Today in class we continued to work on our Ancient Greece essay, we used all of our knowledge to write about everything we have learned about Greek Gods and Goddesses. We started off the essay talking about one of the most important Gods, Zeus. Then we introduced his daughter Athens and told how she as born and why she is so important in the Greek history. Then we continued to talk about other important Gods and that is where we will continue writing in class on Monday.

Today in class we started to work on our essays on Ancient Greece. My group decided to spilt the work up and everyone worked on a different paragraph so we would get more work done quickly. We used our knowledge to start out essay by introducing the most important God named, Zeus.

Today in class we continued to go over the ancient Greece power point, today we mostly focused on learning about the Gods and Goddesses. We learned that Zeus was in charge of the weather, thunder, rain, storms, and controlled alot of the power. When ever someone made him mad or if he was in a bad mood he would strike the earth with thunder until someone fixed it. He had a daughter named Athena, the city Athens was named after her. Supposedly she was born right from Zeus's head already formed and armored.

Today in class we discussed the directions and what the expectations are for the 1,000 word essay on Ancient Greece. Since our teacher will not be here this week we are instructed to work on this paper then once we finish we are supposed to watch a video talking all about Greece to help prepare us for our test coming up.

Today in West Civ we presented our power points to the class and from everyone else's project I learned a lot. I learned that Homer was a blind poet storyteller and he wrote from 700-800 BCE. Homer died in 701 BCE, there is a myth saying he died in a river and there is a mystery if he even lived or not. I also learned a lot about architecture in Ancient Greece, Greek life centered around religion. Frieze is a long, narrow band of sculpture that runs along most temples. The erechtheum was built between 421 CE, there are 3 types of dorics. Corinthian can be found more on important temples. Black figure pottery was produced in 700 BCE. Thespis was the first Greek actor and originator of tragedy plays. Socrates was born in 469 BCE, and died in 399 BCE. He is not famous for any writing but he is a well known Philosopher.

Today in class I learned all about Hippias, Cleisthenes, and Democracy:

• Hippias gone, Isagoras and Cleisthenes (both aristocrats) engaged in a power struggle
• Isagoras Wins!
• He ostracizes Cleisthenes
• Cleisthenes' supports and the Athenian citizens revolt against Isagoras tyranny
• They trap Isagoras on the acropolis for two days, on the third day hefied and was banished
• 508 BCE
• Cleisthenes and Democracy
• Cleisthenes- definitely a member of elite
• Very rich
• Insulate from the "hoi polloi"
• A crafty politician

We West Civ today we discussed some of the power point talking about Greece and I learned:
Transformation of government:

• During the 6th and 7th centuries B.C.E., aristocrats ran the show in most of Greece
• Rich people had a lot of influence in society and held much more government power, than middles class
• Aristocracy is rule by aristocrats
• They attend symposiums, meetings where the elite mean would enjoy wine and poetry, performers by dancers and acrobats and the company of hetaeras (courtesans) white discussing politics

An exclusive club:

• No women (except the "entertainment" )
• No middle class
• Certainly, no slaves
• Sometimes, even certain aristocrats (who did not have the right connections or who fell our of favor) were excluded

Tyrants seiz 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 frameworks of the polis
• Modern meaning of tyrant: an abusive or oppressive ruler
• The Greek meaning of tyrant is someone who simply seized power (usually hoplite help)

Clash of the tyrants:

• Hippias was tyrant who ruled from 527 to 510 B.C.E.
• His brother was murdered, and his rule became harsh
• Eventually he was expelled from Athens's (this is called being ostracized)
• In revenge, he began working with the Persian King Darius 1, helping them invade Maraton

Today in class we continue to work on our power point on Greek Gods and Goddesses. I learned that they built special building for the Gods and Goddesses for their events. I also learned that they named there city Athens after one of there Goddesses because how important she was. From this project I have already learned so much about Ancient Greece.

Today in West Civ class we continued to work on our power point on Greek Gods and Goddesses. To be more successful in class we each divided up the research so one person did the Gods, another person did the Goddesses, and the last person worked on the slides to make it look better when we present it. We found this method to be very successful because we got a lot of work done. I learned that Zeus was the God of everyone and controlled a lot of things. I also learned that in Ancient Greece they built temples for the Gods and Goddesses for many different events. I am enjoying this project for a few different reasons, one I get to learn more about my culture, I get to work with others, and I am learning a lot of things I never knew.

Today in West Civ we went over the directions for our power point and our paper we are going to write. Each group has three people in it and my groups contains Sammi, Nikki, and I. The subject of our paper and power point is Gods and Goddesses- The Role of Mythology in Ancient Greece. We started to work on our power point by creating our slides.

Today is West Civ we went over the power point and had a pop quiz at the end of class. I learned that Greek oral tradition told stories passed on by word of mouth. Homer lived at the end of the "Greek Dark Ages," he composed stories of the Trojan War 750-700 BCE. The Lliad was probably the last conquests of the Mycenaean's (Trojan war.) The Odyssey is Odysseus attempt to return home, being thwarted by the angry god of the sea, Poseidon. The odyssey was 12,110 lines of dactylic hexameter. The "Homeric question" -Homer may have been a mythical creation himself, a blind wandering minstrel; an heroic figure. Lliad and Odyssey may be the culmination of may be the culmination of many generations of storytelling.

Today is class in class I learned that "terra" means earth and "Mediterranean" means middle of the earth. Create is the largest island in Greece, but Greece did not have much open, flat land. In Greece they mainly grew grapes, grains, and olives but they had limited natural resources so they needed to trade a lot. The word "arable" means goof for farming. In Greece almost 75% of the land is mountain, they had many chilled sailors and ship builders. There is almost 1,400 islands in the Adriatic, Ionian, and Aegean seas. Fertile valleys cover one quarter of the peninsula, only about 20% is suitable for farming. Their influence began around 2000 BCE. Mycenae is located on a rocky ridge and protected by a 20 foot thick wall. Mycenaean kings dominated Greece from 1600-1200 BCE, controlled trade in the region. 1400 BCE, Mycenaean's culture and language. Around 1200 BCE the mysterious "sea people" began to invade Mycenae, and burnt the palace so the Dorian's moved into this war, torn region. Dorian's were far less advanced. The trade based country economy collapsed. Writing disappeared for 400 years.

Socrates was a Greek philosopher and was one of the founders of Western philosophy. He was born in Athens and died in 399 BC, Athens. Socrates married Xanthippe, and they had 3 sons together, but he has very little to do with his sons. His wife was not happy with his second permission because she said it did not support the family enough. Since he lived in Athens, each male has to serve as citizen soldier. Socrates was the son of Sophroniscus, who was an Athenian stone mason and sculptor, and Phaenarete. Socrates worked as mason for awhile before he became a philosopher. He is known for creating Socratic irony and the Socratic method. He is best known for inventing the teaching practice of pedagogy. He is still well known today because he started that and it changed the world.

 

 

(Finally just got it to post)

1. The Stadium
The "Ancient Stadium" was located in Nemea Greece, the very first Olympics were held there. Usually the stadiums were named after a distance, for example, (600 ancient feet or around 180 metres.) The stadium was built from rows of stone and some times even marble steps because they had divisions. It could hold up to 30,000 and 45,000 people for a porting event. Before they called it the Olympics, it was called The PanHellenic Games of Nemea  and they were held every two years from 573 BCE to 271 BCE. They built this stadium so everyone as a group could come together to watch people compete at different sport activities.


2.The Parthenon
The Parthenon was created between 447-438 BC the Parthenon was huge and full of dignity. The Parthenon was made out of massive stones and rock. Since the building is so old and falling apart they have to continue to keep fixing the gaps. The Parthenon was a temple in Athens, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena. Some  people of Athens considered she their patron. Construction began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the height of its power.


3. Temple of Hera, Selinus
Most temples or structures in Greece were rectangular and always had some type of columns. Surrounded an inner chamber or cella with the whole standing on a stepped platform or stylobate and the interior paved with rectangular slabs. The roof was raised along a central ridge with a slope of approximately 15 degrees. It was made from wooden beams and rafters or marble tiles. This temple had statues at each point of the pediment. The doors were made of wood and were decorated with bronze stuff.

Today in West Civ Class we talked about cyber day, how it works, what it is, and what the rules are. We have cyber day so we do not have to make up the snow days in the summer. Cyber day is when your teachers that you have that day, assign you 45 minutes of work to complete before the next time you have class, Personally I like having Cyber Days because it allows us to get out as soon as we can for summer!!

Today we did not meet because we did not have school due to the poor weather. But we did have a Cyber Assignment and it was to take notes and answer the questions on the first seven slides of the "Ancient Greece is the Word" power point. Just from those seven slides I learned so much, the things are learned are listened below.

• The worlds greatest civilizations are located on rivers
• Mesopotamia started on the Tigris and Euphrates River
• Egypt started on the Nile river
• India started on the Indus River
• China started on the Huang He River

Questions:
1. The significance of Greece's location is that it 's surround by water therefore it makes there living a lot easier because they have food in the water, they need water for cooking, clothing, bathing, and more.
2. Greece has a lot of open land but also has many mountains which could be a good and bad things. Greece has a lot of islands which means a lot of water.
3. One way this all would affect their culture because they have a lot of water which means you could cook a lot more different foods than if you did not have water and food plays a major role in cultures.
4. The Ionian Sea, Aegean Sea, Thracian Sea, Sea of Crete, and The Gulf of Corinth all surround Greece.
5. The largest island to the south in Greece is Crete.
6. Both Athens and Sparta are both very close to the sea and are some what close to each other. Sparta is a sanctuary and Athens is a PanHellenic sanctuary.