50 times and didn't complete it till 9 pm. with all of this effort a 70% is pretty demoting and will pull my grade down a bit. if you reconsider and make it anything higher i will start to cry in your class so when you ask me if i'm crying i will be the first person to cry in your class this semester. i have also become alot better at recognozing what it takes to create a pyramid, and how to steer a boat with the A, Z, N, and M keys on the key board

mondays class work

at one point all the pyramids were perfectly straight. there were multiple chambers within the pyramids. there was air vents in the pyramid. the great pyramid was the tallest building for over 3800 years. the Egyptian civilization was around for 2000+ years. the nile made it really easy to create crops. in fact the nile area they just threw seeds down and let their animals walk on it to plant them. the nile was very easy to irrigate. from the nile they created sail boats. there were three main times of Egypt. there was the old, middle and new kingdom. the pharaohs were expected to act like gods. Ra was a main central god. Egypt split up a little and created nubia and Egypt. the other main god for nubia was Oman and together they morphed into one and created OmanRa. the new kingdom was a time of war and expansion of the land. when mummifying somebody, their main organs were removed. the body was next covered with salt and was left their for about 40 days to get rid of the moisture. oils were then rubbed on the body. thicker layers were put on the body then the body was wrapped. the body was then put on  wooden board, then he was wrapped onto the board. a pouch was then placed on the chest. mummified Ibus were placed on the chest. they were wrapped on to the body, then was secured down father by bands horizontal to the body. a painting of their face was then out on the body and was strapped down by more bands. linon was then wrapped over top of that. the linon was died red and a hole was cut out where the painting of the Pharaohs face was. paintings were then put on top of the cloth and his name was inscribed at the feet.

john greens video was on all the basics and the process of Egypt

one was on the pyramids

 the last one was based on mummys

cyber day work

(clock/time) I believe the most important of the five things I have chose is the clock. Having a set standard time system allows them to advance much more as a civilization. they divided their days into hour like parts called obelisks. their clock used the motion of the sun or water to divide their days. by creating a form of time in whatever way they did choose to do it, created more organization throughout the land.

(farming) secondly i think their use of irrigation when it flooded was very important to the people of Egypt. with the new technology in their life, they created a way to farm all year round (even during the flooding season).  the technology they created was called a shaduf. it was a cross pole that was attached to a post in the ground. one end had a container attached , the other had a counter weight. when it flooded, the container was filled with the flood water from a channel before being raised up by the counter weight and swung where to the farmer wanted the access water to go.

(medicine) third, i think their advancements in technology was important to their culture. with these advancements, they are able to find out when people had medical illnesses. they were also able to find some treatments for these illnesses. they did this through just being educated mostly. with all the extra food going around, they were able to make these advancements such as surgery and things to take when they have certain illnesses.

(writing) 4th i picked writing. the form of writing they had in their time was called hieroglyphs. by creating this form of writing, they were able to keep track of mostly everything. by keeping track of things, it allowed them to advance in even more things.

(astronomy) 5th and probably least important in advancing their civilization there was astronomy. the one thing this did was help with was creating a calendar. the calendar and astronomy showed to them that their was about 365 days in a year and is divided into about 12 months. all this did was help keep track of things even more.

2-17-15

not enjoying the snow day with the upcoming try outs and stuck inside until them. but with his time i will be able to complete my first cyber day home work. with the social classes, next up after the scribes that wrote in hieroglyphics, there were the soldiers. these men used wooden weapons (bow and arrows along with spears) with bronze tips on the end. occasionally they would ride chariots. after them there was the white kilt class or upper class. then the religious and political leaders and lastly the pharaoh. these men were both political and religious leaders. they were in charge of ALL of Egypt and collected taxes, made laws, and defended Egypt from foreigners. Hatshepsut was a women who served as a pharaoh. Cleopatra VII was also a woman Pharaoh. there were over 2000 gods and goddesses, and they controled the lives of the humans. RA was the god of creation and the sun, there was another god from nubia (more south of the river) named OMAN, which translates to the english word hidden. over time they combine OMAN and RA to make OMANRA.

2-11-15

today we went over Egyptian geography for the first part of class. the main feature of geography of Egypt is the nile river. the nile is mad up three rivers. the nile flows south to north. the other thing we went over before i left was the social classes of Egypt. the social class is in the form of a pyramid and has the pharaoh at the top and the slaves at the bottom. another historical feature of Egypt is the Sphinx.

2-9-15

today we took our second test. i know i got the first question wrong because he went through the answers on that one because i asked about it. we got out first test back and i got an 87 which is not to shabby and showed the routine for when we get our tests back. the bell system is pretty cool as well. once we finished all of that i am completing this blog and then will watch more Brodie smith.

2-6-15

today we started the class doing nothing really. i watched a video on Brodie smith and frisbee shots. they are some great videos check him out! after that we finished our video and talked about test questions. we will be having our test on monday. to study i will review the notes i took through out the video. he says it will be a fairly good test so i think i will do good again. last test i got a B so now i will try to get an A on this one. one main topic to focus on is how some cultures have gotten more advanced then others. i also need to focus on the details of the food and locations effects on a growing civilization.

2-3-15

today we watched the video again and jared diamond explained what he thought made some races superior to others.he believed that farming was the key to a more advanced civilization. if you had the better crops that naturally grew in your area then you would probably be more advanced civilization. this explains the difference between new guinea and america. in new guinea, they had little to no crops growing in their area and if they did have a crop, it was not very filling ad low on protein and calories. since they had to spend a majority of their time on finding food, they had no time to work on other things. meanwhile, america had the best crops around the globe, so when people started to make civilizations there they had more then enough food. this allowed them to be more advanced in other things. he also touched base on domestic animals. there are 14 total animals in this world that are over 100 lbs and have been domesticated by humans. most of these have other great resources produced before they are killed for their meat.

2-2-15

today we watched a video on jared diamond called "guns, germs, and steel". this video is about the evolution of humans and how technology advances through time. the people of new guinea still live a very basic life that involves a lot of hunting and gathering. they compare them to the average citizen of new york and notice that the new yorkers have a lot more "cargo". because they have cargo, the people of new guinea automatically put them in charge and almost worship them. this leads people to believe that the white folk are just naturally in charge and have power, and the people of new guinea believe that because the amount of cargo they have. jared diamond is trying to unproved that thought because he believes otherwise.

1-30-15

1-30-15
today i took the first test of this class. i think i did really well because one of my blog post had a lot of the answers. now i know how important it is to have a good blog because if you have a good blog itself thats points, then occasionally you will be able to use it for the test. also if you study the powerpoint then you will get an A. the test is made straight from the powerpoint. from now on i think i will know how to study correctly.

1-28-15

 1-28-14

we studied for the mod with mr Shick . i used the powerpoint to study off of and will continue to study off of it until the test. i am focusing on these main topics until the test

• prehistoric era 
• agricultural revolution
• mesopotamia
• the gods of mesopotamia
• king Hammurabi and his "code"
• indo-europeans
• Egypt and the 2 lands
• pharaohs
• Egyptian gods and goddesses
• after life of Egyptians
• the Egyptians form of writing
• Egyptian sailboats and calendars
• egyptian pyramids and temples

i do not know how the tests are in this class but i will prepare for anything for the first one. from then on i will be able to know what to focus on and what to study in detail and whats less important

1-23-15

When and where did human beings first emerge? south Africa

Why did the period known as "prehistory" end? 1200 B.C.

What made the rise of civilization possible? agriculture

Name some early technological innovations. the spear, the axe/tomahawk, shovel, etc

How did hunter/gatherers live? the hunter and gatherers were nomadic and moved from place to place

Who was King Hammurabi, and why was he important? King Hammurabi of Babylon created a series of laws known as “Hammurabi’s Code” - laws that included “an eye for an eye” and regulations of marriage, divorce, and punishments for all sorts of crimes

Define these terms:

• prehistory-The Origins and “Ages” of Human Beings
• Paleolithic Age-Earliest prehistoric age is the Paleolithic age (Old Stone Age)

• Neolithic Age-Neolithic Age (New Stone Age) was marked by advanced tool making and the beginnings of agriculture
• Agricultural Revolution-Also known as the Neolithic Revolution, this was a shift from itinerant hunting/gathering to more permanent settlements centered on agriculture (beginning in southwestern Asia)
• cuneiform- the first form of writing
• ziggurat-the Ziggurat was a Sumerian temple built on top of a “mountain” of earth
  
• Indo-Europeans-Indo-Europeans were people from the grasslands of the Russian steppe who introduced the horse to the Near East

Find 'em on a map:

• Mesopotamia-near present day Iraq and Iran
• Fertile Crescent- the nutrient rich land  near the tigris and euphrates rivers
• Sumer-the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
• Mediterranean Sea- the body of water below present day Europe
• Asia Minor-north of the Mediterranean sea and south of the black se
• Tigris River- a river coming out of the east of the Mediterranean sea and is above the euphrates river
• Euphrates River- a river coming out of the east side of the Mediterranean sea and is below the tigris river

1-21-15

no class today because of the 2 houre early dismissal... not sure if we were supposed to write something about that or not but im posting today anyway just in case.

1-20-15

first we learned how this class works and the basics about the class. in class we learned how to set up our blogs and im not sure if i got it down right. Probably not but oh well! after we TRIED to set up our blogs we sat and talked until the final bell rang.