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Today in Western Civ I was not in class today because I left early for a lacrosse game and we tied 5-5.

Today in Western Civ, we did our project on Ancient Greece and finished everything we could in the period today.

Today in Western Civ, we did our project on Ancient Greece and finished everything we could in the period today.

Mr. Schick told us his great story about his Macedonian doctor, and we took the test today I think I did fairly well but may have got a few wrong cause there was so much information, I think It was fair and I got at least a B. His doctor seems cool. have a great weekend shickel

Today in Western Civ we took even more notes on Ancient Greece for our test tomorrow. here are some of the notes we took that need to be studied: - Cleisthenes made broke and poor people feel special by listening to them and letting them have a voice in the government. - citizens could participate- citizens are free male adult land owners born in Athens - direct democracy was ruled based on citizenship - in the agora, citizens argued, made speeches, then voted with stones Gods and Goddesses -They had mythological Gods that would interact with people as if they were real -Poseidon and Odysseus didn't get along because Poseidon and everyone else was jealous of the life Odysseus had - Zeus (God of thunder) got ticked off at people easily -Athena (daughter of Zeus) - Goddess of wisdom, skill, and peace she was birthed out of Zeus' head fully formed and armed (city of Athens named after) Fighting Spartans -Greeks were war like people - Spartans were known for their infan...

Today In Western Civ we took notes for the Ancient Greece test on Friday, here are some of the notes; - Did homer actually exist? - polis- fundamental political unit, made up of a city and the surrounding countryside. -politics (affairs of the cities), policy, political, etc. - monarchy- rule by one single person (king) - aristocracy- rule by a small group of noble, very rich, landowning families - oligarchy- wealthy groups, dissatisfied with aristocratic rule, who seized power (military help) - tyrant- powerful individual who seized control by appealing to common people for support Aristocracy -Aristocrats- members of the ruling class -they attended symposium which were meetings where men would enjoy wine, poetry, performances by dancers and acrobats while discussing politics - politics- exclusive club -no women, middle class people, slaves, or even sometimes certain aristocrats who fell out of favor were excluded Tyrants seize control - aristocrats form alliances with H...

Today in Western Civ we did research on the Ancient Greece project, we searched what kind of foods they would eat and how they would make the foods. Syd and I decided to do the Greek food, Loukoumades which are fried greek honey puffs, we are starting our project with the paper and telling you what they would use to make and the ancient recipe of Loukoumades.

Today in Western Civ we went over the new project we are doing on Ancient Greece what we have to do is; - explore an aspect of life in Ancient Greece that is of personal interest to you. - we have to find information on the topic of Ancient Greece and present it to the class. - we also have to write a paper on the project, on how we made it and what the Greeks would do in Ancient times to make it or the significance on the product we decided too do. Syd and I decided to either do our project on Greek foods and make a video on how we made it and what they did to prep the foods. we also had the idea to make a video of us doing the Olympics with our friends. Personally, Syd and I are very excited to do this project we feel it will turn out very good and have a good outcome.

I was not in class but I did the assignment here it is: 1. How long did it take Odysseus to return home from the Trojan War? 10 years 2. According to Google Maps, how long should this trip have taken? This trip should have taken about 2 weeks according to google maps. 3. According to archeological evidence, when did the Trojan War occur? 12th century BCE. 4. When did Homer compose The Odyssey? 8th century BCE. 5. What is the definition of “epic poem”? A long narrative poem on a serious subject written in a grand or elevated style center on a larger than life hero. 6. Who is Odysseus’ wife? Penelope 7. Who is Odysseus’ son? Telamockes. 8. What happens in the cave of the Cyclops? Odysseus and his men sneak into the cave and eat the cyclopes' goat cheese and then the cyclopes starts eating the men but then Odysseus gets the cyclops drunk and spears his eyes with fire. 9. Is Odysseus a hero? Why or why not? Yes.  because the wisdom...

I was absent today cause I was sick

Today in Western Civ we took notes on Ancient Greece and went over a PowerPoint on it and wrote more notes here are some of the notes we took: -Ancient Greece introduction to a great civilization - worlds greatest civilizations are located on water - Mesopotamia/Tigris and Euphrates river - Egypt/Nile river - India/ Indus River - China/ huang he river - Aegean Sea- east of Greece - Ionian Sea- west of Greece - Adriatic Sea- north of the Ionian Sea - Peloponnesus- above Sparta - Athens - Sparta - Crete - Asia Minor -Macedonia - Geography - it’s significance - Greece is a montanious peninsula - mountains cover 3 quarters of Greece - 2000 islands in the Ionian and Aegean seas - skilled sailors and shipbuilders, farmers, metalworkers, weavers, porters - they had poor/ limited natural resources they needed to trade - difficult to unite the ancient Greeks because of the terrain - developed small, independent communities (city-states). They were loyal to them

Today in Western Civ we took the Egypt test and it was pretty good and fair enough to take I am not happy that I missed two questions and got an 88 percent instead of an 100, but its okay the test was fine. My computer broke though, and now I'm having really bad day but its okay.

Today in Western Civ we went over more of the notes on Egypt for our test tomorrow. Mr. Schick apologized for yelling at us yesterday and here the notes we took included - land of the Pharaohs the nile and the "two lands" -upper Egypt was a 500 mile long strip of fertile land along the nile -lower Egypt was there wide land of the Nile delta emptying into the Mediterranean Sea -the Nile was the major provider for Egyptians - 3100 B.C. the two lands were united under Narmer (king or pharaoh) - Government by a God- King -Pharaoh was all powerful, worshipped as a God, and intimately connected to other Egyptian gods and goddesses - Egyptians relied on a harmony and balance of the universe, which they called "maat" goddess was Maat -Gods, Humans, and Everlasting life - gods were often portrayed with animal heads or bodies - Egyptians believed in an afterlife (ka) - mummified bodies to preserve them for post-death journey - The writing of the word of God -earliest form o...

Today in Western Civ we went over some notes in class for our test tomorrow on Egypt here are some notes; - land of the Pharaohs the nile and the "two lands" -upper Egypt was a 500 mile long strip of fertile land along the nile -lower Egypt was there wide land of the Nile delta emptying into the Mediterranean Sea -the Nile was the major provider for Egyptians - 3100 B.C. the two lands were united under Narmer (king or pharaoh) - Government by a God- King -Pharaoh was all powerful, worshipped as a God, and intimately connected to other Egyptian gods and goddesses - Egyptians relied on a harmony and balance of the universe, which they called "maat" -Gods, Humans, and Everlasting life - gods were often portrayed with animal heads or bodies - Egyptians believed in an afterlife (ka) - mummified bodies to preserve them for post-death journey - The writing of the word of God -earliest form of writing formed (3100 B.C.) - hieroglyphics by Jean Francois Champo...