3/25/19

In today's class, we took our Greece test, it was a total of 33 questions that were very easy in my opinion. I thought it was going to be way harder, but I went through in in like 10 minutes, and of course I checked my work. Right now I am working on our Greek project which is due on Wednesday. Then we start presenting on Wednesday through Thursday. Overall, I think I did very well on the test and hopefully I get a good grade.

3/21/19

In today's class we went over all of our notes for the Greece test. It starts on Monday, and we also went over some expectations for the Greek project that we are presenting in class on Wednesday. Overall, I feel really good about this test, I have studied a lot and I am going to study more over the weekend. This Friday my group is going to try and take some videos for our project. All about the sports of ancient Greece.

3/19/19

In todays class, we took the time to research our project about ancient Olympics. We are thinking about making videos for each sport and then putting it on our google slides. We can do this sometime after school, and we are also going to give some background information about ancient Greece Olympics. Also at the end of class we went over the rubric for the presentation and then also talked about the test coming up on Monday.

Crash Course Video

1. How long did it take Odysseus to return home from the Trojan War?
2. According to Google Maps, how long should this trip have taken?
3. According to archeological evidence, when did the Trojan War occur?
4. When did Homer compose The Odyssey?
5. What is the definition of “epic poem”?
6. Who is Odysseus’ wife?
7. Who is Odysseus’ son?
8. What happens in the cave of the Cyclops?
9. Is Odysseus a hero? Why or why not?
10. What is considered one of the most beautiful lines in all of Homer?

1. 10 years 
2. 2 weeks 
3. 12th century BCE
4. 8th century BCE
5. Epic Poem- Defined as "a long narrative poem"
6. Penelope
7. Telemachus
8. Odysseus and his men were trapped inside of a cave by a cyclops. They grabbed a tree trunk and sharpened it into a point, they put it in the fire and when the cyclops came back, they stabbed it in the eye and it was blind forever.
9. He is a hero because he took 10 years to get back home to see his wife and kid, and he battled all of those monsters that he got sidetracked by and he killed every single one.
10. "And so she too rejoiced, her gaze upon her husband, her white arms round him pressed as though forever."

3/13/19

In today's class, we continued to take notes on the Greek slides, but we looked farther into the people who ruled and what were their laws/rules. The lliad, possibly one of the last conquest of the Mycenaeans. The Odyssey, Odysseus attempts to return home after the Trojan War, being thwarted by the angry god of the sea, Poseidon.

Aristocrats- Members of the ruling class, they mostly fan the show of Greece.

Symposiums- meetings where the elite men would enjoy wine and pottery, performances by dancers and acrobats, and the company of hetaeras while discussing politics.

Hoplites- well armed soldiers

Draco, Solon, and Cleisthenes were all famous leaders in that era, (500-621 BCE).

3/11/19

In today's class, we took more notes about the Greek government and some mythical stories about heroic people in that time era.

Polis- fundamental, political unit, made up of a city and the surrounding countryside

Monarchy- Rule by one person\

Aristocracy- Rule by a small group of noble, very rich, landowning families

Oligarchy- wealthy groups, dissatisfied with aristocratic rule, who seize power

Tyrant- powerful individual who seized control by appealing to the common people for support


Then after the note taking, we finished our note taking on pages 118-126. This was mostly talking about the terrain of Greece and the sea surrounding it and what were the positives and negative towards living right next to a body of water.

Note taking on Egypt pt.2

In today's class we went over more of Greece, but we looked more into it like the geography and the terrain. The main idea, the roots of Greek culture are based on interaction of the Mycenean, Minoan, and Borian cultures. In the city-state of Athens, a new form of government developed - democracy - in which citizens exercised power. The Greek timeline is very important, from 2000 B.C. to 334 B.C. range from very hard life too more developed governments and people.

Test day

In today's class we did our Egypt test and I think I did really well. Overall I will see later of what I got.

Land of the Pharaohs notes

In todays class, we studied for the test coming up on Wednesday. Mostly we went over the mummification process and how the government was set up during that time era. Pharaohs were worshiped as a God which means anyone would do anything for them. Also, Pharaohs had multiple wives and often was cheated on. Women could inherit money and land and divorce husbands when wanted. Gods were often portrayed with animal heads and bodies. 3100 B.C. the two lands were united under a single king or Pharaoh. Lastly, upper Egypt was a 500 mile long strip of fertile land along the Nile; Lower Egypt was the wide land of the Nile delta, emptying into the Mediterranean sea.