February 27th

Today in West. Civ. we watched some more of the same video and learned more about philosophy. I will add some notes in the next blog for philosophy because I do not have my copybook here right now. I enjoyed class today.

February 26th

Today in Western Civ. we watched this person on YouTube explain philosophy and confused me a little, but it was still interesting. I have thought about thinking, and that sort of thing, and I hope we stay on this very interesting topic for a while.

February 21st

Today in Western Civ. we went over Socrates. I already know about him so I will not include his notes in this blog today. I enjoyed Western Civ. today.

February 20th

Today in Western Civ. I redid my test and took some notes.

Democracy in the Golden Age:

Direct Democracy - Citizens rule directly without a representative

Classical Art - values of harmony, order, balance, and proportion

Tragedy - a drama about common topics and relations like love, hate, war, betrayal.

Comedy - scenes with slapstick situations.

Peloponnesian War - between the city-states Athens and Sparta. Athens = stronger navy. Sparta =                                          stronger army.

Philosopher - thinkers or lovers of wisdom.

Socrates - A critic of the Sophists, thought their standards were nonexistent.

Sophists - A group of philosophers, with Protagoras, who he questioned greek gods and their                               existence.

Plato - a student of Socrates that wrote down some of his conversations before his death. Wrote The                Republic in the 370s B.C.

Aristotle - Questioned the world's nature and humanity's belief and knowledge.

February 15th

Absent.

February 14th

Today, we went over the quiz questions and then asked questions. The test seems pretty easy but I won't be here for it Friday.

February 13th

Today in Western Civilization we just went over our papers and studied. Mr. Schick gave us a better grade on our paper and I was really happy to get a couple more points. That was all we did in West. Civ.

February 12th

Today in Western Civilization we took a lot of notes on Greece and Persia and the war they participated in.

Greece                                 vs                                   Persia

Iron weapons, for ordinary citizens                                           Archers

Foot soldiers that trained from a young age                              Calvary (comms. disruptor)

spears, swords, and shields                                                        Light-Armored Infantry

                                                    

Fought in Phalanx position

Preserved democracy

February 8th

Today in Western Civ. we took some notes in the beginning of class and here they are now:

• Polis - the fundamental political unit in ancient Greece. It was made up of a city and its surrounding countryside.
• Acropolis - a fortified hilltop in which it contained an agora.
• Monarchy - A king, queen, or both rule.
• Aristocracy - A government ruled by a small group of noble, landowning families.
• Oligarchy - A government ruled by a couple/few powerful people.
• Tyrants - Powerful people who decided to seize the current government and take control of it.
• Democracy - Rule by the people
• Helots - Peasants that are forced to stay on the land they worked.
• Phalanx - a formation of foot soldiers.
• Persian Wars - Between Greece and the Persian Empire, in Ionia and Anatolia's coast.

February 6th

Today we took some notes on a couple gods. I hope we get off of school tomorrow. I enjoyed class.

February 2nd

Today in Western Civ we just finished up our little project we were supposed to do in the course of two days.

February 1st

Today in Western Civ. we went over a little project we are doing based on our recent lesson on Greece. I think Greece is an interesting country and their culture is very different, but they're methodology was adopted by hundreds of countries worldwide. I enjoyed class today and will finish the project tomorrow.