Western Civilization

Due to this virus, students lose half of their freshman year, and for those who play spring sports, they miss out on their entire season. For me, personally, I only got to play a double header, and a few practices. For us and the teachers, their missing out on a group of kids who probably had a special place in their heart. While online school is more convenient, I feel like being face to face with a teacher helps me learn better, and it's hard to do it at home.

The black Plague is similar to the coronavirus in multiple ways. The black plague had a very high fertility rate. Once someone got the Plague, it was almost guaranteed that they were not going to live through it. The Corona virus is very new to us so we don't know if it kills everyone. It doesn't seem to show up in kids symptom wise, but that doesn't mean we aren't carriers. Older people 60+ really seem to be the people who it's a scare for. Their immune systems are weak and if they get the virus it is very hard to fight for them. People and Italy are even saying that they might not treat those 60+ because they don't feel it's necessary.

Alexander the Great, also known as Alexander III was also the son of Philip II. Alexander during his time in Greece, he conquered the persian empire, re established the corinthian league, all while uniting greece in all of it.  Philip II became the king of spain and built one of the strongest empires in history, and also formed a centralized government.  : Darius  was the last king of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia, from 336 BC to 330 BC. When the person empire was under Alexanders control, Alexander had decided to pursue Darius. Darius was born in 381 B.C. and he died from murder in 330 B.C. 

Bucephalus and Alexander were  inseparable. they were best friends. Alexander was the only one person who could ride this horse. he rode this horse everywhere and all the time, into every single battle he has been through. Alexander got this horse at age 12 or 13 by wagering with his father. a horse dealer offered this horse for 13 talents, which is remarkably high.  Bucephalus was a huge black stallion, who was known to be untamable until Alexander came along. he turned the horse away from his  shadow so he didn't have to see. saying that Alexander was the only one who could tame him shows how close of a bond they have, horses put lots of their trust into their owner if they are worthy enough. 

Cyberschool has been so difficult for me lately. Its impossible to keep up with all the work that's assigned and all my teachers post in different places. Math doesn't make sense unless I am in the room with that teacher and now my grades slipping because i'm so confused. My parents don't understand how technology is such a liability to do work on whether something doesn't save or send. I never thought I'd say this but I miss school.

Socrates, and Sophists like Protagoras,might have start questioning traditional beliefs at this particular point in history because of the violence and confusion around them. 

From the articles I read today I learned that  Spartans invaded Athenian territory and and set about bruins  all the farmland  around the city. The Athenians could not do anything except watch from within the city walls of all their fields getting burnt. Athenians trotted in Pericles and his plan of surviving off of shipment through the seas. one of the cargo ships one year brought the unthinkable, the plague. Pericles wasn't prepared for anything like this to happen. The symptoms of this disease were horrific and the few citizens left recorded it. it started at the head and worked its way through the body, this caused the town to look terrible, smell terrible and just a terrible time to be there. dying men laid  one on another in the streets, the disease became so gruesome that no one cared about law or religion anymore. there was no point of being good if the good and evil die the same. this plague killed over a third of Athens population, and got to the head of th...

Pericles was j a statesman who led Athens in their Golden age, held onto popular support for 32 years. He was a politician, a general and a speaker who had great control on Athens. The age of Pericles was from 4B1 BC to 429 BC. His main 3 goals for Athens was to strengthen its Democracy, to hold and strengthen the empire, and to make Athens beautiful. A direct democracy is a form of government where citizens rule and not through representatives, the people make most of the decisions. Pericles ruled with a direct democracy. Male citizens in Athens who served under the assembly established important politics regarding the polis. Ina direct democracy Pericles says, " everyone is equal before the law." Direct democracy doesn't include the discrimination between classes, but the actual ability in which a man has. If it is up to Pericles, no one will be outcasted because they are poor. The Delian league was an alliance between Greek city-states that was led by Athens. It was...

I was not at school on friday sorry for the late

Today we watched part 2 of the video, heres what I got: - the year 490 BC  - revolution begun that will change the world - the people of Athens have established democracy for the first time ever in history - will go again the pertain empire which is the greatest power in the world - Themistocles and Pericles would change the course of civilization The Battle of Marathon: - Pheidippides was a regular citizen in Athens and he was the one who started the marathon, he was running because his home town was getting taken over by the Persian Empire  - he had to run to Athens' local rivals the Spartans - he ran 140 miles in just two days - but the help was  refused   - the  poor  men had to fight with spears  against  the Persians

Today in Mr.Shicks class we learned - these achievements still shape our world today The Revolution: -508 BC - 5 centuries before birth of Jesus - in Athens - Cleisthenes born to be a ruler - taught that he was an aristocrat - 6th century BC aristocrats controlled everything in Athens - impossible to think this place would soon rule a huge empire - most houses made out of mud brick - Athens smelled terrible - women spent their days in the house cooking cleaning etc - life expectancy was under 15 years - the society was not equal and was ruled under the aristocrats - did not expect Greece to have an empire by the appearance - south of Greece was Egypt - to the east were the Perians - countless tiny nations called city states - over a thousand city states in Cleisthenes time - the Spartans every year caused war against the Helots - Athenian potters were motivated by out doing each other - Hippiates became ruler and his brother died and he tortured many people - by Cleisthenes time ...

today we talked about Socrates: - philosopher - looked to science and logic for the explanation of the world instead of believing in the gods - Socratic method fostered critical thinking - his most famous quote: "the unexamined life is not worth living." - he was charged with serious crimes when he was alive:     - impiety (disrespecting the gods)     - corrupting the youth of Athens - at his trial he described himself as a stinging gadfly (horsefly) and Athens as a lazy horse - he did not deny his actions, but embraced them and said he should be rewarded with free dinners - he was found guilty by the jury - he was sentenced to death by drinking poison hemlock Plato: - he was a student of Socrates - wrote a book and described Socrates teachings and his trial, it is called Apology - also wrote a book called Republic about Socrates government opinions - these are considered the most influential books on philosophy

Today in Mr. Schicks class we learned about Greek gods: -Poseidon interfered with odysseus path home - Aphrodite had lover that were both god and men -Dionysus was son of Zeus Zeus: Ruler of heaven and earth, father of Athena god of the sky weather thunder lightning law order justice Athena: Goddess of warfare, peace wisdom of skill intelligence, got athens named after her

Today in Mr. Schicks class we read pages on Greeks Golden Age the democratic principles and classical culture  during the Greeks Golden Age the following terms are apart of the Greek Golden Age: - direct democracy: this is a form of government when the citizens of the city rule directly and not through representatives - classical art: the peoples values of harmony, order, balance, and proportion - tragedy: a type of play that went on that involved serious drama, love, hate, and war - comedy: another type of play that contained slapstick situations and crude humor - Peloponnesian war: a long war between Sparta and Athens - philosopher: these people were thinkers of "lovers of wisdom" - socrates: this man was a critic of sophists that had disbeliefs - plato: this man was a student of Socrates who studied under him till he died then documented their conversations - Aristotle: this man was a philosopher who questioned the nature of the world