Maddy's Western Civ 2018

Today in class we continued to go over a power point and we took notes on it. Below is the information that I gathered during class. A new form of government:  citizens could participate, however only 1/5 of Athenians were citizens citizens had to be male property owners born in Athens  after several years Athens practiced a direct democracy  what Cleisthenes did was a huge step forward  getting regular folks involved in governing  the government still had limits  What direct democracy looks like  its where the state (or city-state) is ruled by its citizens)  rule based on citizenship  majority rule decides vote  in the agora, citizens argued, made speeches, then voted with stones  the white stones meant yes  the black stones meant no it was first practiced in Athens under the rule of Cleisthenes around 500 BCE. 

Today in class we went over the rulers and how it lead to some form of democracy. The following information is the notes that I took during class: Hipplas  was a tyrant who ruled from 527-510 BCE  his brother was murdered and his rule became harsh  he was expelled from Athens (ostracized)  in revenge, he began working with the Persian king, Darius 1, helping them invade Marathon  Isagoras and Cleisthenes  both aristocrats  engaged in a power struggle  Isagoras had support from some aristocrats and Spartans  Cleisthenes had support of majority of Athenians  Isagoras wins  becomes an archon eponymous (tyrant)  ostracizes Cleisthenes  Cleisthenes' supporters- and athenian citizens- revolt against Isagoras' tyranny they trap Isagoras on the acropolis for two-days  on the third day he fled and was banished  Cleisthenes and Democracy  member of the elite  very rich  insulated from the "hoi polloi"  a crafty politician saw the value of tappin

In today's class, Mr. Schick continued going threw the powerpoint. This is the information that I gathered: No women were allowed except the entertainment no middle class  no slaves  sometimes, even certain aristocrats were excluded  who did not have the right connections or who fell out of favor  The question was, "what would you do if you were on the outside?" sometimes aristocrats would form alliances with hoplites (well armed soldiers) and set up an alternative form of government called a tyranny  Tyrant" someone who rules outside the framework of the polis  modern mean of Tyrant: an abusive or oppressive ruler  The Greek meaning of Tyrant:  someone who simply seized power (usually with hoplite help) Draco -621 BCE all Athenians (rich or poor) are equal under the law but death is the punishment for many crimes debt slavery is okay (work as a slave to repay debts) Solon ’s -594 BCE outlaws debt slavery all Athenian ci

Today in Western Civ we began the class by taking notes on pages 127-133. The following information is the information that I took notes on and that I though was important. a city state is a polis  this is a fundamental political unit in Ancient Greece  made from a city and its surrounding countryside  many villages  about 50-500 square miles of territory  less than 10,000 residents  acropolis marketplace  citizens gathered to discuss city government  Greek political structures  monarchy  single person/ruler, a king  aristocracy  government ruled by a small group of very wealthy people  oligarchy  wealthy groups that were dissatisfied with aristocratic rule seized power  tyrants  powerful individuals who were wealthy and seized control of government by appealing to common people for support  Athens built a democracy  Building democracy  Draco, 621 BC  developed that we all should be under equal law  Solon, 594 BC  no citizen should own anoth

Today in class Mr. Schick went over some old rules that he is deciding to reenforce. Then he said that we will listen to the Odyssey chapter 9. As the audio was playing Mr. Schick was writing down important information that we should write down as well. Here is the things that I have. goats feasting  traveling by ship  strange land  giant monster man mountain  wine---> very strong  sharing gifts  the wine needed to be diluted  flocks of sheep  sacrifice to gods  huge boulder blocking the exit of the cave  fire  hospitality  cyclops don't care  ate 6 of Odysseus men  Odysseus is crafty  the club is as big as a ship's mast Odysseus' name is "nobody"  drills burning mast into the cyclops eye  escapes by clinging to sheep's bellies  they are talking trash  a fatal flaw? pride?  Those were all the notes that were on the board. Here is my summary of what I thought was going on.  So, Odysseus and his men were sailing on the sea, comi

Today in class we continued to go over the power point. Here is the information that I gathered. fertile valleys cover one quarter of the peninsula 20% if the land is arable  their diet contained of grains, grapes, olives and fish  their lack of resources lead to Greek colonization  the temperature ranged from mid 40s in the winter to low 80s in the summer  MYCENEANS  influence began around 2000 BCE  Mycenae is located on a rocky ridge on Peloponnesus and is protected by a 20 foot thick wall  kings dominate Greece from 1600-1100 BCE  Controlled trade in the region  SEA PEOPLE AND DORIANS  around 1200 BCE the mysterious "sea people" began to invade Mycenae and burnt palace after palace  the Dorians moved into this war-torn region dominating from 1150-750 BCE  Dorians were far less advanced  the trade based economy collapased writings disappeared for 400 years  culture in decline  HOMER  Greek oral tradition  stories passed by the word of mouth  li

Today in class we continued to take notes from pages 118-126. This is the information that I gathered: mountains run mainly from northwest to southeast  the mountains divided the land and influenced the political life  they had small independent communities  dirt paths were their roads  the land was very stony  little fertile farmland or freshwater was available for irrigation  Greece was unable to support a large population  they had a very varying climate  men spent most of their time at outdoor public events Mycenaeans migrated in 2000 BC  located in Southern Greece  had very strong rulers who dominated Greece from 1600-1100BC  learned the importance of seaborne trade Minoans influenced the Mycenaeans  Trojan War  it happened in 1200 BC  Mycenaeans fought a 10 year war against Troy  Greek army destroyed Troy because a Trojan prince took the wife of a Greek King Dorians migrated to Greece  less advanced than the Mycenaeans  They learned from oral traditio

Today was our first day in the second semester. Which also means the first day in Western Civilization. I walked into Mr. Schick's class with everyone else and two new people in the class! He went over his policies for the new kids and how we have blogs that we need to post to every time that we have class. Then after that he talked about the large textbooks that were on our desks. I was very happy that he said that we were allowed to leave those books in class, so we didn't have to carry them back an forth everyday. Then he told us to read and take notes on some pages. Here is the information that I gathered: Athens formed a democracy  Alexander (the great Greek) spread Greek culture throughout Asia 1200 BC was the start of the Trojan War  Greece was not a united country, it was a collection of many separate islands  Minoans created an elegant civilization  Consisted mainly of mountains and a peninsula jutting out into the Mediterranean Sea 2,000 islands  The sea sha

Today in class we had a test on the world leaders that we have been learning about all week and made a project on. Last night, when I began to study for this test I got very stressed out because I thought that I had to know every single government type. As in, I thought we had to memorize the different types of governments that each country has. Anyways, good thing that I didn't study that because it wasn't even on the test. I thought that this test was so easy and it was really just the basics about every country, and their leaders. I was really happy that I took the notes that I took in class and I payed attention in class because I felt very prepared for this test. Honestly, I thought that this was the easiest test so far, even though I was confused on one or two of the questions I am satisfied with the effort I put in.

In class today we finished up with the rest of the world leaders and their background stories. First, we finished Syria. We learned that Bashar al-Assad does not like his own people and he has ordered a plethora of crackdowns and military sieges on protestors. What started this for him was that his brother was killed in a car crash, and Bashar's brother was supposed to take their father's reign not Bashar. Next we went more in depth with Canada and their Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. They have a federal parliamentary democracy, and constitutional monarchy. Justin as a high-schooler defended Canadian Federalism. Also, after his brother died during a ski trip he started a campaign to support safety in winter sports. He also defended Native American rights and he openly welcomed refugees from Syria to become Canadians. Next we discussed Israel. We learned that they have a parliamentary democracy, and their President is Rivlin, and their Prime Minister is Netanyahu. I learned that

Today in class we went into greater detail about all the world leaders that we had to research and create a powerpoint about. Mr. Schick was presenting his powerpoint, which had more information than ours did. His went into greater detail about the leader and their back story. First we started with Mexico. Their leader is President Enrique Pena Nieto, and they have a federal presidential republic. His approval ratings are very low and he is suspected to have killed his wife, but gets away with it. Next was China. Their leader is Xi Jinping, and they have a communist type of government. He is married to a folk singer, and he is the son of the founding fathers of the Communist party. Also, his daughter went to college at Harvard. The next country that we took notes on was India. They have . federal parliamentary type of government and their leader is Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He is a keen debater and was a member of the OBC, which is socially and educationally backwards. This means t

Today in class we worked on our world leaders assignment which is due tomorrow. In case you didn't get my email, here is the link. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ziUG966Ldpj2-YvkwsddclfLSTlqWrbAfLi9UZZ-Hcw/edit?usp=sharing

Today was our first day back in school. The best way to describe it was freezing, or even miserable. The school is a solid 50 degrees according to Mr. Schick's thermometer...50 degrees! All the girls are in skirts, without leggings because we thought school was going to be hot, not freezing!!! But luckily, with Mr. Schick's kind soul, he let the girls put their sweatpants on. That was greatly appreciated. So we began class, and out new unit called, Political Geography. As we began to go over this we looked at the way that the world is organized. It goes; country, nation, and then State. We went into detail over each of these. Then of course we had a long discussion over the defintion of a Country. That most definitely took up most of the class. We got went in many different directions with this conversation, and then of course...It's KELS birthday!!!!! So we sang happy birthday and then we left!