West Civ

today in class we took notes on the power point again. It was boring not gonna lie. But i started looking at which topic i am going to do for my exam essay. I think i am going to do the first one. I have a lot of information about the differences and similarities in both and remember that more then the other topics. Belle is making a quizlet today and is gonna send it to me so i can study for the test. Hopefully i will h\get an A and bring my grade up from an 88 to and 89.5. im pretty close

today we started a new power point. it was about the church and st lutheran. there were some side stories too. i had a bad day so i don't really remember to much but ik about the 95 theses of why the church is bad luther became a monk after making a vow to st. Anne to save him when he though he was near death after a lightning bolt striking near him flipping him off his horse onto the ground. He was a lawyer because thats what his dad was gonna be. Mr.Schick was gonna be a priest. when he was telling us his story it almost seemed fake for some reason lol thats about it though. \ i like this unit better then the last one though cause rome and greek were boring. This is the only cool one.

i read the textbook today. that was it. oh also questions. fun 1. indulgence- released a sinner from performing the penalty that a priest imposed for sins reformation- a movement for religious reform lutheran-  Luther and his followers had become a separate religious group protestant- signed protest princes who supported Luther signed peace of augsburg- famous religious settlement formed by princes annul- set aside anglican- church of England set up by Queen Elizabeth 3. Princes started to sign protests bringing more money for churches to be built. More followers came along and cities followed the Lutheran religion 4. Protestantism  developed out of the Reformation, the 16th-century protest in Europe against beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church 5. Henery  made people turn against the pope, in attempt to be in charge of the churches. This allowed him to get a divorce and find a woman who was young, so he could have a so n. 

So today was okay, it was last mod and i was really ready to go home. But i like learning about the renaissance. it is cool. it reminds me of the turtles. its better then rome and stuff. Im not looking forward to the exams though. im really ready to get out of the school not d tests though. but once they are done there done. the whole class we just took notes on a power point. it was kinda boring but the material was cool. i need to start making my study guides and quizlets. i have an 88.5 in this class so i really need one point so Mr.Schick if u are reading this some extra credit would be really appreciated. thanks.

1. Renaissance- movement in Italy that lasted from around  1300 to 1600.  caused an explosion in arts and creativity humanism-  an intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements secular-  worldly rather than spiritual and concerned with the here and now patron- Church leaders who spent loads of money on art perspective-  shows three dimensions on a flat surface vernacular- Native  language  3.man- introduced the idea that all educated people were expected to create art,  man who excelled in many fields was praised as a “universal man.”,  Baldassare Castiglione  wrote a book called  The Courtier,  charming, witty, well educated women- classic and charming, inspire but not create art, better educated,  few women, such as Isabella d’Este, did exercise power,  4. Italy had many good sized towns, urban, city states, forced to pursue art after war making it there main focus 5. ...

Class was okay. I don't really remember what we did but thats okay i guess. ummm i got an 80 percent on my test which brought my grade down to a B after i tried so hard to bring it back up to an A which makes me really really mad. I want to get an A in this class and i feel I should but it is what it is. Still think its unfair, even if i would have gotten a 100, that we took a test in the first place. Why do we always have to take written tests? why not switch it up. All we did was one presentation which we barley had any time to do that either but whatever. question- 1. Renaissance- movement in Italy that lasted from around  1300 to 1600.  caused an explosion in arts and creativity humanism-  an intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements secular-  worldly rather than spiritual and concerned with the here and now patron- Church leaders who spent loads of money on art perspective-  shows three dimensions on a flat surface v...

The test was okay, idk how well i did. I studied i just felt like even though we read and did worksheets and all, it was a lot of information to cram in. We definitely needed more days or activities to review outside of a power point. It felt rushed and we should have just not had a test at all but it is what it is. Like in this case since Schick was out for so long,, we should have used the information to make a power point and presentation worth a test grade. I feel like there should be a variety of ways to test students instead of just written tests. I remember the information a lot better if i do a project on it then if i take a test; the information just falls out of my head.

we reviewed the power point again today. It was a lot about the different emperors  and what they did. Especially teaser and octavian. Octavian seems pretty cool and i would have wanted to be alive during his rule. I think it would be kinda cool if  i were to live in Rome. Well maybe only if i was wealthy. Other then that it was pretty much the same old same old. I wonder whats the next unit is gonna be. I kinda home its a short unit that ends fast so we can study for Exams early. im definitely gonna fail this exam cause its not like i am gonna remember stuff from the guns steel and germs or what ever it was video. It seems like forever ago.

so today we reviewed the power point again and yeah. I took a couple side notes but didn't feel the need to write down to many notes considering it is all on the powerpoint that Schick posted. Other then that thats all we did. On the good side, our test got pushed back a day so that saves me big time. I studied tonight and plan one studying again tomorrow but glad i got a head start. but other then that that's it. i hope that the next unit is more interesting because Rome was very very boring.

so i left like 10 minutes in so idk what really happened but while i was there you started to review the stuff we have been going over while you were gone. mainly the power point though. i’m kinda scared for this test cause i don’t like how everything was independent and now we just have two days of review. we should have at least two more days of review or just not take a test for this unit. it’s not really fair but it is what it is. idk. then i left so yeah bye.

Greco-Roman culture The mixing of elements of Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman cultures Pompeii a large Roman town in the Italian region of Campania which was completely buried in volcanic ash following the eruption of nearby Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE. Virgil poet who wrote the Aeneid Tactius a Roman historian who presented the facts accurately Aqueduct designed by Roman engineers to bring water into cities and towns. What is Greco-Roman culture? An ancient culture that developed from a blending of Greek, Hellenistic, and roman cultures In what way did Roman art differ from Greek art? Greek art was more beauty and idealization, Roman art was realistic portraits in stone What influence did Latin have on the development of western languages? It started the language called the Romance languages which were the French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Romanian adopting Latin into their languages

The United States geopolitically, militarily, financially, economically, and the environment are all weakening just like Rome was. Romes military and economics both started to fall when the land was split into two after Alexander the Great died. Right now, the U.S military is falling apart because of the lack of money and the economy is falling because of the military supplies needed and other resources. But, the reason Rome fell apart was because they were attacked by foreign countries. Right now, our military is still strong enough to hold us together from outside forces so we should be in good shape, but with the rapid economic decline, who knows how long we have. 

page 173-176 numbers 1, 3, 4, 5 Inflation- drastic drop in value of money mercenary- foreign soldiers who ought for money diocletian- strong willed army leader, became new emperor Constantinople- New capital protected by large walls in Rome Attila- powerful chief of the Huns 3) Political, social, economic, and the military are all factors to the fall of Rome 4) Diocletian separated the territory into east and west assigning a co-ruler for the East. When he died it failed. 5) After Julius Ceaser died, the empire was chais becoming week. Also when the divided into two, weak spots opened up.

1.)             - Jesus: a Jew who started his public ministry and was said to be the son of God.       - apostle: a close follower of Jesus; almost like a friend      - Paul: had a big influence on the development of Christianity      - Diaspora:  the dispersion of the Jews beyond Israel.      - Constantine: Emperor of Romans  who put the end of the persecution of Christians      - bishop: a priest who supervised local churches, worked with the bishops      - Peter: f irst apostle who helped spread Christianity through Syria & Palestine, close to Jesus.       - pope: head of Christian church and all bishops and priests. The top dog  3.)       - p ersonal relationships with God      - importance of people's love for God, enemies, neighbors and themselves   ...

The book and the rap/ powerpoint are a lot alike. In both they follow the path of how Rome came to be, the leaders that took over, the laws and form of government. However, the book goes into more detail of the topics while the rap and powerpoint sum up the most important aspects of each topic. On the other hand, the rap/ powerpoint included more facts like comparing the US government to the one of Rome and helpful diagrams while the textbook is more about the main topics no so much the extra's. If i had to choose a favorite it would be the powerpoint and rap for it's simplicity, cut to the point manner, great for studying.