Monday 12 September 2011

Mr. Turra Fact or Fiction Week 8

1. Ancient Greece is a very flat country with no mountain ranges.

2. Sparta is on the Peloponnese peninsula.

3. Athens is north west of Sparta.

4. Macedon (where Alexander the Great was born) is in northen Greece.

Amelia Week 8 Fact or Fiction :D

  1. In Ancient Sparta the women hunted food for their family.
  2. Ancient Greeks invented paperclips and highlighters.
  3. In Ancient Athens Aristotle was killed by the poison because of his beliefs.
  4. In Ancient Athens you could not vote if you were not born in Greece, were a man, were a metic or a slave.

Braydens week 8 fact or fiction questions

To Amelia





1. How many times did Alexander the Great get defeated in a battle?

2. What is Socrates famous for?

3. Why did Alexander the great attack Persia.

4. Was Alexander the Great also a pharraoh?

True or False wk 8- Lilly

hey jess


1.T/F Alexander the great had four wives.


2.T/F Alexander the great had three kids.


3.T/F Alexander the great killed his father.


4.T/F Alexander the great comes from sparta.


from Lilly

Brodie - Fact or Fiction - Week 8

To Cassidy

1. Was Alexander The Great born 357 BC?

2. Did Socrates have 3 Kids?

3. Did Socrates die at the age of 71?

4. Did Archimedes die in 212 BC?

From Brodie

Connor- Fact or Fiction week 8

1. greek babies wore nothing most of the time.
2. the greeks believed it was wrong to kill animals for their meat.
3. Girls were aloud to watch the men play sport.
4. Greeks were not interested about science.

Thanks for reading! yeww

Jess- fact or Fiction week 8

Hey Tyler

1. Athens created the first democracy

2. The planets were named after ancient greek gods

3. The olympic games were held in houour of the gods.

4. Alexander the Great named alot of places after his name

Emily - Week 8, fact or fiction

Hi Mr Turra




  1. Alexander the Great was born on June 20th.

  2. Spartan men went hunting.

  3. Athenian women werent allowed out in public.

  4. Wrestleing and boxing weren't very popular in The Olympic Games.

Casidy. week 8 fact or fictions

Heyy,
1. Alexaner The Great died from a fever after a long session of eating and drinking.
2. Some 1900 yars ago, the greek doctor Galen was very upset at the practices used by the olympic trainers to hlp athlets win.
3. Both woman and mn were alound to do things in the olympic games.
4. The men in Athens decided every thing like who their daughter would marry.

week 8 fact or fiction questions Jaimee.

hey Eliza,



1. There is a town called Ephors in Greece.



2. Alexander the Great was a Mancedonia king.



3. Alexander the great was born in July on the 20th.



4. Children would be rapped up at the age of 2 so they can have strong limbs.



By Jaimee. :)

Week 8 Fact or Fiction questions From Tyler

Hello Jess!



1. The Olympic games were held in Olympia in 775 BC.



2. In Athens the children were homed schooled untill they were 10.



3. Athens government was really fair and advanced.



4. The boys in Sparta were sent to a brother hood camp when they turned 8.


Sunday 11 September 2011

fact or fiction week 6 Jaimee


Hello it’s Jaimee,


1. The Greek Empire was most powerful between 2000BC and 146BC.



2. Girls were taught at home by their mums.



3. There is a town called Savannah in Greece.



4. The history of Greece cannot be tracked down by the Stone Age anymore.

Monday 29 August 2011

Mr. Turra Fact or Fiction Week 6

1. Ancient Greece's main enemy was Persia.

2. At the Battle of Marathon an army of 20,000 Greek soldiers defeated and army of 40,000 Persians led by King Darius.

3. Greek women used to wear a long chiton called a tunic.

4. Greek matresses could be stuffed with things like wool, feathers or dry grass.

Lillan wk 6 fact or fiction

Hi Jaimee

1. T/F young girls get married to men in their 50's?
2.T/F the young girl didnt know that they were geting marriend until the dowry?
3.T/F children were considered youths until age 20?
4.T/F children played with yoyo's?

from lillian

Amelia Fact or Fiction Week 6 :) To Cassidy

1. In Athens the father decided who and when their daughters would marry.
2. Spartan women had to hunt and gather their own food.
3. Athenian women were the only people allowed to play arts in a play.
4. Alexander the Great won every battle he ever entered but nearly died fighting in India.

Maddy - fact or fiction week 6

1.were the ancient athenians the first people to develop democracy?

2.did ancient greeks eat dinner while lying on their sides?

3.did the hellenistic period mark the end of the wars 0f alexander the great?

4.slaves were not allowed to have families and own properties?

Brayden-Fact or fiction week 6

To Aleisha

1. what year was Pericles born in?

2.Is our democracy the same to the democraft they had in ancient Greece?

3.Did one of the kings of Sparta "Leonitas" take 300 Spartan soliders to war with Athens?

4.Did alexander the great name a lot of the cities he concered Athens?

Tyler Week 6 fact or fiction questions



Hey Connor! :)

1. This is aristotle.

2. Sparta won the war againts Athens.

3. Sparta was 1300 km long.

4. 120 people were in Spartas war.

Jess Fact or Fiction week 6 - To Emily

Hey Emily

1. Athenian girls got married in there teens?

2. Spartan boys went to army at the age of 7?

3. Athenian women were aloud to vote in democracty.

4. Alexander the Great become king agt the age of 18.

Eliza Fact or Fiction week 6 :)



Hello Jaimee,







  1. In Sparta when the women arev 18-20 they undergo a fitness test and if they pass they are give a husband.



  2. <- 2. This is Socraties.




3. The Greek god Artemis had a twin sister who was also a god called Hera.


4. Men in Sparta stayed in military training and service until they are the age of 65.

Emily Week 6 - Fact or Fiction

Heyy Jess,

1. In 520 BC, Athens created the first democratic government.

2. Men had a much better life in Athens the women did.

3. Women who lived in Athens had alot more freedom than the women that lived in Sparta.

4. Socrates was a Greek, Athenian philosipher.

(Aleisha) fact or fiction week 6 to Brayden



hello Brayden-

1. Pericles nearly dies in battle with Italy, but then died after he got home ftrom the battle,so he died just before the plague came.


2. This was Alexanders Empire

3. Aristotle spent 20 years studying at Platos Academy

4. to the Greeks it was known as Heracles but not to the Romans he was known as Hercules

By Aleisha

Cass week 6 fact or fiction

heyy Amelia,



  1. The first Olympic Games was held in 776 BC in Olympia.


  2. In Sparta strong babies were put outside to die.


  3. Most girls got married in their early teens to men twice their age.


  4. Most ancient Greek belived sickness was a punishment from the gods.

Tuesday 16 August 2011

Cass. Fact or Fiction? Week 4

1. The Greeks had three to four meals each day.




2. The Greeks way of life is based around friends and school life.




3. Their alphabet has 23 letters.




4. The most spectacular Olympic event was chariot racing.


Monday 15 August 2011

Mr. Turra Fact or Fiction Wk 4

1. Alexander the Great became King at the age of 21.

2. The Olympic games were created to honour of the King and Queen of Greece.

3. Plato, Aristotle and Socrates are Ancient Greek philosophers.

4. King Phillip the First was Alexander the Great's father.

Amelia Fact or Fiction Week 4 :)

1. Socrates died from the plague.
2. There were over 1500 city states in Ancient Greece.
3. The first Olympic Games were held in 776bc
4. Pericles was actually not only a name held by the ruler of Athens but it was also a very popular name for baby boys.




lillian fact or fiction wk 4





Hi Jess


1.T/F The Greeks invented contests in honour of the Gods.

2.T/F Alexander the Great was born in 356 bc.


3.T/F Archamedes was born in 287 bc.


4.T/F Archamedes was schooled in Alexandria.

Jess- fact or Ficton Week 4

1. Was the first Olympic games were held around 775 BC?

2. Did Sparta win the war against Athens?

3. Was Athens and Sparta the most powerful states?

4. This this Socrates.







Jaimee- fact or fiction questions week 4

hello,
These are my fact or fiction questions,
1. Athens is the largest capital city in Greece.
2. Sparta was special for its social system and constitution.
3. There is a city called Chelsey in Greece.
4. Alexander the Greats real name is Alex.

To Madeline- week 4 Fact or fiction From Tyler








1. This is Aristotle.


2. Alexander The Great become a king at the age of 21.


3. Ancient Greece was discovered in 1800 BC.


4. Alexanders teachers name was Aristotle.

fact or fiction Aleisha Week 4 :D

To Amelia,
1. King phillip I, was Alexander the Greats Father.
2.King Phillip was a Macedonian hostage living in Thebes During his late 30's.
3.Aristotle studied Philosophy with Plato at his academy.
4.Alexander the great set a war to rule the Empire Macedon.

Emily - Fact or Fiction, Week 4

1. Alexander the Great became king at the age of 20.
2. The first olympic games were held in Greece almost 2000 years ago.
3. The Minoans were skilled architects and buit beautiful palaces.
4. Socrates wanted to lead Athens to greatness.

Brodie Fact or Fiction Task week 4

To Brayden

1. Athens went to war with Sparta for 10 years.

2. Alexander the Great became King when he was 26.

3. Their was over 1,500 Greek City States.

4. Socrates was sentenced to death by the Athenian Government.

Eliza - Fact or Fiction week 4


  1. Alexander the Great's mother killed Alexanders father.

  2. Perciles was blamed for defeat in war then waes killed by drinking poison.

  3. The greece people were nearly all wiped out by a plague.

  4. Greek women got married in their teens and usually got married to a man in their 30's.

Connor- Fact or Fiction week 4

1. In Athens the education was left up to the father.
2. The Greeks built the Temple of Apollo at Didyma, Turkey about 300 BC.
3. Alexander the great was the strongest person to live in greece.
4. Spartas navy was weaker than Athens navy.

fact or fiction questions-maddy

1. alexander the great named a place in india after his pet horse that died.





2.alexander the great had three wives. they were Roxane, Statiera and Parysatis.





3. alexander the great was born in january. it was supposed to give alexander good luck because he was born in the first month of the year.





4. Alexander’s horse, Bucephalus was afraid of its own shadow.






Monday 8 August 2011

Brayden-fact or fiction week 4

1.What year did pericles die and what were the effects of his death?

2.What did you need to do to not be killed in Sparta?

3.Is the computer disease called "Trojan horse" named after the Tojan war in Greece?

4.Was Alexander the great Percies the 2nd son?

Cass. Fact or Fiction? Week 2


  1. Alexander the Great died at the age of 32.

  2. The Ancient Olympic Games wre held at Olympia, in the city-state of Elis.

  3. Member of todays Greek army are trained to keep fit.

  4. Greek people never ate meat unless it has been sacrifced to a god or been hunted in the wild.

Monday 1 August 2011

Lillian-fact or fiction wk2

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2.T/F Greece is roughly the size of Alabalma.

3.T/F 7% of all marble in the world comes from greece.

4.T/F Greece has more archaeological museums than any other contry in the world.




Emily - Fact or Fiction, Week 2

1. Alexander the Great died at the age of 32.
2. Alexander the Great died of a fever after a long session of eating and drinking.
3. The civilisation of Ancient Greece sprang from two cultures called the Minoans and the Dorians.
4. Early Greek burials were marked above ground by a large peice of pottery.

Amelia - Fact or Fiction? Week 2

1- Ancient Greeks slept in baskets until they are seven years of age.

2 - Ancient Greeks ate 3 to 4 meals a day.

3 - Women in Ancient Greece wore only a square piece of cloth, it was pinned together.

4 - Ancient Greeks invented hopscotch.

Jess - Fact or Fiction Week 2

1. Is Zeus the god of heaven.
2. Did ancient Greece have 100 city states.
3. The Olympics were originally a religious festival.
4. Is Athens the largest city in Greece?

Brayden-fact or fiction-week 2

1.Did Sparta go to war with athens?

2.is Patheron located in Sparta

3.Did 300 Spartans invade Athens

4.Was Alexander the greats mother names Olympus?

Eliza- Fact or Fiction Week 2

1. Sparta was surrounded by mountains to protect it from invasions.


2. This is the Greek god Zeus. The Olympics were made in his honour.















3. Alexander the Great died of a mosquito bite.



4. The Ancient Greeks never consumed raw milk it had to be made into cheese or cottage cheese.

Tyler- fact or fiction questions week 2





1. Is this Alexander The Great?



2. Were there only 13,00 people living in Ancient Greece?


3. Is modern Greece bigger than Ancient Greece?

4.Were the Ancient Greek people the first to have a democratic government?

Connor- Fact of fiction week 2

Zues had a giant statue carved of him and it was made of gold.

Alexander the great had 30,000 soldiers.

Supper was the main meal of each day in ancient greece.

If there was a war on at the time of the olympics the war would be stopped until they were over.

Aleisha week 2 :)

To Lillian, Fact or Fiction?


1. Parthenon is a goddess that once lived in Athenia in 600bc and died in 540bc.


2.Socrates helped lay the foundation of western philosiphy, and was the first of three great philosophers.


3.Socrates was Platos uncle and Plato had an advantage of extra time of learning Philosophy with his uncle and after Socrates died he left everything for his nephew Plato.


4.The Romans conquered Greece in 146bc and after that they absorbed all of the culture of the Greece after it was lost.

Jaimee- Fact or Fiction week 2


Hello,
These are my true and fulse questions-

1. Alexandra the Great died at 32?
2.In 1100BC the Dorians invaded Greece?



3.A town called Sasha is in Greece?
4.The Greek language has been in use since prehistoric times?




Madeline - fact or fiction week 2

  1. Did the ancient Greeks call their currency Bala?
  2. Were the ancient Greeks the first people to use vowels in their alphabet?
  3. Did the ancient Greeks called the Earth Gaia and the sun Uranos?
  4. Did Greek athletes excersise and do sports with no clothes on?

Brodie - Fact or Fiction - Week 2

1. Did Alexandra the Great die at the age of 32?

2. Were the first ever Olympic games held in 776 BC in Olympia?

3. Are the first two letters of the Greek alphabet Alpha and Beta?

4. Is the Greek philosopher Thales believed to be the first philosopher?

Mr. Turra - Fact or Fiction week 2

1. Greece is to the right of Italy on the world map.
2. The Parthenon was a temple built in hounor of the god Zeus.
3. The sports wear company Nike got its name from the winged goddess of victory - Nike from ancient Greece and the 'Swoosh' logo is a representation of the wings.
4. Greece is a very flat country with very few mountain ranges.

Wednesday 27 July 2011

Cassidy- Acropolis and Socrates






Acropolis



Acropolis is a place in Athens. The Acropolis believed to have been inhabited since at least the 7th Millennium BC. The Acropolis was proclaimed as the preeminent monument on the European heritage monuments on the 26th of March 2007. The Acropolis is important in ancient Greece because it has three temples and buildings on the top dedicated to the Greek Goddess Athena.
http://www.in2greece.com/english/places/historical/mainland/acropolis.htm

Socrates
Socrates died when he was the age of 71. Socrates was one of the first three great Athenian Philosphers. He lived thorght the time of Pericles and the Athenian Empire.

Jess- Alexander the Great and Plato

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great was born 356 BC in Macedon. Alexander was the son of King Phillip the 2nd. When Alexander was 20 years old he become the king of Macedon and Greece after his father died. Alexander had 3 wives. Alexander the Great died at Babylonia at the age of 32 .


Plato
Plato today is known as a world know philosopher. He was born about 429 BC. Plato learned a lot of thing from Socrates. Plato was born in Athens.




Monday 25 July 2011

Madeline – Peloponnese Peninsula and Philosophy

Peloponnese Peninsula
The Peloponnese Peninsula forms the southern part of mainland Greece. The Peloponnese Peninsula has an area of 8278 square miles or 21319 square kilometres. It is joined to Greece by the Isthmus of Corinth. The Mycenaean people lived on the Peloponnese Peninsula during the 2nd millennium BC. In 312 BC a war started between Athens and Sparta. Spartan soldiers were trained at the age of 7 and some Athens allies joined the Spartans. The Spartans won the war because a plague killed most of the Athens people.
Philosophy
The word philosophy originated in Greece. It means "the love of wisdom " or “the love of knowledge”. Greek philosophers studied the world around them using logic and practicality. Most Greek philosophers were considered scientists. They studied mathematics and physics and usually taught wealthy children in schools or academies. Some famous Greek philosophers were Plato, Epicurus and Apollonius.



This is the Peloponnese Peninsula in Greece.










This is what a spartan warrior would have worn during battle.

Eliza- Olympic games and Archemedes

"This is one of the arenas where the Greece Olympic Games where Played"




Olympic Games in ancient Greece.
The Olympic Games were held in honour of their gods. They started in 700bc in honour of Zeus (a god).No women were allowed to watch or participate in the Olympic Games only male Greeks were allowed.



"This is Archimedes"

Archimedes
Archimedes was a scientist and was known as “The wise one”, “The Master” and “ The great geometer”. He invented some parts in mathematics, geometry and physics. He also made weapons for King Hiero 2 to help protect the Syracuase.


Connor- City State

A city-state is an independent entity whose territory consists of a city which is not administered as a part of another local government.

Emily - Athenian Citizen and Erasistratus

Athen Citizen

The Athenian citizens would decide how their city-state was run. At the meetings of the governing assembly, also known in Greek as the ecclesia, they voted on the laws and they elected officials. The Citizens were only allowed to be men. The slaves were not included and neither were the women or the children.



Erasistratus

Erasistratus was a Greek anatomist and royal Physican. He thought that the nerves moved a nervous spirit from the brain. Erasistratus is credited with the first in-depth descriptions of the cerebrum and the cerebellum.

Connor - Theophrastus

Theophrastus (originally named Tyrtamus) was born in Eresus. He was a Greek native and was the last great philosopher. He was in his mid twenties when Plato died. Theophrastus also worked in Greek schools.

Jaimee- Marathon and Pythagoras

I am researching Marathon and Pythagoras.





Marathon is a town in Greece. Marathon had a battle in 490BC and defeated Persians. Marathon, a town got named after Marathon meaning a race by Pheidippides a Greek runner.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon,_Greece
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon,_Greece

Pythagoras was a Greek philosopher and mathematician. When he was young he had a teacher named Themistoclea who taught him the principles of ethics. Pythagoras was the first one to call himself a philosopher, or lover of wisdom. he taught religion in the late 6th century.

Aleisha-Parthenon and Persians

Parthenon
The Parthenon is a temple building on the highest hill in Athens. It had started to be built in 447 BC and continued until 432BC. The temple represented the Athenian imperial power. The tower, on the inside had low steps on every side. This Temple was dedicated to the Goddess Athena Pallas.
I found my information from: http://www.historyforkis.org/ http://academic.reed.edu/ and http://www.ancient-greece.org/







-Parthenon Temple

Persians
1200BC a group of Indo-European people that had come from Central Asia, moved to West Asia. They were called the Persians. Sometimes they didn't have enough food so they thought if they went south it could supply them with more food. The Persians settled in what is now Iran. One of the Persian kings were Cyrus, and after the Assyrians got weaker, the Persians and Medes combined together under the one king Cyrus. I found this information from : http://www.historyforkis.org/





King Cyrus

Tyler-Mount Olympus and Euclid

  I am doing Mount Olympus these are some sentences about it.
  Mount Olympus is a really tall mountain that is very quite place.  Mount Olympus is located on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia. Mount Olympus is the highest mountain its 2917 meters high.  Mount Olympus was the residence of the divine family, the twelve most important ruling gods and goddesses of ancient Greece who therefore were called the Olympians. 
These are some of my websites
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Olympus

thanasis.com/store/olympus.htm 
www.hikenow.net/Mount-Olympus.html

Mount Olympus



This is my second topic Euclid here are some sentences.

Euclid is German. Euclid is a man he was born in 300 BC. Euclid tought a school in Alexandria, Egypt.
Basically all of the rules we use in Geometry today are still the same that he thought of.


These are some of my websites I used

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid's_Elements

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid

 

Euclid









Amelia - Athens and Aristotle

 

ATHENS



Athens was one of the main two states in Ancient Greece, the other city was Sparta. Athens was also the most powerful state in ancient greece because of its government. It was a very pretty state. http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/greece/athens.htm


ARISTOTLE



Aristotle was the most famous philosopher of all time in Ancient Greece. He was born in Stageira, Thrace and lived from 384bc to 322bc. When he was 17 he moved to Athens where he became a philosopher. He even ran his own school, Lyceum (otherwise known as the 'walking school' because teachers and students often walked around while discussing topics). http://www.in2greece.com/english/historymyth/history/ancient/aristotle.htm

Brodie Ephorate and Anaxagoras

EPHORATE
The Ephorate is 5 Spartans that were chosen to wield effective power. They had power over the kings of Sparta. The Ephors date back to 754BC. The Ephors were aloud to start wars and they had licenses to allow them to kill people and they could even arrest a king.
www.answers.com/topic/ephor


ANAXAGORAS


Anaxagoras was a Greek Philosopher. Anaxagoras was born 500BC in a city called Clazomenae and died in 428BC. He was rememberd for the dicovery of the true cause of eclipses. Anaxagoras was the first Philosopher before Socrates.
www.answers.com/topic/anaxagoras

Saturday 2 July 2011

Fact or Fiction Task Explanation - Mr.Turra

Anyone can do it!







Hi Year 7's

One of the tasks you will be required to do this term during our unit on Ancient Greece is to complete a post each even week (week 2, 4, 6 and 8) that contains 4 pieces of information relating to the last fortnights work. These will be FACT or FICTION. A partner will then have the odd weeks (week 3, 5, 7 and 9) to determine which statements are fact and which are fiction and respond by replying to the post by leaving a comment for their partner. Everyone will post 4 pieces (even weeks) of information and everybody will respond (odd weeks).

Fact or Fiction (even weeks)
  • Your post title should be Your Name - Fact or Fiction wk2 (week number)
  • 4 different pieces of information required in one post by Friday at the end of each even week.
  • Length of information: 1 small paragraph for each piece of information.
  • Information must be about something discussed in class in the last fortnight.
  • A good post would be one that makes it hard for your partner to work out if the information you have given is fact or fiction.
Responding (odd weeks)
  • You must comment on your partners post by Thursday night in each odd week.
  • When you state if your partners work is fact or fiction you must acknowledge how you know this or your answer does not count. i.e I know it is a fact because it says on page 46 of the chapter Mr. Turra gave us on this topic.
  • Detail in your responses is important.
Don't forget to vote (you vote on the blog) on who you think posts the most interesting and hard to work out Fact or Fiction posts.

Mr. Turra