philosophy pt2

So today we continued the video that were watching in class about philosophy. Mr Schick also shared a story about how he bought a homeless man a meal and learned is story. It was very sad but in the video we learned about the three parts of philosophy it also aloud us to really understand the meaning of philosophy. This is going to be a short blog because we had a lot of discussions today instead of watching the video.

philosophy

so today we watched a video about philosophy and the many definitions it has. We also learned that plato and Aristotle had rival schools that they founded. We also started a new thing that every morning we will say a prayer for the victims of the mass shootings since we have been alive. This is gonna be short because I forgot my notebook at school but we really didn't take a lot of notes.

project

So today we went over the information and created groups for our new project in western civilization. I am working with Owen and Frankie. Our topic will be on the trireme which was the boat the greeks created. For this project we have to research a topic about Ancient Greece and then create a real life model along with a one page paper and then present our topic to the class. A lot of people are going to be doing food which is pretty cool. We didn't get the chance to fully start our project and we didn't take any notes so this is going to be a short blog.

Philosophy

So today in class we took notes on some of the famous philosophers in Ancient Greece.
AS you know we learned a little about socrates and how he died because he was charged with impiety and the corruption of the youth of Athens. Well at the jury held against socrates one of his students attended his name was Plato. Plato was a student and follower of socrates. Plato wrote out socrates teachings and described his trial in apology which is like a explanation in Ancient Greece. He is the reason why we know more about socrates than Homer. The republic was socrates discussion of justice and the ideal state. This is one of the most influential books ever written in philosophical history. Aristotle was a student of Plato. He helped foster the idea of Athens as an intellectual destination. Aristotle founded his own school called the lyceum. It focused on cooperative research- building on knowledge gathered from all over the world. He had the dream of mankind knowledge easily accessed in one place (Google). He was even the tutor of Alexander the great who says Aristotle was one of the biggest influences on him.

Test handback

So today we got our tests back we took last week. I was actually happy to see that I got a 95 out of 100 which is a very big heavy grade and since I did so well on it my grade was raised a lot. Before we went over the test we had to wait for two people to finish their test so we had to finish taking notes from the textbook.

• The greeks created drama and the two types of drama comedies and tragedy
• The wealthy had to bore the cost of the productions
• tragedy had common themes such as love, war, hate
• comedy usually had rude humor
• Euripides and aristophanes were famous for their plays
• Herodotus a greek who lived in Athens for a time was the one who pioneered the accurate recording of events
• He was even the one who created the belief history will repeat its self 
• Thucydides was the greatest historian of the time
• When the Peloponnesian war between city states began Athens had the stronger navy while Sparta had the stronger
• Sparta eventually swept across the countryside destroying Athens food supply 
• Then a plague hit Athens and killed one third of the population including Pericles
• After a failed attempt to destroy Syracuse a wealthy supporter of Sparta Athens was deemed totally destroyed in total.

These notes are a extension of what I got the last class and I still have more notes to take so I will still have a lot of info for my blogs this week.

The test

So today we had our mid unit test because Ancient Greece is a very big topic and is easier to learn in two parts. The test I think I did very well on and hopefully it will boost my grade up to a high B or an A. After I finished the test we had to take notes in our notebooks from the textbook and from the first two pages I already have a bunch of notes. I still have to finish reading all of the pages but when I'm done I'll put the notes I have into my blog.

• From 477-431 B.C Athens experienced a growth in intellectual and artistic learning.
• This period is known as the golden age of Athens
• sculpture,Drama,poetry and philosophy all reached new heights in the golden age
• A wise and able statesman named Pericles led Athens during much of its golden age, Pericles held onto popular support for 32 years
• He was a skillful politician, inspiring speaker and a respected general
• Pericles had 3 goals which were to strengthen democracy and the empire and to glorify Athens 
• The introduction of direct democracy was a important part in periclean Athens 
• Athens took control of the delian league and all of the city states in it, this allowed Pericles to use the funding for the league for things like glorifying Athens
• He also used funds to make Athens navy the most powerful in the mediterranean 
• He dire ted the best artists of Athens and Greece to construct the pantheon

As you can see I got a good amount of notes and even more to come so I will have pretty info stuffed blogs. Enjoy!

review

so today we had a review for of half unit test that we have tomorrow. We basically went through Mr Schicks whole power point so people could get the info that they may not have. I really didn't have any missing notes but I did draw a diagram of what the seas around Greece look like and specific locations of important city states such as Athens and Sparta along with important nations that surrounded Ancient Greece like the Asia Minor and Crete along with Macedonia. For the test we have to remember the types of govt. and the different important leaders of Greece who are Cleisthenes, Draco, Solon. The project we did in class is basically our study guide for the test. We also have to remember the way Greeces geography affected and developed their culture along with the way it affected their customs. We also have to remember the different famous rivers of large famous civilizations. So as you can see there will be a lot on the test so I have to study along with all of the other test I have tomorrow.