05/28 Class

Today we worked on our final essays. I picked the problem of "B, C and D". Because of the times, I didn't have enough time to think about it, but I still think i did a good job on it.

05/27 Class

Today we took the test about Ancient Rome.

05/22 Class

Today during our WestCiv class we go over the big Ancient Rome powerpoint.  And at the end of the class we got cookies. And we have two big test next week.

05/21/15 Class

Today Christina and I did our Presentation, we have a Colosseum model and a video for it. We also have a drawing to show the rich and poor people in Ancient Rome. I think we really did a good job on it. Hopefully we can get a good grade.

05/20 Class

Today we continued doing our presentation. Sydney, Chris and Nicole's group also have a delicious cake for us. I really enjoy the presentation.

05/18 Class

Today we started with the Presentation. Three groups finished their presentation. I think they really did a good job and it also give me more ideas to fix my project.

05/15 Class

Today we finished watching the movie. And we worked on our project

05/14 Class

Today we took notes about the powerpoint and continued watching the Movie.

• Bread (free grain from the State) and entertainment
• Tiberius Gracchus recognized the advantages of courting the plebeians (even though he was the ultimately unsuccessful)
• Julius Caesar (100 – 44 BCE) 

05/13 Class

Today we took a POP QUIZ. The quiz was really hard.

05/11/15 Class

Today we continued watching the movie about the Ancient Rome. 

• Tiberius Gracchus been the leader
•   Latifundia - a aristocrats 
•  Spain was owned by Carthage 

05/08 Class

Today Mr. Schick was not in class, we worked on our project in the art classroom.

05/07 Class

Today we watched a movie about Ancient Rome during class. I watched it with Christine because my computer was about to die.

05/06 Class

Roman Legion 

• 5,000 soldiers, not in it for pay
• Group of eighty century 

Punic Wars in Carthage - The Punic Wars (264 – 146 BCE)

• First Punic War – (264 – 241 BCE) 
• Naval battle for control of the strategically located of Sicily 
• Second Punic War (218 – 201 BCE) 
• Third Punic War (149 – 146 BCE) 
• The rest of Carthage’s territories were annexed, and made into the Roman province of Africa 

Economic Change; Social Upheavals

• Slaves poured into Italy (50,000 Carthaginians, 150,000 Greek POWs, etc.) 
• By the end of the Second Century BCE there was over a million slaves in Italy 

05/04/15 Class

Patricians 

• Rule of Kings is replaced by rule of two consuls 
• Consuls are elected officials 
• Term of office: one year  

Plebeians 

• Fifth century BCE – Patrician dominance of the government was challenged by the plebs (“people”) 

SPQR – Senatus Poplusque Romanum 

Ancient Roman & USA 

• The US modeled their new government on the model used by the ancient Romans 
• Not exactly the same 
• But both have 3 branches of government 
• Executive 
• Legislative 
• Judicial 
• And both have a legal code 

05/01/15 Class

On Friday's class, Mr. Schick took us to the US history speak Essay part in the Hall Way. It's really fun and I really enjoyed it.