April 30, 2013 Alexander the Great

We learned about our last section in the Ancient Greece unit today, Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age.  Notes from today's class are below.

Here is the presentation given in class on those two subjects.

A copy of the notes with blanks that can be filled in.

A copy of the completed notes. 

Our ancient Greece unit test will be on Thursday, so start studying now!!  We will review tomorrow in class. Make sure to get me your current events information by Thursday if it is your week to go!

April 25, 2013 Philosopher Presentations

In 1st hour today, we worked on finishing up our presentations and practicing them for when we present.  In 2nd and 5th hour we had our philosopher presentations.  Everyone did a fabulous job.  While watching the presentations students had to write down the philosophers name, what their beliefs were, and what contributions of theirs we still use today.

Tomorrow we have current events so if it is your day to present, make sure to send me your materials by tonight!

April 24, 2013 Philosopher Presentations

Today in class we continued working on our philosopher presentations.  Students broke up into groups based on who they researched and worked together on creating a presentation.  2nd and 5th hour will present tomorrow so if your presentation is not complete, it is homework.

Don't forget to work on your current events if it is your week to present!

April 22, 2013 Philosopher Questions

In 1st and 2nd hour today, Ancient Greece quizzes were passed back.  Corrections to these quizzes are due tomorrow!  By making corrections you can earn points back and can bring your grade up.

We then continued working on our philosopher project.  Students need to complete the questions on this sheet following the directions laid out for them, on their assigned philosopher.

We will continue working on this tomorrow, we will also discuss how your presentations will be created.

April 17, 2013 Philosophers

Today in class we began working on a project involving the Greek philosophers.  Students in class were assigned one Greek philosopher to research.  Research can be done using the resources listed on the project instruction page.  This page has been shared with everyone so you can find it in your drive.

When answering the questions, be sure to answer them using complete sentences and IN YOUR OWN WORDS!

Tomorrow we will have Comm Arts in the morning during 1st and 2nd hour, and will have MAPS testing in the afternoon, so we will continue to work on these on Monday (Friday is current events).

April 16, 2013 Greek Philosophers

We finished up our video on how the Parthenon was built today and then moved on to begin discussions of Greek philosophers.  We watched this hilarious Horrible Histories video.  As funny as it as, it actually presents a ton of accurate information, so pay attention to the lyrics!


Tomorrow I will introduce our webquest that we will be working on based on the philosophers.

April 10, 2013 Greek Culture Continued....

Today in class we finished our notes on ancient Greek culture.  They are linked here.

In some classes we had some extra time so we began a video from PBS covering Greek culture and we will continue with that on Friday.

We have current events tomorrow so I need all of your material by tonight if you are scheduled to present!  Check the calendar below for dates.

April 10, 2013 Ancient Greek Culture

Yesterday and today in class students worked on creating Cornell notes on different sections of Greek culture.  Then today, when everyone completed their sections, each group presented their notes to class so that everyone could get notes on the whole chapter.  The notes are linked here.  If you missed any notes get them jotted down in your notebook.

We will finish this up tomorrow.

Remember if you have current events this week you need to present on Thursday so I need your completed templates by Wednesday night.

April 4, 2013 Quiz

We had our Ancient Greece quiz today in class.  Check for your grades later in skyward, they will also be passed back in class.

If you have current events tomorrow remember to send me your stuff tonight!

April 3, 2013 Quiz Tomorrow!

Today we started off class with a video that reviewed the Peloponnesian War.  It was told from the perspective of Thucydides, the historian and war general that was an eyewitness to the war.

Since we will be having a quiz tomorrow on the material covered so far in this unit, we spent the rest of class reviewing concepts.  This study guide has guiding questions that will help you review all of the concepts you need to review for the quiz.  Remember to be detailed in your answers so you cover everything!  Below are links to a blank study guide, and one completed with the answers.  There are also quizlet cards below to help you study the vocabulary.

Those of you that have current events on Friday remember I need your materials by tomorrow night!

Blank Study Guide

Study Guide with Answers

April 2, 2013 Peloponnesian War

Welcome back!  The long weekend was nice, but now it's back to business.  We reviewed what we discussed last week about the Battle of Marathon, and then we moved onto the Peloponnesian War.  This war was fought between Sparta and Athens and their respective allies.  Remember allies refers to a partnership, not people who have been conquered.  In the end because of plague and a blockade set up by Sparta, the Spartans were victorious and Athens surrendered in 404 b.c..

Here is a link to the presentation used in class

Tomorrow we will review the concepts we have learned so far in Ancient Greece preparing for our quiz on Thursday.