Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                            3/12/15

                                                                        West Civ

     Today in class we discussed our project that we are doing. We are getting in groups and making a slide show about our topic. Furthermore, we are also writing a 1,000 word paper to go along with it. I usually don't like group projects however I have a good group and I hope we do really good. My group is me Gabby, and Megan. We picked Homer and that's what our project will be on.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                            3/11/15

                                                                Sick Day

     I wasn't in school today because I threw up yesterday and I had a fever. I feel a lot better today and I hope to come back to school tomorrow.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                              3/9/15

                                                                    West Civ

     Today in West Civ I took my test on Ancient Egypt. I thought the test was hard and I did't do as good as I wanted to. On the other hand, we also took notes on ancient Greece below I have listed things I learned today.

• Greece mountains cover 3/4 of Greece 

• there is approximately approximately 1400 islands in the Adriatic, Ionian, and Aegean Seas

• They didn't have a lot of natural resources so they had to trade

• only 20% is good for farming 

• greek diet consits of grains, grapes and olives 

• the lack of resources probably led to Greek colonization 

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                    3/6/15


                                                                Socrates
                                                     
                         Socrates was a Greek philosopher born in 407 BC in Athens, Greece. Socrates invented the Socratic method which was to ask and answer questions. Socrates was also sentenced to death for false teachings and corrupting the youth. Socrates could have escaped however, he didn't and stood up for what he believed in. If I was him I would have just escaped. However, he taught us to never give up and to stand up for what you believe in. Overall, Socrates was a great example to all people.

     
Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                      3/5/15

                                                               Ancient Greek Buildings

Temple of the Olympian Zeus      
This temple started being built in the 6th century BC. However, now only a few columns still stand of this big temple.  The temple is located in Athens. The temple of the Olympian Zeus was built with limestone and in Corinthian style.The temples was finished in 2nd century AD. That is a very long time. The temple of the Olympian Zeus was the biggest temple of that time.  


                                                                          Olympia 
                   

Olympia is the birth place of the Olympic games. This is also said to be the place where Zeus overcame his father. Olympia was built as a sanctuary. This place however, was most famous for the stadium. In the stadium there was paleastra. A paleastra is the place where the athletes would exercise. Furthermore, there is also a town of Olympia. This town was a town with red tile roofs and paved streets. They also had a lot of tress. Overall, Olympia wasn't just know for the Olympics.



The temple of Segesta 

This temple was built in the 5th century, 424 BC. Furthermore, this temple doesn't have a roof! It's not like all of the other temples. The temple of Segesta is located in Sicily. This is a Hellenic shaped temple, also a Doric temple.  It is said to be one of the most preserved temples built by the Greeks. 

          

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                     3/4/15

                                                         West Civ

     Today in class we started out talking about cyber days. When Mr.Schick gives us cyber days he has to turn it into the head of the department. That is why every teacher gives us at least 20 minutes of work. Furthermore, I hope we have off tomorrow. I don't like cyber day that much, but as long as we get out of school early I'm okay with it. Overall, I hope we don't have school tomorrow or Friday.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                        3/2/15

                                                           Cyber Day

For our cyber day assignment we have to take notes on a power point given to us. Below I have listed the notes I have taken on Ancient Greece.

• All f the great civ. are located on rivers 
• Mesopotamia/Tigris and Euphrates rivers
• Egypt/ Nile river
• India/Indus river
• China/ Huang He river
• Greece is surrounded by water 
• Greece is mostly mountains including the islands
• the most important is the Pindus 
• Their culture could be unique an their own there surrounded by water so they don't have to worry about other countries that much and they have a beautiful place they live in
• Greece is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and Sea of Crete
• Crete is south of Greece it is a large island located off the southern part of the Aegean Sea 
• Sparta is south west of Athens
• Sparta is close to the Mediterranean Sea 
• Athens is close to the Aegean Sea