essay questions

Today in Western Civ we had to write the essay portion of our exams. It is actually a good thing that we took it early because now I don't have to worry about writing essays for the exam. I can just focus on the objective part. I have to admit that I was scared writing the essays because I didn't know whether I would write good sentences or not. But I think that I did well. This was our last class so byyyyyyyyyyyeeeee.

This year was literally the best history class I had because the class was really fun and the people were really funny. I will miss it (:
Here's to sophomore year.

Peace x

review test

Today in Western Civ today we reviewed our test on Rome that we took yesterday. This is the second to last class so we will probably just be reviewing for our exam on Wednesday (?).

Oh yeah, we have our essay part of the exam tomorrow because Mr. Schick will be in ChIagco. So yeah, tonight I'll pick three essays and get my notes together to write the essay tomorrow (:

Peace x



Me trying to get to the end of the year

test

Today in Western Civ we had our test for Ancient Rome. I don't really know what to expect for my grade. I'm hoping I do well... A lot of the answers were easy because we basically went over all of that stuff in class and we talked a lot about it so. But I got confused with some of the numbers like with the Senate and House of Reps. for USA and Rome but I don't know.. We are going to find out our grade soon after everyone gets finished. sooooooo.....

My....



Grade....



Is.....



83%


It's not the best grade but it's still passing I guess. I'm going to do great on the exam though soooooo yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhh!


Peace x

yesterday

on Friday, (24 May 2015) I was not in class.

more and more and more projects

Today in Western Civ we had more presentations for the Rome projects.

First was Alyssa, Cheesca, and Jess and they made a Roman pot. It was really cool because they showed us their pot and it looked nice. The power point had good information so I gave them a 98%!! Good project.

Next was Rory, Jeremiah, Parker and Dylan and they talked about Gladiator fights- of course. They had a power point and they made a little sculpture. It was pretty interesting. The power point had good information, and they all explained well. So I gave them a 96%!! Interesting Project.

Lastly was Karson, Kendall, and Ellee and they did a Roman game, like Monopoly/Are you Smarter than a Fifth Grader. It was actually really cool!! It was really creative considering the fact that they made the board and the pieces themselves. They also kind of made the game up, it was really amazing!

-pardon silence for the greatest phone answerer in this whole class - Jayla Ferguson - who will probably be getting a award soon.

Anyways, it was really great and a good way to study for the test so :)  Alright so that was all the presentations!

Until next time, with Zaire Johnson

Peace x

more and more projects

Today in Western Civ we had more presentations for the Rome project. The ones today were really cool! First was Jayla's project and she made a pot that the Ancient Romans would have made. It was actually really cool and she explained the project and how they used it well!

Next was a presentation by Arthur and Alex and they did great! They had a power point and made a structure like thing about the architecture of Rome. The structure was really good and that cat was great too. Best part.

Lastly was Caitlin and Trish. Now that was awesome actually! They did diaries from Ancient Rome, a plebian and a patrician. It was great!

projects!!

So today in Western Civ was the beginning of us presenting our projects for Ancient Rome! My group, Veronica, Meghan, Rosemary and I, when first because we had food. I was very nervous to be honest about my food because it was a weird recipe and it didn't look like the picture. So me being a perfectionists in some senses, I was nervous about what people would think about it. But I think everyone enjoyed our food, so that's great! We served a appetizer (Meghan), the general meal (Veronica), dessert (myself) and the drink (Rosemary). The salad was pretty good, it tasted like it had mint in it. The pasta was good too, I think that was everyone's favoruite. I thought the dessert turned out alright, I don't think everyone liked it but you know.. I thought the Roman drink was great, it tasted very good! 

Next was Adam, Steven, and Evan and they did a "rap" song. It was a parody of 'Fancy by Iggy Azalea... It was really good actually, it took them a little time to get the song up, but it was worth the wait to be honest! I though they did great with writing the lyrics. And, yeah, I definitely think it'll be nominated for a Grammy one day.

The last presentation was a power point. It had a lot of information.

So tomorrow there will be more presentation while I'm excited about. I really want to see what everyone else did!

Peace x 

Just blessed you with these beautiful human beings : )

BB King

today in Western Civ, we watched a video of BB King (who died yesterday :( ) playing at one of his concerts. It was actually really cool! I personally don't listen to blues or anything, but my grandfather does, being from New Orleans. The guitar playing was sick! I liked the song also. It was all really cool.

For the rest of the class we just worked on our project. My group didn't really have anything to work on because our project is making food. So that's bout it.

Peace x

rome cont.

today in western civ we took more notes on Rome, so here are my notes:

poor plebs:
-how do you keep the plebs happy (revolting)
-poet Juvenal said "[the people] anxiously hope for two things: bread and circuses"
-bread (free grain from the state) and entertainment (Coliseums) to keep them quiet and distracted.

change in rule:
-Tiberius Gracchus recognized the advantages of courting the plebs (even though he was ultimately successful)
-military generals worked the angle - lead an army that conquers a land, then give them a share.

-soldiers loyalty to their military leader, not necessarily to Rome or the Republic.

Caesar:
-Julius Caesar (100-44 BC)
-highly successful general
-conquered a huge territory of Gaul (present day France).

Caesar - Politics:
-made common people happy 
-made friends in high places
 .Pompey (general who conquered Syria and Palestine)
 .Crassus (richest man in Rome/ever)

-formed a boy group called "The 1st Triumvirate - meaning the rule of 3 man"


Peace x

*pop*

Today in Western Civ we had a pop quiz! I got an 80% and I was actually pretty upset with myself because I knew the answer to both of the questions I got wrong but I second guessed myself.. :( But for the rest of the class we just worked on our project that is due on Tuesday for our class because we don't have class on Monday. So yeah...

Peace x

just grab some land!

Alright so today in Western Civ we finished watching the Rome movie. It was a really good movie actually. Filled with eye twitching and grabbing land... here are my notes:

-latifundia: the land that the rich took from the middle class/poor.
-slaves from Carthage replaced middle/.poor for jobs because they worked for nothing.
-they are going to Spain because Spain was apart of Carthage and they didn't want an uprising.

-Tiberius made a peace tardy with the enemies.
-The Senate was upset because of this agreement.
-It was either the peace or death.
-The Senate and the rest of the men were deciding what to do with Tiberius and the general.
-At first, they wanted to punish Tiberius and the general but they then decided to only punish the general.

-When the Senates clapped= a vote.
-Tiberius tries to pass a law that will get the farmers lands back from the rich.
-The law gets vetoed the first time; it is vetoed the second time but Tiberius starts to veto opening up the shops in response to the veto of his law for the farmers.

-Riots started.
-The Senates removed the guy who vetoed and Tiberius got his law.
-The other tyrants started to turn the people against Tiberius.
-The people of Rome believed him.
-The Senates planned to get the people to turn against him, then charges him and kill him.
-Everyone starts to turn against Tiberius.
-Tiberius said to his bodyguard, "If I need you, I'll point to my head" and the Senate lied and said he was telling his bodyguard to get his crown.
-The Senates beat him and killed him.
-There was no funeral they just threw him in the river.


RIP Tiberius and all the land *eye twitch*

VETO!

alright

Alright so today Mr. Schick wasn't here so we had Mr. Del Puppo as a sub. So we have to work on our projects. Since Veronica, Rosemary, Megan and I are just cooking, we just decided to work on the paper we have to turn in with it. So that was about it

Peace x

rome video

Today in Western Civ we watched this British video about the subject of Rome that we are on. It was actually really cool to be honest. It was just piggy backing on the power point that we are taking notes on. I hope we can watch the rest of the video soon or next class.
That's about it... peace

:)

#TOMLINSONSLAYSAGAIN

Today in Western Civ we continued to talk about Rome. We just continued taking notes, so here are the notes that I wrote down today.

5,000 soldiers, not in it for pay (not yet):
- the Roman army's elite heavy infantry
-recruited exclusively from Roman citizens

Group of eighty's a century:
On horseback is the cavalry
Shield, sword, dagger, and armor and tonic

The Punic Wars (264 - 146 BC):
Rome vs. Carthage: three wars

First Punic War (264 - 241 BC):
-naval battles for control of the strategically located island of Sicily.
-Rome wins.



Second Punic War (218 - 201 BC):
-29 year old Carthaginian general Hannibal almost does the impossible: taking Rome (used elephants!!!)
-attacks Rome from the North after crossing Iberia (Spain) and the Alps.
-lays siege to much of the peninsula for 15 years but he couldn't get to Rome (Rome - 2; Carthage - 0 lolz)



Third Punic War (149 - 146 BC):
-Rome wanted to remove Carthage's threat
-Scipio, Tiberius Gracchus, and others mercilessly attacked the city
-Carthage was burned for 17 days; the city's walls and buildings were utterly destroyed
-When the war ended, the last 50,000 people in the city were sold into slavery
-The rest of Carthage's territories were annexed and made into the Roman providence of Africa

Economic Change, Social Upheaval:
-Slaves poured into Italy (50,000 Carthaginians, 150,000 Greek POWS, etc.)
-By the end of the 2nd century BC there were over a million slaves in Italy
-Small farmers lost their land to aristocrats (for little or no money) if they couldn't pay their debts, sometimes because the men of the farm were fighting battles
-Slaves did the work on the farms for the rich
-The big farms became massive estates called latifunaia

yes he is.

Rome cont.

"We got three government rolled into the one Patricians and plebeians having some fun."
  -Rule of kings is replaced by rule of two

Consuls:
  -consulus are elected officials
  -terms of office: one year
  -always aristocrats (patricians)
  -patricians traced their descent form a famous ancestor, or potter (Harry Potter) meaning-   "father".

  -Duties: dealing justice, making law, commanding the army
  -One consul could veto the other (reducing the power of the individual)

A challenge from "repair folks":
  -fifth century BC - patricians dominance of the government was challenged by the plebs   (people).
  -plebs were 98% of the population
  -how did the patricians dominate?
   plebs had to serve in the army
   but could not hold the office
   plebs were threatened with debt slavery
   plebs had no legal rights

No legal rights:
  -plebs were victims of discriminatory decisions in judicial trails.
  -Rome had no laws.
  -Rome had just unwritten customs
  -patricians could interpret these tot heir own advantage.

So, plebs refused to serve in the military until...
  -laws were written out (The Law of the Twelve Tables)
  -these laws (on tablets) were posted in public (450 BC)
  -tribunes - "tribal leaders" were elected

SPQR - Senatus Populusque Romanum
  -designates any decree or decision made by the Roman Senate and People

Res publica - the people's affairs
  -brand new republic; ready to run (one direction ahhhh)
  -democracy (the people's assembly and the tribunes)
  -aristocracy (the Senate - approx. 300 members)
  -plus monarchy (the consuls)
  -not a tyranny

Government: ancient Roman/USA:
  -originally, the US model their new government like Ancient Romans
  -it's not exactly the same
  -both have three branches of government
   executive, legislative, judicial
  -have a legal code (ex: Twelve Tables and Constitution)

3 branches - Rome vs. USA:
 Rome: 
executive
-two consul
-one year terms
-each has veto power
-appoint dictator for six months if war broke out

USA:
-President plus VP
-four year term
-can veto proposed law
-commander in chief

Legislative
Rome:
-senate - 300 people aristocrats - members for life
-assemblies (193 members)

USA:
-Senate - 100 senators (two forms each state - 6 year terms)
-House of Reps. 435 (53 from CA one from 7 states 2 year terms)

Judicial
USA:
-Supreme Court
-nine members
-appointed by the president by the senate
-lifetime terms

Legal Code (Rome/USA):
Rome: Twelve Tables
-publically displayed
-gave rights to plebeians
-not just aristocrats 
-only protected free-born
-male citizens (not women)

USA: Bill of Rights
-first ten amendments to the constitution
 1. free-speech/press/religion
 2. bear-arms
 3. no quartering
 4. no search and seizure
 5. no self-incrimation
 6. right to fair trail
 7. jury trails
 8. no cruel or unusual punishment 
 9. right to privacy and rights are assumed
 10. states have power where the fed doesn't.
 
   

free day!

Today in Western Civ Mr. Schick told  us that we were the class that was ahead of all the other classes so he gave us a free day. I didn't have any work that I had to do today so I spent the class watching the news. Something I never do, but considering the events going on recently. So yeah.. that's about it!

Peace

rome, rome, rome, rome, rome, rome, rome, rome

Today it was great because all of the grandparents were in our class, so it was nice. But we are talking about Rome so here are my notes:

Who settled Rome?
-Etruscans: came from the north-central part of the peninsula
-metal workers, artists, architects
-two foundation myths: Virgil's Aeneid (when Aeneid escapes from Troy) plus the story of Remus and Romulus.

Greeks: they had many colonies around the Mediterranean Sea

Romans borrowed ideas from them, such as:
-religious beliefs
-alphabet
-art
-military techniques and weapons

Latins:
-descendants of Indo-Europeans
-settled on the bank of the Tiber
-situated so trading ships - but not war fleets - could navigate as far as Rome, but no further
-commercial port, not susceptible to attack and built of seven hills(Palatine)

They drained the swamp:
-many streams flowed into the Tiber
-there was a marshy area called the Forum, between Palatine & Capitoline Hills
-Tarquin the Proud's grandfather built the Cloaca Maxima (largest ancient drain), which channeled water into the Tiber
-Urban legend says Washington DC was built on a swamp - but only about 2% was actually swampland - however, Constitution Avenue is located on what used to be called Tiber Creek

Lucius Tarquinias Superbus:
-the seventh and final king of Rome
-known as Tarquin the "Pride" (Arrogant)
-a true tyrant in the old and modern sense of the word
-Tarquin seized power like an old school tyrant
-the people's shock at this horrible behaviour and this horrible family made them NEVER want to be subject to rule of kings - lasted for centuries.
  

project

Today in Western Civ we got into our groups and started to work on what we are going to do for our project.
My group, Rosemary, Veronica, Megan and I are going to make a four course meal. Rosemary is going to make the drink, Megan is doing the appetizer, Veronica is doing the main dish, and I'm making the dessert while I'm really excited about!
So that's basically everything we did today in Western Civ, so peace

pray for baltimore

Today in Western Civ we were talking about the horrible events in Baltimore City last night. I think we had a very good discussion about it.
I think what happened was absolutely horrible, it made me so ashamed. I was ashamed because this is my city but these people were also of my race. I understand the anger toward the police officers, but this was not how it should go. 
I agree that everyone has their rights and opinions but going into your community stores and businesses and trashing it is just wrong. I don't think those young and older people would do that? At the end of the day it's going to be their community that they destroyed, what are they going to have left to go too?
I don't think some of these people even cared about Freddie Gray, they were just taking advantage of the situation. They were making fools of themselves.

It just made me very mad and upset. I hope both of my grandmothers are okay because they live in East and West Baltimore. And I really hope that my cousin, who works for the national guard, will be okay. I'm just praying that this whole thing is over soon. We just need to pray for our city right now.

you guessed it... still sick

today I wasn't in class

still sick

today I wasn't in class

sick

today I was not in class

Rome

Today in Western Civ, we started the section Rome. So here are my notes:

Chronology:
-ninth century: Etruscans, Greeks, and Latin's moved into Italy (next to the Tiber River)

City-state and Empire - The Roman Republic:
-Italy and its people
-Indo-European tribes moved into the Italian peninsula and some settled along the Tiber Rover creating the city-state known as Rome.

-Remus and Romulus were babies who came and were going to be put to death. So they were put into the Tiber River, however they were taken in by a female wolf. A woodpecker brought them food. They were taken into by two shepherds until grown. Remus and Romulus get into a fight and he kills Remus then creates Rome named after him. (the story of how Rome was created)

-Etruscans settled in the east
-Romans were influenced by Greece and their settlements to their south. Learned the alphabet and city-state organization from Greece.

The Rome Republic: The Senate and the People:
-originally, Rome was a monarchy on the Etruscan model with a council od elders called "The Senate".
-C. 500 BC, the Romans overthrew their monarchy and established a "Republic" 
-Since the Senate was populated only by patricians (aristocratic men) the plebeians (ordinary citizens) fought for a vote in Rome's government.
-Each year the Senate elected two rulers, "consulus", who each served a term of one year.
-As in the Greek city-states, the Romans would appoint a single dictator in times on war or conflict

-12 tables: list of laws that were posted in the public square
-Res publica - Latin term meaning the people's affair.


BUY CHI CAGO'S MIXTAPE ON ITUNES 

04/17

Today in Western Civ, Mr. Schick told us that we were the class that is ahead of all the other classes so we had a free class today.
He gave us time to work on classwork from other classes or talk about what we wanted to do for the projects.

Mr. Schick also showed us this video of this project that one of his former classes did for a Rome project. It was a pretty cool video, it was little clips of a movie (that I have seen.) I was going to cook something but I think they it's not a good idea now because no one else is doing it and I'll be the only with food. I think my second options will probably be editing up a cool video. I can ask my mom and dad for help on that stuff because that's their specialty. So I'm still deciding.

Oh and we videotaped the class for Veronica.
That's about it :)

Peace! 

04/16

Today in Western Civ we talked about projects. We are going to be starting to learn about Rome soon so we have to figure out ideas about how we could do projects that would help us learn the subject.
There were various interesting ideas, like a battling with the other Western Civ classes... and building chariots. Their was another idea about people acting out The View but with the Roman gods and goddess as the hosts. I don't really like acting or standing in front of people and talking or anything.
I personally liked the idea of cooking a Roman dish and having everyone in the school come and try all the dishes. That would be an interesting thing to do because you get to see what the Roman ate and how they cook their food in certain ways. I also like the idea of the school trying it too. I don't think anyone else liked this idea though, so I guess I would probably be on my own with this idea lol.
So yeah, the project seem like they are going to be fun, so I'm excited!

Peace

corrupting your minds

Today in Western Civ we watched this video:

PLATO - Allegory of the Cave(animated)

It was talking about Plato's story he wrote about Socrates. It was showing how the world can corrupt your mind by imprisoning you and showing you their point of view of things, saying "this is what you should believe and that's it". You don't see YOUR big picture, just the picture that was put in front of you.
Mr. Schick asked us about some ideas of what might be an example of this in the 21st century, today. We listed some good ideas. One people said that a very good example of this was school. In school, yes everything that the teacher says isn't wrong but on some things that they say their opinion on for example; that's what you might start to believe. You may start to believe it because you only hear their side of it. You don't hear the other side of the opinion. Society is a very big one too. TV Commercials also. We as a generation just have been getting corrupted for a long time and sometimes we need to learn how to think for ourselves.

test review

Today was our first day back from Western Civ! We didn't do much, only went over the test we took on Anicent Greece before we left for break. I did pretty bad.... my first bad grade in this class but I think it was just because I had a ton of essays and power points to do for various teachers and it was a crazy week. But I'm planning on never getting a grade like that again.
But anyways, yeah we just went over the test then went to this really fantastic assembly where this guy named John O'Leary spoke to us! It was pretty great, I loved it so much! He was very funny and positive and inspiring. It was amazing to hear him tell us his story but see such a strong looking man standing there telling us all these great things and joking with us and stuff. It was just great!

the test...



SPPPPRRRRAAAANNNNNGGGGG BRRREEEEEEEAAAAAKKKKKKK!

Today in Western Civ, Mr. Schick was finally back! We took our test on Ancient Greece today also... To be honest I don't think I was as prepared as I usually would be for this test mainly because all of the essays and projects I had this week and all. So I'm not very certain about what I'm going to get on this test. I hope I get at least a B, that would be fine but I don't really know...

 

Oh, we also turned in our essay for Hoplites and Triremes and I think we are going to get a good grade on it because we worked very hard on it! So that's basically it, yup.

 

lots and lots of essays

So today in Western Civ, we had a sub again because Mr. Schick is still in Amsterdam. We all worked on all the stuff me needed to get finished. Karson, Jayla and I made a plan to spilt up the essay that we have to do for this class because it would be easier and we all got a part in it. I think it's really working out! I finished my part a few days ago, Jayla finished hers last night and Karson is doing hers right now. I hope we get a good grade on it because we worked really hard on the power point and the essay also. Now all I have to do is go over my part of the essay and then study for the test tonight. I'm a little nervous for the test tomorrow because it's kind of a lot to study because I have all of these other projects for all these other classes. But I think I can do it! Hopefully... SO always, it was a boring class basically because we didn't really have a teacher and we had to silence the whole time so, yeeeeaahh

See ya

this probably won't count.. :(

I wasn't in class Friday (27/03)

03.26.15

Today was a hard day because of the announcement about Zayn Malik leaving One Direction. Anyone who knows me knows that I love that band a lot and that news is very hard.

But  in Western Civ, Mr. Schick was not here because he's visiting his daughter in Amsterdam at her school. We had the options to either study for the upcoming test in April 1, work on our 1,000 work essay, or watch the video that he left for us in his blog yesterday.

Our real sub ditched us, or maybe they forgot, so Mrs. Zurkowiski had to sub us. Karson, Jayla, and I were going to work on our essays together today but she didn't want us to be in groups because it would get to loud, so we decided to just work on it when we get home. I'm going to be working on the Hoplites part, Karson the Trireme and Jayla is doing the Phalanx Formation. I'm sure we will find over things to write about in our essay so that we reach the 1,000 words.

I watched the video that Mr. Schick posted on his website, and that was all that happened in Western Civ today.

Today we finished up the power point presentations, and took some notes from Mr. Schick's power point.

gods and goddess:

- Greek Mythology:

• fully developed by 708 BC
• had human characteristics
• names of some gods: Zeus, Poseldon, Athena, Aphrodite, Hera, Demeter, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Hephaestus, Herme, Hestial Dionysus.

Zeus:

• god of sky and thunder (Lord of Justice)

Poseidon:

• god of the sea

Athena:

• goddess of reason, intelligence, arts and literature
• Zeus' daughter; spring out of her father's forehead

Aphrodite:

• goddess of love and beauty

Hera:

• goddess of marriage and queen of Olympus; wife/sister of Zeus  

Demeter:

• goddess of agriculture fertility, sacred law, and harvest

Apollo:

• god of the sun, the light, music and the prophecy
• rules over- music, poetry, art, oracles, archery, medicine, plague, sun, light and knowledge

Artemis:

• Apollo's twin
• goddess of hunt, forest and hills, the moon, archery
• protector of childbirth and labor

Ares:

• god of war - unpleasant aspect of war
• son to Zeus and Hera (both hated by his parents)

Hermes:

• god of trade, eloquence and messenger of the gods.

Hephaestus:

• god od fire and metalworking
• son of Hera and Zeus
• the only ugly god among the gods and was lame
• worshipped mainly in Athens where he had a temple
• made all the weapons

Dionysus:

• god of fertility and wine
• patron of the arts
• son of Zeus and Semele
• only god with a mortal parent

Hades:

• god of wealth
• ruler of the underworld
• one of the three major gods
• unmoved by prayer and sacrifice
• not death himself

Governments in Ancient Greece:

Aristocracy:

• a form of government in which power is in the hands of a small, privileged, ruling class
• can enjoy political power
• honoured titles: Duke, Duchess, Baron and Baroness
• children would inherit this job
• didn't care about lower class
• solon broken the form of law

Solon:

• removed for Aristocrats who succeeded him in power.

Tyranny:

• started in mid 600's BC
• new form of government
• ruled for short periods of time

Hippias:

• 510 BC

Greek Democracy:

• 508 BC democracy was born
• Ekklesia - executive branch; held 40 meetings/yr
• Boule
• Dikasteria - Judiciary
• 460 BC - end of democracy

Socrates:

• looked to science and logic
• Socratic Method fostered critical thinking

Plato:

• The Republic - most influential book
• Socrates student was Plato; Plato's student was Aristotle
• Aristotle put together a school called the Lyceum
• Aristotle also tutored Alexander the Great





Presentations Cont.



:

Today in Western Civ, we continued with our presentations. So here are my notes:

Pericles & the Golden Age:

(picture 1)
- started in law courts
- born in wealthy family in 495 BC
- father was in the Persian work
- general, supporter and speaker of arts
- brought democracy to Athens
- gave citizens ability to vote
- passed laws in favour of the poor and middle class (not only the upper rich class)
- Pericles and Athens were very powerful
- strategy of seaborne attacks
- it paid off, when he attacked Sparta's alliance during the beginning of war
- died: 429 from the Plague ending the Golden Ages
- lasted: 449 to 431 BC
- grew in and around Athens
- Athens and Sparta lived in peace
- Greeks invented drama
- the Parthenon; Temple of Athena Nike
- Erectjeion: Architecture
- drama: most famous - dramas and tragedies based off religion and myths
- Socrates: could get you thinking by asking questions


- Plato: Had to think about things in the bigger picture (logic/science)
- Golden Age ended: Sparta and Athens wanted to both gain power so the Pelapesian War ended the peace and the Golden Ages

Socrates, Plato, & Aristotle:

Socrates: (picture 2)

- lived: 470-339 BC

- classical Greek philosopher

- his method influences the scientific method

 

 

 

 

Aristotle: (picture 3)

- had a strong relationship with Plato

- Aristotle walked around teaching

- systematic concept of logic

- his theory: two people had an idea and they would come up with a conclusion

 

 

 

Plato: (picture 4)

- studied music and poetry

- met Socrates and he became his mentor

- traveled to Egypt, studying religion, geometry, and astronomy

- Socratic Dialogues: his findings during his time

- composed Meno, Euthydemus etc. (books)

- these philosophers encouraged democracy and thinking for yourself

 

 

 

 

 

 

Art & Architecture:



- ancient Greece arts

- doric, ionic, corinthian: three main architecture (main orders)

- Doric: simplest, amount the three columns (commons)

- Ionic: more detailed - thin and slender

- Corinthian: most decorative- most common style in history and modern

- if it was a fancy building they used Corinthian  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sculptures:

- major material: bronze, made from marble

- was inspired by Egyptians

- skill level went up during the classical period

Hellenistic Period: they added more emotion and detail to the sculptures

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today my group also went and I think we did pretty good, I was a wee bit nervous but I had my notes and I tried my best to explain it well. We had Hoplites and Triremes which was actually very interesting. But anyways, I hope we do well on the paper! :)

Presentations

Yesterday in West Civ, we started to present on our topics we had. We didn't get to all of them because it took longer to present for the first teams but here are my notes!

Athens, Sparta and the Peloponnesian War:
Athens:
-capital of Greece
-name came from the god of Athena

Athenian Social Structure:
-aristocrats: large estates

Athenian Diet:
-two means a day, ate simply

Boys Education
-reading, writing, math
-music, poetry, sports, gymnastics (5-14 some from 5-18 for)

Women Education:
-where focused more on household
-husbands were chosen for them.

Weapons
-Doru, Sauroter, Xiphons

Sparta
-Lacedaemon: means "self-restrained"
-they were forced to be in the military

Top Class
-Spartiates, Women

Middle Class
-Farmers, wanderers

Lower Class
-slaves (obviously)

Spartan Males
-forced to be in the military until they were 60 (ages 7-60)
-women were "borrowed" and had affair with other men other then their husbands. then would also have children with them.

-Sparta had the most deadliest weapons
-Kopis: most feared weapon in Sparta

Peloponnesia War
-started - April 4th
-Sparta won


Homer
-Born: 800 BC in Smyrna, Turkey
-told stories
-brought Greeks out of the Dark Ages
-some people think he's one person, a group of people and someone who wasn't blind.
-the Odyssey ad Iliad were the most famous stories about Odysseus about Achilles
-died in 701 BC

Continued....

today we continued the notes from yesterday, so here are my notes:

-with Hippias gone, Isagoras and Cleisthenes (before aristocrats).
-engaged in a power struggle Isagora had support from some fellow aristocrats, plus from Sparta.
-Cleisthenes had support of majority of Athenians.

-Isagoras Wins:
  -Isagoras becomes archon eponymouse (tyrant)
  -the people rose up and threw out Isagoras
  -was only in power for a couple of years
  -trap him on the acropolis for two days - on the third day he was banished.
  -he ostracized Cleisthenas



-Cleisthenes and Democracy:
  -He was definitely a member of the elite (that was all the people that got invited to those "political discussion parties")
  -very rich
  -insulated from the 'hoi polloi'
  -a crafty politician

03-18-15

Here are today's note:

- Transformation of government:

• During the seventh and sixth centuries BC, aristocrats "ran the show" in most of Greece.
• The rich held more influence in society and held governmental power.

-Aristocracy:

• Aristocracy is ruled by aristocrats.
• Attended symposiums, meetings where the elite men would enjoy wine and poetry, dancers, acrobats, hetaeras.

The clean version

-An exclusive Party:

• No woman were allowed (besides the entertainment)
• No middle class
• No slaves
• Sometimes, even certain aristocrats (the ones that didn't have the right connections or fell out of favour)

-Tyrants Seize Control:

• Sometimes aristocrats would form alliances with Hoplites (well-armed soldiers) and set up an alternative form of government called a tyranny.
• Tyrant - someone who rules outside the framework of the polis. 
• The modern meaning of tyrant is: an abusive or oppressive ruler. (Example: Kim Jong-Un leader of North Korea)
• the Greek meaning: someone who simply seized power usually with Hoplite help. They set their own army and gain power. (Example: Hippias)

-Class of Tyrants:

• Hippias was a tyrant who ruled from 527-510 BC.
• His brother was murdered and his rule became harsh.
• He was expelled from Athens also known as ostracized
• In revenge, after being ostracized, he began working with the Persian king Darius, helping them invade marathon.

Why the frowny face?

TO BE CONTINUED......

yesterday

yesterday I wasn't in class because of sickness.

today

Today in west civ we had a surprise visit from Mr. Schick's daughter in France! She told us the interesting story of how her class went to a restaurant and NO ONE spoke French besides this one girl that was there. So it was very interesting part of the class. OH and it was her birthday!!

Soooooooooooooooooo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJNWqo5__Ow   : from me (:


So for the rest of the class we just went in our groups for the power point, and Jayla and I made the slides for our power point and started it. It was a "easy" class today so that's it!

pop quiz

Today in West Civ, we didn't take any notes on the power point but we took a pop quiz on the things we have already taken notes on. I kind of knew about before hand....so I looked over my notes before class and that review that we had in class was helpful too. But it wasn't like it was a really hard quiz, it was really easy if you pay attention and take notes in class. I got a 100 :)

Next, we went over what we are going to do as an assignment once Mr. Schick goes to visit his daughter in Amsterdam. We got into our groups today and we are going to be doing a project together. So we get a subject and then we have to make a power point about it on google slides together giving information on it and everything. My group is not "confirm" if you'll say yet but the plan is Karson, Jayla, and myself.

We also picked our subject today which was Hoplites and Triremes: Warfare on Land and Sea. We also have to do one paper that has to have a 1,000 words which I'm sure won't be that hard because it's three people contributing to that one paper. So it's all going to be good. *inserts thumbs up emoji*

:)

anicent greece cont.

Today in West Civ take notes from the power point Mr. Schick has provided for us. It literally seems like forever since we've been in West Civ because of all the snow/cyber days! So here are my notes:

-Ionian Sea: the river of the bottom of Greece (south of the Adriatic Sea.)

The Adriatic, Aegean and Ionian Sea

-Greece is a mountainous peninsula (3/4 of mountains cover Greece)
-The Greeks had many skills: sailors and shipbuilders, farmers, metal workers, weaver potters.

-Fertile valleys cover a quarter of the peninsula.
-Arable: 20% - this is good farming.
-Ancient Greeks diet: grains, grapes, olives
-Lack resources led to colonization. ** IMPORTANT

-In Ancient Greece, the temperature ranged in the mid 40s in winter, and 80s in summer. This is very important because it led them to go outside more and that made them athletic, healthy and fit. (this soon would lead to him creating the Olympics.)

Mycenaean:

• their influence began 2000 BCE.
• located on the rocky ridge and they were protected but a gigantic 20 foot thick wall.
• their kings dominated Greece from 1600-1200 BCE (about 800 years!)                                       - they controlled trade in the region.
• In 1400 BCE - they invaded Crete (the island South of Greece) and absorbed Minoan culture and language.

"Sea People" - Dorian's:

• in 1200 BCE, the mysterious 'sea people' began to invade.
• they attacked Egypt too.
• burnt palace after palace.
• Dorian's weren't as advanced, they didn't care about trade or writing.
• one of the reasons the Dorian's were called the mystery "sea people" and they were kind of mysterious, because they didn't care about writing, when they took over they completely ditched the practice of writing.
• writing disappeared for 400 years.
• there's no record because of this.

Homer the Storyteller (No, not Homer Simpson):

• Greek oral tradition: stories passed on by word of mouth.
• He was alive at the end of the "Greek Dark Ages".
• He composed stories about the Trojan Wars.
• This is around the time writing and or stories passed down to family generations were coming into practice again.
• Two of his stories were: The Ilad - the last conquests of the Trojan War  (750-700 BC); The Odyssey - odyssey attempt to return home being thwarted by the god of the sea because he's jealous ( 12,110 lines of dactylic hexameter - in rhythm )

This Homer!

Not this Homer...

         
-The Greek gods 'interacted' with humans and had human character traits.

-Cyclops: gigantic beasts with one eye in the middle of their head that was talked about in the great story The Odyssey. ( see the picture below )




Homer didn't exist?!:

• The Homeric Question: people don't know if he actually existed because it was the Greek Dark Ages.
• For the longest time, historians thought that The Trojan War didn't happen, but they found that it was real, the ancient Greeks just made it sound more epic and cooler.

Also today in class we had a special visit from Homer himself! He was kind of blind though (just a little bit). All he did was smash into a table.. no biggy. But he read us his story The Odyssey. It was pretty nice and full of brains and stuff you know.

The End (:

Another Cyber day.. lol

"What's up, I'm Aristotle!"

So for our cyber day assignment today we have to look up one Greek philosopher and give their background. I'm doing to choose Aristotle because it's an interesting name :)

Source: http://www.biography.com/people/aristotle-9188415

Aristotle:

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher that was born circa 384 B.C. in Stagira, Greece. It was a very little place on the northern part of Greece. Nicomachus, Aristotle's father was a doctor to King Amyas II of Macedonian. After the death of his father when he was a small boy, Aristotle still stayed under the influence of the Macedonian court. Proxenus of Atarneus, Aristotle's brother-in-law took him under is wing until he was old enough to fend for himself. At the age of seventeen, Proxenus sent Aristotle to Athens to get an education. He got put into Plato's Academy, also being a student of Socrates. In 338 B.C., he went home to tutor the son of King Phillip II, Alexander the Great! Aristotle opened a teaching place called Lyceum. Right after it opened, Pythias, his first wife, died. Later after that he married a woman named Herpyllis who borne him his children.
In 323 B.C. when Alexander the Great suddenly died, Aristotle was charged with impiety which means that he lacked grieve for his death for Alexander the Great. This was a serious crime because they viewed him as a god. Not wanting to go to jail, Aristotle, his wife and children fled from Athens to the island Euboea.
Aristotle's philosophy was mainly focused on logic. He wanted to show people a "universal process of reasoning that would allow man to learn every thing about reality". How he did that was by describing certain objects based on their qualities and actions. Through describing this object, men would discover more about the object from deduction and reasoning.
After having escaped from the charges he got back in Athens, Aristotle caught a disease that infected digestive organs and died in 322 B.C.
After this, his writings and work came out of use but was picked back up again in the first centuries.

Cyber Day.......... YUP AGAIN!

Today it is in fact a Cyber day, and Mr. Schick did in fact predict it (so did everyone else). So, this is our cyber assignment via Mr. Schick:


"As we discussed yesterday, your Cyber Day assignment is to discover the wonder and splendor of ancient Greek architecture.  Find three terrific examples of ancient Greek buildings, post pictures of them, and write a short paragraph about each one.  Feel free to mention details like when and where they were built, what style they were built in, what materials were used to build them, what architectural details were included, and why the Greeks built these particular structures."


The Greeks were big on their buildings and architecture work. It was very important that their buildings and creations were unique. So Greeks came up with three orders, each with their own set of uniqueness and detail. The three common ones were called: Doric, Ionic and Corinthian.


This first type of building above was called the Corinthian. It was used in Greece but mostly seen in Roman Temples.This was one of the very complex structures to build and the very last kind of structure the Greeks made, being developed in  4th century B.C.  The oldest known building built out of this was the temple of Apollo at Bassae (in the picture above.) Apparently, the Greeks did not put much effort or use in perusing this kind of structure.


 
This next type is called Ionic. This styles was in Eastern Greece and some of the islands! It's described as "more thin and elegant". The temple above, The Temple of Athena Nike, was built in the style of Ionic. It was built in 300 BC. The design was known as "dipteral" which refered to the two columns around the interior space of the building. This building was built to protect and keep the statue of Apollo.

 
This last type of order is called Doric. It was described as "sturdy and plain". Doric was used in mainland Greece and the colonies in southern Italy and Sicily. The temple above, Temple of Athena Parthenos , was built in the style of Doric after the Greek goddess of Wisdom. It was built in the 19th century BC. The structure of the building has weathered away but it's still known for the harmony that order brings.

 

: )

03-04-15

Today in Western Civ, Mr. Schick was getting his computer fixed today in class so we didn't take notes from the power point. We talked about how we probably aren't going to be at school tomorrow because we are suppose to get rain that's going to freeze and then it's going to snow over top of that.
For the Cyber Day homework tomorrow we are going too have to do 45 minutes worth of work :(
But I think I'll probably be able to get it done fast.

So there wasn't much less so GOODBYE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ancient Greece

Today in West Civ, we started our topic on Ancient Greece. So here are the notes I took today:)

- all the world's earliest greater civilizations were river.

- great civilization/ key river
  Mesopotamian / Tigris + Euphrates river
  Egypt / Nile River
  India / Indus River
  Hung He River / China

-1400 islands off the coast of Greece
-Supported by water: fishing, food, drinking water

-Mediterranean: 'terran' means: earth
  means: middle of the Earth

-Greeks were good at building ships
-Adriatic Sea: west side of Greece
-Aegean Sea: east side of Greece


-Athens: the capital of Greece
-Island of Crete below Greece
-The places Sparta and Athens did not get along
-Athens was named after the goddess Athena
-Greece has so many myths that we can't tell what's true and what they wish were true.

test day

Today in West Civ we had our test on Ancient Egypt. To be honest, I was really nervous about this test because I feel like I missed a lot of days and then when we came back I had to do that really annoying challenge..... so I'm not sure what I'm going to get on the test. I hope it's a good grade!
I felt that I knew most of the answers and the review before class was good for me because I got to go over some of the things that showed up on the test. It was also good that people were asking questions about the test so I got answers from other people in the class that I went over.

Mr.. Schick is currently going to grade the tests...............

.....WAITING......

I got a 85%!!! That's better than I thought so it's good :)

just another cyber day assignment!

For our Cyber Work today we have to come up with a total of five questions that you think will be good for the test tomorrow. So here are the questions and answers I came up with:

1. What was the Egyptian life centered around?
 A: The Nile River

2. Every July the Nile River ______ and October the Nile __________.
 A: floods & recedes leaving good soil

3. Why was the Nile River a very important aspect in the Egyptians lives?
 A:  uses: bathing, washing, transportation and drinking

4. Name the rankings and their jobs.
 A: Pharaoh: seen as a god, Government Official - nobles, priests: apart of the "inner circle", Soldiers: there were few but they protected the high-ranks, Scribes: educated in writing (ties with the pharaoh (one of the high labeled ranks), Merchants: buy & sell; determined values of items, Artisans: had skills like craving, Farmers: poor & had to get very dirty (obviously), Slaves and Servants: very poor, the lowest ranked. Slaves: helped wealthy (household tasks), Farmers: raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions - benefited from irrigations of the Nile.

5. What form of "writing" did the Egyptians create?
 A: hieroglyphs



 

Pyramid Games......................................

Today in West Civ. because I wasn't there for class yesterday, I had to do this really annoying challenge.... It was really annoying and difficult because we had to match up all of the right things that would help us build a pyramid in Ancient Egypt and it was just... UGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH.

But, my partner got the challenge right after 500 years of redoing the challenge over and over again! So now I won't have a zero! Yaaaay.  I didn't quite have the time to get the notes from today so I don't really have anything to write down so yeah

02.24.15

today I wasn't in class

second cyber day (:

So it was decided yesterday that it was too cold to go to go to school so we have another cyber day. Mr. Schick left us a assignment for cyber, it was too write about the inventions the Ancient Egyptians made. I'm just going to put it into a whole paragraph:

The Ancient Egyptians invented a lot of things like the black ink, first ox drawn plow, 365 day calendar and leap year, paper, first triangular shaped pyramids, organized labor, hieroglyphics as an early system of writing and sails.

The 365 Day Calendar and Leap Year: The Ancient Egyptians invented one of the first calendars by making and recording a lunar calendar system. A Lunar Calendar System is basically the same kind of calendar that we have today. The found this out based off of astronomy. At night, they divided the sky into 36 groups of stars called Decans which could be used to tell the time. One of the first calendars lost one day every four years so they made  another calendar that was based off of the star Sirius. It consisted of the 362 days and the extra quarter day. Medicine: Some of the beliefs of medicine were based off of myths and ancient legends. Some even believed that sickness came from bad spirits and would attempt to "cast" out the bad spirit. The ancient Egyptians also found out about medicine by increasing knowledge of the human anatomy and just common sense. There is evidence of people in there having the title of doctors and physicians. Although, physicians and doctors were in "Existence" before Ancient Egypt. In 2600 BC there was the physician named Imhotep to King Zozer. All the knowledge we know about the Egyptian medicine came from documents called papyrus (1900 BC &  1500  BC). Paper: The Ancient Egyptians not only made the first paper but they made one of the first forms of writing called Hieroglyphics. They invented this system of writing and the paper to write it on. Sails: It was very essential for the Egyptian people to have invented sails. In class we learned that Egyptian life was centered around the Nile River. Without sails and boats the people wouldn't be able to have transportation. Organized Labour: Egyptians are known to be one of the first people that had organized labour because of the pyramids they learned how to construct. These massive pyramids did not just spring up out of the ground, with organized labour and the Artisans they build the gigantic pyramids.

THE END :)

notes finally taken in class

 

Yesterday we had our first class in what felt like forever! We took notes on Perez (Egypt). I already took these notes but I wrote them down again for review. So here are my notes:

Geography:
  -Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River*
  -The Nile River flows from South to North ( the only River that does that in the world. )
  -Every July the Nile floods
  -Every October the Nile recedes and leaves rich soil.
  -Cataracts are where the river has heavy flows and their are rocks in the water.
  -There are five of them in the Nile.
  -It's the world's largest and longest river.
 
  -The triangular land at the top of Egypt is called the Delta.
  -They needed water for many uses: bathing, washing, transportation and drinking.

Pyramids:
  -The Great Sphinx of Giza (2555-2532 BC).
  -A recumbent lion - it's not lying down sleeping it's lying prying and protecting.



Daily Life:
  -Rankings: Pharaoh: seen as a god, Government Official - nobles, priests: apart of the "inner circle", Soldiers: there were few but they protected the high-ranks, Scribes: educated in writing (ties with the pharaoh (one of the high labeled ranks), Merchants: buy & sell; determined values of items, Artisans: had skills like craving, Farmers: poor & had to get very dirty (obviously), Slaves and Servants: very poor, the lowest ranked. Slaves: helped wealthy (household tasks), Farmers: raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions - benefited from irrigations of the Nile.

 

cyber day: prezi notes

so today was great because we had a cyber day and we didn't have to go to school! I like cyber days waaaaaaaaay better than regular school days but anyway, Mr. Schick wanted us to take notes on the Prezi presentation so here are my notes: (I didn't take notes on the whole presentation because I figured we finish it in class)

Geography
Daily Life
Pharaohs - the political and religious leader of the Egyptian people, holding the titles: "Lord of the Two Lands"

Goddess & Gods
Pyramids
Geography
-Egyptian life was centered around the Nile River
-Water for drinking, for bathing and for transportation
-every July the Nile floods
-every October it leaves behind rich soil
-the delta is a broad, marshy triangular area of fertile silt

-managing the river required a technological break through in irrigation
Pyramids
-the Great Sphinx of Giza: built 2555 - 2532 BC
-a recumbent lion with a human's head
-oldest monumental statue in the world

Daily Life
-the rankings:
 Pharaoh
 Government Officials - Nobles, Priests
 Soldiers
 Merchants
 Artisans
 Farmers
 Slaves & Servants

-slaves/servants helped the wealthy with household and child-raising duties
-they raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions - benefited from irrigation of the Nile

...

test review

So I did waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than I thought on the test! I got a 96% with only one wrong! I was really happy yaaaaay!

So today in class we didn't really do most of anything, Mr. Schick passed back our tests and re-announced the scores of the test. We went over the test and did the answers...and that was about it.
We didn't get to finish reviewing but the within the questions we did go over, I got the one answer that I needed and got wrong. I think we should be should starting the next section soon, when we get back to school.
bye

test day

today in western civ we took our tests on the Guns, Germs and Steel movie we were watching for the last couple of days. First, as promised, we had a fifteen long minute period to study before the test. That really helped because although I studied it was good to have a short review before the actual test. I think that the test was pretty easy, and it is easy if you 1. paid attention to the video (and watch it over again like I did) and B go over the great notes you took! Veronica, Karson and I had a great review too!

I think I did really good on the test too, I hope I did!

Presentations

Today in West Civ we presented our power points that we had to do on the things associated with Guns, Germs and Steel. My group went first today so after that, these are my notes:

-Smallpox:

• contagious effected for 10,000 years.
• no cure
• Europeans brought the disease over by trade items.
• Symptoms: fever, discomfort, headache, back pain, vomiting
• Transmission: directly from infected person
• Emergency: one case is treated greatly and you are isolated

Writing:

• Evolved about 50,000 years ago
• Called cuneiform
• used to writing stories

We didn't get to far in the presentations but the test on the video is Tuesday.

power points & things

Today in Western Civ we got on a website that was linked to Gun, Germs and Steel.
We had to get in groups of four or five people. I was in a group with Kendall, Carson, Elle, and Veronica. Let me just say that our power point is probably going to be the best one! (just saying ;) Especially the youtube video and the awesome gif at the end. 

We got the first pick, and the subject we picked was the history of the animals. So we are presenting tomorrow, and I think it'll be good! so yeah

gone

Today I wasn't in West Civ because I had a doctors appointment!

Guns, Germs & Steel

Today in West Civ we continued watching Guns, Germs, & Steel:

-In Middle East they have barley and wheat to eat; it's way better to eat then sago.
-Draa: the oldest kind of permanent settlement that has been explored (Birth of Settlement)
-Granary: a place "Draa" used to store and protect their crops (wheat and barley)
-They collected seeds and started growing them beside their settlements (becoming the first farmers)
-Changing the way a plant "lives" to help the people eat or harvest is Cultivation  of Domestication (it's also determining whether the fruits and plants are good enough to eat)

-They also eat spiders.
-The Chinese first grew rice, the Americans and the South Americans grew corn, squash, and beans, in Africa they grew sorghum, millet, and yams.

-Jared's Diamond theory is that the people who developed quickly with food, had GEOGRAPHIC LUCK

-But could plants really shape human development.
-Animal domestication- animals were used for meat (food), milk, hair and skin use.
-Animals became essential to settlement.
-With certain amount of animals, they were there to "help".
-After harvest the animals would eat the rest of cereal grain in return, they created fertilize the plants and grains.

-goats and sheep were among the first to be domestic animals.
-the only muscle they had is human because some animals weren't muscled.
-Carnivores aren't good at being domestic.
-Your ideal domestic animal should be able to give birth at the age of 1-2 years.
-If they're social animals and can control the leader, they can control the whole land.
-Only 14 species of animals have been domestic. (goats, sheep, pigs, cows, horses, donkeys, Bactrian camels, Arabian camels, water buffalo, llamas, reindeer, yaks, Mithras, baly cattle).

-South America only had one species of animals - llama
-Asia, North Africa, Europe is where the animals originated
-Cows, pigs sheep, goats originated in the Middle East






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