More Projects

4/11:
Today we presented more projects.

Me- Olympics.

Jeffy- Greek Architecture:
What was the first thing they used for structures?
Who did they dedicate their buildings too?
What was the main thing used in the architecture?
94/100

Cole- Peloponnesian war:
Who was it against?
What was the main cause of the war?
Who was the main Athien leader?
95/100

More Projects

4/8:
Today we presented more projects.

Taylor- Homer:
Who was Homer?
What was his most famous story/stories?
Who is the main character in the Odyssey?
90/100

Billy- Hellenic Age:
How long did the Hellenic Age last?
Why did Alexander mix Greeks and non-Greeks?
When did the Hellenistic Age start?
78/100

Sarah- Parthenon:
Who was the Parthenon dedicated too?
Where was it built?
Who wanted to build it?
90/100

Clark- Advances in Math and Science:
Who discovered pi?
Who discovered the law of displacement in science?
Who figured out that there are movement of the sun, moon, and stars?
90/100

Catherine- Ancient Greek Art:
What did they used to make pottery?
When did they first start to make pottery?
When did they first start to make designs on pottery?
90/100

Gracie- Poets and Poetry
What was poetry used for?
What was music used for?
Who was the only female poet?
90/100

Christy- Trial of Socrates
Where did it take place?
Why was Socrates arrested?
What was the penalty?
100/100

More Projects

4/7:
Today we continued our projects.

Alyssa- Ancient Greek Army:
What were soldiers called?
What was the key weapon Hoplites used?
Who was the battle of Issus against and who won?
92/100

Caitlin- Ancient Greek Drama:
When did Greek drama start?
What two types of plays were there?
Who was the first poet to use actors?
100/100

Clarke- Alexander's conquest
Where did Alexander rule?
How old was Alexander when he took became king?
How long was it till his first battle?
92/100

Projects

4/4:
Had a review about Greece.

4/6:
These are the projects we say and three questions that would be good for a test:

Kamau- Spartan Life:
What age did Spartan women get married?
What age were Spartan boys taken away?
What was the marriage like?
90/100

Fiona- Peloponnesian War:
How long was the Peloponnesian War?
Who was the Peloponnesian War against?
Who won the Peloponnesian War?
92/100

The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

3/21:

We watched part of what we watched Friday. Here is what we watcher (same thing as Friday):

• Pericles  wanted all the money to make Athens the best city ever
• wanted a new temple for the goddess, Athena called the Parthenon 
• building complete in 15 years 
• one of the most glorious symbol of Athens empire
• 40 foot statue of Athena when you walked in 
• gold, jewels all over it
• a billion dollar work in modern day money 
• frieze- most famous, a craving around the Parthenon 
• 2 inches thick around; where regular people- the farmers, people of the war
• Aspasia is someone Pericles  was with even though he was married 
• Pericles treated Aspasia as an equal 
• world first theater- where entertainment came from 
• it was very loud- they would boo and drive the actors off the stage if they didn't like the play
• They cried if they liked it 
• Greeks invented drama- tragedies  and comedy
• Had a play twice a year

Here is what we watched (this is new):

• Pericles wanted glory, but he would bring death and the loss of their empire
• Pericles wants to go to war with their oldest enemy, Sparta
• Sparta maxed Athens in power 
• Sparta were the only Greek country to max them in power
• Pericles knew it wasn't going to be an easy war
• He convinced them to leave their homes and go to Piraeus, their port
• They will use the sea and isolate them from their supplies till they give up 

The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

3/18
We are finishing the movie The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization. Here are the notes I took:

• Darius is the great Persian king
• Themistocles is an example of democracy 
• Themistocles learned his skills at the agora 
• Thought Persians were still a danger and they were going to harder to beat 
• Triremp state of the art ancient ship 
• an 170 oars men in 3 level
• narrow, fast ship; they were very expensive
• wouldn't be able to get it if they didn't find sliver 
• Themistocles said that they should save the money to buy ships
• 486 B.C. Darius died
• Xeres, his son,  took his spot
• Xeres began to gather his army 
• Rumors began to leak at to Athens
• over 2,000 men and they were ready to march
• Terror gripped Athens
• They turned to their 
• The oracle of Delphi- at center of Greece which was considered center of the world; the naval stone of the the world 
• It is build around a mountain with a spring
• asked: what they could do to save themselves? 
• answer: run 
• Themistocles sent them back to the oracle
• asked same thing 
• answer: the wooden wall will not fail 
• Themistocles ordered the evacuation of Athens 
• ordered the men to met at Salamis 
• Xeres entered the city; the people had already abandoned it
• They burned the city
• Persians gathered a force 4 times bigger than Athens 
• Themistocles wants to fight at the Straits of Salamis 
• It's a narrow pathway in between Athens and Salamis
• Athenians spent the night rowing 
• Went into battle on the sea
• Xeres watched the battle on the shore
• The Persians lost 200 ships 
• The Greeks won once again 
• They had defeated the greatest empire of the day 
• After the battle it was a new dawn for Athens
• delian league- Athens' empire 
• Athens was the big trading place
• democracy helped them a lot 
• Every year they banished one person
• they would write a name on a vase and place it in a pot
• the person's name who came up most was to be banished 
• Themistocles felt he was being under attack
• Themistocles was banished 
• he wandered from state to state and died in Persia
• Greeks were looking for a leader 
• Pericles knew what Athens wanted because he was born into a family like everyone else
• Pericles  wanted all the money to make Athens the best city ever
• wanted a new temple for the goddess, Athena called the Parthenon 
• building complete in 15 years 
• one of the most glorious symbol of Athens empire
• 40 foot statue of Athena when you walked in 
• gold, jewels all over it
• a billion dollar work in modern day money 
• frieze- most famous, a craving around the Parthenon 
• 2 inches thick around; where regular people- the farmers, people of the war
• Aspasia is someone Pericles  was with even though he was married 
• Pericles treated Aspasia as an equal 
• world first theater- where entertainment came from 
• it was very loud- they would boo and drive the actors off the stage if they didn't like the play
• They cried if they liked it 
• Greeks invented drama- tragedies  and comedy 
• Had a play twice a year

Ancient Greece

Here are the notes we took today in class on Ancient Greece: 


Location:

• Next to Italy and what is now Turkey
• Egypt is below it
• Sparta barely connected

Geography:

• Mountainous peninsula
• Mountains cover 3/4
• Approximately 1,400 islands in the Aegean and Ionian Seas
• Location shaped its culture
• Skilled sailors
• Poor natural resources
• Difficult to unite the ancient Greeks because of the terrain; developed small, independent communities
• Approximately 20% suitable for farming
• Fertile valleys cover 1/4 of peninsula
• Because of geography the Greek diet consists of grains, grapes (wine), olives (olive oil, soap)
• All plants are healthy; in demand when trading
• Lack of resources most likely led to Greek colonization
• temperatures range from 48° on the winter to 80° in the summer 

Mycenaeans:

• Began around 2000 B.C.
• Mycenae is located on a rocky ridge and protected by a 20 ft. thick wall
• Mycenaean kings dominated Greece from 1600-1200 B.C.
• Controlled trade in the region
• 1400 B.C. Mycenaeans invaded Crete and absorbed Minoan culture and language 

Culture in Decline:

• Around 1200 B.C. sea people began to invade Mycenae and burnt palace after palace
• The Dorians moved into the war-torn region
• Far less advanced
• Economy collapsed
• Writing disappeared for 400 years

Homer and Myths:

• Only stories were kept and passed on by word of mouth
• Homer lived at the end of the "Greek Dark Ages"
• Recorded stories of the Trojan War in The Iliad and The Odyssey (written 750-700 B.C.)
• Trojan war was probably one of the last conquests of the Mycenaeans 

Greek Concepts:

• Arete
• virtue and excellence
• Epics
• narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds
• Myths were created to explain creation 
• Zeus: leader of the gods 
• Hera: Zeus' wife 
• Athena: goddess of wisdom