VIDEOO

Today in class, we started re-watching the Rome video we watched on our own last week. I think we watched it again so we could review it and the project and test are very close by so we need to start reviewing for what is to come and our exams start soon so it is really important to start studying and getting ready since a lot of this month is going to be hard because it is really busy. Almost every class I have just keeps getting more stressful because of our exams and the end of school is near. It is going to be a crazy next few weeks so I am hoping that I get a good final grade for this class and do well on the final project.

Absent

Yesterday I wasn't in class because I had an orthodontist appointment.

Rome Video

Today in class, we watched a video on Rome and it was about the battles the ancient Romans fought and their lifestyle. Rome's lifestyle was very different from other ancient groups such as Greece and Egypt. We already had units on those countries and what their center of life was like Egypt having the Nile River as the center. Rome had pretty evil kings in its time when people were ruled by kings and that was before they had a different form of government that they wanted to try. They never went back to having kings rule them, because they didn't like the way the kings would run things. So, they decided to have their own form of government and have ruling on their own terms. This changed everything and we even use their ancient form of government today. It is a little different though because it has evolved over the years. Rome changed the way we do things today.

5-6-15

Today in class we reviewed the powerpoint again as usual and took more notes. There are so many notes I thought we were actually almost done with this unit on Rome. I think it is such a big unit for this class because the school year is almost over and it will be the last thing we have a test on and have our last big project on. It is a lot of work, but I feel like it's not that bad because in my other classes it is the same and there is still a lot to have done before the end of the year. I hope it will be fine though and the rest of the year will be as smooth as it can be.

TAKING MORE NOTES

Today in class, we took more notes off the powerpoint we usually work with. There were a lot more than I expected to take today and there was a lot of information to learn and look over. We are mostly going through the rap like one line at a time and taking notes on the things we need to know from the information provided in the rap song. There is a lot to know just from one line of the rap, I didn't realize it until it was all laid out in a powerpoint and we have been analyzing each day. I hope we work on our projects during our next class though because I think we need some more class time to work on it.

1920's junior project

Yesterday in class, we learned about many important people from the 1920's by going to the second floor during the first mod. This project was one for the juniors who were in Mr. Hollin's class. They had to dress up as their person that they did research on and tell everyone who wanted to hear about them their life story. I think it was a neat project that you have the chance to do when your a junior. Everyone that I talked too knew the story that they were supposed to tell very well and I think they did a good job on their project. I thought it was a really interesting project too because I have never seen anything like it before. I learned a lot from the people that talked about women's rights and the actors in the 1920's. I hope to do the same project maybe when I am a junior. 

4-30-15

Today in class, we took some notes on the powerpoint that we were taking notes on last week. We didn't have that many to take today but still took some and it wasn't that bad. I think everyone hates when we take notes because sometimes we have to take a lot and I kind of like taking notes on the computer in One Note better than handwriting them. We talked about the story of Tarquin and his wife Tullia who were apparently the power couple in a bad way of Rome because of the horrible things they did and what their son Sextus did. It was a sad story because of how bad these people were, but eventually they were overthrown and forced out of Rome which resulted in the government we have today.