Today we finished typing our paper about halfway through class. Once we were finished typing it we started to revise it.

Today in Mr. Schicks class we started to type our paper. We got about half of our paper done.

Today in Mr. Schick's class we finished presenting our powerpoints. Some of the topics were Homer, and the great three philosophers. Lastly, we were given more information about our essay that is due next week.

Today we presented our powerpoint to the rest of the class. Our powerpoint was on Athenian Art and Architecture. I think we will a good grade because everyone put a lot of effort into it. Some of the other projects were on The Peloponnesian War, and Athens and Sparta.

Today in Mr. Schicks class we continued to work on our projects. My group and I have almost finished our powerpoint. We only have one more slide to do and then we will start our essay.

Today in the beginning of class we reviewed Ancient Greece again. After we finished reviewing we took a pop quiz. There were 10 questions and we had 10 seconds to answer each. I ended up getting a 100% on the quiz. After that Mr. Schick told us more about our project.

Today Mr. Schick said we had finished the powerpoint so Mr. Schick read some of his reviews on surveymonkey.com. After that we watched a video about a guy would pretend to cry and then his baby would do the same thing. Then we picked a project idea out of a hat. My group picked out Athenian Art and Architecture. My group includes me, Kyle Wedemeyer, and Avery Dinger.

Today we continued to take notes on Ancient Greece. After we review Greece's geography we went over the different people that lived there. The first to live there were the Mycenaeans. Mycenae is located on a rocky ridge and is protected by a 20 foot thick wall. They dominated Greece from 1600-1200 BCE. After the Mycenaeans were the "sea people" or the Dorians. They came in and burnt down everyones palaces and just lived in war-torn Greece. Once they took over writing disappeared and storytelling was the only way of keeping track of past history. That was when Homer the Storyteller came into play. He was the one who created the story of the Odyssey and the Iliad.

     Aristotle was born in 384 BC in Stagira. Aristotle went to Platos Academy at the age of 18 and he didn't leave until he was 37. When he left he went and tutored Alexander the Great, and a couple of other future kings. This helped him to become famous for his writings because he was able to create a library and write many books for it. His writings included physics, biology, poetry, theatre, and music. Aristotle was know as the first scientist and for this every scientist today really owes everything to him. Lastly, Aristotle impacted todays society because he helped kick off every main subject that we still use.

All great civilizations rely on rivers because they give water to drink, water to irrigate, water to bathe in, and they make transportation easier and faster. Greece is located in mountains and hills and it is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. Being surrounded by mountains meant that enemies would have a harder time sneaking up on them and attacking them. Also, being surrounded by the Mediterranen Sea made it ideal because they could easily transport goods to and from their ports. The Ancient Greeks had many religious sanctuaries for many different gods. The bodies of water that surround Greece are the Ionian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and the Aegean Sea. The large island to the Southeast is Sicily. Both Athens and Sparta are located on the shore of the Mediterranean.