presentation

Today in class some of the groups began to present their power points that we have been working on for a while during class and a little bit for homework. The groups that went today were covering everything from the Geography of Greece, to the dark ages, and even the Peloponnese wars. The geography of Greece was rigid and made it pretty difficult to unite all of the parts of Greece together. The Mycenaean were so successful because they controlled all trade along the Mediterranean.  They called the sea that, because they believed it was in the middle of the world. Therefore it means middle. The Mycenaeans eventually go on and beat many other civilizations making them less of a threat to others. 

day 2 of power point

Today in class we were still working on power points on Google drive we have been working on today and yesterday. Me and Mary got very far, and Mr. Schick told us we did a very good job so far. Then i found out that I was doing all the wrong information because I was doing all of the notes from LO2 chapter 2, in stead of LO2 chapter 1. After that we got a a short break and i went out and talked to friends. Then we came back and began to work again. This is when i fixed my work from the wrong LO2. Mr. Schick helped me and Mary get all caught up again.

Powerpoint

Today in class we had a double mod and Mr. Schick was not there. During both of the mods we worked on the power points we had started. Me and Mary split up the work and she started her writing and power point pages on LO1 and i started the geography page. I got a lot of work done and learned some new things about the ancient Greek geography. Like the way it was so hard to unite them because there is a mountain range that runs right down the center of Greece and the oceans and seas around it made it hard for them to be connected.

Ancient Greece. 2200 B.C- 400 B.C

Today in class we started learning about Greece. Here are some of the notes I took in class:

• The acropolis- Rock outcropping which  was the highest point in Athens, Greece. 
• Can see everything from the top of the acropolis. 
• Parthenon is built on the acropolis. 
• 3500 B.C- Megalithic structures constructed in Europe. 
•  2500 B.C- Indo- European nomads from the steppes migrate into Europe; European barbarians (war like) way of life evolves.
• 1600 B.C- Greek fortified settlements along the Aegean develop Mycenaean civilizations. 
• Barbarians lived in tribes. Indo- Europeans descent who eventually came into contact with the civilizations of the east. 
• Stone hedge, in England, was built with massive stone boulders and arranged according to solar and lunar cycles. 
• organized enough to establish cultural rituals and built megaliths. 

                                                         GREECE GEOGRAPHY:

• Mountainous Peninsula. 
• Mountains cover 3/4.
• Approximately 1,400 islands in the Aegean and Ionian Seas. 
• Location shaped it's culture. 
• Skilled sailors. 
• Poor natural resources.
• Difficult to unite the Greeks because of the terrain; Developed small, independent communities.
• The sea between Greece and Turkey is the Aegean Sea. The sea between Italy and Greece is the Ionian Sea. Crete was one of the islands. 
• Both emptied out into the Mediterranean Sea. 

Test

Today we had a short class due to the two hour delay in the morning. But during the class time, we took the chapter one test on all of the material we have covered in this course today. The test covered LO1 and LO3, the Egyptians and early human life along with the evolution of humans. The test was harder then most of them have been in Mr. Schick's class. It was nice we got to use our blogs though.  I learned the importance of keeping a good blog. Because if my blog is good, then most of the answers to the test and quizzes come right from the notes. So if i add my notes to my blog, it would lead to more success in the future for me.

Land of the Pharaoh's

Today in class we went over a power point and took notes. Here are some of my notes from class today:

Nile and Two lands. 
- Upper Egypt was 500 miles long of fertile soil. (SOUTH)
- Lower Egypt was wide land of Nile Delta, leading into the Mediterranean. (NORTH)
- Nile was a major provider of life.
- Around 3100 B.C. the two lands were united under a single kind or Pharaoh.

Government.
- Pharaoh was top and got worshiped by the people.
- Harmony balance, which they called "maat," never usually happened.
- Pharaoh had multiple wives.
- Women could inherit money and land and divorce their husband. Though only a tiny few ever wielded real political power.

God's, Human's, Everlasting life. 
- Gods were often portrayed with animal heads or bodies.
- Believed in after life --> Pharaohs and the rick got mummified.
- Purpose of mummification was to preserve body after life.
- All souls were send to paradise or jaws of a monster.

Writing.
- Papyrus, the prosecutor to paper, was stored in scrolls and these scrolls were the books of ancient Egypt.
-  Hieratics were the writing.

Calendars and Sailboats.
- Egyptian astronomers created the first 365 day calendar and included seasons in it.
- Doctors began to make medicine to cure illness.
- Wooden sailboats were made to increase transport ability on the Nile.

Pyramids and Temples.
- Pyramids were stone tombs.
- Marble stone was used to build.
- Temple of Amon at Karnak is the largest religious building in the world.
- Stone sculptures and interior paintings were in profile and without perspective.

pyramid

Today in class we were building a pyramid on some website. IT WAS TERRIBLE. This should be used as a punishment, not as a assignment. It was worse then going to jail. Mr. Schick should give everyone medicine so they don't get as bad of a headache while doing this as i got. I felt terrible for the rest of the day because of this assignment. When i found out i had to do it for homework i got upset because that would have meant staying up really late doing that and i would have failed the entire time anyway and then i would have cried myself to sleep. I got so mad during class having to do that. I just wanted to take notes i would have much rather than do that. Or be absent would have been fun also. But i would recommend NEVER doing this assignment again for future classes.