Thursday, and long weekend coming up

Passover started yesterday, a major Jewish holiday that has its origins in Ancient Egypt (which we studied in the fall) and also involves pandemics, which we are dealing with now. Easter starts tomorrow, a major Christian holiday that has its origins in what we are also studying right now, Ancient Rome. These stories from these ancient times are still with us today, and influence our society, such as being the reason for the long weekend that starts tomorrow.

The Story of Passover

This story above from the Jewish Torah can also be found in the Muslim Quran and the Christian Bible

How Easter and a bunny that delivers chocolate eggs came to be

Passover and Easter are two ways people mark the coming of Spring. The Anishinaabe, who have lived on this land for thousands of years, used the moons to the announce the transitions of seasons, and we are right now in The Hard Crust on the Snow Moon and transitioning to the Sugar Moon. More details here. 

1. Blog below what announces spring to you. It may be the start of outdoor  sport practices,  a big family gathering that happens every year,  raking lawns,  a large cleaning,  or . . . 

Due Monday-The Bearcat Storybook AND your History Presentation. If needed, details below of those two Assignments

Bearcat Storybook Assignment is here.

History presentation details are here.

Have a 2nd song to add to our Happy Playlist, or haven't added one yet? Let me know your song choice(s).

8A Happy Playlist

Hey, it's Wednesday

Hello Happy Wednesday😄
1pm class begins online.  You may have to download the Zoom app. Click here to access the meeting and for help in downloading the app. If doing it manually: Meeting ID: 990 817 2024

Password: 750417

Monday, April 13 will be the new due date for our Story Book(comic) and for our history presentation. 

Here is a resource to help with coping while we are away from school.  https://wideopenschool.org/programs/family/6-12/emotional-well-being/


If you haven't done your journal yet, or contributed to our Happy Playlist, here are the details to do that.  Journals handed in have been marked and commented on. Happy playlist below

8A Happy Playlist

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The red highlights are the right answers and responses. Marks in Powerschool. If the mark didn't raise your grade, then I exempted the mark. 

The Roman Empire collapsed because of one huge reason
Yes, most major events happen because of 1 reason
Nooooo, often big events happen because of a variety of reasons

As talked about last month, and mentioned again yesterday, a reason Rome collapsed is
failure of the potato crop-Potatoes are from North America, Romans didn't have them!
a pandemic-nothing new about pandemics
invasion by the Mohawks-Again, from N.A., Ancient Romans never met them!
All of the above

Give another reason why Rome Collapsed Student responses below, they were all good!

They had to much slaves

military overspending

corrupt government

Invasion from barbarian tribes.

bad government

economic troubles

It was divided into 2 half's

because of when the barbarian invaded rome? idk if that is right It is right!

from Barbarian Invasions

Give yet another reason why Rome Collapsed-Again, all student responses got a mark, well done.

Economic troubles

the loss of trditional values

economic troubles

Poor rules and leadership.

rise of christianity

unstable leaderships

Military losses

because of curruption and weak leadership

the roman armies were unable to deal with mass migration of the barbarian tribes into their lands

When Rome collapsed, the Roads remained, but it was more difficult to travel on them because . . .
The one question that stopped Kassandra and Tyler from being perfect, and that everyone else also got wrong. Here are two possible responses
While the roads and paths remained, and some, as shown in class, are still around, travel on them became more difficult, if not impossible with the collapse of Rome because

-The safe stations that the Romans had maintained for food, lodging and rest were no longer being maintained. Try traveling across Canada without anywhere safe to stop for fuel or food or rest or . . .
-The roman army no longer patrolled the roads, so now roaming barbarians and thieves preyed upon travellers. 

When Rome collapsed, what happened with the aqueducts that transported water
They were not maintained
They were vandalized
They were stripped for building materials.

Which year is earlier
1824
1824 bc
1824 ad
1826 ce

Which year is later
1566 ad
1824 bc
2012 ad
1826 ce

A year in the 14th century
1466 ad
1313
1267
1455 ce

A year in the 1600s
1598
1666
1765
1765 ad

The year that is the earliest
200,000BP
2 ad
2 bc
2 ce

Hello Happy Tuesday😄

1pm class begins online.  You may have to download the Zoom app. Click here to access the meeting and for help in downloading the app. If doing it manually: Meeting ID: 990 817 2024

Password: 750417

Yesterday we decided that Monday, April 13 will be the new due date for our Story Book(comic) and for our history presentation. We also decided that we would start reading the Stories that had already been handed in.  Journals and your Happy song are past due, see below for more details.  Here is a resource to help with coping while we are away from school.  https://wideopenschool.org/programs/family/6-12/emotional-well-being/

Home-ec Showbie Code  82KT7

If you haven't done your journal yet, or contributed to our Happy Playlist, here are the details to do that.  Journals handed in have been marked and commented on. Happy playlist below

Looking for reading/viewing material? Besides the links I have provided in the heading at the top, the Winnipeg Public library still has its online material available. Details are here

8A Happy Playlist

The Fall of Rome

Many of you mentioned wanting to study the Middle Ages, which happened after the Fall of Rome.

Rome didn't fall in a day, and there were many factors for Rome falling. Last month we went over disease and climate change as two such factors. https://rm10lass.blogspot.com/2020/03/disease-and-climate-change.html

Other Factors for the Fall of Rome

Size-As Rome became bigger, the logistics of ruling the territory became more difficult. To try and solve this, Rome was split in Western Rome and Eastern Rome.

Taxes-People started to pay more and more taxes for things like the military, and not feeling that they were getting full value for being Roman citizens. 

Loyalty-Related to above. As Rome took over more and more territory,  the newly acquired people didn't feel a strong affinity for the Roman conquers and were not enthusiastic participants in paying taxes, fighting for the Roman military and other duties. 

Invasions-As Rome expanded, they brushed up against a larger area, so had more territory to defend and more people to defend against. 

Poor Leadership-Questionable and corrupt leaders didn't help solve the problems, and creatd a few of their own.

Climate Change and Pandemics-https://rm10lass.blogspot.com/2020/03/disease-and-climate-change.html

Below is a short video clip about the Fall of Rome. A mercenary is a soldier with no loyalty to a country, they fight for whoever pays them. 

April 1st

Have the  two previous assignments, Sound of Silence, and Personification. done for correction on Wednesday.  We will correct this assignment below on Thursday. On question 10, which song you preferred and why, Old School won out. Some great reasons given to which song you preferred. Read the last comment on the Sound of Silence post where I compiled people's opinions. Did anyone make you change your mind, or reinforce your present preference?
1pm class begins online.  You may have to download the Zoom app. Click here for access



April Fools appears as we transition from Ancient Rome into the Middle Ages. April Fools may have its origins in Ancient Rome OR the Middle Ages. Read more about it here. Feel free to find other sources. Here is a list of some of the most famous April Fools pranks played through the ages

1. What is your belief of the origin of April Fools, AND give your reason why.

The BBC, Britian's national television station (like the CBC), presented this documentary some years ago on April 1st, that fooled a lot of people

2. Why do you think the tradition of April 1st continues?

Not an April 1st prank,  this video below was made to warn people not to be so easily fooled

3. We have all been fooled. Share a time when you or someone you know has been fooled. 

Disease, and Climate change

Not to be alarmist, but climate change and disease were two huge causes for the fall of the Roman Empire. At its most powerful, 160 A.D., Rome suffered a terrible pandemic. More details are here

1. From what you read about in the news today, why would Rome be vulnerable to a pandemic when it was at its height in terms of land conquered and having efficient transportation routes?

2. Pandemics are a fact of our existence. Events that humanity has faced and survived. Browse the graphic below, that only lists SOME of our pandemics.

We will soon be studying the Middle Ages, when history's most deadly pandemic happened, the Black Death. Ironically, this event is credited to improving the lives of people, more on that later.

A new Roman Weapon has been found

A close cousin to the most trusted weapon of the Roman Soldier, the Gladius, has been unearthed.

Your Chariot

Date of the races is the Monday after Spring break, last period.
Needed
-A name and a motto for your chariot. Motto must be Latin, options below to pick from. Be prepared to proudly declare your name and motto WWE style before the start of the race.
-A Chariot to do 7 laps around the bench. Mass start, first across wins. When the horse(sphero) gets separated from the chariot, you have left the race.
NB-We have a sphero for everyone and you are responsible for having a chariot. Students may team up, but the responsibility remains the same to have a chariot.


The roman quotes we have already studied,
Veni, vidi, vici- I came, I saw, I conquered, 
Carpa Diem-Seize the Day,  
Dulce et Decorum-it is sweet, and proper 
Pro patria mori-to die for your country

here are some other roman sayings 

invicta

unconquered

in omnia paratus

ready for anything

hoc est bellum

this is war

fortis in arduis

strong in difficulties-when the going gets tough, the tough get going

fortes fortuna adiuvat

fortune favors the bold-Take the leap

flectere si nequeo superos, acheronta movebo

if I cannot move heaven I will raise hell

fac fortia et patere

do brave deeds and endure

ex nihilo

out of nothing

ex animo

from the heart

dulcius ex asperis

sweeter after difficulties

disce quasi semper victurus vive quasi cras moriturus

learn as if you're always going to live; live as if tomorrow you're going to die (a teacher favourite)

dictum factum

what is said is done

deo volente

God willing

citius altius fortius

faster, higher, stronger -- modern Olympics motto

bono malum superate

overcome evil with good

bellum omnium contra omnes

war of all against all

barba non facit philosophum

a beard doesn't make one a philosopher

aut viam inveniam aut faciam

I will either find a way or make one -- said by Hannibal, the great ancient military commander

auribus teneo lupum

I hold a wolf by the ears -- a common ancient proverb; indicates that one is in a dangerous situation where both holding on and letting go could be deadly; a modern version is, "to have a tiger by the tail"

aut neca aut necare

either kill or be killed

arte et marte

by skill and valour

annuit cœptis

He (God) nods at things being begun -- or "he approves our undertakings," motto on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States and on the back of the United States one-dollar bill

amor vincit omnia

love conquers all

alea iacta est

the die has been cast -said by Caesar as he crossed the rubicon

ad honorem

for honor

ad hoc

to this -- improvised or made up

vox populi

voice of the people

vivere militare est

to live is to fight

vivere est vincere

to live is to conquer

vive memor leti

live remembering death

virtute et armis

by virtue and arms -- or "by manhood and weapons"; state motto of Mississippi, which may explain the large number of guns they have

virtus tentamine gaudet

strength rejoices in the challenge

vincit qui se vincit

he conquers who conquers himself

vincit qui patitur

he conquers who endures

vae victis

woe to the conquered

summum bonum

the supreme good

summa cum laude

with highest praise, quote used at Universities

spes bona

good hope

sola fide

by faith alone-hopefully your sphero has more than faith

sic vita est	thus is life -- the ancient version of "it is what it is"

sic semper tyrannis

thus always to tyrants -- attributed to Brutus at the time of Julius Caesar's assassination, and to John Wilkes Booth at the time of Abraham Lincoln's assassination; whether it was actually said at either of these events is disputed

sic parvis magna

greatness from small beginnings -- motto of Sir Frances Drake

si vis pacem, para bellum

if you want peace, prepare for war

si vales, valeo

when you are strong, I am strong-A great team quote

semper anticus

always forward

scientia ipsa potentia est

knowledge itself is power-another teacher favourite

scientia ac labore

knowledge through hard work-as above

requiescat in pace

let him rest in peace -- abbreviated R.I.P., and you probably thought it meant 'rest in peace'

quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

who will guard the guards themselves? -- commonly associated with Plato and timely with the happenings down south

quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur

whatever has been said in Latin seems deep -- or "anything said in Latin sounds profound"; a recent ironic Latin phrase to poke fun at people who seem to use Latin phrases and quotations only to make themselves sound more important or "educated"

primus inter pares

first among equals -- a title of the Roman Emperors

praesis ut prosis ne ut imperes

lead in order to serve, not in order to rule

para bellum

prepare for war -- if you want peace, prepare for war—if a country is ready for war, its enemies are less likely to attack

panem et circenses

bread and circuses -- originally described all that was needed for emperors to placate the Roman mob; today used to describe any entertainment used to distract public attention from more important matters

non progredi est regredi

to not go forward is to go backward

non loqui sed facere

not talk but action

non ducor, duco

I am not led; I lead

nil volentibus arduum

nothing [is] arduous for the willing

morior invictus

death before defeat

mea culpa

my fault

magnum opus

great work

labore et honore

by labor and honor

laborare pugnare parati sumus

to work, (or) to fight; we are ready

labor omnia vincit

hard work conquers all

invictus maneo

I remain unvanquished

Examples of Chariots from last year

Here are some more examples of chariots. Not pictured is making a chariot out of a mason bottle screw band.