Maddy's Western Civ 2018

Today in class we continued to watch the video, and only got in 2 more minutes. Here are the notes that I took: Metaphysics  the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of reality  Epistemology  the branch of philosophy that studies the nature and scope of knowledge  Value Theory  Ethics  the branch of philosophy that studies and evaluates human conduct  Aesthetics  the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of beauty  Synchronicity  things in time join  Deja Vu  How do I know I am right?  How will I ever know that I am wrong?  Can I ever be certain about anything?  Is there any reason I should treat strangers differently from the people I love? Then, Mr. Schick told the class a story. It was about how he invited a homeless person to come and have lunch with him. And they had a conversation. Mr. Schick asked what happened, and why he can't have a job, but then he offered to buy him a bus ticket to go and see his sister so he can get back

Today in class we watched a crash course video that we only got half way through. Anyways, here are my notes on the video. philosophy  What is the nature of reality itself?  Why do you do what you do?  Why do you think what you think?  Why do you feel what you feel?  Are any of our choices actually free?  Philosophia  noun, the love of wisdom  Philosophy  noun, the academic study of anything  Philosophy came to be understood more and more as a way of thinking about questions  What is the world like?  What is the nature of reality?  Is the world just made up of matter and energy, or is something else going on?  mythos  storytelling  philos  science  Plato's Academy was the first university, and it rivaled Aristotle's Lyceum Koans  what sound does calling with one hand make  what does thinking really mean  thinking about thinking when you are thinking  when you take a step the earth rotates around you, so you are really in the same spot your

Today in class we went over the project that we will be completing over the course of a couple weeks. However, this project is going to be completed during mostly our own time, instead of taking up time in class. The project is that we have the make something or create something that represents Ancient Greece. We could make a model of something that was important or had an impact on their life, or we could even make food! My group consist of Faith, Ellie and Chase. We decided that we are going to make a cooking show. Our plan is that we are going to make food, and take a video of it, and then we are going to write our paper on how the food influenced the people. Then we are going present our project like a symposium. We are going to get fancy cups and everything to execute this! We are very excited for this! Other groups are doing the Olympic games, and making models of their weapons that they used in war.

Today in class we took notes from the powerpoint. The following information is the notes that I took during class. Socrates  looked to science and logic (not to mythological gods) for explanations of how the world worked  the Socratic method fostered critical thinking  he was charged for two crimes  corruption in youth  disrespecting gods  he was found guilty and died from drinking hemlock  Plato  was a student and follower of Socrates  he wrote about Socrates teachings  described his trial in Apology  Republic was Socrates' discussion of justice and the ideal state  one of the most influential books a on philosophy  Aristotle  student of Plato  helped foster the idea of Athens as an intellectual destination  had a school, Lyceum, that focused on cooperative research  building on knowledge gathered from all over the world  he had a dream of having all information in one spot  wrote about many topics 

Today in class there were some people that still needed to make up the test, and all the other people had to finish taking their notes from Friday. It was a relaxing day in class today, except I was getting a little hot a couple of times. Anyways, there were two people taking tests, and that took up the majority of the class, so the rest of us were taking notes the whole time. After the people finished, we got our tests back that we took on Friday. I think this was the quickest that Mr. Schick has ever graded anything for us!!! So, the test was out of 100 points, the usual, and I got a 95, getting 2 questions wrong. I was happy with my grade being one of the few people that actually got an A on it! Of course, I got one of the hardest questions wrong, so I was good with that! The following information is the notes that I took during class from the textbook. History  epic poems from Homer, but these stories are not accurate  Herodotus was the author of books on the Persian Wars  g

Today in class we took a test on the recent information that we have been learning in class. I personally thought that the test was very easy, except there was a handful of questions that made me second guess myself. However, overall I think I did a good job on it. Then, once we finished taking the test we had to take notes from the book.. The following information is the notes that I took while I was reading. Pericles Plan  led Athens through its golden age  he had popular support for 32 years  skillful politician, an inspiring teacher, and a respected general  461-429 BC was known as the age of Pericles  he had three goals:  strengthen democracy  increased the pay in public office  had a lot of citizens engaging in self government  direct democracy  hold and strengthen the empire  defeat the Persians  took leadership  used a lot of money for the navy ( a strong navy was very important for protection)  traded overseas to get needed materials  glorifying Athens 

Today in class we began to review for our test that we have tomorrow. It was pretty much just going over the same slideshow that we have been going over since the beginning of third quarter. Being that is where all of my information is, in the recent blogs, I do not feel the need to retype all of it. However, I will be looking at my blogs and the notes that I have taken throughout the course of this semester to make me prepared for the test. I am feeling pretty confident as of right now, hopefully it will stay that way for second mod tomorrow!

Today in class we took notes on a video that we watched during class. Here is the information that I gathered. Socrates Hercules  508 BC in Athens the ordinary people turned on their rulers and demanded freedom of their suppressions  Cleisthenes  he had been brought up from earth to be a ruler  look upon the people  in his life and the history of Greece and civilization, he would see that the people should have freedom and should be able to govern themselves  he set his fellow greeks on the path to democracy  born around 570 BC  he was taught that he was an aristocrat  6th century BC, aristocrats controlled everything that happened Athens was a city state reading and writing was a minor skill  life expectancy was less than 15 years  they didn't care much for medicine, and didn't have the education to help the sick no one was equal  their people turned against their selves  aristocrats held power against the rest of the citizens/population  stayed on the

Todays class was much more proactive then yesterdays class. The information listed below are the things that we learned today. Here it is: Zeus ruler of heaven and earth father of Athena  god of the sky  god of weather  god of thunder  god of lightning  god of law  god of order  god of justice  he had a temper and was known for 'hurling' thunderbolts and lightning strikes  Athena  goddess of wisdom  goddess od skill  goddess of warfare  goddess of peace  goddess of intelligence  goddess of battle strategy  goddess of handicrafts  she was born from Zeus' head fully formed and armored a special patron of heroes  Odysseus  she was the patron of Athens the city was named after her  Apollo  god of music  god of arts god of knowledge  god of healing  Zeus was his father  Artemis was his twin sister  he is associated with the sun  his sister is associated with the moon  Poseidon  god of the sea  god of rivers  god of floods 

Silence. Noun. The complete absence of sound.  Silence. Verb. The cause to become silent; prohibit or prevent from speaking.  Silence, it can be good. It can be bad. People look at it differently. It can be a time for reflection for some people and for others, it can be a time of mourning, or loneliness. In this specific situation, it is a time for having a little fun, but also wasting time.  Today, February 9th, 2018, was the day that students finally took control. Today was the day that Mr. Schick decided to show up late to our class. And today was the day we decided how the class will go. The initial plan was to all leave, then it was to lock the door and not let him in. Then it went to us repeating the "let us rejoice and be glad in it," every time he talked. Then someone came to the great conclusion that we should all not speak. GREAT CLASS YAY! 

Today in class we had a very very very long discussion about Gods, and Goddesses and this conversation went into many directions. First, it began with Mr. Schick presenting his opinion, and how he could care less about these stories of them because they aren't real. Well, many people in our class ran off of this statement made by Mr. Schick, and said that well then they could say the same thing our God and Jesus. Also, then we went into a conversation about how technically history could be a lie, and someone could have just made it up or twisted the story. This is actually a valid point if you think about it. However, Mr. Schick did not agree with anything that we were saying.

Today, we had a two hour delay. In my personal opinion, and for the safety of everyone else, I think that we should have had off school. The icy conditions were no joke, I fell four times walking out of my house to the car, and our car kept sliding out on our way to school. So, that started my mood of my day pretty heavily. Then, I figured out literally every other school had off today, so that made me even more mad. Then, I walked into Western Civ and I completely forgot that we were working on our projects, but at least that meant it was going to be a pretty easy class. We worked on our project the whole class, and then we left.

Today in class Mr. Schick began talking about a class project that we all will be participating in. We are accumulating a class 'textbook.' What he means by this is that we are getting into small groups, and each of us is writing about a section of Ancient Greece living. There are five different sections, so there are five different groups. My group, of which consists of Kelsie, Anna, and Jillian, are doing the culture, lifestyle, jobs and geography. Our group has decided to break these parts up and divide it into different sections. We want to make our section fun to read, and not like an essay. We want to include pictures and colors to intrigue our readers about ancient Greece, but especially on our part of this project.