A Day without Schick

Today was sadly another (really only 2nd time) day without Mr.Schick. We got to class excited for the anticipation on what we were going to be learning on a long Wednesday but once we arrived we soon found out that he was absent. Then the substitute teacher was there and said we had to add LO-2 to our power point of Chapter 3. My group got right to work and finished. Then a message came up from Mr.Schick when we were working on the power point in google present. He said we were doing a great job and that he was glad to see we were working so hard....while the others goofed off and didn't really focus or do much work. We finished our work right as the bell rung.

Power Point Worth an A++

Today we got right to work on the power point we are making on the first European Civilization. The class was split up into groups containing 4-5 people. My group was Alexandra, Mikenzhie, Rachel, and I. We finished pretty quickly while the other groups goofed off. Mr. Schick looked at our power point and said we were amazing! Once we finished our power point we did our blogs and hung out for the rest of the class!

Notes, Notes, Notes!

Today we accomplished a lot; we took tons of notes about the European barbarians (LO-1 Chapter 3). First we used the power point the company gave Mr. Schick with the textbooks then once we finished that power point we moved onto his own power point he made that had additional information that he though was important. BUT before we all started taking tons of notes we asked if our test were graded that we took on Friday and they were so we went onto Powerschool and checked them. He said the class's average score was about an 82%, not bad for our first test! Once we got into the notes we talked about the Stonehenge, a megalithic structure that is most famous built around 2000 B.C! We came to a conclusion after many minutes of discussion about how they built it that we don't know.  Some people believe that it was  aliens which makes absolutely complete sense for them to come put some rocks together, leave, and never come back.........alright sure, it was aliens. Then we moved onto some more notes!

The European Barbarians

Map of Greece
Source: http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/gr.htm

Barbarian: way of life people used to live by that was based on farming, warfare, and tribal organization that developed around 2500 B.C throughout Europe

Megaliths: very large stones cut to make monuments and or tombs

Tribe: social/ political unit containing a group with similar interests, traditions, and real or mythical ties of kinship

Indo-European: a group of nomads that most likely came from the steppes

Western: Greece was the first western civilization to connect with other civilizations 

               More than 3,000 years ago life spread southwest from Egypt. With this move, life changed with advancements such as tools, family, and village life. By 3500 B.C people started settling in Europe; this settlement had an increase in wealth along with population that allowed them to make huge monuments called megaliths. A well-known megalith is the Stonehenge, built in the western part of England around 2000 B.C. Not all of their lives were focused on megaliths; in fact the main business of life was farming and would create villages that contained many related families called tribes. This way of life was barbaric; the first European Barbarians to succeed to make contact with civilization were the Greeks.  This contact stretched from mainland Greece, to the Aegean Sea, to the west coast of Asia Minor. The Aegean region farming wealth came from grain, vineyards, and olive groves; not only were they rich in farming but also in metals and wood to build ships. A civilization known as Minoan formed from the island of Crete founded on trade and the seas that established their wealth. With a large role for women society was a large into games such as bullfights but with wealth comes destruction. The Minoans were destroyed around 1400 B.C While the Minoans were forming the European Barbarians were moving into Greece and by 1600 B.C Greek chieftains formed a settlement called the Mycenaean civilization. They proceeded with the barbaric life style but did gain features from the Minoan culture. 200 years after the fall of the Minoans the Mycenaean civilization failed. About 600 years later the Greek civilization recovered and was taught by the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia while still being itself. 

Test Today

Today was a fairly quiet day, I walked into class a little nervous about the test we were about to take. Once I sat down I was just about to look over my notes but right away Mr.Schick started handing out the tests. I got my test and started right away. About 2 minutes into the test he declared that we were allowed to use our notes from our blogger, sadly I forgot to put my notes up when I was planning to.Throughout the test Mr. Schick would tap his bell and tell us how much time was left. I finished with about 2 minutes. It consisted of multiple choice, short answer, and an essay.

Test Friday!

Today our class was first mod, we got a lot done and even had some extra time. We walked into the classroom and took out seats. After morning announcements we got right to work. We had to finish taking notes off of Prezi about Egypt. After we finished taking notes, we watched a video on mummification. During the process the first step is to take out all the organs and preserve them. The second step they do is put salt all over the body and let it rest for 40 days, this takes out all of the liquids. Once rested they wrap the body tightly many times and then place it in the tomb. After watching the interesting video we then proceeded on to have a little extra time to watch a video with John Green. In the video he messed up several times about the Nile going from North to South when it actually flows South to North.

Building A Pyramid with Mikenzhie

Today was the most eventful day in class, today we built a pyramid......online. We got in class and Mr. Schick told us to partner up with someone, that someone was Mikenzhie. Once we partnered up, he explained the game we are gonna be playing. All of the partners will be versing each other, the first person to win the game gets 10 points, second person gets 9 points, and whoever finishes in class gets 8 points. The people that do it for homework get 7 points. We all started at the same time so it would be fair. The competition was on! My partner and I did it at least 4 times, but I finally got it after so much stress! We were the first people to win meaning we got the total 10 points. Once we finished I did my blog while everyone else finished up. It felt like I conquered the world once I won the game. The class was a perfect ending to the day!