Powerpoint Again!

Mr. Schick wasn't her today so we had a sub. I think the sub was the library person. She didn't really talk to us much, she occasionally told us we needed to start working when we got sidetracted, but other than telling the class the directions, she didn't say much. Well anyway, today we had to add LO2 to our powerpoints. There were once again four sections so it worked out perfectly, except Drew didn't have his computer so Kelley had to type his work for him. I did my slide for the powerpoint on the Mycenenanan Civilization and read that section of the book. My group just talked for most of the class, but we did get all of work done in class, so we talked and had fun but were productive.

Powerpoint!

In class today we were supposed to finish our powerpoints but my group, Savannah, Drew, Kelley and I, aka best group ever, already finished our powerpoint last night. So today in class we just edited our slide show by adding pictures and stuff. We added a picture of Barbarians and when Mr. Schick pulled it up on the screen everyone started laughing. At the end of the class we took pictures of ourselves to add to the end of our powerpoint since we didn't have much else to do. But we did add a picture of Stonehenge and a map of Ancient Greece. So we have a total of like 6 or so pictures, which I think is good. But for the remaining amount of class, we all just talked for a while.

Notessss

Today in class we took notes from a textbook powerpoint then finished taking notes with a powerpoint Mr. Schick made. We finished class by getting into groups and beginning our project. Some of the notes I had included: the Acropolis is the highest point in town. Megalithic structures were structures made constructed in Europe around 35 BC, one of the most famous ones is Stonehenge. Around 2500 BC, Indo-European nomads from the stepes migrated to Europe and the European Barbarian way if life is created. Barbarians lived a life of nomads and were of European tribal descent, they were very war like and had central leaders of warriors or war lords. The Barbarians also had burial rituals and had tribes formed of groups with common interests. The first Barbarian people later formed Greece. Crete is south of Greece and to the east is the Ageian sea and to the west between Italy and Greece is the Ionian sea. Mountain peninsula, Mountains cover 3/4ths of Greece and there are about 1400 islands in the Ageian sea. The location of Greece shaped the culture- many sailors and poor natural resources. It was hard to unite Ancient Greece because the terrain formed individual villages.

Lo1

In the European Barbarians section of our textbook, some very important points in the section would include the Barbarians, Stonehenge, and the earliest Europeans. The earliest Europeans spread farming and village life by 4000 BC and by 3500 BC there were people in western Europe with large populations and organized. The earliest Europeans built megalith, huge rough-cut stones used to make monuments and tombs. The most famous megalith is Stonehenge. Stonehenge is an open air monument made up of 160 massive boulders. It was most likely built as a religious center. There are two upright stones with another stone resting vertically upon it. The structure is still standing today. It shows the level of wealth, organization, and skills of the earliest Europeans.  Barbarians were people who lived a life based on farming, warfare, and tribal organization the spread across Europe around 2500 BC. The Barbarians spoke a language of Indo-European, distinct ancestors of Greek and Latin. When a warrior died, he would be buried with his belongings such as his horses and chariot, bronze, swords and daggers, and more. He would also lie next to his wife with her jewelry and textiles and utensils. The main way of life was farming. Villages formed tribes that were held together by common interests, traditions, and real or mythical ties. A tribe met everyone once in a while to discuss things and would form loose alliances under warrior kings. Europe became populated with people who spoke Indo-European languages that were skilled in various jobs, and were very really organized. The first European barbarian group to make contact with civilization was the Greeks who developed an individual civilization of their own. It was the first in Europe and western civilization. 

Chapter 1 Test

Today in class we took our first test of the semester. It was a shorter class so I didn't finish until the last seconds of class. Mr. Schick forgot to tell us we could use our blogs, but he remembered about five minutes into the test. Since I was running out of time towards the end and my hand was cramping, my closing paragraph for the essay is only two sentences long but. But the sentences are informative sentences so hopefully that'll make up for it. Also since I wasn't in class Tuesday, I did the pyramid challenge Wednesday night, it took me I think 26 years & 48 days to build, I'm not sure but I have a picture of it saying I completed it.

Continued Notes on Egypt

Today we finished the notes from the prezzy from a few days ago about Egyptian daily life, gods and goddesses, and pharaohs  Then we finished taking notes on the powerpoint about Egypt. We have a test Friday about all of Chapter 1. Chapter 1 includes Egypt, Prehistory, and Mesopotamia. In class, we also watched a movie about how the preserve the mummies. We also watched a movie about how Egypt that's made by the one author guy. The author guy actually made a few mistakes in the movie. For example, he said that the Nile flows North to South. In reality, it flows South to North.

Ravens Parade!!!

I wasn't in class today because I went to the ravens parade