3-30-15

Today in class we worked in our groups on the project. My group is mostly done we just need to add a few more interesting facts on some of our paragraphs on plato and aristotle and we have to review our work. I think my group will get a decent grade on the project. Tomorrow we will probably work on the essay then we will watch the video that Mr. Schick has on his blog.

3-25-15

today in class we just went over more notes on Greece and talked about what would go on while you are in Europe... you said you were not doing anything while you are over there so i am not sure whether or not we should still blog or not but if i never find out i will continue to blog just in case. enjoy your flight and have fun being a king in a castle, i am quite jelous.

3-23-15

today we finish everyones presentations.
i think our group did very well be cause we got a standing ovation after we presented. i said that we all did and equal amount of work and i think that we should get a good grade on it. the paper seems a bit challenging but with a week and a half i think we will be able to get a good 1000 word paper out by then.

3-18-15

today in class we started to review more on ancient Greece. we went over aristocracy (which is rule by just the rich) & tyranny (which is when somebody seizes power with the help of soldiers. we also played the academic team question game and i got one answer right. (the question was what is the greek word for "seize the day" and i got Carpe Diem which was right... unfortunately today i did not seize the day enough to do my home work on time so i hope you will except this. i am behind in my work with the quarter ending and being out for all these classes.

3-17-15 (out for lacrosse)

today i was not in class because a 1:15 dismissal for a lacrosse game in Virginia. we lost 4-15. i will try and receive the notes from Ryan or Pierce by the end of today as well. i am very sad i missed out on peanut butter n jelly sandwich day today for Pierce and Kelsey's birthdays.

9-17-15

today i am running a little late because i had a 8-10 lacrosse practice so please excuse my lateness of my blog. today we worked on our projects and our group is just about done. we can still make some final revisions before we turn it in.

3-13-15

today in class we got with our groups and began to work on our projects. Our project is on Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates. we set up out powerpoint on google slide and it is very cool. the technology of it is very cool to me and with that i think we will be alot more productive

3-11-15

today in class we reviewed notes, then took a pop quiz. the pop quiz was very easy and i'm pretty sure i got an A or a B. i still need to pick my grade up to make second honors. after that we went over our projects and see how they are going to be made and how much they are worth. after that we went ove Gumbi and cutting nuns.

3-10-15

Peirce Sanders
Ryan Muhlenfeld
Luke Ensor

topic #6 - socrates, plato, & Aristotle (Great Philosopher)

today in class we went over your review thing that people took on you, then watched babies cry.

3-9-15

today in class we revisited some topics of Greece and went over some new things. some of the new things we went over was Greeks geography and how that affected their culture. since the land was so mountainous, it caused many things. 1 it caused them to become great sailors and ship builders, 2 it made different civilizations not use to each other (causing many enemies and few friends on the battle field) and 3 it made them have to sail to trade within their own country. another thing we went over today is homer ( a blind, old, greek story teller). this man was very talented with story telling and told stories about greek gods and goddesses. one of his most famous stories was called odyssey.

cyber day/ 3-6-5

 
The ancient geek philosopher i chose is Aristotle. this man was very important in ancient times and did man things. for one, he tough alexander the great (who was extremely wealthy) and he gave him access to the lyceum. he lived to be about 82 which is pretty long for a guy of that time period. some of his main ideas during his time Golden mean, Aristotelian logic, Syllogism, Hexis, Hylomorphism, and the Theory of the soul. during his life he interacted with plato, another greek philosopher. he thought of another element known as Aether (which would aslo go along with earth, air, fire, and water). this 5th element had to do with heaven and it was a divine substance. he was also involved with the 4 causes and the second person to have an idea/plan with optics.

3-4-15

today we did nothing in class to be honest. at first we talked about the cyber day home work we will have. after that we started to talk about the future and all the advancements in technology. after that we talked about grocery shopping. today was a good day, i liked it alot.

cyber day/ 3-2-15

Greece is the word cyber homework

all of the worlds great civilizations occurred and were located around rivers

Mesopotamia had the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Egypt had the Nile River
India had Indus River
China had the Huang He River

the significance of Greece's location is that it is right by the water. so instead of having just a river for its water, it has an entire sea. Greece also seems to be in the form of a peninsula so that means it has water on 3 sides of it. the topography of it seems like it is pretty high up and goes up at a very high rate from the water. it looks as if it has a lot of mountains as well. Greece as a lot of good surroundings. Greece has a sea to the left, right, and below it. Greece has islands all around it that has great use for fishing. Greece has mountains above it and i do not know what the mountains do for the civilization. all of these things would affect their culture by influencing the way they have to live by the things surrounding them. there is a lot of water near them, the greeks will probably have to fish and know how to do it well.

the Aegean sea and the Adriatic sea surround the civilization. south/ southeast of Greece is an island called Crete. Athens and Sparta are relatively close to each other, but are separated by  body of water (part of the Aegean sea).