Monday, March 31, 2014

Blog #32

R.J.
3/31/14
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         Today in Mr. Schick's class, we went over our test that we just took for half of the class, and read for the other half of the class. I also learned a lot about their government. They had a senate, like we do today, but the king appointed them, and they were all patricians. Patricians were upper class citizens who belonged to the oldest and noblest Roman Citizens, so they were most likely friends with the king. Also, from the king appointing them, it shows that they most likely had a monarchy in which the leadership was passed down from generation to generation. Well, that is what we did and what we learned in Mr. Schick's class today. I will see you all tomorrow.

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Blog #31

R.J.
3/26/14
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        Today in Mr. Schick's class, we took a test on ancient Greece, and boy was it a long one. I was 5 or 6 pages long. I got the test I was like, no this can't be it and then I was like oh my lord, it is really that long. It was a hard test too man I will tell you what, goodness. But, I got it done and I think that I did pretty well on it, so that's all that matters. Well, that is all that we did in Mr. Schick's class today.
I will see you all on Monday.

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Blog #31

R.J.
3/25/14
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       Today in Mr. Schick's class, we went over the rest of the worksheet and half of the second part of the Greece movie. It is always very fun when I get to learn about ancient Greece, because I have always been interested in Spartan Warfare and stuff like that. Well, that is all that we did in Mr. Schick's class yesterday. Well, I will see you all tomorrow.... maybe.

Blog #30

R.J.
3/24/14
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       Today in Mr. Schick's class, we went over the worksheet for literally the whole class. I got a lot done in class today, and it was actually very useful because I only had a couple of the answers, so it helped a lot. That is why I said that it was very helpful that he went over it with us. Well, that is what we sis in Mr. Schick's class today. I will see you all tomorrow.

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Blog #28

R.J.
3/22/14
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        Yesterday in M. Schick's class, we finished up the last of the Sparta and Athens storyboards and videos. I thought that they were all very good and I think that our class did very well with them. I think the best video by far was Bella's. It had to have take her 4 hours to do. All of the folding and all of the pictures that she took, and the time it took to make the video must have been ridiculous. Well, that is what we did in Mr. Schick's class yesterday. I will see you all on Monday.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Blog #28

R.J.
3/19/14
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       Today in Mr. Schick's class, we were in the auditorium and Mr. Schick wasn't here again :'(. It was a pretty easy day overall, but it sucks that he couldn't be with us today. So today we went over the worksheet that Mr. Schick gave us and the little questions he gave us to do on our out of school but technically in school school day. So overall, it was a pretty easy day. Well, that is all that we did in Mr. Schick's class today. I will see you all on Friday.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Blog #27

R.J.
3/18/14
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        Today in Mr. Schick's class, he basically told us what we are going to be doing in class tomorrow since he is not going to be there. We are going to go to the classroom where we will wait for our sub to take attendance. From there, the us is either going to take us to the gym or the auditorium, depending on which they choose. When we get there, we are going tom review our, "quiz," that he gave us and he is also going to give us time to check our answers that we had to do for Cyber Day classwork. Well, that is all that we did in Mr. Schick's class yesterday. I will see you all tomorrow.

Monday, March 17, 2014

Blog #26

R.J.
3/17/14
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      Many islands is not a characteristic of Greece because Greece only has one island, not multiple.

      Approximately 3/4 of Greece is covered by Mountains

      Barbarian was used to describe a life based upon farming, warfare, and tribal organization

      Megalithic Structures were defined by massive, rough-cut stones used to construct monuments or tombs.

        A tribe refers to  A social and political unit consisting of a group of communities held together by common interests, traditions, and real or mythical ties of kinship
 
       A leader of a tribe can be a warrior, king, queen, chieftains, or tribal leaders chosen by warriors.

       Phoenicians were the first European barbarians to make contact with civilization

       China would not be considered part of the "Western Civilization"

       The Ionian Sea is located West of Greece

       The Aegean Sea is located East of Greece

       The major crops that the Aegean people lived on were grain, vines, and olives

        The civilization that  arose on Crete was Minoan

         The Mycenaean civilization established settlements along the southern shore and islands of Greece

         The Dark Ages are when population dropped, ships no longer sailed, and writing fell out of use

          The Greeks joined the Phoenicians group as the leading commercial and seafaring nation of the Mediterranean.

           "c" means all of the above in number 17

         The Greek city-states that dotted the coastlines around the Mediterranean Sea were known as colonies.

         Greek city-states most closely resembled counties

         Democracy is the type of government in which men made all of the decisions

         An oligarchy is the type of government where a small group rule it

         A tyranny is a form of government in which a self-proclaimed dictator held power

         A monarchy is a form of government in which power is held by a single ruler, and is often passed along from father to son.

        Spartans used the oligarchy type of government

        Spartan males began their military training at seven years old

        Athens was the richest city-state in ancient Greece

       A trireme was a massive fighting ship that could ram other boats. They were also very fast.

       A hoplite was a heavily armed solider in ancient Greece.

Short Answers:

       The Dark Ages began around 1150 b.c. and ended around 800 b.c.

        Iliad and Odyssey are the two poem by Homer about a war hero attempting to get home.

        Mediterranean meant 
a native of a country bordering on the Mediterranean.
 
        Athenian land owners were called Alcmaeonids.

Friday, March 14, 2014

Blog #24

R.J.
3/14/14
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       Today in Mr. Schick's class he wasn't here... again. It is getting kind of sad considering this is the class I have the most fun in and enjoy the most. So today we had Mr. Goodrow, who is actually a really cool guy, but I still like Mr. Schick better. We also watched the second half of the video that we had to watch, and that was very interesting as well. Also, we had to finish the ws that he gave to us for us to take notes on. Well, that is all that we did in Mr. Schick's class today. I will see you all tomorrow.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Blog #23

R.J.
3/12/14
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        Today in Mr. Schick's class we actually presented what we have been working on for so long. I think that we will get a pretty good grade but then again you never know. I thought that my commentating/narrating was pretty good, but that's me. Mr. Schick even got a kick out of it. Well, that is all that we did yesterday so I will se you all tomorrow.

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Blog #2

R.J.
3/11/14
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        Today in Mr. Schick's class we looked at other groups storyboards and videos that they made up. They were all very good and I don't think that my group is going to do that well compared to other groups. He was finally back in our class too. That is always nice considering that he is one of the coolest teachers I  the school. Well, that is all that we did in Mr. Schick's class today. I will see you all tomorrow.

Monday, March 10, 2014

Blog #21

R.J.
3/10/14
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        Mr. Schick, please come back to class. Our whole class misses you and we want you to get better as soon as possible. Anyway today in Mr. Schick's class we had two different teachers. We had Mr. Bolden second and I can't quite remember who we had first, but she was cool as well. We worked on our storyboard and video again just to touch up  on some stuff. I think that we will do pretty well. Update on my tournament over the weekend: Day 2, I had to goals to send us to the finals and we ended up winning the whole thing. Well that is what we did in Mr. Schick's class today. I will see you all tomorrow.

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Blog #20

R.J.
3/8/14
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        Yesterday in Mr. Schick's class he wasn't there, so we had Fabs instead. He let Kapple, Sung, Arri, and I video the video that we have to do for the extra credit. That was very nice of him because if he didn't let us do that, we would not have had time to do it so thanks Fabs. So today I had a huge soccer tournament our first game was very exciting. We were down 1-0 with 10 minutes left and I got a penalty kick to score to tie it up, and that is how the game ended, 1-1. My second game was the same thing, we were down late in the second half and I got another penalty kick, and I scored again to make it 1-1, and that is how the game ended. Now we are in the semifinals tomorrow against the 1st seed in the other bracket, so it should be interesting. Wish me luck.

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Blog #19

R.J.
3/5/14
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      Today in Mr. Schick's class we did the same thing as we did yesterday. We watched the same movie that we did yesterday and we really didn't get that far in my opinion. We only got to how much land Sparta conquered. We also saw what they did when the Spartans had to many slaves. In my opinion, they were pretty cruel what they did, but I can't do anything about it so it is what it is. Well, that is all that we did in Mr. Schick's class today. I will see you all tomorrow.

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Blog #18

R.J.
3/4/14
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        Today in Mr. Schick's class we watched the video that he posted on YouTube while we had our little cyber day. That is just what we did to kick off class. Then we watched another video on Ancient Greece and honestly it was getting a little annoying listening to the guy from Harvard talk. He was so slow. That is why it was getting so annoying, because it was so slow. Well, that is all that we did in
Mr. Schick's class today. I will see you all tomorrow.

Monday, March 3, 2014

Blog #17

R.J
3/3/14
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        I'm tired of all of this freaking snow. I love snow don't get me wrong, but it's just getting out of control. Snowboarding is my favorite winter hobby, but still. Mother Nature needs to think warm, happy thoughts and lighten up a bit. Right now, I don't know why, she seems rather upset with us. I don't know what we did to make her mad, but we had to do something wrong. On a happy note, I watched one of the funniest things that I have ever watched today. Mr. Schick and his good buddy Bubba having a conversation. Even my dad watched it with me, and he was laughing so hard that tears were coming out of his eyes. It was absolutely hilarious. Well, that is what I did today. I will see you all tomorrow (maybe).

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Blog #16

R.J
3/1/14
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       Yesterday in Mr. Schick's class I got a warm welcome back after not being in school for three days due to the stomach bug. It was a nasty stomach bug too man. All that I ate on Tuesday was a little piece of toast. Enough about me, yesterday in Mr. Schick's class we were told that we were going to do a project together. Me and Kapple are not only doing the chart, but we are planning to do the video as well. I think that we are going to work well together. Well, that is all that we did in Mr. Schick's class yesterday. I will see you all tomorrow.