Last Day Essays

Today was the last day for finishing our essays. My group was able to finish writing the paper, so before we print it I'm going to go over it one more time. Tomorrow Mr. Schick comes back, so we have to turn in our papers and then we have to take a test on Ancient Greece.

Day 2 Essays

Yesterday in class we continued to work on our essays in class. I think about two groups have finished so far. My group only has about 200 words left and some editing. Hopefully we can get that done this weekend so we won't have to worry about getting it done for the rest of the week and we can focus on studying for the test on Wednesday.

Day 1 Essays

Today was the first day that Mr. Schick was not in class. Since our substitute did not show, Mrs. Zurkowski filled in. However, she would not let us meet with our group so it was very difficult to try and write/ organize our paper without talking to each other. We have finished a good part of the paper so hopefully by tomorrow we can be about halfway done heading into the weekend.

Day 3 Presentations

Today was the last day for the presentations on Ancient Greece. Veronica and Adam gave their presentation on Gods&Goddesses and their role in Mythology. The notes for that presentation are:

-Polythestic- belief in many gods
-Greek Gods resembled human
-Major Greek Gods are:
Zeus- god of the sky
Poseidon-God of the sea
Athena- goddess of wisdom/reason
Aphrodite- goddess of love & beauty
Hera- goddess of marriage & queen of olympus
Demeter- goddess of agriculture
Apollo- god of sun & prophecy
Artemis- goddess of hunt & forest
Ares- god of war
Hermes- god of messages
Hephaestus- god of fire and metal working
Hestia- goddess of hearth
Dionysus- god of wine(patron of arts)
Hades- god of wealth & underworld.

After they presented Dylan, Jeremiah, and Parker presented on the governments in Ancient Greece. These are my notes:

- Aristocracy form of government which power is a small ruling class
-Children inherit it
-Tyranny- one ruler (did as he pleased)
-People demanded a change
-Many tyrants ruled for short periods of time
-Not necessarily bad rulers, they just cared about themselves
-Democracy- first branch- ekklesia- similar to executive branch ekklesia was the first democratic constitution
-Boule-people were chosen by lots not by elections
-End of democracy 460 A.D.

After we finished the presentations were started taking notes on Mr. Schick's powerpoint

Philsopherlapalooza- Socrates
-Looked to science and logic for explanation of how the world worked
-The socratic method fostered critical thinking
-Socrates was charged with crimes-disrespecting the gods & corrupting the youth the athens
-He described himself  as a stinging gadfly, and Athens as a lazy old horse
-sentences to death by poison hemlock
Plato
-student and follower of socrates
- republic one of the most influential books ever written

Day 2 Presentations

Today in class we continued presenting our presentations on Ancient Greece. My group went first and we presented on Pericles and the Golden Age. I thought we did pretty well trying to explain things instead of just trying to just read right off the slide. After we went Zaire, Karson, and Jayla presented on Hoplites& Triremes: Warfare. These are the notes:

- Hoplite most common type of heavily armed foot soldier in Ancient Greece
-Armor made of bronze and other weapons
-1/3 to 1/2 of men were able to fight and buy needed materials
-Men up to 60 were called to fight
-Weapons included the Doru and Xiphos
-Used Phalanx formation
-Triremes which were ancient boats used by many civilizations
-Was a dominant warship and played a vital role in the Persian Wars
-Triremes were large in sized but were light enough to carry the crew back to shore.
-Rowers of the ships weren't slaves. They were free men

After they presented Chesca, Jessica and Alyssa presented on Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. These are notes for that presentation:
-Socrates classical greek philsopher
-Plato wrote about Socrates
-Socratic Method- series of questions are asked to help a person stimulate ideas.
-Aristotle- 384- 322 B.C.E
-Focused on the concept of logic
- Made contributions to physics, biology, logic, zoology etc..
Plato- 428 B.C.E in Athens
-Socrates was his mentor and guide
-Socratic Dialogue finding during time of 12 years in Italy, Egypt studying geometry and astronomy.
-Republic is his most influential work
-Influenced the importance of mathematics

The last presentation given today was by Alex and Arthur on Art and Architecture. These are the notes for that presentation:

-Three main orders which are Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian
-Doric looks simplest, formal and austre
-Ionic recognized by volute capital
-Slender/more organized
-Corinthian order is the most decorative (flowers& scrolls)
-more important the building used Corinthian
-Sculpture used to depict battles of mythology and rulers
-Made from marble
-Classical period- skill of sculptor dramatically increased
-Hellenistic period- peak of Greek sculpture- more realistic and natural
  

Day 1 Presentations

Yesterday in class we started presenting our slideshows. Caitlyn, Rosemary, and Trish presented first and their presentation was on Athens, Sparta and the Peloponnesian War. I didn't really get to take notes because they presented so quickly and didn't have time to write anything down. So, hopefully I will remember the most important parts. The second presentation was given by Evan, Steven, and Paj on Homer. I was able to get notes on Homer, so here they are:
-Born  800 B.C.E. Smyrna, Turkey
-Told stories of the Trojan War
-Brought Greece out of the Dark Age
-Godfather of culture of Greeks
-Many people think he didn't exist
-Some people think he is one person
-Some people think he is a group of people.
-Think he complied stories
-Illiad and the Odyssey were most famous poems
-Believed to have written entire epic cycle
-Died in 701 B.C.E.

That was all we got done in class and will resume presenting projects on Tuesday.

Class on 3/19/15

Today in class we continued taking notes on Ancient Greece.


Next in line
-With Hippias gone, Isogoras and Cleithenes (both aristocrats) engaged in a power stuggle
-Isogoras had support from other aristocrats and Sparta
-Cleisthenes had support from majority of Athenians

Isogoras Wins
- He ostracized Cleithenes
-Cleithenes supporters and athenian citizens revolt against Isogoras tyranny
-Trap Isogoras on acropolis for two days- on the third day he fled and was banished
-508 B.C.E. first time people rose up against government

Cleithenes and Democracy
- Cleisthenes- definitely a member of elite
-Very rich
-Insulated from the the "hoi polloi"
-A crafty politician

Class on 3/18/15

Today in class we took more notes on Ancient Greece.

Transformation of Government
-During the seventh and six centuries BCE, aristocrats ran the show in most of Greece.
-Rich people held much more influence in society, and held much more governmental power, than the middle class or the poor.

Aristocracy
-Aristocracy is rule by aristocrats
-Attended symposiums-which were meeting where the elite men would enjoy wine and poetry, performances by dancers and acrobats and the company of heteras(courtesans) while discussing politics.

An exclusive club
-no women
-no middle class
-no slaves
-sometimes certain aristocrats who didn't have the right connections or who fell out of favor/were excluded. (Ostracized)

Tyrants seize control
-sometimes aristocrats would form alliances with hoplites (well-armed soliders) and set up an alternative form of government called tyranny
-Tyrant: someone who rules outside the framework of the polis
-modern meaning of tyrant: an abusive or oppressive ruler
-The Greek meaning of tyrant: someone who simply seized power (usually with hop-lite help)

Clash of the Tyrants
-Hippias was a tyrant who ruled from 527 to 510 B.C.E.
-His brother was murdered, and his rule became harsh
-Eventually he was expelled from Athens (ostracized)
-In revenge, he began working with the Persian King Darius I, helping them invade Marathon.

Day 3 Ancient Project

I was not in class today because I had an orthodontist appointment.

Day 1 of Ancient Greek Projects

Today in class we started off class FaceTiming Mr. Schick's daughter. Since it was her birthday he sang happy birthday (sort of) and then got on with class. We started working on our powerpoints that are due next Friday. My group consists of Rory, Ellee and I and we are researching Pericles and the Golden Age. We haven't gotten really far because of limited time, but at least we have gotten started. The whole powerpoint needs to be 18-20 slides, and I am really worried about how we are going to split are topic so it can fit in 18-20 slides. Tomorrow I'm assuming that we are continuing on working on the projects, but I'm not sure how much class time Mr. Schick is going to give us. I have a feeling that we will have to do some of the project at home.

Birthdays and Class Project

"Pinto Boy"

Today was Trish's birthday so Mr. Schick gave her a bag of Cheetos and taped a candle to it so she could blow it out. Mr. Schick then gave Rory a huge can of pinto beans and had me take a picture of it. You can find that to the left. We then proceeded to take a short pop quiz on Ancient Greece which took about 2 minutes and was very easy. The last thing we did in class today was discuss a project that we will be working on for the next couple weeks. We had to get into groups of three and pick a topic. From there we have to make a powerpoint which is due next Friday and write an 1,000 word essay that is due on April 1st.

Mr. Schick Gone Blind

Today in class we continued taking notes on Ancient Greece and he got to hear some of the Odyssey by Homer himself! Homer (Mr. Schick) stumbled into the classroom, running into a few desks in the process. He sat down and blindly argued with a few of us and actually got into it with Adam. Homer then proceeded to stand up and send two desks flying, scared Adam, and sent the class into extreme laughter. Once he calmed himself he began to read his favorite part of the Odyssey. Homer read all the way until the end of class so that is all we did. The notes I took in class are below.

-Ionian sea also surrounds Greece along with the Adriatic Sea and Aegean Sea
-Ancient Greeks were skilled sailors and shipbuilders, also farmers, metalworkers, weavers and potters
-Had poor/limited resources so they needed to trade
-Only 20% of the land was arable
-Greek diet consists of grains, grapes, and olives
-Could make wine from grapes, therefore they traded a lot of wine
-lack of resources most likely led to Greek colonization
-temperatures ranged from mid 40s to low 80s. It could get pretty hot in the summer but overall it was nice year round
Mycenaeans 
-Influence began around 2000 B.C.E.
-Located on rocky ridge, protected by 20 ft thick wall
-Mycenaeans dominated Greece from 1600 B.C.E-1200 B.C.E.
-Controlled trade in the region
-1400 B.C.E. Mycenaeans invaded Crete an absorbed Minan culture and language
-Around 1200 B.C.E. the "sea people" invaded Mycenae, and burnt places
-The Dorians moved into this region
-They were less advanced
-Trade based economy collapsed
-Writing disappeared for 400 years
Homer
- Greek oral tradition- stories passed by word of mouth
- Lived at the end of "Greek Dark Ages"
- Composed stories of Trojan War 750-700 B.C.E.
-The Illiad- one of the last conquests of the Mycenaeans(Trojan War)
-The Odyssey- Odysseus attempt to return home but Poseidon kept throwing him off course
-Odyssey was 12,100 lines of dactylic hexameter
-Greek loved mythology and their Greek Gods and Goddesses
-"Homeric Question" Homer may have been a mythical creation himself
-Illiad and Odyssey may be culmination of storytelling
-Or Homer actually existed 

Cyber Day 3/6/15

Aristotle

Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher who was a student of Plato and studied under Socrates. He was born in 384 B.C. and died in 322 B.C.. He made contributions to logic, physics, mathematics, metaphysics, biology, botany, ethics, politics,  agriculture, medicine, dance and theatre. Aristotle was the first person to categorize human knowledge into groups, for example math and biology. Aristotle wrote around 200 works however, only about 31 have survived. Aristotle is also know for teaching Alexander the Great, and Phillip of Macedonia. Lastly, he founded a school in Athens called the Lyceum were he spent most of his time teaching and writing. Aristotle was considered "The Philosopher" and was also considered by most, to be one of the most influential men that ever lived.





Citations:
 "Aristotle." Bio. A&E Television Networks, 2015. Web. 06 Mar. 2015.

"Aristotle." Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Web. 6 Mar. 2015. <http://www.iep.utm.edu/aristotl/>.

Cyber Day 3/5/15

 

1. Parthenon - A temple dedicated to the patron god of Athens, which was the goddess Athena; the goddess of wisdom. Located in Athens, Greece. Construction started in 447 B.C. and ended in 438 B.C. although small details were still being done until 432 B.C. The Parthenon was the most famous building designed in the Doric Order. The Doric order was a plain style, but very sturdy. The structure was made of limestone and the columns were made of marble. The Parthenon is still around today but severely damaged because of an attack back in the 1600s by the Venetians.

 2. Erechtheum- A temple dedicated to both Athena and Poseidon. Located in Athens, Greece. It was built between 421 B.C and 405 B.C. The Erechthum was built in the Ionic Order. The Ionic Order was thinner and more elegant and had a scroll like design. However the Erechtheum is known mostly for its porch. It has 6 women as the pillars. The women were known as Caryatids, however it is unknown on who they represent.


     3. The Temple of Hephaestus- A temple dedicated to the god Hephaestus and, the god of metal working and craftsmanship. It is located in Athens, Greece. It was built in 450 B.C. and finished in 415 B.C. Similar to the Parthenon it is also built in the Doric Order. It is one of the most well preserved temple from Ancient Greece, and is still as big as it was when built. It was also made out of mostly marble.
 

Cyber Day Discussion

Today in class we talked about the impending weather and the assignments we will have if we have cyber days tomorrow and Friday. The cyber day assignment that we will have tomorrow if we are off is we will will have to research architecture in Greece. For example the Parthenon was the greatest building built back in Ancient Greece. The other cyber day assignment for Friday if we are off is either going to be on the philosophers or have to research what kinds of food they ate. We then asked questions about the assignments and watched Jayla and Dylan go back and forth with eachother. The rest of class we just kind of talked with eachother and hung out,  since it was short because of the two hour delay this morning.

  -----------The Parthenon

Ancient Greece

Today in class we started a unit on Ancient Greece. Personally, Ancient Greece is my favorite, Egypt is good, but nothing compares to Ancient Greece. Of course we took notes on the powerpoint like we always do, so here they are.


Ancient Greece
-Mesopotamia/ Tigris and Euphrates River
-Egypt/ Nile River
-India/ Indus River
-China Huang He River
-Mesopotmia means "Middle of the Earth"
-Greece is surrounded by water so it is a pennisula
-Capital of Greece is Athens
- Adriatic Sea is to the west, and Aegean Sea to the east
-Crete is an island south east
-Mountainous area, completely covered
-Very hard to travel because of mountains, usually have to sail
-1400 islands of the coast of Greece