Cassidy- Acropolis and Socrates

Acropolis

Acropolis is a place in Athens. The Acropolis believed to have been inhabited since at least the 7^th 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.

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/philosophy/socrates.htmds.org/learn/greeks/philosophy/socrates.htmistoryforkids.org/learn/greeks/philosophy/socrates.htmds.org/learn/greeks/philosophy/socrates.htm

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 .

http://www.historyforkids.org/

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.

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.

http://www.ancientgreece.com/

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.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Ancient-Greece-Citizens&id=948123

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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasistratus

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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pythagoras

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

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