R.J.
5/28/14
Blog
Today in Mr. Schick's class, we took a test on Ancient Rome and Charlemagne, who was six foot four inches of rocking rolling warrior greatness. I don't think that I would want to mess with him in a battle. I don't think that he ever lost a battle that he fought in. He even beat the Muslims who were evading from Spain. I was happy with my grade. Well, that is all that we did in Mr. Schick's class yesterday. I will see you all tomorrow.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Blog #57
R.J.
5/27/14
Blog
Today in Mr. Schick's class, Kapple got to run class......... it was the most boring thing ever. He had absolutely no enthusiasm to him at all. He sounded like his cat or dog had just died. Anyway the Middle Ages Ran from AD 476- AD 1453. That is a very long time. Well, at least it wasn't like the Dark Ages where it seemed that everyone fell of the side of the Earth and nothing happened. Germanic Kingdoms Emerge: AD 400- 600. The Kingdoms were ruled by Lords, who were the owners of the land. The Germanic Warriors were very loyal to him as well. Clovis rules the Germanic people of Gaul. In 496 he has a battlefield conversion. Led 3000 of his warriors become Christians. Also, as usual, Laura and Mr. Schick were picking on Arri, but there was nothing new there. Mr. Schick," Ding...... Ding.....Ding.......Ding.......Ding," Arri," Will you please STOP RINGING THAT STUPID BELL!!!!!!!," Mr. Schick," What like This? DING." That was classic. Well, that is all that we did in Mr. Schick's class yesterday. I will see you all tomorrow.
5/27/14
Blog
Today in Mr. Schick's class, Kapple got to run class......... it was the most boring thing ever. He had absolutely no enthusiasm to him at all. He sounded like his cat or dog had just died. Anyway the Middle Ages Ran from AD 476- AD 1453. That is a very long time. Well, at least it wasn't like the Dark Ages where it seemed that everyone fell of the side of the Earth and nothing happened. Germanic Kingdoms Emerge: AD 400- 600. The Kingdoms were ruled by Lords, who were the owners of the land. The Germanic Warriors were very loyal to him as well. Clovis rules the Germanic people of Gaul. In 496 he has a battlefield conversion. Led 3000 of his warriors become Christians. Also, as usual, Laura and Mr. Schick were picking on Arri, but there was nothing new there. Mr. Schick," Ding...... Ding.....Ding.......Ding.......Ding," Arri," Will you please STOP RINGING THAT STUPID BELL!!!!!!!," Mr. Schick," What like This? DING." That was classic. Well, that is all that we did in Mr. Schick's class yesterday. I will see you all tomorrow.
Friday, May 23, 2014
Blog #56
R.J.
5/23/14
Blog
Today we basically looked over the same PowerPoint that we have been looking over for the past couple of days, but it was the one that he used for last years freshman. To me, it looked the exact same, but who knows. After that, we basically chilled for the rest of class. Well, that is what we did in Mr. Schick's class today. I will see you all on Tuesday.
5/23/14
Blog
Today we basically looked over the same PowerPoint that we have been looking over for the past couple of days, but it was the one that he used for last years freshman. To me, it looked the exact same, but who knows. After that, we basically chilled for the rest of class. Well, that is what we did in Mr. Schick's class today. I will see you all on Tuesday.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Blog #55
R.J.
5/20/14
Blog
Today in Mr. Schick's class, we pretty much chilled, which is very nice because we took a lot of notes yesterday in class. Although, we did take some notes. It was also nice because I got to work on my huge brain flex. But the notes that I did take, here they are:
Well, that is all that we did in Mr. Schick's class today. I will see you all tomorrow.
5/20/14
Blog
Today in Mr. Schick's class, we pretty much chilled, which is very nice because we took a lot of notes yesterday in class. Although, we did take some notes. It was also nice because I got to work on my huge brain flex. But the notes that I did take, here they are:
- A European Empire Evolves
- Franks control largest European kingdom
- The Roman province formerly known as Gaul
- Ruled by Clovis- the Merovingian Dynasty
- Major Domo- mayor of the palace- ruled the kingdom
Monday, May 19, 2014
Blog #54
R.J.
5/19/14
Blog
Main Idea: Many
Germanic kingdoms that succeeded the Roman Empire were reunited under
Charlemagne's empire
Why It Matters Now: Charlemagne spread Christian civilization throughout northern Europe, which is where many of us came from
5/19/14
Blog
Germanic
Kingdoms Unite Under Charlemagne
Why It Matters Now: Charlemagne spread Christian civilization throughout northern Europe, which is where many of us came from
Setting the Stage: Middle Ages= medieval
period; 500-1500 A.D.; medieval Europe
is fragmented
- Invasions Trigger changes in western Europe
- Invasions and warfare spark new trends
- Disruption of Trade
- Europe's cities are no longer economic centers
- Money is scarce
- Downfall of cities
- Cities are no longer centers of administration
- Population Shifts
- Nobles retreated to the rural areas
- Cities don't have strong leadership
- Decline of learning
- Germanic invaders are illiterate, but they communicate through oral tradition
- Only priests and church officials could read and write
- Knowledge of Greek (and literature, science, philosophy) is almost lost
- Loss of a common language
- Dialects develop in different regions
- By the 800s, French, Spanish, other Roman-based languages are evolving from Latin
- Germanic kingdoms emerge
- The concept of government changes
- Roman society: loyal to public gov't
- Germanic Societies: loyal to family
- Germanic chief led warriors
- During peace, he provided food, weapons, treasure, a place to live
- During wartime, knights fought for the Lord
- Franks live in the Roman province of Gaul- their leader is Clovis
- The Franks Under Clovis
- Another battlefield conversion (Just like Constantine)
- Clovis and 3000 of his warriors are baptized by the bishop
- The Church in Rome approves of this "alliance"
- Clovis and the Church begin to work together
- The alliance was a strategic one
- 511 AD- Clovis unites Franks into one kingdom
- 600 AD- Church + Frankish rulers convert many
- Fear of Muslims in Southern Europe spur many to become Christians
- Monasteries and Convents
- 520 AD- Benedict wrote the rules for monks and monasteries
- Poverty, chastity, obedience, study
- His sister Scholastica did the same for Nuns in convents
- 731 AD- the Venerable Beda wrote a killer history of England
- Monks opened schools, maintained libraries, and copied books (Bibles, Greek texts)
- Pope Gregory I expands papal power
- Papacy= pope's office
- Secular Power= worldly power
- So…. Under Gregory the Great…
- Papal Power= Political power
- The church can use money to: raise armies, repair roads, help the poor
- Gregory the Great began to act as mayor of Rome, and as head of an Earthly Kingdom (Christendom)
Friday, May 16, 2014
Blog #53
R.J.
5/16/14
Blog
5/16/14
Blog
THE MIDDLE
AGES
Feudalism- a
political, military and economic system based on land-holding and protective
alliances
Rich Dude
"Lord"- " I own land; I need people to help me work it and
defend it."
Tough Dudes
"Vassals"- "There are a lot of us, we can help the rich dudes
hold on to their land
The Feudal Pyramid
- King
- Vassals (Nobles and Bishops)
- Knights- mounted warriors who received FIEFS for defending their Lord's land
- Peasants (Mostly SERFS)- landless, powerless, moneyless, right-less. Just working the land for "The Man." (their lord)
Manor: The Lord's
Estate (nicest house for miles)
Church (2nd nicest)
Some Workshops
15-30 families
living on the Estate
All on a few square
miles
Good news: It's a
self-sufficient community
Bad News: It's harsh
if you're a peasant
Peasants are poor
AND pay high taxes
Tax on Grain
Tax on Marriage
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Blog #52
R.J.
5/14/14
Blog
Today in Mr. Schick's class we took a test on Ancient Rome..... the rise and fall of an empire at least. Going into it I honestly thought that I was going to fail horribly, but I actually did very well. I got a 94% on the test when I thought that I was going to get only about a 60% so thank you baby Jesus. Well, that is all that we did in Mr. Schick's class today. I will see you all tomorrow.
5/14/14
Blog
Today in Mr. Schick's class we took a test on Ancient Rome..... the rise and fall of an empire at least. Going into it I honestly thought that I was going to fail horribly, but I actually did very well. I got a 94% on the test when I thought that I was going to get only about a 60% so thank you baby Jesus. Well, that is all that we did in Mr. Schick's class today. I will see you all tomorrow.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Blog #51
R.J.
5/13/14
Blog
Today in Mr. Schick's class, we just chilled for the whole class. We could even play on our phones. That was mighty nice of him. So for class, Arri and myself studied for a test that we were going to be taking in the next couple of mods. Mr. Schick also said that he had a lot to do, which seems legit to me considering he has 3 or 4 groups. Well, that is all that we did in Mr. Schick's class today. I will see you all tomorrow.
5/13/14
Blog
Today in Mr. Schick's class, we just chilled for the whole class. We could even play on our phones. That was mighty nice of him. So for class, Arri and myself studied for a test that we were going to be taking in the next couple of mods. Mr. Schick also said that he had a lot to do, which seems legit to me considering he has 3 or 4 groups. Well, that is all that we did in Mr. Schick's class today. I will see you all tomorrow.
Monday, May 12, 2014
Blog #50
R.J.
5/12/14
Blog
Today in Mr. Schick's class we took notes about the start, the empire, and the fall of Ancient Rome. We also talked about the Edict of Milan. The Edict of Milan basically set Christians and the religion of Christianity, free from persecution and any governmental attacks. It also stated that they could practice their religion publically, and build their own places of worship. Well, that is what we did in Mr. Schick's class today. I will see you all tomorrow.
5/12/14
Blog
Today in Mr. Schick's class we took notes about the start, the empire, and the fall of Ancient Rome. We also talked about the Edict of Milan. The Edict of Milan basically set Christians and the religion of Christianity, free from persecution and any governmental attacks. It also stated that they could practice their religion publically, and build their own places of worship. Well, that is what we did in Mr. Schick's class today. I will see you all tomorrow.
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Blog #49
R.J.
5/10/14
Blog
The greatest single change during the Era of Roman Peace was the spread of Christianity across the empire. It began as a group within Judaism, and then evolved into a new Religion, which was originally thought of as a cult, during a time of uncertainty in Judaism. The Germanic barbarians of Northern Europe became wealthier, more highly organized, and militarily stronger as a result of Rome's neighbors.
5/10/14
Blog
The greatest single change during the Era of Roman Peace was the spread of Christianity across the empire. It began as a group within Judaism, and then evolved into a new Religion, which was originally thought of as a cult, during a time of uncertainty in Judaism. The Germanic barbarians of Northern Europe became wealthier, more highly organized, and militarily stronger as a result of Rome's neighbors.
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Blog #48
R.J.
5/7/14
Blog
So yesterday everything that could possibly go wrong with my interned went wrong. As soon as I got home I said,'' Mom, I have to do a blog real quick." Her reply was," Good luck with that, the internet has been down all day and it won't come back up." So that was how my day went. Absolutely HORRIBLE. Good thing Mr. Schick is an understanding man. Well, I will see you all on Saturday. PEACE!!!!!!!
5/7/14
Blog
So yesterday everything that could possibly go wrong with my interned went wrong. As soon as I got home I said,'' Mom, I have to do a blog real quick." Her reply was," Good luck with that, the internet has been down all day and it won't come back up." So that was how my day went. Absolutely HORRIBLE. Good thing Mr. Schick is an understanding man. Well, I will see you all on Saturday. PEACE!!!!!!!
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Blog #47
R.J.
5/6/14
Blog
Today in Mr. Schick's class we did the same exact thing that we did yesterday, review for the test on Ancient Rome that we have tomorrow. I took rather good notes in my notebook so I think that I will do pretty well. It should be interesting. Well, that is all that we did in todays fun packed class of West Civ. Well, I will see you all tomorrow.
5/6/14
Blog
Today in Mr. Schick's class we did the same exact thing that we did yesterday, review for the test on Ancient Rome that we have tomorrow. I took rather good notes in my notebook so I think that I will do pretty well. It should be interesting. Well, that is all that we did in todays fun packed class of West Civ. Well, I will see you all tomorrow.
Monday, May 5, 2014
Blog #46
R.J.
5/5/14
Blog
Today in Mr. Schick's class, we took notes for the whole entire class. It was a pretty fun filled class. We learned about all of the horrible emperors, and the crazy ones, after Nero. In my opinion, Nero was one of the calmer ones of the bunch that we heard about today. We also learned that Jesus was part of the roman empire. well, that is all that we did in Mr. Schick's class today. I will see you all tomorrow.
5/5/14
Blog
Today in Mr. Schick's class, we took notes for the whole entire class. It was a pretty fun filled class. We learned about all of the horrible emperors, and the crazy ones, after Nero. In my opinion, Nero was one of the calmer ones of the bunch that we heard about today. We also learned that Jesus was part of the roman empire. well, that is all that we did in Mr. Schick's class today. I will see you all tomorrow.
Friday, May 2, 2014
Blog #45
R.J.
5/2/14
Blog
So today in Mr. Schick's class he wasn't here which was rather unfortunate because we didn't get to watch the end of the movie about Nero. I was very upset because I wanted to see what other madness unfolded with Nero and how he took his counselor telling him that he is going to retire. Anyway we read about the Assassination of Ceaser and how they did it. They told him that he had to come in for a discussion and when he walked in there were only a few people there, including one of his best friends Brutus, and all stabbed him to death with their daggers. After that, Ceaser's great nephew Octavian Ceaser and Mark Anthony, no not the singer, joined their rival forces and hunted down, and ultimately killed, the people who murdered Ceaser. Well, that is all that we did in Mr. Schick's class today. I will see you all on Monday.
5/2/14
Blog
So today in Mr. Schick's class he wasn't here which was rather unfortunate because we didn't get to watch the end of the movie about Nero. I was very upset because I wanted to see what other madness unfolded with Nero and how he took his counselor telling him that he is going to retire. Anyway we read about the Assassination of Ceaser and how they did it. They told him that he had to come in for a discussion and when he walked in there were only a few people there, including one of his best friends Brutus, and all stabbed him to death with their daggers. After that, Ceaser's great nephew Octavian Ceaser and Mark Anthony, no not the singer, joined their rival forces and hunted down, and ultimately killed, the people who murdered Ceaser. Well, that is all that we did in Mr. Schick's class today. I will see you all on Monday.
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