essays

Today in west civ class we had to do the essay portion of our exam. One of the classes did there essays yesterday. Mr schick let them only do two essays mean while our class had to do three. I wasn't able to get past four sentences of my last essay. Teachers are not aloud to favorite classes especially on exams. There is no excuse or reason for the other class to only do two essays. The whole class is super frustrated right now. 

Test

Today in west civ class We took our rome test. I think i did not so well. It was difficult and i will be pretty happy for a B. I hope i will do good on the exam next week.

rome review

Today in west civ class we Started to review for our rome test next week. We have a bunch of things to study for each class now because all of the teachers are packing in there test for next week. But we also have exams so its super stressful. We are getting our exam essays next week which is good so we won't have to stress over that the following week. 

presentation

Today in west civ class we did the last two presentations. Suky and christina did a cool video and also made a model of the colosseum. They did a drawling which was amazing. The next presentation was katie and sophia they had a trifold and a model of the colosseum aswell. after this mr schick went over what will be on the exam

presentations

In west civ class today we did more presentations. The first group to go was chris sydney and nikki. The cake they brought in was really good and they also made a model which was creative i liked theres a lot. the next was reese james and nathan and there presentation was a video which i didn't understand too much. The last to present was jack and colin and they built a catapult. 

presentations

Today in west civ we started to present our rome projects. The first to present was megan and gabby. they made pottery to go along with there power point. They had a lot of good facts and the pottery they made was good. Next to present was immanuel, gabi, and i which we made a program which i believe it was pretty unique and had a lot of good facts. The last to present for the day was luke, tucker, callie and sammi. They made a model with a trifold. They also knew there facts and did a lot of research. 

video

Today in west civ class we watched the rest of the video about rome. The video was ridiculous because they killed an innocent man who was a son of a very honored leader. This showed how people of rome believed anything they heard. 

thursday

In west civ class today we went over the power point. This was about how the plebeians who were supposed to be middle class have turned out to be the poor. The people of rome all wanted bread and circuses. This would partly keep them alive and also to keep them quiet. Julius caesar was a highly successful leader. After the power point we watched the video. 

wednesday

Today in west civ class we came into the class and he gave us a pop quiz. i got a very bad grade on it but thank god its only worth 10 points. I hope that my grade does not drop because of this test score. for the rest of the class we worked on our project. 

monday

Today in west civ class we watched a video on rome. It was about how the rulers changed! We still have not finished the video but since we do not have class tomorrow we will continue watching it on wenesday in class.

friday

In west civ class today mr schick was out of school. We had a sub and he was the art teacher. so he took us to his room. We worked on our rome project and we are almost finished with all the details. I think our project will turn out good and creative. 

thursday

Today in west civ class i found out that some kid wore a i love skylar shirt during the jc news cast. It was kinda weird that he did that and i wasn't aware of it So mr schick took it out of the news. I didn't care if it was in there but oh well its no big deal. then after all of that we watched a video on our computers about rome. 

wedensday

Roman Legion

• 5,000 soldiers, not in it for pay (not yet)
• the Roman army elite heavy infantry 
• recruited exclusively from Roman citizens
• group of eighty;s a century 
• on horseback is the cavalry 
• shield,sword,dagger,and armor and tunic
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The Punic Wars 

• 264-146 BCE
• Rome vs Cathage
• three wars
• First Punic War (264-241 BCE)
• navel battles for control of the strategically located island of Sicily
• Rome wins this war

second punic war (218-201 BCE)

• 29 year old Carthaginian general Hannibal almost does the impossible taking Rome
• attacks Rome from the North after crossing Iberia (Spain) and the alps 
• lays siege to much of the peninsula for 15 years, but he never can get to Rome

Third war (149-146 BCE)

• Rome wanted to finally remove the threat of Carthage
• Scipio, Tiberius Gracchus,and others mercilessly attacked the city 
• Carthage was burned for 17 days the city's walls and buildings were utterly destroyed 
• when the war ended, the last 50,000 people in the city were sold  into slavery
• the rest of Carthage's territories were annexed, and made into the Roman province of Africa

monday

Today in class we took more notes on Rome from the power point in class. We talked a lot about the wars Rome fought in. They fought in three Punic wars, the first was from (264 -241 BCE) and Rome won. The second war was from (218 -201 BCE) this was when Hannibal tried to attack Rome from the North, but did not succeed in getting there. The third, and final Punic War was from (149 - 146 BCE) The Romans got tired of the Carthaginians and wanted them to be destroyed. The finally took everything from them, including their 50,000 slaves back to Rome. If Carthage would have entered into Rome. Things would have been a lot different now, Hannibal would have changed history

friday

Today in west civ class mr schick let us go to an assembly in the lobby of the school. This consisted of 1980 role play. The juniors dressed up as famous people from the 1980s. Some people were being amilia air heart and writers. It was fun and a cool experience.