Patricians vs. Plebeians

What were the main differences between Roman patricians and plebeians? What were the Greek versions of patricians and plebeians?

The main differences of the plebeians and the patricians was that the plebeians were the farmers, craftsmen, laborers and soldiers of Rome. They didn't have many rights while the patricians were the people who made the laws and owned the land. Overall, plebeians had some rights and the patricians had many rights. The greek versions of patricians were the aristocrats who worked most of their time, and the greek version of the plebeians was the middle-class who could vote and had more freedom. In all, the plebeians were on the poorer side of the social classes and they lacked a lot of what the patricians had. The patricians were the ones who were privileged and had lots of luxuries.

Defining terms

• Republic- a form of government in which power rests with citizens who have the right to vote for their leaders
• Patrician- Wealthy landowners who owned most of the power
• Plebeian- the common farmers, artisans, and merchants who made up most of the population
• Tribune- representatives that protected the rights of the Plebeians from unfair facts of patrician officials
• Consul- officials who commanded the army and directed the government
• Senate- the aristocratic branch of Romes government
• Dictator- a leader who had absolute power to make laws and command the army
• Legion- groups of roman soldiers
• Punic Wars- three wars between Rome and Carthage between 264 B.C. and 146 B.C.
• Hannibal- brilliant military strategist who wanted to avenge Carthage's earlier defeat

Essay

My essay question would be this: What effects did the plague have on society?

Paragraph 1: Explain what the plague is and how it came to be. Explain what the plague did and how it effected people

Paragraph 2: Explain two issues that the plague gave and what the greeks did to solve it

Paragraph 3: Explain two more issues that the plague gave and what the greeks did to solve it.

Paragraph 4: Explain the ending result of the plague and how society from then evolved and reassured it wouldn't happen again.

Edit:
How did the plague effect Athenian society?

P1: Give background of the plague. Give the symptoms, people it affected, and how it came to be.

P2: Name specific ways the plague affected society.

P3: Pericles

P4: Give the ending result of the plague and how much it impacted greek society.

P5: Tie all of the ideas together

Test questions

Here are the 5 questions for the test.

How many people can fit in a Greek Theatre?
10,000

What are the three groups in Plato's ideal society?
These groups were producers, military, and the rulers.

What were the kinds of dramas performed in Greek Theatre?
Comedy and Tragedy

What was Alexander the Great's horses name?
Bacephalus

What disease broke out?
The Plague

Plato and his ideas

Today you will watch a video called “Plato’s Best (and Worst) Ideas,” and answer these questions in your blog: 

1)     How did Plato define The Forms?

The ideal versions of things and concepts we see around us.

2)     Who are the three groups in Plato’s ideal society?

These groups were producers, military, and the rulers.

3)     What were Plato’s thoughts on women?

He said women were equally able to rule in this model city but he was inconsistent. He believed that a womens womb was a live animal. 

4)     What was the Noble Lie that Plato proposed?

We are all born with gold, silver, or a mixture of brass and iron.

Greek Poem

Greek Theatre

Theatron

10,000 people

Tragedy and Comedy

A greek treat

Theatre unlike any other

Greek Theatre

Greek Architecture

Today in class we researched greek architecture.

The picture below is a greek temple. These were buildings that were surrounded with a row of columns. Above the columns was a decorative panel of sculpture called the frieze and above the frieze was a triangle shaped part with sculptures called the pediment. Inside these temples housed the God or Goddess of the temple.

The picture below is an odeon. this is a building meant for theatrical performances such as singing and such. The theatre has 33 rows of seats that can hold approximately 6,000 people. They were built in a round shape with a MainStage in the front of the seats.

Greek Drama

Today in class, we re read the paragraph about drama.
1. They types of dramas in Greek were comedies and tradgedies. These were plays that either lifted peoples spirits or they pulled people’s spirits down. These were both very popular in the Greek world of drama.
2. My main hobby is theatre. Greeks also had theatre in their era and there is many similarities and differences between now and then. The greeks did comedies and tragedies just like I have done. We have many many more categories of the plays. Also, the greeks did not do musicals which is a very popular type of theatre. The greeks did more serious plays than we do now. Their plays were stories that examined justice and pride. Some plays that we do don't have a true meaning, but they are more for entertainment.
3. This is a Greek theatre. Most of the theatres are outside and they contain seating all the way up the theatre. These are amphitheater’s and these are still used in the world today.

Cyber School

Today in class we wrote an essay reflecting cyber school.

Cyber School

        Cyber school is unlike anything most of us have done before. It's challenging and easy at times, but it is also a weird thing to do. Coronavirus has taken over our world and we are basically on shut down. Cyber school has brought us many challenges to face and we have overcame obstacles as a student body.

          We need to be responsible. Since we are not sitting in a classroom, with a teacher, for 55 minutes, we have to take the responsibility of learning on our own. I have found that this is especially hard in classes like math because of the hard material we are learning. learning new things by yourself is a challenge because you can be doing it totally wrong. While at home, we still need a schedule. We need to be ready in the morning to enter our attendance, and be ready at certain times to take tests and meet on FaceTime apps.

          It's harder for teachers. Teachers barely have the amount of materials that they did at school. Teachers have to come up with lessons related to what we would do in class and they must have it between 30-45 minutes. Since they don't have a whiteboard to teach us certain things, it's confusing for some students what we are learning. For most things, teachers need to be present during your class so they can answer questions and interact with the student that may be going through some challenges.

          Overall, cyber school has made us face several obstacles and challenges throughout the few weeks and we have overcame and we are still overcoming these challenges everyday. we will get through this together as a student body. we need to remember the reason why we are out of school, and not think of this as a vacation, but more of a medical emergency break. We will get through this and become stronger in the end.

THE PLAGUEEE

Today, we talked about the plague vs. the corona virus.

The plague and the corona virus are two different sicknesses but they both have their similarities and differences. Coronavirus is still considered new to us so we don't have much opinions on it and real facts to state. The plague killed an estimated 75,000-100,000 people. Right now, the coronavirus has killed about 21,000 people. Coronavirus has not killed many people but it is still just the beginning. Also, the plague hit and there was a lack of practicing religion. This can be true to us because we are not allowed to attend church services. Although, now we have the technology to watch livestream church services. The plague was an epidemic while the coronavirus has spread across the world, meaning its a pandemic. Some of the symptoms of the plague include fever, coughing, and sore throats which are the main symptoms of the coronavirus. The plague and the coronavirus are two completely different viruses but they are very similar in many different ways.

Biographies

Today we wrote three biographies about,

Phillip II-

Phillip II was the king of the kingdom of Macedon. He was a member of the Agreed dynasty and he was the father of Alexander The Great. He was the youngest son of King Amyntas III and Eurydice I. When Phillip became the leader of Macedon, he used skilled military and diplomatic tactics to improve his country and their territory, and ended up almost dominating all of the neighboring greek city states. Phillip was murdered in October 336 B.C. at the age of 46.

                                                 Alexander The Great

Alexander The Great was born in Macedonia on July 20, 356 B.C. to parents, King Phillip II and Queen Olympia. In 343 B.C. king Phillip hired a tutor for Alexander to teach him math, horsemanship, and archery. Eventually, Aristotle was hired to teach him. By 20, Alexander overthrew his dad after his death and at age 30 he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient nation. Alexander overthrew Darius III and conquered his empire entirely. Alexander the Great changed the course of history and was one of the greatest military generals.

                                                         Darius III

Darius III was born in 336 B.C. which is when he began his reign. Darius took the throne at age 43 after the death of Artaxerxes III. Darius was the last king of the Persian Empire. Alexander the Great defeated Darius and the Persians in 334 B.C. Alexander wanted to capture him alive but found him dying on a wagon. Alexander took over Persia after Darius' death and became the official leader