Lauren's Western Civ blog

Today in western civ we came and in and voted on weather or not we wanted to have a test tomorrow We all voted to not have a test but Amon because he wanted to have a test. Then I was trying to persuade Mr. Schick into letting us do book work and answer questions for some points. He let us do a section in the book for 10 more points it was on page 477 and we answered question 1, 3, 4, 5. Some of the answers to the questions were Renaissance means rebirth Study of classical texts led to humanism Secular means worldly rather than spiritual and concerned with here and now Patrons of the arts by financially supporting arts Perspective which shows 3 detentions on a flat surface vernacular native language instead of latin Man: All educated people were expected to make art; should be charming, witty, and well educated Women: upper class women should know classics and be charming; not expected to seek fame; few women exercised power overseas trade spurred by the crusades had led to...

Today in Western civ we came in a took more notes on a new powerpoint called Luther and the Reformation. Since I couldn't see the board very well I moved up closer to the board. Then we started taking notes. SOCIALLY: the Renaissance emphasis on the secular (worldly) and the individual challenged Church authority The printing press helped spread these ideas POLITICALLY: Some rulers (especially the Germans) began to challenge the Church’s political power ECONOMICALLY: northern merchants resented paying church taxes to Rome Corrupt leadership Renaissance-era popes spent extravagantly on personal pleasure Pope Alexander VI admitted that he fathered several children Many priests and monks were poorly educated How can you teach if you can barely read? Some priests got married and had children Some priests drank to excess, many gambled The selling of indulgences (pardons) “releases a sinner from performing the penalty a priest imposed for sins” Joh...

Today in western civ we came in and we were looking at the calendar and noticed we were going to have a test next Friday on Renaissance and Reformation. Today in class we took new notes on a new powerpoint. Italy birthplace of the Renaissance Renaissance means rebirth City states: center action Malian and Florence had wealthy merchants and bankers Inspire by the former splendor of Rome and Greece Merchants dominated politics Medici were a powerful banking family  Paid artists, writers, and musicians to create beautiful works of art They were called patrons Isabella D' Este wealthy sponsored painters sculptors, musicians, writers, architects patron of da Vino Raphael, Michleango, Bellini, Correggio Humanism Deep interest in what people have already achieved as well as what they were capable of achieving in the future Not coincidence that humanism: resembles the Greek idea of Arte writing were important worldly secular values were essential Ultimate renaissance m...

Today in western civ we sadly took another test. It had 35 multiply choice questions on it and a few matching answers. It was all about the powerpoint and the readings that we had just gone over in class the last couple of days. Once we were done the test we had to read out of the textbook on pages 471-479 and 488-494 and take notes. The sections in the book that we had to read were called Birthplace of the Renaissance and Luther Leads the Reformation. We also learned that the last test of the year was going to be on the pages in the book that we read. Sadly once again we have another test. Then class was we left for the day. We also have this class tomorrow so whatever we didn't finish reading we were going to do that the next day.

Today in western civ we cam in and we told what the outcome of the class was. For the first couple of minutes we worked on whatever we wanted while Jacob took a test. Once he was done we took notes on a new powerpoint. Once we were done that we reviewed for the test we were having on Thursday. The Crusades Age of faith holy Roman Empire is the strongest known kingdom in Europe church has considerable spiritual and political power 500 massive Gothic cathedrals are built throughout Europe in 1170-1270 Jerusalem  Late in the 11th century it was controlled by muslims Islam 3rd holiest city holy city of Jews, holy city to Christians  Places Dome of Rock Islam Church of the Holy Sepulcher Christians Western wall Judaism Emperor Alexis Communes wrote a letter to Pope Urban II Pope Urban II put out the call for Christians to recapture Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslims Turks Began 200 years of religious sanctioned military campaigns from 1095-1291 Crusade mean...

Today in wester civ we came in and took more notes on the powerpoint. Clovis rules the France - Clovis rules the Germanic people of Gaul, known as the Franks ( where France comes from) - In 496 he has a battlefield conversion- he and 3000 of his warriors become christians - The church in Rome like this - By 511 the Franks are united into one kingdom, with Clovis and the church are partners spread of Christianity - Church + Franks = rise of Christanity - In 520, Benedict write rules for monks:     - vows of poverty ( live simply)     - chastity ( no marital relations)     - obedience ( listen to church superiors) - His sister scholastic writes similar rules for nuns - They operate schools maintain libraries, and copy books Pope Gregory 1 and Papal Power Play - Pope Gregory 1 ( Gregory the great) goes secular ( wordly power) - Church revenues are used to help the poor, build roads , and raise armies. - This is theocracy - Gregory spiritual ...

Today in western civ we came in and took new notes on a new powerpoint called Charlemge Unites Germatic Kingdoms. After we finished a couple slides on that we went into the book and answered the question from the next chapter. Notes: Germatic kingdom that succeeded the Roman Empire were reunited under Charemgne's empire Spread Christian Civilization throughout Northern Europe, which is where some of (but not all of it) us came from Middle Ages= medieval period Ad 476- Ad 1453 End of Roman Empire the conquest of Constantinople by the turks  Medieval Europe is fragmented New society has roots in it... Classical heritage of Rome Belief of the Roman Catholic Church Customs of various Germatic church 5th century overrun the wester half of the Roman Empire Causing... Disruption if trade downfall of cities population shifts into Rural areas Decline of learning tribes had oral tradition, songs, but couldn't read greek or latin Romance languages evolve to French, ...

Today in wester civ we came in and we took attendance. Then we went into the book and read pages 358-363 and then answer the 5 questions on the board. Once we went up to show him we had to answer one of the questions that we wrote down. I had to answer 3 different questions until I got it right. After that we watched a short clip on medieval times. The questions we had to answer was... A fief is a estate granted to a vassal by lord undertake feudal system in Europe The person receiving a fief is called a vassal A lord is a person who controls land and could therefore grant estates to vessels A knight ware mounted horseman who pledged to defend their lords land in exchange for fiefs Serf were people who could now lawfully leave the place where they were born The manor was the lords estates After all payments the lord, peasants families owned villages priest a tithe or a church box Muslim, Magyar, Huns, Avars, Vikings The lord could no buy or sell them but what their ;labor p...

Today in wester civ we came and in and we learned that the test was curved and we got 4 more points added on to the test. Then we went over the test that we took yesterday. Each person had to answer a question and we talked about some of the questions on the test. I answered question 17 and got it right. I got 10 question right on the test in total. After that we had to start reading the new chapter in the book and take notes on it then we showed him the questions that we answered in class yesterday. When I went to show him the answer I was told I could pick a time to come and redo the test since I didn't get a good grade on it. Then class was over and we left for the day. we ha e this class last tomorrow and we don't have it the next day.

Today in western civ we came in and we took our test on all of Rome. It was 25 questions and we had the whole class to do it.  Once you were done we had to do bookwork. After everyone in the class was done, Mr. Schick went and graded the tests and when he came back he told us what we had gotten on the test. the class average was a 75%. Then after that he put the test into veracross. Since I did very poorly I was going to see if Mr.Schick would let me get my grade up. While he was doing all of this we were reading a section out of the book and answering the questions that were in the book. We had to do numbers 1,3,4,5 after we were done that we were aloud to go on our computers. Then class was over and we left for the day.

Today in Western civ we went over the final powerpoint on After Rome. We came in and look at our yearbooks for a little bit then we copied notes down. Then we looks at this church in Turkey and Meet was telling us about it and talking about the ice cream there and we watched a video of it being made. We also found out we have a test on Monday when we come back. Germanic Barbarians: Barbarians warlords and their families who assembled into Roman culture became the nobles or aristocrats of medieval Europe German tribes who ruled former Roman lands sought to conquer and assemble other barbarian people who lived beyond the frontier and were still pagans Angles and saxons from Denmark and northwestern Germany invaded Britain and assimilated the native Britain  Most anglo-saxons were converted to christianity in the 7th century Most powerful Germanic tribe was franks Real power lay with the mayors of the palace who were royal officials and nobles themselves Eastern Roman Empire...

Today in western civ we took notes on a new powerpoint. It was the decline of the Roman Empire most of the powerpoint we had already went over but we reviewed some of it and had some new notes on it. We also found out there was going to be a test early next week. Christinaity evolves from a cult status to establish official structures The Roman Empire and christianity are now linked in power and influence economic (trade becomes risky; taxes were to high; food supply was dropping) Roman generals fought for control; soldiers loyalty declined and mercenaries appeared Diocletian divided the empire into 2 Greek speaking East (had more resources) Greek speaking West ( Rome, Tradition) Ad 324 Constantine becomes emperor over both half of empire Moves capital from Rome- Byzantium (rename-constantinople) where Asia met Europe (Which is now Turkey) After death empire is divided again Barbarian invades (Huns, Vandales, Visigoths, Angels, Saxons, Franks) overrun the empire frontiers ...

Today in western civ we finished the powerpoint on Pax Romana. We came in and sat down and we took role then we started taking notes. After we were done taking notes we look at some pictures of Romulus. Roman emperor Constantine has a vision before the battle at Milvian Bridge Images in the sky of a cross and the words Ev Toutw Nika which meant the sign of conquer  Orders troops to put a cross on the shields Then they end up winning Christianity becomes a religion which is recognized/approved by the emperor Continues to gain strength By 380 becomes the empire official religion Military- to weak to defend huge areas Economy-Takes to high:widening gap between rich and poor trade disrupted Social- who cares about public affair disloyal population decreases Political-division of the empire Constantine moved the capital to Byzantium last roman emperor was in 476 14 year old boy named Romulus Augustulus. After we finished taking notes class was over and we left.

Today in western civ we came and we continued to take notes from the powerpoint. We tried to guess the 100 influential persons in history, the first person on the list was Muhammad Ali. And the only women that is in the list is Queen Elizabeth. After we did that we went over the powerpoint some more. Both Jews and christians were monotheistic Refused worship Roman God Early in Pax Romana, was easy to travel and spread ideas Poor desperate Romans were a receptive audience Jews and Christians were sometimes persecuted by Roman authority since monotheism contracted Roman law could be exiled, imprisioned, executed, crucified, burned, or killed by wild animals happened as things began to go wrong for Roman Empire scapegoats were needed Christians are because : Embraced all people Men and women Enslaved people The poor and nobles Gave hope to all powerless appeared to those who were disgusted by imperial Rome's decadence Offered a personal relationship with loving god P...

Today in western civ we came in and took notes and went over the test that we had just taken. We went over the answers and each person read a different answer to the question and we went over it that way. After that we took notes on a new topic it was about Pax Romana and there religion life back then in Rome. We talked about Jesus and how he related to history Jesus comes from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John Gospels means Good News Jesus was a jewish preacher in Judea who set himself apart from Messiah  Taught God's personal relationship to each human Message of love Jesus followers believed he was the Messiah who had come to the end of the world and bring truly faithful into the kingdom of god Believed to be both and and son of God both human and divine deemed as a threat to Roman rule and was crucified: his followers believed he rose from the death and assented to heaven 12 followers Jesus who attempted to spread the world of teaching were known as apostles ...

Today in western civ Mr.Schick wasn't here. We had a sub. We came in the classroom and waited for the sub to come. Then when he came in we took role and then we went up to his classroom on the 3rd floor. We had to do some book work. We had to go. back down stairs cause we left the books in the classroom. Then we came back up stair and we read the section that we had to read and we took notes in our notebook. That took up most of the class. But once I was done that I went downstairs to my locker and got my homework from my backpack and then came back upstairs. Then I worked on that till the end of class. Then class was over and we left for the day.

Today in western civ I took my test since I wasn't at school on Friday. It was a totally of 60 questions and we were aloud to use our blogs. I sat in the corner by the window and used the whole class period. While I was taking my test the rest of the class read a section out of the book and took notes on it. Most of the questions I had in my blog but other question I used my best guess of what the answer was. A lot of the questions on the test we went over in class so we were prepared for the test. There were a lot on the government and how it was related to the US. There were also a lot of questions on The emperors and how they ruled in Rome. Then class as over and I filled in the last bubble and then we left for the day.