Presentations

So my group did not get to present today because I forgot to bring in the spears. So my fault on that one but we did get to see two other groups present. The 1st group was Katie and Grace and they talked about Greek food and handed out these greek pancakes and olives grapes and cucumbers. Tasted pretty good. Then we got to see Colin and Tebo who talked about the battle of Thermopylae. Tebo made this model that showed the battle and it was pretty cool and looked really nice.

Project Prep day #2

Today in western Civ we had a final day to prepare for our projects and presenting them. We recorded our final scene in the hallway where Sean gets into the Spartan Army. Ir should be a good project and I am ready to present it for a 200 point grade which is a big grade. That's equal to 2 tests. I'm really hoping for a good grade on this because our movie is definnetly not Pixar quality. I ended up with a C in the class because I didn't do well on the tests. I've never gotten a C before so this is scary. I'ts a lot more difficult than what my middle school was.

Project prep Day #1

Today in western civ we had one day to prep for our project. Me and Trent and Sean had a big argument at the beginning of the class over how we should end our movie. Sean had a stupid idea that we are going to do because Trent can't do CGI. I wish we couldve done a battle though but there really is no way to with 3 people. So the whole class we prepared for the presentation which is going on Thursday I guess. Big grade to start the fourth quarter. Kind of excited but at the same time our video is average so I'm hoping we do well. Its good except we had no props at all.

Test Day

Today in western Civ we had a test. I know that I got a couple questions wrong but I don't think I did too bad. There were a few questions like the rivers that I mixed up and I forgot how the geography of Greece affected their lifestyle. I think I got  high B which would bring my grade up so that's good. I just wish I studied a little bit more so I could know these types of things. I am working on the project this weekend After the test we went down to the library so we could do something.

Test Tommorow

Tommorow we have a test in western civ on everything we've learned about Greece. We went over everything we've learned to get ready. Here are some notes I took:

Philosopherlapalooza- Socrates looked to science and logic. Socratic method fostered critical thinking.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Socrates was charged with crimes

Described himself as a stinging gadfly and Athens a lazy horse

Asked for free dinners. Didn’t deny what they said

Death by poison hemlock

Aristotle was a student of Plato

Fostered ideas of Athens as intellectual destination

The Lyceum had all knowledge around the world like the internet

Aristotle wrote extensively on everything

Powerpoint

Today in western civ we had a pretty normal day. We looked at a powerpoint about Ancient Greece to get ready for our test that is coming up very soon. Not sure on the exact day. We learned on some of the battles in Greece. for example the battle of Thermopale was 300 greeks versus tons of persians and the greeks won which allowed greece to be a dynasty for a long time. They used many strategies in battle for example, they were in a formation where they bundled together and they all stuck their spears out at the opponents so there would be no close combat and the opponents would have to shoot arrows from far away.

Working on project

Today I got together with Trent and Sean and we worked on the project and planned it out. We want to come to my house this weekend to film the video we are going to create but I don't know how it is going to turn out. I think and hope that it will turn out very well but we'll see. That's about all we did so I don't know what else to tell you. I finally got my grade up to a B by doing all of my blogs. I still need to get it higher though.

Project on greece

Today in western civ we got assigned a project on Ancient Greece so I went into a group with Trent and Sean. I hope it’s going to work out because we have some really good ideas for the project. We want to do a video on the life of a Spartan Soldier and act it out so I’m going to try to do that and see how it goes. This should be fun and hopefully get off to a good start in the 4th quarter. I can’t beleive it’s almost the 4th quarter already. This year has honestly flown by for me.

Sub today

Today in western civ, we had a substitute teacher named mrs magner. I don't know who she was but she made us spit out our gum which kinda stank. Then we watched a 55 minute video. Personally I don't really like watching long videos but its alright because it was last mod and i had a baseball game to look forward to. Anyway the video was about the birth of democracy. I'm still confused on all the different kings. They all are similar so I'm going to have to remember that.

Notes on Greece

Today in western Civ we talked about aristocarts and how they had synopsums which were these parties for white land owning males that looked pretty fun because there was music and tightrope walkers. Then there were all these different kings which honestly kinda got confusing on who was ruling at which time. Then, class ended so we played tic-tac-toe and patrick did Big Yoshi and I guessed it so im just amazing at tic tac toe.

Average Class

So today in western Civ we were talking about Greece and how it works as a city state and its laws and then Mr. Schick started singing a song that he sings to his dog. It was a pretty good song called Stanley Pupparoo. Legendary, gotta love Mr. Schick. But on to the stuff the we actually learned.
We talked about how Draco was mostly evil due to some things he did in Ancient Greece. We also talked about how in Greece they believed in Gods but didn't really . believe in them. They were just good ways of telling stories on how things came to be in nature. I like Mesopotamia most so far. Also I'm so close to getting my grade up to a B in that class. I need a B to get a good GPA so I'm doing my best.

Ugh....

Today in Western Civ we were going to have a normal class and we were learning about Greece but then belle and olivia were talking and we had to stop class so that we could take notes in a book. I think it was a bit of an overreaction but its alright. he said to talk about how we hate this class but its not a horrible class. I just wish that we would do more group work or things that we can interract with something. That's just the type of learner I am. Its still not my least favorite class though. Math class is so slow and boring. Now I am doing my blog and mr. schick just walked out of the room. So time to take notes on Greece. If I had to improve this class in any way it would be by making it so we could intteract more like I said so we could learn more visually and I forget the word for the other way to learn but I like that way

Greece Day 2

Today we learned about Greece again. We are learning a lot of stuff about old time empires or civilizations. It's going to be difficult to remember which things belong to which civilization because in my opinion they are all very similar. Some of the main points today were that Pelopennesus had a big wall around it so no one coud enter. The people there at a lot of grapes. Not sure why but they did. Finally they had Gods to show how things formed on the earth in their own mindset.

1st day of Greece

Today we had our first day about Greece. We started by Mr. Schick making a joke about the musical Grease and I didn't get it at all but oh well. Then we talked about how every civilization back then was on water. Greece is on 3 seas, the Aegeon Sea, the Ionian Sea, and the Crete Sea. Yup. Then we looked at how mountainous Greece was and it had so many mountains, the air there mustve been horrible. Then we finished taking notes on Greece from yesterday. Also I got a 59/75 on my quiz which brings me to a 78 so that's not good.

Test on Egypt

Today in western Civ we had a test on Egypt. It was alright, I didn't know a few things that I should've gotten if I knew that we had a test which I didn't. I wish i knew more so that i could get my grade up but I really didn't know. I also forgot how to spell cattaracs, so that may be a problem. I think I got a B, that's what I'm hoping for right now. I don't remember being told that there was a test. Next we took notes on greece for the rest of class which was about 20 minutes so I didn't get very far. I'm also surprised that we didn't have off school. It was a big surprise to me. I woke up at 7 and checked the website and 2-hour delay. Ugh.