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Letter to my Future Self

Dear Future Self,  This year was not what I expected, this year was not what anyone expected. I went into my freshman year so excited. There were so many opportunities and I enjoyed those first months so much. As things started to settle down and the beginning of the school year was over, I still felt so excited to be able to be in high school and I loved being at school every day. When I started to hear about the coronavirus, I saw it as a joke. At that point no one really seemed to be worried about it. I heard about it on social media, but no one was taking it seriously it all was just a joke. When the virus first came to the US, I still was not really worried. Then, it was in Maryland. At this point I started to get worried, I never thought it would get so serious and I definitely never thought we would get out of school for this. Then came March, when we got the first thought about getting out of school. At first, we would just be out for two weeks. Everyone at school was kind o
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notes on slides 43-52

Today you asked us to take notes on the rest of the power point, slides 43-52. Here are some of the key notes that I took: Octavian takes over the throne at 18 with his own triumvirate with Mark Anthony and Lepidus Octavian forces Lepidus to retire and he and Mark Antony become rivals  Mark Antony partners up with Cleopatra from Egypt Octavian is now ruling Rome alone new Rome is an empire not a republic Octavian started Pax Romana, which was 207 years long Octavian had many accomplishments including building a network of roads and collecting taxes Octavian died of natural causes and the power was passed down to emperors Tiberius ruled from AD 14-37 and was excellent general but a reluctant emperor Caligula ruled from AD 37-41 and won a power struggle after Tiberius' death Claudius ruled from AD 41-54, he suffered from many infirmities but was a good ruler Nero ruled from AD 54-68 who emphasized the arts and who wanted to rebuild Rome to make it more majestic 
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notes on slides 32-42

I will be taking my test at 8 on June 2nd. Here are my notes on slides 32-42: the plebs like to revolt and fight against the government bread and free entertainment is used to keep them distracted so they don't revolt Tiberius Gracchus saw advantages in courting the plebs military generals had a similar mindset: conquer a land and then share Julius Caesar: (100-40 BC), a highly successful general, conquered the huge territory of Gaul he made the common folk happy and made friends in high places him along with Pompey, and Crassus formed the first triumvirate  Caesar serves as a consul for one year, appoints himself governor of Gaul Pompey is his jealous rival in 44 BC he is named dictator- first for six months then for life Caesar did many things during his rule including granting citizenship to people in provinces, expanding the state, creating jobs for the poor, increasing pay for soldiers, and starting colonies where those without land could own property Caesar was
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essay choice

Today you asked us to pick out of three choices what we wanted to write our test essay on. I am going to choose option A, which is to compare and contrast Rome and the US government.
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notes

Today you asked us to take notes like we would in our notebook from pages 160-165 in the textbook. Here are some key notes that I took: main idea: empire building- The creation of the Roman empire transformed Roman government, society, economy, and culture. why it matters now: The Roman Empire has served throughout history as a model of political organization and control. civil war: a war between people in the same country Julius Caesar: a military leader who was elected consul in 59 B.C. triumvirate: a group of three rulers Augustus: unchallenged ruler of Rome aka Octavian Pax Romana: the period of peace and prosperity most Romans survived on the produce from their local area, the rich often got luxury food from trade gravitas: a person that withholds the qualities of discipline, strength, and loyalty the Romans had more slaves than any other previous civilization numina: the gods, or the divine forces that the Romans believed resided in everything around them free enter
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Punic Wars

Today you asked us to explain all the details about the Punic Wars. The Punic Wars were fought from 264-146 BCE. They were fought between Rome and Carthage. There were three wars in the Punic Wars. These wars were a struggle between two empires for control and power. In the first Punic War, there were naval battles for control of Sicily. This battle Rome won. Then, in the second Punic War Carthage strikes back and Hannibal takes Rome. He attacks Rome from the North and lays siege to the peninsula for 15 years, but he never reaches Rome. Lastly, in the third Punic War, Rome no longer wanted to have Carthage as a threat. So, many men attacked Carthage, including Scipio, Tiberius, and Gracchus. Carthage was burned for 17 days and everything was destroyed. At the end of the war, anyone that was left in Carthage was sold into slavery. This led to many economic changes and social upheaval.
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power point slides 9-22

Today you asked us to go over slides 9-22 in your power point and discuss the two main topics that were talked about in those slides. Slides 9-12 are all talking about how bad it was to live under the rule of a cynical and bad leader. These slides talk about Tarquin and how he seized power and it talks about all the crazy things he did. This kings behavior shaped the peoples ideas about their family. The people never wanted to be subject to the rule of kings again. In slides 13-22 the Roman government is described and compared to the US government. It talks all about how officials were elected and what they did. These slides also continue to discuss the differences between the plebeians and the patricians. The US government and the Roman government have some similarities. Their governments were modeled in very similar ways and both had the three branches of government. In each of those branches there were similarities and differences.
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