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