Griffin's Geo Blog

1. direct democracy- a form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives classical art- The values of harmony, order, balance, and proportion became the standard of what is classical art tragedy- a serious drama bout common themes such as love, hate, war, or betrayal comedy- contained scenes filled with slapstick situations and crude humor Peloponnesian War- A war between the two city-states, Athens and Sparta Philosopher- means lovers of wisdom in greek language Socrates- One of the critic sophists that believed in truth and justice Plato- a student of socrates was in his late 20's when socrates was killed Aristoltle- questioned the nature of the world and of human belief, thought, and knowledge 2. I believe that Perciles' plan to strengthen the athenian democracy effect on world history. I believe this because when the athenian democracy was strengthened then it set a precedent for the rest of the world and future civilizations on ho...

Today in class we took the test on ancient Greece. I studied for about 15 min for it during my off mod as well as during advisory I studied for it. I thought overall that the test was fairly compared to the ones that we have recently took. I knew the seas and the rivers that went with each country. As well as Homer and Homeric question and the allegory of the cave and a amuser of it. The big things to know are the rivers, seas, Homer, and allegory of the cave for the test.

Today in class Mr. Schick took a good bit of time to talk more about Draco and his effect on ancient Greece and its history. then Mr. Schick continued to talk about Greek government in the old times. We discussed how it relates to modern times and the government t that we have today. And also the write ins to the ballot like same sex marriage was a few years ago in 2012.

Today in class Mr. Schick talked to us the different governments that were in ancient Greece. He mentioned the aristocracy, and oligarchy. He then spent a good bit of time talking about how it relates to todays world. He talked about the economy and climate change and the world is changing because of it. He mentioned that big time eco's of companies are being told that they're companies could fail if changes do not happen. Today's class was pretty interesting.

Today in class we took a pop quiz that was ten questions and worth 20 points. I got a 16 out of 20 and was ok with that since it was a pop quiz and I had no idea that we were taking it. I messed up on the seas and which one is located there. After that, we took notes on the Greek democracy. I learned about the government and how it operated with its citizens. It had a democracy where the citizens operated it and had no representatives.

Today in class Mr. Schick spent most of the class talking about Homer and whether or not he was real or not. Then he got the book called the Odyssey that Homer wrote. He explained to us that he needed to read the book for a class. and when he was at home one time while reading the book his daughter asked what he was reading and she wanted him to read it to her. he then went on to read the whole thing to her which I think is very cool.

Today in class Mr. Schick took a lot of time talking about philosophy and how you think about what you are thinking about. He showed us a pipe and asked what it is. The real answer was supposed to be a painting of a pipe. While I thought it was a horn of some sorts. Then we took a look at what ancient civilizations had in common and that was they were all surrounded by a body of water. Then we took a look at a map of ancient Greece and determined that it was the same as the other civilizations.