Working on PowerPoints

Today in Mr. Schick’s Western Civilization class, we continued to do the power points. I joined Holly’s group because I felt bad because everyone else abandoned her and I didn’t want Holly to be left alone. For the entire class we just worked on the power points by adding the last touches and finishing them up. I think we are going to present the power points tomorrow but I am not exactly sure. I was absent yesterday because I was sick so I only got to help the group so much. 

On To Greece Weekend Assignment

After the test we took on Friday, we have just finished our first chapter in Mr. Schick’s Western Civilization class. Our next unit is on The First European Civilization: the Greeks. The Greeks lifestyle was mainly based on farming and warfare, which was widespread in Western Europe. They began as Barbarian people. A Barbarian, as defined in our textbook, is  a term used to describe the distinctive way of life based on farming, warfare and tribal organization that became widespread around 2500 B.C.  There were people in Western Europe who were numerous and well organized enough to construct ceremonial monuments consisting of circles and rows of huge up right boulders. There were also massive earthen tombs and fortifications. These huge and very impressive megalithic structures are still here in the present day. Megaliths are massive rough cut stones that are used to construct monuments and tombs. The Greeks used these to build there structures. Tribes, in turn, formed loose alliances under warrior kings or queens of exceptionally powerful tribes, together with their battle comrades. A tribe is a social and political unit consisting of a group of communities held together by common interests, traditions, and real or mythical ties of kinship. It is thought that the reason of migration of Indo European nomads from the steppes, or better known as grasslands is that the Europeans cannot have had any sense of a common identity, but in time most of them came to share a distinctive way of life. From about the time of 2500 B.C. and forward< Indo European peoples moved into Europe just as they did into Asia Minor and Persia, and under the influence of the newcomers, the settled people of the region began to form into new ethnic groups whose way of life was a mixture of their traditional patterns and Indo European influences.

Test Day

Today in Mr. Schick’s Western Civ class, we took our first test for the semester. I think the test was pretty easy. My hand got really tired though because we were sort of pressed for time with the two hour delay that morning. I think and I hope that I got a good grade and I’m excited to see what I got. On this test, there was an essays question; however, I think it was pretty easy. That is basically all we did the entire class because of the shortened mods so I do not really have anything else to say.

Test Day

Today in Mr. Schick’s Western Civ class, we took our first test for the semester. I think the test was pretty easy. My hand got really tired though because we were sort of pressed for time with the two hour delay that morning. I think and I hope that I got a good grade and I’m excited to see what I got. On this test, there was an essays question; however, I think it was pretty easy. That is basically all we did the entire class because of the shortened mods so I do not really have anything else to say.

Test Day

Today in Mr. Schick’s Western Civ class, we took our first test for the semester. I think the test was pretty easy. My hand got really tired though because we were sort of pressed for time with the two hour delay that morning. I think and I hope that I got a good grade and I’m excited to see what I got. On this test, there was an essays question; however, I think it was pretty easy. That is basically all we did the entire class because of the shortened mods so I do not really have anything else to say.

Prezi Continued

Today in class we continued to watch a Prezi created by Mr. Schick. We continued to talk about the Daily Life of an Egyptian. The Pharaohs were at the top of the social status. Pharaohs were religious and political leaders.  Following them were Government Officials (Nobles) then came Soldiers. Soldiers used wooded weapons with bronze tips and sometimes rode chariots. After them came Scribes. Scribes kept records, told stories, wrote poetry, described anatomy and medical treatments, and wrote in hieroglyphs and in hieratic. Then there were Merchants, then Artisans, then Farmers, and then lastly Slaves and Servants. Slaves and Servants helped the wealthy with the household and child raising duties.  

Pyramid Challenge Game

Today in class we worked together in pairs to complete this game. I worked with my cousin Drew and we won!!!!!