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Ancient Rome by Caleb

Rome

  There is a legend about Rome’s beginning.  By the lovely Tiber River on the Palatine Hill, which had much traffic and trade, there were two brothers, Remus and Romulus.  The young boys were rescued by a radiant wolf.  When they were older, they built a city in honor of the wolf. Unfortunately, they fought barbarically over the boundaries of their power.  Remus was killed. Romulus became king. The beautiful city was named Rome.

  Rome separated into three classes, the rich patricians, plebeians, which were ordinary citizens, and the slaves. Since slaves, who were not considered citizens, were treated very cruelly, they did most of the hard labor. Only Roman citizens were allowed to vote and join the army.  Wealthy patricians were not allowed to marry plebeians and a person must be born into being a patrician. No matter how hard plebeians worked they could never earn the title of patrician.  Eventually, plebeians gained the equal rights of patricians.  Citizenship was desired by all.

  There were many stages in the Roman government.  After Romulus, Rome was controlled by six kings.  Eventually, kingship was run out of Rome.  The Roman consul soon began.  One of these consuls was Julius Caesar.  His rule did not last long because  Senators, who were prominent citizens, killed him.  Emperors took over and the Senate did not have much power.  Rome fell in A.D.  476.

 

Tadpole

   

This Tuesday, Cassie, Ray, Olivia, Mom, and I went to Irvine Regional Park to catch tadpoles and caterpillars.  There was a stream and mom had her good boots on and Cassie had to carry her across, which it was hilarious.  Too bad we didn’t have a camera with us.  I caught three tadpoles, Cassie caught three tadpoles, mom and Olivia caught like ten tadpoles (with Casie's help), and Ray caught... (pause for dramatic affect)... ONE tadpole, isn’t that amazing, ONE tadpole.  There is only only two still living.  Tadpole update to come at a later date.

We have a lot of caterpillars.  They have survived so far.  We are still not sure if they will make it.  Caterpillar update to come at a later date.

Karate Tournament #2

Napolean Bonaparte by Cassie

Napolean Bonaparte

  Napolean Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769.  His mother was Letizia Ramolino and his father was Carlo Buonaparte.  Napolean was born into a noble Italian ancestry and was raised in a Roman Catholic family.  He was trained as an artillery officer in France.  Napolean Bonaparte died at the age of fifty-one on May 5, 1821.  Many people believed Napolean was poisoned, but it was later found that he died due to stomach bleeding or cancer.  

  Napolean Bonaparte married his wife, Josephine de Beauharnais, on March 9, 1796, when he was twenty-six and she was thirty-two years old.  Napolean adopted Josephine’s young son Eugene, but she was unable to provide him a son of his own.  At forty years old, Napolean divorced his wife Josephine de Beauharnais, and was later remarried to Marie Louise of Austria.  Marie Louise and Napolean had a son, Napolean Francois Joseph Charles Bonaparte II, who would eventually give an heir to Napolean’s throne.  

  In 1804, Napolean Bonaparte crowned himself and was announced Emperor of the French.  He ruled as emperor from 1804 to 1815.  On October 21, 1805, the French and Spanish navies were defeated by the British navy at the Battle of Trafalgar.  Napolean established the “Continental System,” in 1806, that forbid any British goods to any European country.  Napolean followed this event with many victories and controlled most of continental Europe from 1909 to 1811.  But, in 1814 Paris and Napolean lost a series of important battles.  He abdicated his throne in 1815.

 

Farewell to Manzanar - a timeline report by Cassie

1941 - December 7

  *Surprise attack on Pearl harbor by the Japanese

1941

  *Jeanne Wakatsuki’s father disappeared

1942, March 25

  *Manzanar Camp opens in Owens Valley, California

1942, September

  *Jeanne sees her father for the first time in 9 months

1944, June

  *High Schools and Elementary Schools open in Manzanar

1944, December

  *Jeanne’s family moves out of Mazanar

1945, November 21

  *Manzanar Camp officially closes in Owens Valley, California

 1946, April

  *Jeanne’s brother, Woody, moved to Japan

1971

  *Jeanne began to write her book

1972, April

  *Jeanne brings her husband and children to Manzanar

1973

  *Farewell to Manzanar was published

 

Dance Class

 This is my friend Ruthie.  She is blonde.  I met Ruthie at church.  I love dance because I met all these friends.  I made four friends.  I love dance because I love my teacher, Miss Bekah, and I like the outfit for my dance recital in June.

Low Tide...

Caleb's Baptism - February 13, 2011

Customize your own photo album

Museum of Tolerance By Caleb Rizio

NO NO NO NO!  I didn't like the Museum of Tolerance at all.  The Museum of Tolerance is where they teach you about the Jewish concentration camps and evil Hitler.  It was too scary, sad, and loud for me.  I do not recommend this museum to children or adults who hate scary, sad, or loud.  Before we even started the tour the docent  told us some things the Germans did to the Jewish people.  I asked my mom if we could leave because I was scared of what we were about to learn.  I had my hat over my face and my fingers in my ears the whole time.  This is something I will never, I repeat, NEVER forget.

Olivia's Marine Mammal Field Trip

The Museum of Tolerance ~ Cassie

Today, I went to the Museum of Tolerance.  It was a museum about when Hitler killed millions of Jews.  It was SO SO SO SAD!!!  It was especially hard to hear that they threw the newborn babies out the window of the hospital!! That was so devastating!!!  They put Jews in a GAS CHAMBER!!! :'(  I couldn't believe how sad it was!!! It was a great museum, but it so sad how Hitler actually killed TONS of Jews!! :'(                                                       ~Cassie

 This is what the museum looks like in LA
 
 This was one of the gas chambers. They would tell the Jewish people they were going to the showers and instead gas came out.

 

 

School Daze (This was from October) - Things are much better now!

We decided to post some pictures of how school is going so far (from the kids' perspetive):

Santa Cruz ~Cassie

During the last week of Christmas/Winter vacation my family went to San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, and Cambria. All I am going to say about Monterey Bay was that I LOVED LOVED LOVED the hotel.  I don't know why, I just did!!! Today, I am going to talk to you about Santa Cruz. We went to Santa Cruz just for one day, but we went to the Boardwalk and the amusement park by the Boardwalk.  The amusement park was SO SO SO much fun!!! Here are some pictures of us.  You might not see a lot of pictures of me because I took them all. ;) ~Cassie

The Boardwalk Entrance!!

This is the map of the Boardwalk.

This is the rides and how many tickets they cost at the amusement park.

Olivia and Mom in line for the Merry-Go-Round.

 This is Dad on the Bumper Cars! Ha-Ha!!!

This is Caleb on the Bumper Cars! 

 Olivia and Mom on the Merry-Go-Round!

Olivia and I went on the Double Shot ride that zooms up 12 feet and drops you 11 feet. Olivia didn't know how scary it was until she was on it, but she LOVED it after.

 Olivia's face was so funny!!

 Poor Olivia!!

 Olivia LOVED it!!

 This is SO pretty!! I took this picture of the amusement park!! So cool!

I LOVE this picture, it is SO pretty with the rainbow in the back!

 How Cute!! My family at the beach!!

 

San Francisco by Caleb

San Francisco was so much fun.  We saw the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz.  The  best thing was riding a cable car.

 

West Side Story ~Cassie

On December 19, 2010, my Grandma, my friend Cathlene, Cathlene's Grandma Rita and I, all went to see West Side Story in Hollywood.  It was really cool because it was Cathlene's first time in Hollywood.  First, we went and had lunch at a little bakery, then we went to see the play.  It was FANTASTIC!!! I LOVED  it SO SO SO SO SO SO much!!! My Grandma LOVED Maria and Tony! My favorite part was the school dance because of all the dances that they did.  Cathlene and I LOVED the girls' flowing dresses.  We both picked the dress we liked best. I LOVED a purple and light blue dress and Cathlene LOVED this yellow and green dress. We had a FANTASTIC time!!! Here are some pictures of the play.                        ~Cassie

 
 This is Cathlene and I in our halos at the hollywood theater in our seats!!! Which my grandma gave us, we wore them the WHOLE time, except when the lady sitting behind us asked if we can take them off right before the show started :( 

 This is some of the girls dancing after the school dance.

 This is some of the guys dancing.

 This is Maria's brother and his date at the school dance.

 This was my favorite part! When everyone is dancing at the school dance!!

 This is Maria!! This is not the same Maria that saw in the broudway play, but she another actor that plays Maria in a different play.

 This is at the school dance when Maria and Tony first see each other.  I know you can't really see her shoes but they are red and are SO cute!!!

 




 
 

A Christmas Carol -Caleb

We went to see A Christmas Carole play.  It was a very good play and I would want to see it again.  I give it a 5 star rating.  I would recommend this play to anyone who likes plays. -Caleb

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Christmas in Italy - By Cassie

First, let me wish you a “Buon Natale”, which means Merry Christmas in Italian. In Italy, the Christmas season begins eight days before our Christmas, December 25th.  This nine day period, Novena, is a time of special church services ending on Christmas Eve.  Italian children have to patiently wait to open their gifts until January 6th, which is the day of “Epiphany.”  Delightfully, Epiphany celebrates the 12th day of Christmas when the three Wise Men eventually arrived at the manger bearing gifts for Baby Jesus.  An Italian Christmas is very exciting and merry.  

On Christmas Eve, Italians do not consume meat, instead they feast on seven types of delicious fish, which is the “Feast of Fishes” or the “Feast of Seven Fishes.”  This tradition comes from the medieval Roman Catholic tradition of not consuming meat or milk products on Fridays and special holy days.  During this feast, families gather around the nativity display and pray together.  At noon the following day, the pope gives his blessing to the crowds in the Vatican Square.  Christmas Eve is an important night of joyfully celebrating for Italians, who feast only on fish, vegetables, pasta, cookies, and cakes.  

In Italy there is no Santa Claus, but there is a St. Nicholas, Santa Lucia, and other regional saints.  As a whole, Italians believe in the legend of La Befana, who is a nice, but ugly witch who goes around Italy giving gifts.  Legend has it that when Jesus was born, three kings explained to La Befana that the Messiah was born.  She wanted to see the Messiah, but she was delayed.  Unfortunately, she left on her broom and became miserably lost.  It is believed that she is still flying around Italy giving presents to excellent children and coal to awful children, in case Jesus is with them.  Although Italians do not celebrate “Santa Claus” their Christmas traditions and legends are closely related to the true meaning of Christmas.

Caleb's Crystals Results

The crystals worked, but it wasn't what I thought it would be.  They didn't look like I thought they would.  But they still look pretty cool.  I thought they would be bigger to.

 

Guitar Lesson

I learned a VERY famous song...MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB!!!! I am learning to play the guitar, next I am going to start practicing...LOVE STORY by TAYLOR SWIFT!!!! I am so excited!! Stick around...I will post some more about guitar in the future. :)

 

Quotables by Caleb

"I am imagination.  I can see what the eyes cannot see.  I can hear what the ears cannot hear.  I can feel what the heart cannot feel."  quote by Peter Nivio Zarlenga

Caleb's interpretation:

Anything is possible if you use your imagination.  You can imagine things that don't exist and see them in your mind.  Your imagination can feel so real is some ways like...  You can hear things that aren't there and feel things when nothing is touching you.