Presentation in the Temple

Yesterday two more groups presented. One project was on the battle of Thermopylae, and another was on Greek foods. The one on Greek foods wasn't (in my opinion) wasn't as good as the other one that covered makeup, food, and weaving. The food of the first presentation was better, and I was also told that it took 6 hours to make. Both of the presentations were good, but I just preferred the first. The project on the Battle of Thermopylae was pretty good, since it was a powerpoint and a model. The powerpoint was relatively interesting, and it was presented well. The model looked like a lot of effort was put into it, and it was accurate. I can't wait to see all of the projects, and then eventually present mine.

Day of Project Presentation

Today was a short day because of an assembly on mental health that we had today. All of our classes were cut to forty five minutes each. One group presented today, and their project was on the real housewives of ancient Greece. I thought the project was pretty good, and the good was delicious as well. Today was a short day because of an assembly on mental health that we had today. All of our classes were cut to forty five minutes each. One group presented today, and their project was on the real housewives of ancient Greece. I'm pretty excited for Trent's group to present, since they've told me about a few of the scenes in their video, and its peaked my interest. If you made it to this sentence sorry about repeating the first part. I just don't know if you even read these anymore, but watch this be the one you actually read.

Last day to work on project

Today Mr. Schick wasn't here so we went to Mrs. Milburn's room to work on our projects. Patrick wasn't here this morning, so Ryan and I worked on the powerpoint. I feel like we're missing something, but other than that I think we've got a pretty good project. Ryan has done a lot of work so I'm trying to catch up with him for the amount of work done. I like the topic that we're doing, but part of me just doesn't like how open ended the project is. I just hope a decent power point and video will get us a good grade as well as the paper. I should probably be proofreading the paper right now, but I haven't written one of these in a bit so. Tractors are pretty cool, but you know what's cooler? Doing your homework.

Test Day

Yesterday we had a big test on everything we learned on ancient Greece. I missed the review day due to the play so it was a little difficult getting adjusted to class again. The test itself wasn't that hard, but there were a few that I didn't feel so confident on. Mr. Schick wouldn't even give us our test until we were quiet so it took awhile for us to even take the test. The best part of this test was the fact that we could leave the classroom right after we finished. I met up with Kyle, Trent, and Shaun and we watched the Iowa vs. Cincinnati game.

Powerpoint Day

Today we looked at the powerpoint for most of the class, but luckily we were giving a couple of minutes to work on our blogs. Spartans were known their tough, ruthless infantry. The Spartan boys started to train to be soldiers at the age of seven. Athens had a strong infantry force, but an even stronger navy. The Athenians invented and used the trireme which was a boat rowed by 170 men and it was used as a fast and agile battering ram. They also used the phalanx which was a dense group of warriors armed with long spears and connecting shields. The soldiers would slowly advance until they broke ranks and charged the enemy. The Persians had a huge army and nearly unlimited resources.

Project Day

Today we worked on our projects, and my group made some good progress. Ryan, Patrick, and I are all part of the play and the project doesn't play nice with our schedule. Our project is going to be on naval warfare and some major battles of ancient Greece. We tried to figure out how we could construct and destroy a boat with the time we are provided. Ryan found a video that we are going to use to aid our powerpoint that we started to work on today. I forgot to mention that Mr. Schick shaved and he looks pretty different. I hope we get our project done on time, but that may be a little difficult. Another problem I had is that the project is very open ended so it can be hard to figure out what to use to present the information.

Movie Sub

Today we had Mrs. Magner as a sub. We were assigned to watch a movie about Cleisthenes. I've had Mrs. Magner as a sub for Spanish before, and she told how she pronounced c's in a Spanish accent. Mr. Schick assigned us a paper to do while we watched the video. In my opinion doing a paper takes away from the experience of watching a movie/documentary. The documentary lasted for a good 55 minutes, and I'm just glad its over. It went over Cleisthenes' early life, and the beginning of Athens. Thank God we finished the video in the same period, I did not feel like watching the rest of it at home to finish the paper. I hope he doesn't grade it too harshly because I may have missed a few details.

Pœwërpôïñt

Today was a pretty normal day in our beautiful Human Geography class, and Mr. Schick just showed us a powerpoint and talked at us today. Hippias was a tyrant from 527 to 510 BC, and after his brother was murdered he turned into the modern day definition of a tyrant. His harsh rule led to him getting expelled from Athens, and as revenge he helped King Darius the first invaded Marathon. Isagoras and Cleisthenes had a struggle for power after Hippias. Isagoras had the support of some of the Aristocats and spartans, while Cleisthenes had the support of the majority of Athens common-folk. Isagoras became the new archon eponymous, and his first decision was to ostracize Cleisthenes. This move upset the people were upset about this and they revolted against him.

Yes

Class was pretty boring today, so I'm just going to put my notes down. In 621 BC Draco made all athenians equal besides women and non landowning males. He also established the death penalty for many crimes as well as allowing debt slavery. Solon outlawed debt slavery in 594 BC, and also made it so all athenians can speak at the assembly, and made it so any citizen can press changes.

Oof

Today Mr. Schick started off class with a nice powerpoint. At some point Mr. Schick was angered and he turned off the powerpoint. He told us to write how boring and terrible his class is in our blogs, so here it is. For the rest of class we were told to take notes and write our blog, but I got bored halfway through reading the textbook, so I decided to just start my blog. Mr. Schick also gave us our tests on Ancient Egypt back, and I learned that I suck at spelling, but other than that I did pretty good. A monarchy is a rule by one person. An aristocracy is rule by a small group of noble, wealthy, landowning families. An oligarchy is a rule by wealthy groups that revolted against the aristocrats using the military. A tyranny was a rule by a person who come into power from popular support from the common folk.

Greasetastic

The Greek diet consisted of olives, grains, grapes, and fish. Mycenae is a city on the island of Peloponnesus, and it was surrounded by a 20 foot thick wall. The Trojan War was thought to be a myth until the 19th century after archeologists discovered evidence of a war in Troy. The Trojan War happened in 1,200 B.C., and around that time "sea people" began to invade Mycenae, and burn palaces. The Dorians settled in the leftovers of Greece, and the Greek economy collapsed under them. A man named Homer created the Iliad and the Odyssey, and he man have been mythical himself. Homer was thought of as a blind, wandering minstrel. The Iliad and the Odyssey may have been a culmination of many different writers over the years.

Greasey

Today we looked at a powerpoint on Greece for half of the class, and for the other half we are supposed to take notes. Good thing I took all the notes I needed yesterday. There were some things on the powerpoint that I didn't have down though. Most early civilizations were near rivers like India was on the Indus river, China was on the Huang He river, Mesopotamia was on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, and Egypt was on the Nile. Greece is not on a river, but is surrounded by the Adriatic Sea, the Aegean Sea, and the Ionian Sea. Peloponnesus is the island below mainland Greece. In total there are 2000 islands that are near and around Greece. Ancient Greece had skilled sailors and shipbuilders, as well as farmers, metalworkers, weavers and potters. The people of ancient Greece were loyal to their city-states, not Greece as a whole.

Grease

Greece started as a collection of separate lands where Greek-speaking people lived. The Greeks saw themselves as people who lived around the sea. The Greeks used the sea to travel near and far, as well as for trade. Greece lacked natural resources for buildings, so they used the Mediterranean to trade with other civilizations. Mountains cover 3/4 of Greece, while fertile valleys covered the other 1/4. The mountains separated the Greeks, so they formed they own individual governments. The lack of fertile land made a small greek population that never go over 5 million or so. Moderate temperatures in the winter and summer allowed for outdoor living all year round. The Mycenaeans settled in Greece around 2,000 B.C., and they were heavily influenced by the Minoans. The Minoans had sea trade, a unique art style, and a well established religion. The Mycenaeans fought against Troy for 10 years, and the Mycenaeans collapsed shortly after their victory.