Today's Class

In today's class, Mr. Schick was not here in class since he is away on a trip.  We had a sub today so we did not do much.  We were to go to Mr. Schick's blog and look at our assignment.  We were to start our essay that is due tomorrow.  We could have the option of doing our essay, watch the video on the Crucible of Crucification, or study for our test on Greece tomorrow.  So, my group (Luke Ensor, Ryan Muhlenfeld, and I) continued to work on our 1000 word essay.  We are doing it on google docs, so we all can work on it at once.

Today's Class

In today's class, Mr. Schick was not here in class since he is away on a trip.  We had a sub today so we did not do much.  We were to go to Mr. Schick's blog and look at our assignment.  We were to start our essay that is due next week.  We could have the option of doing our essay, watch the video on the Crucible of Crucification, or study for our test on Greece on Wednesday.  So, my group (Luke Ensor, Ryan Muhlenfeld, and I) started to work on our 1000 word essay.  We are doing it on google docs, so we all can work on it at once and work on it this weekend.

Today's Class

In today's class, Mr. Schick was not here in class since he is away on a trip.  We had a sub today so we did not do much.  We were to go to Mr. Schick's blog and look at our assignment.  We were to start our essay that is due next week.  We could have the option of doing our essay, watch the video on the Crucible of Crucification, or study for our test on Greece on Wednesday.  So, my group (Luke Ensor, Ryan Muhlenfeld, and I) started to work on our 1000 word essay.  We are doing it on google docs, so we all can work on it at once and work on it this weekend.

Today's Class

In today's class, we focused on the Greece Power Point again.  We also talked about how we will have a quiz next week on this Power Point and the google slides that people did (Greece).  We said how we will have to write our 100 point paper that is due next Wednesday, which is the day of the test while Mr. Schick is gone.  But for the most part, we focused on the Power Point.  We took notes on the Spartans and how they were really into war.  They are vey tough and ruthless, and are really known for their ground attacking (infantry).  The boys in Sparta started training seriously to become soldiers at the age of seven.  Also, we talked about Athens and their war tactics.  Athens had a very great infantry, but were mainly known for their amazing Navy and attacking from the water.  For their sea attacks, they used a very effective weapon (ship) called a trireme.  The Phalanx is a close-rank, dense grouping of warriors.  They are armed with spears and interlocking shields.  Philosopherlapalooza - Socrates looked to science and logic (not the mythological gods).  The Socratic Method fostered critical thinking.  He was charged with two serious crimes: impiety (disrespecting the gods) and corrupting the youth of Athens.  After that, we talked about Aristotle and Plato.

Today's Class

In today's class, we mostly just went over the Power Point on Greece.  We were almost able to finish the Power Point, but class ended.  We started with the slide, "Next in line..."  With Hippias gone, Isagoras and Cleisthenes (both were aristocrats.)  Isagoras had support from some fellow aristocrats, plus from Sparta.  Cleisthenes had support of the majority of Athenians.  Then we talk about how Isagoras wins, but not for long.  Isagoras became a tyrant.  He ostracizes Cleisthenes and Cleistheneses' supporters - and the ordinary Athenian citizens revolt against Isagoras.  They trap Isagoras on the Acropolis for two days - on the third day he fled and was banished.  This was in 508 BCE.  WE also learned about some gods and goddesses and what they were.  For example, Poseidon is the god of sea, Aphrodite is the goddess of love, Dionysus is the god of wine and was the son of Zeus who is a god and the son of Semele who is a human princess.  Then we talked a little bit more about Greece.  We talked about the Peloponnesian War and more about gods and goddesses.

Today's Class

In class, we finished our Power Point Presentations.  There was only a few groups that were not able to finish last Friday in the short amount of time that we had.  So, for those who did not go, they went today.  During class, we took notes on all of the Presentations that went.  When you presented, you explained your slides and did not just read them.  Also, we talked about our essay hat is due in April.  We have to write an essay based on our Power Point, but you only have to turn in one for the group.

Today's Class

In today's class, we did not do much.  In class, we started our Power Point Presentations.  There was only a few groups that went in the short amount of time that we had.  During class, we took notes on all of the Presentations that went.  When you presented, you were supposed to explain your slides and not just read them.  For those who did not go, Mr. Schick said he will go over them this weekend and then we will present our Monday.  So, for this class, we just did our presentations.