Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Gabriella Spilker 4/22/15
West Civ
Today in West Civ we took notes and Mr.Schick rapped for us. The whole rap was about Rome and different facts we should know. I thought this was a really cool and interesting way to learn. It will be a fun way to memorize facts when it comes to taking a test. Mr.Schick did the rap to the song Low by Flo-rida. I love that song and thought it was really funny when he did the rap to that song. Overall, I will defiantly be using his rap to help me study for the test!
Monday, April 20, 2015
Gabriella Spilker 4/20/15
West Civ
Today in West Civ we took notes about Rome. Below I have listed some of the notes I took today.
- Etruscan, Greeks, Latin all settle on the peninsula
- the Greek colonies are on the tiber river
- indo European tribes moved into the Italian peninsula and some settled along the tiber river creating Rome the city state
- there was also a myth about how Rome was found the myth was about the twin brothers of remus and Romulus there mother got pregnant with them from the God Mars. However, they were abandoned and sent down a river. Then all the sudden a she-wolf saved them and raised the kids. Later on a Shepard and his wife found the boys and then the boys were natural leaders. They went back and killed the person who abandoned them and then fought over which hill they would have. While they were fighting Romulus kills Remus and then he finds Rome.
- The Etruscan people were originally from the east but had settled in north Italy were an early influence on the Romans
- The Romans were also influenced by the Greeks
- They learned the alphabet and city state organization
- Originally Rome was a monarchy but over threw the monarchy in 500 BC
- each year they elect 2 senate
- they can serve for a total of 1 year
- and if they are in total crisis they will only have one but they can only serve for 6 months
- they did not want just one person getting all the power
Friday, April 17, 2015
Gabriella Spilker 4/17/15
West Civ
Today in West Civ we got in groups for our Rome project. My group is me, Immanuel, and Skylar. We are going to focus our project on Roman architect and art. One idea we had was to make a mosaic. We could make a Roman mosaic and talk about it. Furthermore, we can build our own statues. Overall, I think we are going to do really well on our project.
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Gabriella Spilker 4/16/15
West Civ
Today in West Civ we watched a video on the allegory of Plato. This video was confusing, however I got most of the video and what it meant. These people were in the basement and couldn't move their heads. However, one day someone let one free and he looked in the light and was almost blinded. He then reported back to the other people and they told him he was silly and to stop. The reason he did this was because they had been taught that it was dark and that nothing else was out there. Overall, this video was really confusing but good.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Gabriella Spilker 4/15/15
West Civ
Today in west cive we talked a lot about grammar and english. Furthermore, I did not know that Mr.Schick was an english teacher before a social studies one. I felt like I was in english class today. This wasn't a bad ting, however, I dislike english and I am not good at it. Overall, we really did not do a lot, but talk about grammar today in West Civ.
Monday, April 13, 2015
Gabriella Spilker 4/13/15
West Civ
Today in West Civ we got the test back and went over the correct answers. This will help us study for exams at he end of the year.I can not beleive that we are already talking about end of the year exams. It seems like the year we by so fast. However, I am really happy that summer is almost here.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
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