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For this essay done in social studies, we used the five paragraph essay format. We took the information from our text book and compared the Germanic tribes and the Romans. Here is my essay:

German Essay

    Around three hundred C.E. Rome allows groups of Germans to cross their borders into the Danube River valley; that is where Rome went wrong. The German were groups or tribes of people who lived in villages surrounded by farmlands and pastures. Germans took part in Roman life but, they also kept some of their own culture. The people who worked in the fields for the Romans were very different from those of the Germans. While Rome had an entire and powerful army, Germans had clans with extremely different fighting styles. The Germans decided what the law would be very differently than the Romans. This essay is going to describe three differences between Germans and Romans.

Both the Germans and the Romans had farmers as part of their population. The Roman farmers were mostly men, boys, and enslaved people. The farmers in the German villages were women, children, and slaves. For Germans, the men were almost always hunting, fighting, or training for battle. Boys joined the clans at a young age so they were not able to help with the farm work. Romans on the other hand had only men in the army but, they were also training constantly. Farmers could not join the army at points in Roman history because they needed to produce food for the people in the cities.

Not all men in the Roman empire fought in the army but, all in the Germanic tribes fought. Rome had a very large army. When Rome had grown too large for the army to protect its borders, it was sort of useless. The Germanic tribes had their own clans and rarely fought as a group. When they did the two chieftains would have to agree on a plan and a fighting style. The Germanic tribes were very violent. The German tribes did however have something in common with the Roman Empire. The Germans fought for the chieftains and the chieftains fought for victory. The Roman soldiers pledged allegiance with the generals instead of the Roman Empire.

    Romans chose the laws for the good of the body of the people. The laws for the Romans came from the emperor. Germans were the exact opposite. They chose the laws for the individual people. The German law came from the people. The German rulers could not change the law unless they got the O.K. from the people. The emperor of Rome could change the law whenever he wanted and the people had no say. The Germans based their law after what their ancestors had used for law. Instead of writing down the laws, Germans verbally passed them down from parent to child and so on.

There are many differences between the Germans and the Romans. While the Romans were a very large empire with a trained army, the Germans were in smaller clans that could also make a impact. Romans had their slaves to work on the plantations that produced agricultural food. The Germans grew it themselves. Laws in different places are decided different ways. This was the case with the Romans and the Germans. Just like Americans and Africans the Germans and the Romans were very different.

In social studies for the past week, our class has been studying Roman gladiators. We learned about daily life in Rome for the gladiators and the way that they trained for the games. We also learned about the different types of gladiators and the Colosseum. Here is an excerpt from my journal:

March 23, 234

    Today was my first day at the ludas gladiatorius. I am starting in the first grade. Agrippa was the first lanista that I met at the school. He is retired from being a Secutor. He is one of the fastest runners I have ever seen.

March 23, 234

    A ludas gladiatorius was a training school for gladiators. Gladiators have to go through grade levels. Agrippa was a lanista, meaning that he used to be a gladiator but has retired. He now taught at the school. A Secutor is a type of gladiator that chases his opponent. He would have had to run a lot in his training, if he wanted to be a strong and popular Secutor.



March 24, 234

    Today was my second day at school and I was given my sword. I have started my daily exercising and I have been assigned to a barrack, where I have a trainer. In the barracks that I am in, everyone is of the same fighting style. Tonight we are to be bonded together in a formal association.

March 24, 234

    The sword that a gladiator in-training would use would be made of wood. It keeps the gladiators from seriously hurting or even killing their opponent in practice. The gladiators would exercise daily to build up the strength they would need in battle. The larger barracks would have their own trainer. The fighting styles were grouped with each other so it would be easier for the trainers to teach. When they were bonded together in formal association, it means that they would try to be a gladiator and not intentionally hurt themselves or each other.

May 14, 234

    We started the day with a warm-up and then all the gamblers placed their bets. We got our weapons and then the musicians piped up. Next I fought to the death with Alba. After hours of fighting, she was injured and I was awarded with a wooden sword. It doesn't really help me. She still lived.

May 14, 234

    Opponents would have practiced with wooden swords while gamblers set their bets on either gladiator. When the gladiators were given their weapons, in Aeliana's case, a shield and a sword, the musicians began to play their flutes, pipes, and war trumpets. The gladiators would then fight to the death or serious injury of the other. Wooden swords were given to the victor. The sword symbolized freedom. Palm branches might have also been given to the victor.   The emperor would have listened to the crowd to decide if the gladiator lived or died. The crowd must have thought highly of the gladiator or he or she would have been killed and dragged out of the Colosseum.

The battle I researched for my Prezi was the Battle of Marathon. Our group divided the work so that one other person and I did the who, what, where, when, and why. The other three people did the causes, effects, and important details. The way we found information for our presentation was by using websites labeled .org, .edu, .gov and EBSCO middle search plus.

11/4
Dear Mom and Dad,
I am writing this letter to tell you what we have done for work in math this module. We have learned about graphs and frequency tables to exponents and order of operations. It has been fun and frustrating but, I am learning fast.
The topics I am going to tell you about are frequency tables, probability, and exponents. The first one is frequency tables. Frequency tables are helpful when doing an experiment. The tables also show how many times the variable shows up. The table below is a frequency table:

Type of pet
Tally
Frequency

Dog
11111 11111
11111
13
Fish
1111
4
Cat
11111 11
7

The table shows that dogs are a more common type of pet than cats and fish.
The next topic is probability. The meaning of probability is a number or fraction ranging from 0 to 1 that tells how likely an event is to happen. There are two types of probability. The first being theoretical probability. The second is experimental probability. Theoretical probability is the outcome that should occur when doing the experiment. Experimental probability is the probability of an outcome from an experiment. The spinner below is an example:
Theoretical Probability: Experimental Probability:
Yellow: ½ Yellow: 1/2
Red: ¼ Red: 1/4
Blue: ¼ Blue: 1/4
Color

Tally
Frequency
Yellow
1111
4
Red
11
2
Blue
11
2

The third and final thing I am telling you about is the order of operations. The order of the operations:
1) Brackets
2) Parentheses
3) Exponents
4) Multiplication/Division
5) Addition/Subtraction
Some examples of order of operation problems are:

48/(7-3)
24-18

2*3 2

and many, many more

Now you have had a taste of all the hard but fun math we have done so far this year.

Love,
GSMA

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