When the teacher continuously was ringing the bell.


Today we reviewed the information about Greece. And Heard a lot of bells. That's about it really.

2/25/2014    Today we learnt more about Greece. The most interesting thing was talking about the Iliad and the Odissy. I think it is super interesting. I hope talk more about the stories.

2/24/2014
When i found out which student was teaching



Polis - Greek for city-states

Athens and Sparta were only the size of a couple counties in the U.S. but were huge compared to other city-states

Acropolis is a combination between a fortress and a temple precinct.

Parthinan - place of the Maiden (Doric Columns) <--- bit of my own knowledge

Polites - citizens

Armies were made of their own men

Hoplites - men at arms

Bronze helmets and armor, rounded shields, long spears with iron blades, and short iron swords

Phalanxes - roller type of battle formation

Triremes - massive fight vessels w/ three banks of oars, used to ram enemy ships

Helots - Non citizens forced to work for landholders in the ancient city-states of Sparta

Aristocrats - Members of prominent and long-established Athenian Families

Ostracism - Banishment for ten years by major vote of the Athenian Assembly

Athens: May have reached up to 250,000 people,  worshiped Athena,  strong Navy, welcomed foreign ideas,  very wealthy and powerful,  had fertile soil,  produced wine and oil,  traded a lot w/ Spain, Palestine, Egypt, and Russia,  was a democracy, Golden age 460-430,

Sparta: Ordinarily the population is around a few thousand, was Oligarchy by fifth century B.C.,  Farms were run by helots,  boy were taken from their homes at the age of 7 and taught how to be a man,  permitted to merry at age of twenty,  the Oligarchy was run by mostly the richest of the community, didn't have much good farm land and was mostly landlocked,  wanted to be culturally in isolation,

Monarchy: Gov. by kings

Oligarchy: Rule by few

Democracy: Government by the common people

Tyranny - Rule by a self proclaimed dictator (Tyrant)

2/19/2014    Today I took the quiz that I missed and we went over it in class. I feel like I did pretty well, but I missed some of the really easy ones. On another note I am wondering if Vlogging or Video-blogging might occasionally be accepted as my form of Blogging. I find it easier, faster and personally   find it more useful and enjoyable.

2/18/2014    Today in class we used a web sight to do a pyramid building project. I thought that although it was tough. I thought it was fun. That is probably only because i finished second and got an 18/20, but it was still fun. I hope we do more projects like it in the future.

2/17/2014    Today I was not in school. I also missed the blogs for Wednesday and Friday of last week. On Wednesday I came home and fell asleep before 7:30 and my alarm didn't wake me back up. I lost access to the internet and only got it back today so I wasn't able to do the Friday blog. Also my computer in general is having problems with the internet and other functions making it hard, at best, to check the website and do homework. I will be back in school tomorrow and intend to make up the quiz i missed yesterday and any other work I can.

2/11/2014    Today we reviewed material for the test tomorrow. We had a substitute so most of us studied with partners. I checked over my notes to make sure I had everything. It went well and I believe I'm ready for the test.

2/10/2014

Geography

• water for drinking/farming 
• floods in July recedes in October
• irrigation

Pyramids

• The Great Sphinx of Giza
• 2555-2532 B.C.
• lion body human head
• oldest monument in the world

Daily life

Pharaohs

Gov. - Nobles Priest

Soldiers

Scribes

Merchants

Artisans

Farmers

Slaves and Servants

Pharaohs

• Lord of the Two Lands or High Priest of Every Temple
• owned all land
• ran military
• collected taxes

Gods and Goddesses

• over 2,000 Gods
• Controlled the lives of humans

2/3/2014  Land of the Pharaohs: Egypt

Narmer - 3100 used to grind makeup

most of the Egyptian civ. lived in a thin strip of fertile land where the Nile crosses the North African Desert

The Nile and the "Two Lands"

Egypt stretched along lower of the Nile's four-thousand mile course from central Africa to the Mediterranean sea

Two sections Upper and lower Egypt

Upper: narrow strip of fertile land 5 miles in length 12 miles in width North African desert
Lower: delta formed by the Nile in the last hundred miles before it reaches the sea

"Gift of the Nile" tides flooding and receding making ground rich soil

Pharaohs - the rulers of ancient Egypt

Gov. by a God-King

Pharaohs where given powers by the gods

Maat - a universal stability and harmony

All of Egypt was owned by the Pharaohs

Pharaohs took their job seriously and (mostly) were good about their power

Hatshepsut 1500 was a "King" for long enough to be considered the most successful woman with authority of a pharaoh

Daughters received inheritance same as sons, Wives could divorce their husbands

book of wisdom - 1800 B.C. Tells sons and husbands to support their mothers and not control their wives

Gods, Humans, and Everlasting Life

Gods seen as animals

2200 B.C. new ideas related to immortality and the afterlife

1800 B.C. idea that souls had to face Osiris for judgement

The Writing of the Words of God