Monday

Today in class, my group finished our report on triremes and hoplites.  We have everything finished except for a few final touches, like edits in  paragraphs or changing a sentence around.  We also have to add citations and then we will be completely finished.  Tomorrow we will most likely read the final copy and then study for the test on Wednesday.

Wednesday

Today in class we took more notes on Ancient Greece.  We took notes on Spartans and Athenians and learned about the strengths and weaknesses they had in wars.  We also took notes on Phalanx which was a close-dense grouping of warriors.  Next we took notes on philosophers: Socrates, Plato , and Aristotle.  I think we have very good notes and if they are studied, the test will be very easy.

Greece notes

Isagorus and Cleithenes - aristocrats

Isagorus:

• ostracized Cleithenes 
• Athenians revolted against him 
• tyrant
• fled Athens after being stranded on the acropolis for two days 
• 508 BCE

Cleithenes 

• becomes in charge (508 BCE)
• allowed people to vote but they had to be men that were citizens 
• middle class and upper class only 
• very rich person 
• politician 

God and Goddesses 

• Poseidon - god of the sea, Aphrodite - goddess of love, Dinysus - god of wine, Zeus - god, Semele - human princess, - Zeus - ruler of heaven and earth, gods and goddesses - father of Athena 

Athena 

• goddess of wisdom, skill, warfare and peace 
• born from Zeus' head fully formed and armored 
• Athens named after her 

Monday

Today in class we finish presenting our Google power points on ancient Greece.  Again, I thought it was very interesting because we were not learning about the same topic over and over again.  I thought my groups' presentation went very well.  I think we had all the right information.  We also included many pictures so it would not just be all words.  Overall, it was an interesting class.

Friday

On Friday, we presented our group projects on Greece.  Everyone had a different topic, so it was very interesting.  We were not learning about the same thing over and over again.  All the different topics related to one another in one way, but still had a different idea.  My group did not get to present, as well as other groups,  but we will finish presentations on Monday.

Wednesday

Today in class we took notes.  We learned more interesting things about Greece.  I think Ancient Greece is a very interesting topic because of all the myths and wars that happened in history.  Mr. Schick is giving us very god notes.  I think the test will be challenging but not to hard.

Tuesday

Today in class we finished the project.  My group reviewed everything we had already put in our powerpoint.  We fixed any issues and made corrections to things we didn't like.  I am very confident about this project.  I think there is very good information in our powerpoint.  The pictures are very descriptive and interesting.

Monday

Today in class, we worked on our projects.  My group finished out, we just have to review it and fix some small things.  I am pretty sure we covered everything we were supposed to cover.   I think it is a very good project and has some interesting topics.  I think we will get a good grade on it.

wednesday

I was not in class today because I left school early because of a doctor's appointment.

Tuesday

I was not in class due to the fact that I left school early because I was feeling nauseous.

Monday

Today in class we took notes on Greece.  It was a pretty interesting class because I learned a lot abut Greece.  I learned that Sparta and Athens were enemies.  I also learned that there are three seas that border Greece, because Greece is a peninsula.  The three seas make up The Mediterranean Sea.  At the end of class,  Mr. Schick read The Odyssey  to us.  he only read the part with the cyclops, which was pretty interesting.

Cyber Day Work

Ancient Greece

The world's great civilizations all located on rivers. 

 Great Civilization/ Key River

Mesopotamia/ Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Egypt/ Nile River
India/ Indus River
China/ Huang He River

Greece's Geography 

Greece is a peninsula, surrounded on three sides by water
Greece is mainly damp and mountainous in the west and dry and sunny in the east with less mountains
All of this would effect their culture because the water would provide most of their food and transportation out of Egypt.  Also, it would be harder to grow crops because of the mountains.  The people of Greece formed around the mountains and learned to live with their topographic location. 

A closer Look 

The Ionian Sea, the Aegean Sea,  and the Mediterranean Sea surround Egypt.
The Santorini Island is to the Southeast of Greece in the Aegaean Sea.
Athens is Northeast of Sparta and is located on the coats of the Aegean Sea.  Sparta is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.