Essay #4

Today during class we got to finish everything. We noticed that the weapon and armor paragraph was too long. We decided to cut it in half making it two paragraphs. One paragraph was going to be about Athens weapons and armor and the other is going to be Spartans armor and weapons. We checked through our essay to make sure that everything was good. Lucky Caitlyn checked the essay example and noticed that there was a cited work page that we haven't done. We were also worried because the cites that we went on we didn't remember what they were. Lucky we had all the cites on our google slides and I copied and pasted it to our works cited. Then we took those and went to webbib and cited all the cites.

Essay #3

Today during class we continued to work on our essay. We all got together and worked on the conclusion section. We got to finish half of the conclusion section and we are stuck trying to figure out how we should end the conclusion. We also decided to add another paragraph about weapons and armor because this section would be very long. We also checked each others paragraph and we all added some extra small details and fixed some sentences. We finished all our own paragraphs and tomorrow we all decided to work on the rest of the armor and weapons paragraph. The conclusion is finished but we are not so sure if its good enough.

Essay #2

Today we worked on more of our essay. I got to finish my Athens section and Caitlyn is almost finished her Spartans section. Rosemary is almost finished her Peloponnesian War section too. We haven't started on our conclusion section yet. We are going to work on this section next time we meet. We are also going to go through our misspellings and correcting each section next time too. We mostly focused on getting only our part done so that we can work as a group next time.

Essay

Today during class, my group and I worked on our essay. I started our essay yesterday night. When I came into class, I was surprised to see that my group has also started the essay too. We all got the introduction paragraph finished to day. We all mashed up our paragraphs together. When we finished we decided to split the rest of the paragraphs. Since we did the google slide and we all worked on one section, we decided best that we all do the paragraph and we did our slide on. We also decided to add a paragraph about armor and weapons in another paragraph because this was one of the major facts on which side had more of an advantage.

Presentation Day #3

These are the notes I took during the presentation

Greek Mythology
- Beliefs and ancient rituals of the ancient Greels
Characteristics
- Greek gods resembled the humans in form
- showed human feelings
The Twelve Olympians
- The major details of the Greek Panthers
- Includes: Zeus, Poseidon, Athena, Hera, Demeter, ext
Zeus
- God of the sky and thunder
- King of the gods
- referred to as Lord of Justice
Poseidon
- God of sea
- second nation god of Athens
Athena
- Goddess of reason, intelligent activity, arts, and literature
- Served as guardian of Athens
Aphrodite
- Goddess of love and beauty
- Child of Zeus and Dione
- Married to Hephaestus
Hera
- Goddess of Marriage and queen olympus
- Protecter of women
Demeter
- Goddess of agriculture, fertility, sacred law, and the harvest
- Daughter of Cronus and Rhea
Apollo
- God of the sun, the lights, music and the property
- Son of Zeus and Leto
Artemis
- Goddess of the hunt, forest, and hills, the moon, archery
- Daughter of Leo and Sues and twin of Apollo
Ares
- God of war; represented the unpleasnt aspects of battle
- son of Zeus and Hera
Hermes
- God of trade, eloquence and messenger of the God
- Son of Zeus and Maia
Hephaetus
- God of fire and metalworking
- Son of Zeus and Hera
- The only ugly God
Dionysus
- God of fertility and wine
- Patron of the ares
- Son of Zeus and Semele
Hades
- God of wealth
- Ruler of the underworld
- one of the 3 major gods
- is not death himself

Government in Ancient Greece
Aristocracy
- Is a form of government in which power is in the hands of a small group of people
- Seized the property of small landowners and made laws for underclass
Solon in Greek
- His reforms were removed by Aristocrats who succeeded in power
Time that the Tyranny arose
- Mid 600 B.B.
- Middle class became angry
Tyrants
- ruled short periods of time

Presentation Day #2

These are the notes that have taken during the presentations.

Hercules and The Golden Age
- Born 495 BC In Athens
- A general supporter
- Brought democracy to Athens
- Passed laws that allowed the poor to attend plays and schools
- During the Peloponnesian War, Hercules led his people and made sure they were safe
- Golden Age: Mainly in Athens
- Peloponnesian War ended the Golden Age

Hoplites and Triremes
Hoplites
- Most common type of armor (7th and 4th century)
- 1/3 to 1/2 of men have been able to fight and buy the needed materials for war
- Hoplites organized into groups or lokhoi
Triremes
- Ancient boat used for war defense
- Took 6,000 men days for the boat to be finished
- Mostly used in the Persian War
- Freeman rowed the boats

Socrates, Plato, Aristle
Socrates
- lived from 470 - 399 BC
- wasn't from a noble family
- Married xnathies
- Socratic Method
- He was sentenced to death by Hemlock poisioning

Plato
- Born 428 BCE in Athens
- Joined the military. after that, he became a member of Athenian olarchy
- influenced the education

Art and Architecture
- Three main account Greek Architectures: Dorin order, Inonic order, corinthian order.
Dorin order:
- The simplest
- Simplest developed on the mainlands
Ionic order:
- Recognised by its voluted
Corinthian order:
- Most decorative
- has flowers

Statues:
- Bronze and metal were major materials for sculptures
- Classical period: Skill level has increased
- Hellenistic period: Peak of Greek sculpture

Presentation Day!

Today during class, we took the whole mod to present slides. I was surprised that our group went first to present because we picked number 2 and I thought we were going to go second. I wanted to watch another group go first so that I can see what I can do and what not to do. I was nervous going up first. What made me even more nervous was that my slides were the first 10 slides. I forgot that we couldn't read off the slides we have made so I read some of my slides all the way through. We took about a half of the mod presenting our slide when we should have only taken 7 mins. I was also nervous that we would get off points on our war slides. We didn't have much for those slides. We had only two slides. But overall I think our group did a good job.

Greece Notes #4

Next in line
- with Hippias gone, Isagoras and Cleisthenes engaged in a power struggle
- Isagoras had support from some fellow aristocrats, plus from Sparta
- Cleisthenes had support of the majority of Athenians

Isagoras wins
- Isagoras becomes archon eponymous (tyrant)
- He ostracizes Cleisthenes 
- Cleisthenes’ supporters - and the ordinary Athenian citizens! - revolt against Isagoras’ tyranny
- They trap Isagoras on the acropolis for two days - on the third day he fled and was banished

Cleisthenes and Democracy

- Cleisthenes - member of the elite

- very rich

- insulated from the “hoi polloi”

- crafty politician

Greece Notes #3

transformation of government

- During the seventh and sixth centuries BCE, aristrocrats ran the show in most of Greece

Aristocracy

- Aristocrats: members of the ruling class

- they attended symposiums, meetings where the elite men would enjoy wine and poetry, performances by dancers and acrobats, and the company of hetaeras (courtesans) while discussing politics

an exclusive club

- no women except the “entertainment

- no middle class

- no slaves

- sometimes, even certain aristocrats were excluded

Tyrants seize control

- sometimes aristocrats would form alliances with hoplites (well-armed soldiers), and set up an alternative form of gov’t called a 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

clash of the tyrants

- Hippias was a tyrant who ruled from 527 to 510 BCE

- his brother was murdered, and his rule became harsh

- eventually he was expelled from Athens (this is called being ostracized)

- in revenge, he began working with the Persian king Darius I, helping them invade Marathon

2nd day on Project

Today during class, we continued working on our google slides. We have gotten through 75%. I think we can finish our slides by tomorrow or by Thursday. Rosemary finally is back. Thanks to her we have someone to work on the Peloponnesian war section. Caitlyn is working on the Spartan section, Im working on the Athens section, and Rosemarry is working on the Peloponnesian war section.

1st day on Project

Today during class, we got to spend time on working on our google slide. We got the topic Athens, Sparta, and Peloponnesian War. We spent the whole class working on it. We have accomplished making the tittle page, and the first slide on Athens and Sparta. We are working on other slide but we haven't finished. We have an idea of what we are going to write on each slide. We are going to talk about each subject first (Athens, Sparta, and Peloponnesian War). Then on the next slide, we will talk more in depth for each subject. We are also gathering information on comparison between Athens and Sparta. I think that we have finished 5% of our slide.

Birthday Day!

Today during class, the first thing we did was sing happy birth. I was surprised that Mr. Schick brought in a bag of Cheetos with a candle on top of it. I did even see it when I came in because I was wearing one contact. After that, Mr. Schick started going through the notes we took yesterday very quickly and then we took a small quiz with just 10 questions on it. The question were very easy. I messed up on 2 questions. I mixed up the 2 seas that were around Greece. We then started talking about what project that is coming up. We got to get into groups of 3 people for this project. The project is about different things that happened in Greece. My partners are Caitlyn and Rosemary. Rosemary isn't here but Caitlyn and I got to start.

Greece Notes #2

Geography / its significance

- Greece is a mountainous peninsula

- mountains cover ¾ of Greece

- approximately 1400 islands in the Adriatic, Ionian, and Aegean Seas

- this combination shaped Greece’s culture

-had many skilled sailors and shipbuilders

- also farmers, metalworkers, weavers, potters

- they had poor / limited natural resources, so they needed to trade

- it was difficult to unite the ancient Greeks because of the terrain

- they developed small, independent communities / city-states

More Geography

- although fertile valleys cover one quarter of the peninsula, only about 20% is suitable for farming

- Greek diet consists of grains, grapes, olives

- lack of resources most likely led to Greek colonization

- back then, temperatures usually ranged from mid 40s in the winter to low 80s in the summer - although it could get hot in the summer, it was pretty nice year-round

Some early peoples - first, Mycenaeans

- their influence began around 2000 BCE

- Mycenae is located on a rocky ridge and protected by a 20-foot thick wall

- Mycenaean kings dominated Greece from 1600-1200 BCE

- controlled trade in the region

- 1400 BCE-  Mycenaeans invaded Crete and absorbed Minoan culture and language

Then, “sea people” & Dorians

- around 1200 BCE the mysterious “sea people” began to invade Mycenae, and burnt palace after palace

- so, the Dorians moved into this war-torn region

- Dorians were far less advanced

- the trade-based economy collapsed

- writing disappeared for 400 years

Enter Homer the storyteller

- Greek oral tradition - stories passed on by word of mouth

- Homer lived at the end of the “Greek Dark Ages”

- he composed stories of the Trojan War c. 750-700 BCE

~ The Iliad - probably one of the last conquests of the Mycenaeans (the Trojan War)

~ The Odyssey - Odysseus attempt to return home, being thwarted by the angry god of the sea, Poseidon

- The Odyssey was 12,110 lines of dactylic hexameter

did Homer actually exist?
- the “Homeric question” - Homer may have been a mythical creation himself
-  a blind wandering minstrel; an heroic figure
- Iliad and Odyssey may be the culmination of many generations of storytelling
- or Homer actually existed

Cyber Day homework

Erechtheum
This building was built during the classical period of Greek art and architecture between 421-405 BC. It was building on the Acropolis of Athens. The building had a place of refuge for Athena Polias, Poseidon, and Erechtheus. The building was a porticoe on the east, north and south side. The eastern side has hexastyle Ionic which was the entrance to the shrine of Athena. The northern side has tetrastvle Inonic which gives access to the western cella through a doorway. The southern side has six female figures that support the building. 

The Temple of Apollo at Didyma
The temple of Apollo was built at Didvma in Turkey in 300 BC. This building is the fourth largest sanctuary in the Greek world after the Temple of Artemis. The temples design was dipteral which is two sets of columns surrounding the interior section. These columns reached 19.5 m high. These columns surrounded a small chamber that has a statue of Apollo.


The Temple of Athena Nike
The temple of Athna Nike was part of the Acropolis in the city of Athens. It was built in Didyma, Turkey around 300BC. The temple was completed in 420 BC. The temple was smaller than the other temples of Acropolis. The design of the temple was dipteral. The temple had a state of Athen Nike. In the states cella was made of wood and held a pomegrade in the right hand. The left hand held a helmet. 

Do nothing except talk day!!!!!!

Today during class, we talked about tomorrows cyber day because Mr. Schick can "predict" the future. Our cyber day homework for tomorrow is going to be about Greece's architecture. We have to write what was built and what they made. We also talked about people hating on the weather men because they can't predict the weather. Mr. Shick's prediction for what Parker is going to eat tomorrow is Poptarts. We also might not have school on Friday because there might be enough time to dig up all the snow for Friday.

Greece Notes

Today we started to learn about Greece.

Greece is the Word
- The worlds great civilizations are all located on rivers
- Greatest civilization/key river
  ~ Mesopotamia/Tigris
  ~ Egypt/Nile River
  ~ India/ Indus River
  ~ China/ Huang He River
- Mediterranean Sea: Middle of the Earth
- Greece Sea's: Left side of Greece: Adriatic, Right side: Aegean Sea
- Crete: Large island south/southeast of Greece