Romans

Study of the Roman Republic to Empire to "The Fall". Be sure to have read and taken notes on pages 211 - 229 and 246 - 252. Following today's test, create an annotated time line of the events that led the Roman Republic to become the Roman Empire.
Use the following events... Describe the event, explain its importance to Rome AT THE TIME, and how it affected Rome's future.
1. Defeat of the Etruscans
2. Establishment of the Roman forum.
3. Creation of the Republic...including consuls and Senate.
4. Twelve Tables
 5. Election of Tribunes
6. Control of Italian peninsula.
7. Punic Wars
 8. Land distribution disputes (latifundia)
9. Gracchi Brothers
10. Civil War...Lucius Sulla
 11. First Triumvirate
12. Caesar as dictator
13. Caesar's assassination
14. Second Triumvirate
15. Octavius/Augustus

Due to time restraints we will do the above assignment as a class. We will then look at the growth and prosperity of the Roman Empire as well as the social and cultural aspects.

On Monday we will work on answering the question: "What caused the fall of the Roman Empire?"

Classic Era Powerpoint

 

This is incomplete but will be edited later to include new slides.

Horrible Histories - Greek Thinkers Song

This is another wacky video for your viewing pleasure.  Enjoy!

Macedonia ("My Sharona" by the Knack)

Link to information on Greek Philosophers

Information on the Greek Philosophers can be hard to find without relying on Wikipedia.
Be sure to use the Media Center links and the following links.

philosophers

Plato Forms

Socrates

Greek Philosophers  Use this site and search for your assigned person.

Greek influences on the Modern World

Due to the PLAN Demographic, Note the date change for the Greek Philosopher lesson.


November 12 - 15
This week's emphasis was on the Persian Wars...You should have read and taken notes on the Persian Wars and the growth of Athens through the Delian League.  The ultimate destruction came with the civil conflict known as the Peloponnesian War.  The war weakened the Greek Poleis and set the stage for a takeover from the north. 

What led to the strengthening of Macedonia?
How did Philip prepare his son to be the ultimate successor?
Do you think that Alexander would have made a great ruler as well as conqueror?  Why?
Be sure to be able to compare and contrast the Hellenistic era of Alexander with the Hellenic era of Classical Greece.

Describe how trade helped to spread influence of Greek Culture.
What role did the Olympics play in Ancient Greece?
Describe the typical Greek society and family.

Greek Philosophy...Research Greek Philosophers.

Nov. 18 - Today we are going to look closely at the ideas of some of the Greek Philosophers.  The Greeks had varying ideas on how the world and the human mind worked.  They spent many years studying these ideas.  We are going to focus on Pythagoras, Zeno (Stoicism), Epicurus, Sophists, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.  Each group will be assigned one of these philosophers and must create an informative power point to explain the ideas.  Each power point should be 6 slides (not including title slide).  You may include pictures but they should be explained and add to the understanding.  Remember that people don't use power point to write a long report...keep to the facts.  Also, YOU must be able to explain the slides in your own words...plagiarism and "copy/paste" will result in a zero on the assignment.  Have fun and make us "think"... 

Finally, your homework assignment.  Due Tuesday.
Find a minimum of 5 ways that Greek influence in present in the modern world.  Be specific on the Greek influence and its modern counterpart.  Describe and illustrate each item.

Next week:  We begin to study the Romans.  You should start reading Chapter 11 (pg. 210 - 229)
There will be a test on Religions, India, China, and Greece on Thursday.

Don't forget to work on your articles.  You should have 4 articles by now.

Quarter Project

Quarter project:
Choose a theme...
1. Migration or movement of people, refugees
2. Ethnic or Religious conflict
3. Environmental issues
4. Medical or Health issues
5. Human Rights
6. Communications technology

Collect one article a week that corresponds to the theme.  These should be contemporary to today and you should be able to relate them to the theme of your choice.  USE ONLY ONE THEME for this project.  Be sure to analyze each article. You may use the "Historical Reading Skills Chart" from the Stanford website to help in the analysis.  Each article should be saved along with the analysis.  Create a folder/booklet to keep the articles and their analysis.  At the end of the quarter you will examine the articles and look for a pattern or theme.  Predict the direction things are going in the future.
Some suggested sources:

NY Times
CNN
BBC
The Economist magazine
MSNBC
ABC News
Time
US News and World Report