Blog 21 : Video Day 1

Today in class we watched a called; The Greeks-crucibles of civilization. and took notes as we watched. So far i got notes on Socrates , Clesithensne , Athens , and Sparta. I also go a little bit of notes on Homer; a blind man and a story-teller. which told the most 2 popular tales: Iliad and odyssey. And that's basically how today's class went .
 

Blog 20 : Independent Work

Today we did independent work , because Tona was doing her test from the Monday she missed. The independent work we did was pretty self-exploratory , we just looked over chapter 4 outline and completed it so we can perpare for the next upcomming test .

Blog 19: Test Day

Ohhh , what a great way to start the day off with a test , But I'm not going to complain to much , because it was open book , which made the test pretty fair level wise , and faster to complete. I got done with 30 min. to spear. Well we were quite whole class till everyone was done , and that was basically how the class went today  

Blog 18 : Preparing for Test

In class today we finished going over the chapter 3 outline. and after that he told us that he wasn't gonna be in class Monday since he's going on the Senior trip that day. Since he wont be there normally for the test we would use our blogs , but he said he doesn't trust us , because we might wonder off to another blog or goggle the answer , so he told us we can only use our books. So everyone frantically highlighted / underlined things in there books they thought were important.

Blog 17: Review Day

Today in class we just went over the LO3 chapter outline and Mr.Schick went over his side notes. And we toke notes as we pleased , and since it was my Birthday Mr. Schick gave me the Birthday Hat , and the whole class sung " HAPPY BIRTHDAY " , and that's just about all we did today in class. 

Chapter 3 Outline

 

I. The European Barbarians (LO1)

            A. The Earliest Europeans

                        1. by 4000BC, farming and village life had spread throughout the                                               continent

                        2. by 3500BC, increased population and wealth led to complex religious                                     structures

                                   

            B. The Barbarian Way of Life

                        1. common way  of life as result of migrations of Indo-European nomads                                    (c.2500BC onward) from the steppes that bordered Europe on the east

                        2. languages

                                    a. ancestor languages of Greek and Latin

                        3. elites of warriors

                        4. farming and village life

                        5. In this way, Europe came to be inhabited by peoples who spoke mostly                                  Indo-European languages; who were skilled in farming, metalworking, trade, and warfare; and who were fairly well organized on the local level, but had no cities, written records, or fixed structures of government

                        6. c.2000BC-1000AD these barbarians came into contact with civilization

                        7. the first such European barbarian people to make contact with                                                 civilization were the Greeks - their civilization, the first to emerge in Europe, was the first to definitively be labeled “Western”

II. The Aegean Encounter (LO2)

            A. Minoan Civilization

                        1. c.2200BC a distinct civilization known as Minoan arose on the Aegean                                   island of Crete

                        2. Minoans drew wealth from control of the seas and trade with eastern                                     Mediterranean lands, especially Egypt

            B. The Arrival of the Greeks: Mycenaean Civilization

                        1. when the Greeks made their way to the Aegean, they seem to have been                     a European barbarian people much like any other

                        2. eventually they came under the influence of nearby Crete

                        3. by c.1600BC Greek chieftains had established settlements along the                                       mainland’s southern shore and on some islands

                        4. Mycenaean Greeks

                        5. struggles between Mycenaeans and Minoans for control of the                                                commerce of the eastern Mediterranean lasted until c.1400BC, with the                                           destruction of Minoan towns, perhaps as a result of Mycenaean conquest

                                   

            C. The “Dark Ages”

                        1. Mycenaean civilization lasted until shortly after 1200BC due to the conquest of the Sea Peoples

                        2. c.1150 BC Myceneae was sacked and all settlements deserted - in addition, the population dropped, and writing fell out of use

                        3. this led to the eclipse of civilization for almost 400 years, known as the                                   Dark Ages (1150 - 750 BC)

                        4. but the Greeks themselves survived and even expanded their territory

                                

            D. The Renewal of Greek Civilization

                        1. c.800 BC the Aegean region recovered

                        2. population expansion led to founding of colonies, c.800-600 BC

                        3. the Greeks joined the Phoenicians as the leading commercial and                                             seafaring nation of the Mediterranean

                        4. a common religion

                        5. new developments

                                    a. use of iron tools and weapons

                                    b. coined money

                                    c. borrowing of Phoenician shipbuilding and warfare techniques

                                    d. writing and the alphabet formed the Greek language

III. Citizens and Communities: The Greek City-States (LO3)

            A. City-States and Citizens

                        1. notion of citizenship seems to have originated partly in geography

                        2. hoplites: Greek infantrymen equipped with bronze helmets and armor,                                                   round shields, long spears, and short swords

                        3. city-state, citizens, tradition, and myth

            B. Monarchy, Oligarchy, Tyranny, Democracy

                        1. in the earliest times, communities were ruled by kings

                        2. monarchy then gave way to new forms of government that distributed                                    power more widely among male citizens

                                    a. oligarchy:  a minority of citizens dominated the government, and the                                                                     power of the majority was limited in various ways

                        3. but other city-states gave more power to the majority (particularly those               that developed into large commercial centers)

                                    a. in these city-states the common people were too numerous and                                              active to ignore,                                           

                                    b. in these cities, social conflicts sometimes led to the emergence                                                 of tyranny (rule by a dictator)

                                    c. but tyranny was often only a passing phase on the way to                                                         democracy (all government decisions were made by the majority                                          of male citizens)

                        4. although Greek city-states had many features in common, each was                                        individual in character

            C. Sparta: The Military Ideal

                        1. Spartans were descendants of Greeks who had conquered part of the                                      Southern mainland: Laconia

                        2. by 800BC they were a minority of landholders ruling over a majority of                                  helots (noncitizens forced to work for landholders)

                        3. Messenian helots, however, frequently rebelled

                                    a. this forced Spartans to accept a governmental system that put                                                  them under almost total domination by a few among themselves

                        4. by 500BC, policy decisions had been taken over by a council of elders

                        5. thus the Spartan government was a leading example of oligarchy

                        6. Spartan male life was dedicated entirely to the service of the state

                        7. the relative freedom of Spartan women aroused both admiration and                                      disapproval among other Greeks

                        8. to protect this way of life, Spartans tried to seal off their city-state from                                                 outside influences

            D. Athens: Freedom and Power

                        1. c.800BC many old-established communities in the Attica peninsula                                         merged to form a single city-state that was known by the name of the most                        important community: Athens

                        2. over the next 300 years, Athens grew to become the wealthiest and one                        of the most powerful city-states, largely as a result of overseas trade

                                    a. produced and exported wine and oil

                                    b. workshops produced weapons, pottery, and articles of silver,                                                    lead, and marble

                                    c. these were trade overseas for metal, timber, and grain

                        3. with a rising population and greater wealth came social and political                                        conflicts

                                    a. usually between aristocrats and increasingly numerous dēmos

                                    b. in conflicts with the aristocracy, the dēmos could generally find                                               aristocrats to lead them whom they respected and who wanted their                                    support

                        4. as a result, Athens passed through several stages of political growth,                                       beginning with monarchy and including both oligarchy and tyranny

                                    a. eventually political power was extended to all adult male                                                           citizens, with aristocrats becoming leaders instead of rulers

                        5. The Persian Wars

                                    a. in the sixth century BC, the Persians had conquered a realm that                                            stretched from the border of India to the Nile and the Aegean

                                    b. now the empire was within striking distance of the Greeks, and                                                Persia conquered the Greek city-states in western Asia Minor

                                    c. when Athens aided a rebellion by these city-states, Persian king                                             Darius sought to extend his empire into mainland Greece, c.494BC

                                    d. the Persians lost the decisive battle of Marathon in 490BC

                                    e. then in 480BC, the Athenian navy crushed the Persians at                                                       Salamis, and the Spartans faced the Persians on land at Thermopylae and            then at Platea

                        6. when final peace was made with Persia in 445 BC, Athens was the                                         controlling power of the Aegean Sea

                        7. after Persia’s defeat, Athenian democracy entered a “Golden Age”

                        8. the workings of democracy

                                    a. a Council of Five Hundred and roughly one thousand public                                                   officials were chosen annually by lot

                                    b. chief military officers, the Ten Generals, were chosen each year                                               by vote of the male citizens

                                    c. adult male citizens were a minority of the population of Athens

                                                i. the rest of the population was composed of adult female                                                           citizens, adult noncitizens, and children

                                                ii. adult male citizens probably made up no more than one-                                                           fifth of the total adult population

                                                iii. the remaining four-fifths had no say in government

                        9. men and women in  Athens

                                    a. women were highly visible in religious affairs

                                    b. not much is known of women’s life lower down the social scale                                               or outside the city

                        10. slaves

                                    a. were a diverse group; not all of them lived lives of total                                                               subjection and powerlessness

                                    b. most slaves were non-Greeks, or the descendants of non-Greeks

                       

Blog 16 : Presentation Day

Today in class my group basically taught the class while presenting our PowerPoint to the class. Questions were asked , answered were told and Mr. Schick kept interrupting with his story's and side-notes , but it was cool , but the only thing is that i really didn't get to get the notes down that he was saying we should get down , and i couldn't stand , standing for and hour during the class , so i finally got a chair . Lol .... but yeah that's my blog to today. 

Blog 15: Review Test

Today in class we reviewed our Chapter 1 test. We read the question and corrected the ones we had wrong , and also reviewed  over the short answers / essay questions. Then Mr. Schick assigned for us to add LO3 to our power-point.

Blog 14 : Sub

Of course Mr. Schick wasn't in class today unannounced , so we had a substitute , Mrs.Burlas ( the librarian ) , and she was a pretty good sub ; she didn't care of much to what we did as long as we were quite. And of course the level of talking went beyond the limited , but that really didn't mess up the concentration of my group , we got to work asap and got what we needed done. Since there were 4 section in learning objective 2 we each to charge of one and added pictures and we were done in a spiffy.  

Blog 13 : PowerPoint Progress

Today in class we worked on and completed our power-point. I worked in a group with Alex , Sydney and Rachel. I'm glad we teamed up , because we worked together quickly and quietly and completed the power-point way before it was due. Mr. Schick says its worth a C minus , but me and my group agrees it way more then that , more like a AAAA +++++++ .  Well yeah that was how class went today !    

Blog 12 : Notes

Today in class we took notes on Chapter 3: LO1 - The first European civilization : The Greek , 2200 - 400 B.C. , but we mainly talked about , The Stonehenge ; and the theories of how it was made ( Giant Marlen & Aliens ). Also we talk about Barbarians and there life style , which was very warlike , the lived tribal identities , lived around farming , they lived in the pre-historic Era , they built megaliths stone tombs of monuments , and there leaders were mainly warriros / warlords. 

Lastly we talk about the Geographic's of Greece

* Mountains peninsula 
* Mountains covers 3/4
* About 1,400 islands in the Aegean & Ionian Seas 
* Location shaped its culture ( rides out into the sea ) 
* Skilled sailors 
* Poor natural resources 
* Hard to unit the ancient Greeks because of the terrain ; developed small , independent communities 

Blog 11 : Homework

For homework we had to read Chapter 3:
Vocab:

Barbarian: A term used to describe the distinctive way of life based on farming, warfare, and tribal organization that became widespread in Europe beginning around 2500 B.C.
Tribe: A social and political unit consisting of a group of communities held together by common interests, traditions, and real or mythical ties of kinship.
Megalith:A large stone that forms a prehistoric monument.
Indo -European:A family of languages consisting of most of the languages of Europe as well as those of Iran, the Indian subcontinent, and other parts of Asia.
Western: Situated in the west, or directed toward or facing the west 

The Earliest Europeans

4000B.C Farming and village life had spread throughout the Continent 

3588B.C- population & wealth increased; western Europe became organized and constructed

ceremonial monuments tombs,& fortifications

*Megalithic-Big rough-cut stones used to build monuments tombs

 Stonehenge

•Huge, open-air monument

•Built by; farming: trading poplin the west-England

•Religious center | museum

82000 B.C.-reached final form

oacontanse up to 160 massive boulders; weighed-up-to 5¢ tense each

• Aligned to the movements of the sun/ moon

The Barbarian way of life

2500 B.C.-Indo-European PPI moved into Europe

*war-like PPI

*Tribeswomen barbarian PPI to make contact w/

civilization were the Greeks

chronology:

3500B... _ megalithic structures constructed in  Europe

38500 B.C.-Indo-European nomads from the Steepens  migrate into Europe; European barbarian way of life evolves

2200B... _ Minoan civilization takes root in Crete; Greeks arrive  in SE Europe

1600 B.C.-Greek fortified settlements along the Aegean develop Mycenaean cir.

1400 BC _ Destruction of Minoan towns

 1200 B.C.-Mycenaean cir falls; beginning of "park Ages" of Greek history

 800 B.C. -Recovery in the Aegean; Greek city-states form    494-4453.... Persian wars

 460-430 B.C.-Godden Age of Athens

Blog 10 : Test Day

We entered class and took out seats ASAP . As Mr. Schick  hands out the test / scan-tron , i wait    nervously , till be are suppose to began. So about 2 - 3 min into the test we Mr. Schick exclaimed that we were allowed to use our past blogs as notes and nothing else.   Throughout the test Mr. Schick would remind us how much time was left and tap his bell and tell us how much time was left. I finished just in time. Im pretty sure i did terrible , but i tried my best .

Blog 9: Review Day

Today in class we went over the Links , on the West Civ home blog. Like the West Civ scheduled ; which involves all test and what we will be going over in class. We also finished taking notes on the Egypt Prezi , and watch a few YouTube videos , on mummies and such. Two new words i learned today were;
1.Maat : Harmony & balance of the universe ( something the Egyptians believed )
2. Papyrus: Paper
Also i learned that , Hatsheput was a woman who served a pharaoh ( 1st and only ). Also that there were over 200 Gods & Goddesses and they were portrayed with animal heads and or bodies and controlled the lives of humans ( everything ).

Blog 8; Way Too GOOOO!!!!

When we first arrived in class Mr. Schick , didn't waste anytime explaining what we were doing today in class. Everyone paired up , and the first team to complete the pyramid building , received 10 points, and the second team received 9 and so on. Me and Sydney make a great team. We were the first ones to successfully build they pyramid , on the online game. Which led us to get the whole 10 points on the assignment.  ( THANK THE LORD ) . But other than that class was cool today , it was a great way to start / end class .