Pop Quiz!... Am I crying?

Today in class we took a pop quiz. I thought it was really easy except I got one mixed up that I should have gotten right. I got a 70% on it, but at least now I know what I got wrong. Then we got to work on our projects the rest of the mod. I finished up my recipes and wrote one diary entry. Tomorrow I will age paper with my secret trick and write more entries!

"Just grab some land"

Today in class we finished up the episode on Rome that talked about Tiberius and how he changed Rome forever. Mr. Schick decided to go over and over the "just grab some land" part which was hilarious. If you want to see a gif of it, courtesy of Mr. Schick I will post it below. For now I have to start on my Roman cookbook for my diary! I can not believe we have a week to finish, freaking out. I feel like I procrastinated to much, but I have confidence in myself. I have the research done, I just have to start writing tonight which will be fun! I'm really excited to see the end result!!

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Substitute: Mr. Del Puppo

Today in class Mr. Schick was not here so we had a sub and worked on our projects. Me and Trish got a really good start on our journals. I think they are going to turn out really well!!!

LECTURE BREAK YAY :D

Today we had some technical difficulties in class, but we triumphed through them and watched our video on Evan's laptop. I really liked the video, it put some of the ppt. into a different perspective  and it was a neat way of learning what happened. I'm looking forward to finishing the BBC movie.

Roman Lecture 2.0

Today in class Mr. Schick continued his lecture on Rome. First we reviewed the differences in Rome's and the USA's government, and then we took notes on the ppt. 

Roman Legion:
5,000 soldiers, not payed, were loyal to Rome, served because it was what they had to do

A very important topic we discussed today was the Punic Wars.
  

Punic War:

                        -Rome vs Carthage 

                        -Lasted from (264-146 BCE)

                        -Three wars

First Punic War: **264-241 BCE**

  -Naval battles for control of the strategically located island of Sicily

Rome wins!

Second Punic War: **218-201 BCE**

  -29 yr. old Carthaginian general Hannibal almost does the impossible to Rome

  -Attacks Rome from the North after crossing Iberia (Spain) and Alps

  -Laxs sledge to much of the peninsula for 15 yrs. 

  -Never got to Rome... Rome- 2  Carthage- 0

 Third Punic War: **149-146 BCE**

  -Rome wanted to get rid of their threat, Carthage

  -Scipio, Tiberius, Gracchus, and others constantly attacked the city

  -Carthage was burned for 17 days, the city was destroyed

  -When the war was over, 50,000 people in the city were sold to slavery

  -The remaining Carthage territory were annexed, and made into the Roman providence of Africa

Rome Lecture 1.0

Today in class we reviewed the Rome ppt. and we heard a lecture from Mr. Schick about Rome once again. I'm fine with lectures, I am just not a fan  of the huge note taking, since it makes my pinky hurt. (stupid birth defect..), anyway class was really nice. We compared Rome government and the three branches to the current government in the U.S. I found the differences between the two interesting. 

(1 yr.) Consuls --> President and V.P. (4 yr.)
(1 yr.) Praetors --> Supreme Court (lifetime)
(lifetime) Assemblies --> Senate (lifetime)
Roman Twelve Tables --> U.S. Bill of Rights and Constitution
**SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanum designates any decree or decision made or "The Roman Senate and People"**  
Res publica- The people's affair

Free Mods!! :D

Today in class we got a free mod, because once again we are ahead of the other classes. I got to finish my math homework, and read my book called Dorothy Must Die which is really good so far. Apparently I have an evil laugh, according to Mr. Schick. Looking forward to the weekend, beach time!!!! :D