last day of essay

Today in class we finished our essay and citations, i started watching the video on Greece for the test tomorrow, and studied more off the power point and took key notes.

Essay

Today in class we finished our essay, we just have to complete the work cited page. We have a little over a 1000 words, making our paper 4 pages long. Tomorrow we will watch the video in class to prepare for the test on Wednesday on Ancient Greece.

First day on essay

Today in class we started working on our essays that are due next Wednesday. My group is almost done and, we just have to organize the paper better and add a few more main ideas about the Hoplites. We should be able to finish up on Monday.  

Presentations

Today we finished presenting our power points.

Three great Philosophers
ARISTOTLE
-384-322 BCE
- taught Alexander the Great
- lived to the age of 62
- Thought of an element known as "Aether"
SOCRATES
- 470-469 BC
- founder of Western Philosophy
- Socratic irony, Socratic method
- father was a stonemason and taught him
-died from Hemlock poisoning
PLATO
- 427- 428 BCE
- lived to be 82
foinded the Academy of Athens
- Wrote "Apology" about Socrates

presentations

Today in class we started presenting our power points. 

Pericles and the golden age 

- hubris: Greek term/ meaning full of yourself 

- Pericles was the most prominent Greek statesman, orator, and general of Athens.

- strong economy and city-state

-golden age: peace and happiness; thriving times. 

Athens, Sparta, and the Peloponnese war 

Athens - capital

            - dependent on trade and agriculture

            - men had all rights 

            - education 

            - Women had little rights

            - household duties

Sparta  - capital 

            - dependent on farming and trade

            - men had all rights 

            - physical education 

            - army/ solders 

            - Women had more rights than Athenian women

            - had physical education do bring up healthy children

            - did more physical activity 

Peloponnese War - Sparta and Athens 

                             - Spartans won!

                             - ships brought people in with the plague and killed more than 1/3 of citizens

Athenian Art and Architecture - pottery used as decorations and in everyday life  

                                                  - doric: 1st plain style 

                                                  - lonic: 2nd scrolls at the top

                                                  - Corinthian: 3rd elaborate designs wit leaves on it (stone)

 

  

notes on Greece

Today in class we spent some time answering questions that the academic team would answer. The questions were pretty hard. Then we went over some more of the power point on Greece which i already took notes on yesterday in class.

IMPORTANT TERMS
aristocracy - rich people
Symposiums - meetings the men would attend to drink and watch performers, while talking about politics.
Tyrants - an abusive or oppressive leader.
 

more notes on Greece

Transformation of government
- artisocates ran the show in most of Greece
- Rich people held the society

Aristocracy
- attended symposiums
- enjoying preferences while discussing politics
- no women
- no middle class

Tyrants: an abusive or oppressive ruler.
- Hippias was a Tyrant who ruled from 527 to 510 BCE
- Brother was murdered
- He was ostracized from Athens
- for revenge, worked with the Persian King to invade \