Work on 1000 word Essay

Today in class Mr. Schick was not here was he assigned us to work on our 1000 word essay which our group finished most of our 1st paragraph and were able to be pretty successful. We will continue to work on this project tomorrow and over the weekend, and finish it up and ready to hang in Tuesday. I will start to watch the video in order to be ready for the test.

Gods, Athens, and Sparta

Today in class we went over another power point....


Gods & Goddesses
-Gods had interactions with humans
-Gods were like humans in terms of feelings and emotions
-Zeus- The ruler of Heaven and Earth
-Athena- God of wisdom, peace, and battle strategy
-Apollo- God of music, arts, knowledge, & healing
-Poseidon- God of the Sea, rivers, and Oceans
-Aphrodite- God of love, beauty, and desire
-Demeter- God of grain, harvest, and agriculture

The Fighting Spartans
-Sparta known for fighting on land, tough, and ruthless infantry
-Boys Trained since they were 7

Athens
-Naval power, most effective weapon was the Trireme
-Trireme- Technological marvel, Fastest during that time period, could hold 170 people, had 3 levels, and it was also agile and fast
-The Phalanx fighting style was a strategy that aliened people with shields and long swords

Philosopherapaloza- Socrates
-Looked to science & logic (not Gods)
-Socratic Method fostered critical thinking
-The unexampled life is not worth living."
-He was changed with serious crimes

1000 Word Essay

In today's class we didn't take any notes from a power point or watch a movie on Greece, we simply went over the rules and rubric for a 5000 word essay which in term would help us write our 1000 word essay which is between the 3 people in our group. I feel like after going over that essay with the setup of the introduction in the first paragraph which is where you introduce your topic, I feel like I can understand it a little bit more now which will help me write my essay. I feel like I will be a able to do good on this because I will be able to combine my prior knowledge of writing essays and this example of how to write a 5000 one. After seeing this our group should split it up evenly

Project Power Points

Today in class we went over each of the respective power points from each group. Here are the notes below.

Homer the Story Teller
-Was born before the calender was invented
-Famous for his poetry
-Died in 701 BCE
-Died in Greece
-Most famous poems he was known for was the Odessy & Iliad
-He was blind
-He was a good story teller
-World's first great writer

Greek Gods & Goddesses
-Apollo is the God of light and Sun
-Amphitheater is the God of the sea
-Eirene is the God of peace
-Zeus is the God of the Sky and Thunder
-Athene is the god of wisdom
-Hades is the god of the dead

Greek Architecture
-Was centered around religion
-Used for showing political power
-Doric columns are very sturdy
-Ionic colons are much thinner and more taller
-Built between 421 & 405 BC
-Corinthian coloums are seldom used
-Pottery was used everyday

Day 2 Powerpoint

Today's notes were from day 2 of the same power point here are the notes below.

-Isagoras had support from some fellow aristocrats as well as from Sparta
-Cleisthenes had supports of the majority of Athens

-Isagoras becomes (Tyrant)
-He ostracizes Cleisthenes
-Cleisthenes revolved against the Isagoras tyranny
-They trapped Isagoras on the acropolis for 2 days

Cleisthenes & Democracy
-Cleisthenes- definitely a member of the elite
-Very rich
-As well as a crafty politician

PowerPoint Presentation

Today's note were from the power point we went over in class. Below are the notes from today.

Aristocracy

-It is nice work if you can get it 

-Is rule by aristocrats

-Elite Men would enjoy wine, poetry, and dancers

Exclusive Club

-No women (except the entertainment)

-No middle class 

-Certainly, no slaves

-What to do if you're "on the outside"

Tyrants seize Control

-Aristocrats would form alliances with hoplites

-Tyrants- Someone who rules outside the framework of the polis 

-Tyrant is a abusive or oppresive

Clash of the Tyrants

-Hippias was a Tyrant who ruled from 527-510 BCE

-Brother was killed and ruling become hard 

-Eventually expelled from Athens

Project

Today in class we basically just worked on our projects and finish those up. I was unforchantely only able to help with the citations because I was at a basketball tournament but I trust that Luke and Tucker did a good Job. Other than working on our project we didn't do to much else, one thing that did happen though was that we recieved our pop quizzes back which I did pretty good compared to others. I got a 8 out orf 10 which is good and solid but not great for a quiz I didnt know was coming.

Great Civilizations

Today in class we took notes on a power point in class about a lot of things pertaining to Great civilizations, Greece, and Mycenaeans. One thing that stuck out is that all great civilization have had a large body of water next to them. A couple of definitions that I picked up today were the the word Terra means Earth and that the word Mediterranean means middle of the earth. One fact about the Island of Crete is that it is the biggest Islands in Greece. Some facts about Greece that I learned today...
GREECE
1. 3/4 of Greece is covered with mountains
2. Approximately 1400 islands in the Adriatic, Ionian, and Aegean Sea.
3. Poor  limited natural resources so they needed to trade
4. Greek diet consists of grains, grapes, and olives.
5. Temperature was always pretty nice year round
6. Greek was ARABLE which means good farming

MYCENAEANS
1. Influence begin around 2000 BCE
2. Protected by a 20 ft. thick wall
3. Dominated Greece from 1600- 1200 BCE
4. Controlled trade in the region
5. 1400 BCE the invaded Crete and ti Minoan culture & language

Cyber day

ARISTOTLE

Aristotle was a Greek Philosopher and also a well known Greek scientist born in the great Macedonian city of Stagira. He was also a pretty known figure in historical times of Greece. Aristotle was born in 384 BC and he later died in 322 BC. His education was at the Platonic Academy from the time period of 367 BC to 347 BC. His parents were Nicomachus and Phaestis. Aristotle was affiliated with the Macedonian court for his whole life. In 338 BC Aristotle went back to Macedonia to King Phillips the 2nd son the 13 year old Alexander The Great. When Alexander the Great grew up and eventually became king Aristotle started a school with Alexanders permission and from the rest of his life became a teacher and a researcher. Aristotle believed that knowledge is something that can be obtained through interaction with materials. His theory of deduction is now the basis of what philosophers now call syllogism, which is a logically argument where a conclusion is inferred. This is one of the reasons I now Aristotle is an important person because he has impacted today's science, philosophy, logic, and basically just the way we looked and observe stuff. I also know he is an important figure because he is still wrote about today.

Cyber day Work

1.) The Acropolis
This building is not just one building but a group of buildings in one overlooking Athens. The word Acropolis means high city.The great building was not officially created until 432 BC. This place was built as a getaway. Athena is the goddess of victory, and the temple was built in honor of her alter during the Peloponnesian war. People used the Temple to keep their money for safe keeping. The historic building was born on two levels due to the uneven land.


2.) The Theater
The Greek historic architecture of the Theater is a full circle. This was in trying to keep the circular dance. But as everything else time has evolve and the theater ways too. This specific place is called "The Orchestra" because it is the place where the chorus sings and dances. The Theater is the one main place where the people would come together to watch the different performances.

3.) The Stoa
This structure similar structures to a lot of different buildings during the time of the 7th century. This long narrow row of columns backed by a plain wall and roofed. The Great Greek architectural structure was built in 570 BC and 580 BC, and was trapezoid type shape.

2 Hour Delay

Today we really didn't do anything or go over anything because it was a 2 hour delay. Today in class I had to do my Pyramid challenge which was kinda hard. It was hard because I'm not really a custom to living that life. I didn't finish and I have to finish at home. We also talk about how much snow there would be over the next couple of days in which we are expected to get 5-10 inches.

Cyber day Assignment

Notes:
-Every great civilization has a reliable river.
-For example Mesopotamia has the Tigris and Euphrates, Egypt has the Nile River, China has the Huang He River, and India has the Indus River.
-This also relates to a term called Geographical Luck, this means that the area of land simply has better natural resources all around that area than other areas of land.

Questions:
1.) The significance of the of Greece location is that it has an example of Geographic Luck. It is surrounded by a body of water. This gives the civilization or whoever lives their options to do different things that will help that area such as cooking, cleaning, or hunting.

2.) Greece has a lot of valleys as well as open grass, land, and, plains. Greece is obviously surrounded by a large body of water. There are also a lot of mountains and Islands.

3.) A lot of there surroundings, well actually all of their surroundings is basically water. One way that it affects their culture is that you have to where different clothes such as using lease and trees. Another way is the food they eat would be significantly different from us.

4.) The Ionian Sea, Aegean Sea, Thracian Sea, Sea of Crete, and The Gulf of Corinth surrounded Greece.

5.) The largest island to the south/southeast in Greece is Crete

6.) Athena and Sparta are both very very close to the sea. Athens is a Pan Hellenic sanctuary and Sparta is just a sanctuary.