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Students preparing for a spring full of science and technology integration

Roman 3D models

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Apartments

If you went back in time I think you should go to the apartments because they were so interesting. To begin with there were three different floors. The bottom floor was stores, taverns and the kitchen. The kitchen used pots not the table platters. In the kitchen they had a fire for cooking. Apartments didn’t have their own cooking area. Another interesting fact about the apartments is they were dangerous. There was a law that said they had to be three stories high. The reason for this law was that there were many fires. So now you know a little bit about the apartments.  

Claire     

Flora's Temple

Flora’s temple

    

 Flora's Temple

A really long time ago there was a building called Flora’s temple. Here‘s some fact’s about this giant temple. Inside priest used to worship gods and had sacrifices for them. One of the gods they worshiped was Flora. Flora is god of growing plants and helping plants thrive. She also had two temples which were extremely big. Another thing the priest did was sacrifice. The priest would burn the animals and give them to the gods. The priest thought by sacrificing the animals the gods would give something back in return[t1]  . The priest had to sacrifice the animals in floras temple. Know you can see floras temple is an amazing place to be!

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By, Sauviah

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 [t1]Where did they need to go to make the sacrifice

Basilica

ROMAN BASILICA

The Basilica building is very interesting and this is why. One interesting fact about the Basilica is its large .The Basilica 31.6 feet high and 17.16 feet wide. 31.16ft is about as tall as our school gym. There is a door and it is bronze  and brown. Another fact about the Basilica is it had a large hall inside. To get inside the large hall you had to be a man. No women were allowed. The Basilica hall was used for the government. In the hall the men held meetings every week or so to talk about the town. So now you know some facts about the Basilica.       

 By Jordan Adams JJJJ(:

 

Circus Maximus

                                                                               

                                           CIRCUS MAXIMUS

Today you will be learning about the Circus Maximus. To begin with the Circus Maximus is huge. The Circus Maximus is two thousand feet long and the width is six hundred fifty feet. It can hold two thousand fifty people in it. The next fact you will learn is how many chariots race. There are twelve chariots that can race at one time. You can have two or four horses on a team pulling a chariot.  A chariot is a cart that has two wheels. The race drivers started with a cloth that the Empire dropped. They got lots of money if they won. Now you know more about the Circus Maximus.  

The roman fort

Today I will tell you about the roman fort. Here are some facts about this amazing fort. To begin with the roman fort was very large. The number of people that they could fit in the fort at ones was 4,000 people or more. The soldiers had a lot of stables for their horses. The soldiers that rode the horses were called the Calvary. Another thing I will tell you about is how the soldiers protected the fort. They had gigantic walls. The walls were 13 ft high so it would probably be impossible to climb it. Outside the fort Auxiliaries guarded the soldiers by protected the entrances. The Auxiliaries were the people that guarded the soldiers and they didn’t get paid. Now you know why the forts are so interesting.

Roman Apartments

A couple thousand years ago the Romans built apartments and I am going to tell you two facts about them. First apartments had stores. The stores where always down stairs. The stores where so big. The stores had all kind of stuff like fresh figs, apples, freshly caught shellfish and sweet wine. The second thing about the apartments was two families could live in the apartments. The first family that lived there had to say that the second family could live there. Both of the families slept up stairs on the second floor. As one can see this is what happen a couple thousand years ago in the Roman Empire town. 

The Villa

                     The Villa

A couple thousand years ago Romans built a building called the villa. This was an amazing building. To begin with the interesting[  Villa has lots of food. There was 65 acres in the villa of crops like wheat, apples, beans, onions, grapes, and very good olives. Many of them were owned by wealthy people. Another thing about the villa is that most of the workers were slaves. Roman slaves were often people from countries captured by Rome. They were bought and sold at markets in town. Many owners took good care of their slaves, and paid them for doing special jobs. Sometimes they were given, or allowed to buy their freedom. Now you know what they had in villas in roman times.

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The Villa

                                                  The Villa

If you could travel in time you should want to visit the villa for several reasons! One reason is they grew food. Some of the food they grew was grapes, apples, onions, wheat,  

  and very good olives. The best farm land was on the coast of North Africa! The soil there was amazing! There were  awesome places to grow wheat.Wheat was ground into flour and then made into bread! Next I will talk to you about the slaves! The slaves did most of the farm work. A trusted slave called the vilicus was in charge of the fields and laborer! The slaves work very hard. If they didn’t work hard they might be beaten or kept chained! As you can see the villa is a grate place to be! JJJ

The amazing roman senate house

Would you like to hear about a spectacular building?  By reading this you will go back

in time and travel to the basilica. One reason why the basilica was so amazing is because they used it to hold court. They held court in a large room with marble floor. Senators would help the emperor decide what was going to happen to the person they were judging. Eventually the army would come and take the person to jail. The second reason the basilica was so great was because of the door. The basilica had huge, ginormous bronze doors for getting lots of people in, and out. The doors to the roman senate house are still standing from 1,000 years ago! The third reason the roman senate house is so wonderful is because of its dimensions. It was 31.6 feet tall, 57.1 feet wide and 82.7 feet long. It was one of the tallest buildings in the Roman Empire. The last reason the roman basilica was so spectacular is how it fell down and was rebuilt. When Julius Ceaser’s senate house was burned down in a fire in the late 200s AD the emperor had a new senate house built to replace it. The senate house that was rebuilt is still standing in the same place in the forum today. Amazing! Now you know four things about the basilica.

             By: Elizabeth Katovich

Roman Relgion

                       Roman Religion

A really long time ago in the roman times there was buildings called temples. Here are a few facts about them. One thing they did inside was worship many gods. The people of the church burned animals and made sacrifices. Some of the people thought it sent messages to the gods. The priest and emperor  also prayed and took the peoples offering inside. The poor people gave coins and brooches and the rich people gave silver statues. Most people  thought it would give them good luck. Another fact about the temple was the gods. There was goddess and gods. The goddesses were; Juno the wife of Jupiter also goddess of goddess, Flora goddess of flowers and spring, Terra goddess of Earth, Minerva goddess of wisdom also daughter of Jupiter, and Venus goddess of love and beauty. The male gods were; Mercury god of road and travel, Saturn god of fertility and planting, Sol god of the sun, Cupid Venus son, Jupiter god of sky, Mars god of war, and Neptune god of the sea. The most powerful god was Zeus god of gods. Now you should have a pretty good idea of roman religion.

Test March 16th

disprove
bifocal
autopilot
upon
midsummer
distrust
biplane
automatic
midtown
within
automobile
near
midweek
disband
bicycle
disagree
autobigraphy

Roman Sketch Up Work

Roman Work

Spelling Test March 9

restart
prefix
unfair
recount
misplace
preview
preschool
unaware
mismatch
unclear
reread
refund
unzip
misprint
unload
mislead
preheat

Egg Drop

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“Success is doing what you’re capable of, showing effort and being grateful.”

Tasha Schoenberg

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“Success is being helpful and doing the best I can at everything I do.”

Rachel Vadnais JJJJ

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 “Success is doing the best you can and believing in yourself.” J

       

                By Jordan Adams

seccess is

“Success is bringing joy and peace to others while doing the best you can.”

                Angle Lopez

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“Success means I work hard to do my best while helping others.”

By Codee Fry

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“Success is working hard at something and creating a positive outcome from your efforts.” J

      by Meredith Mittelstaedt

Success Is

“Success is about trying your best and working toward your goals while showing you care about those around you. You can find success anywhere.”

                    By Brooke willms JJJ