3/31

In class today we finished our paper and then we watched the video.

3/30

Today all we did in class was finish up our paper. Tomorrow we are going to look for punctuation issues and grammar.

3/27

Today my group worked on our paper. It is coming along a lot faster than I thought it would. We already have about 700 words and that is without the intro and conclusion. I was stressing a lot more than I needed to over this paper.

3/25

• Greeks loved fighting
• Nothing compared to Athens navy
• most effective weapon was the trireme
• fastest ship at the time
• rowed up to 170 men on three levels
• could be used as a battering ram
• phalanx- close-rank, dense grouping of warriors
• armed with long spears and inter blocking shields
• Socrates looked to science and logic for his reasoning's 
• the socratic method fostered critical thinking
• he said, "the unexamined life is not worth living."

3/24

I will not be in class today because I leave early for my lacrosse game.

3/23

Today we finished the rest of the powerpoints in class. Some of the stuff I learned was actually very interesting and most of the stuff I learned, I would never know about without the kids teaching it.

3/20

Today in class we presented our powerpoints. We didn't get to finish all of them but Mr. Schick said we will finish them on Monday. I'm glad my group just got it out of the way.

3/17

I was not in class today because I had to leave early for a lacrosse game.

3/16

Today we finished our Powerpoint on our project. All that we have left to do is the finishing touches and put a few more pictures here and there. We also have to go over it a few times so we know the material even better so we are ready to present.

3/13

In class today we worked on our projects. The project my group has is Athens, Sparta, and the Peloponnesian War. We split the work up evenly and I got the Peloponnesian War. There are a lot of very interesting things about this topic. I am honestly kind of glad I got this topic because I have already done projects before on Athens vs. Sparta. The Peloponnesian War was something different and I really enjoyed it.

3/11

Today in class we took a pop quiz. The quiz was not hard at all because before we took it we reviewed the Greece powerpoint. Even if we wouldn't have reviewed the powerpoint, I feel like I would have done pretty well. Also, Mr. Schick told us about what we have to do for our project. I wasn't very happy when he told us because we have to not only do a powerpoint, but we also have to write a 1,000 word paper. It won't be that hard because it is going to be divided between three people.

3/10

Jude Brown, Stevie Lutche, Winfield Peverley is my group and we are doing Athens vs. Sparta and the Peloponnesian War. Today in class, we watched YouTube videos of babies crying. Also, Mr. Schick talked about the survey we took in the first semester.

3/9

• Greece is extremely mountainous 
• they cover over 3/4 of Greece 
• about 1400 islands in the Adriatic, Ionian, and Aegean Sea
• many very skilled sailors
• limited natural resources
• olives were a huge thing in Greece
• they were used for a bunch of different things
• only about 20% of the land was good for farming
• arable- good farming land
• Greek diet consists of grains, grapes, and olives
• the Greeks invented the Olympics

3/6

Plato, was a Greek philosopher born 428-7 B.C.E and died in 348-7 B.C.E. He had a great trio with aristitole and socrates. They laid the fundamentals of philosophy. He was in a very wealthy family. He two older brothers and a sister. pPlato was just his nick name, his real name is Aristicoles. He studied in Egypt and Italy. He was one of the first philosephers who actually found most things out. He was also a mathmatician. He is considered "THE PHILOSOPHER "

3/4

today in class we began by talking about the bad weather we're supposed to have which somehow led to talking about the future and chips in our heads. It was actually really fun talking about possible future inventions that'll be made up by the time we're grown ups. Mr. Schick seemed to have some pretty cool ideas and assumptions on future inventions including chips in our heads, being able to look someone in the eyes and they'll know what you're saying, and so much more. 

3/2

The world's greatest civilizations were all located on rivers...

Mesopotamia / Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Egypt / Nile River

India / Indus River

China / Huang He River

Greece's geography
- Note the significance of Greece's location
- Describe Greece's topography
- Look at Greece's surroundings
- How would all this affect their culture


A closer look
-Rhodes is the large island that is southeast of Greece.
-Sparta is located in the center of the  Peloponnese
-Athens is the capital and the largest city of Greece
-Athens allowed girls o education while Sparta did
-Sparta is dependent on agriculture while Athens is dependent on agriculture and trade