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Today we will be reasearching 9/11. We will be answering the questions: What happened on that day, who is responsible, what impact did it have on the US, and what do you remember about the day (if anything). We reviewed the US state and capitals map

We started the morning talking about the 11th anniversary of 9/11. We will be researching that. Assigned blog #3.

We need to include:

What happened

Who attacked us and why

What impact did it have on the U.S

What you remember about that day or personal tho

Key Players in Athenian government...

Pericles

Cleisthenes

Apparently my music is too loud...

• Socrates and Aristotle
• Aristotle didn't like the democracy.
• Socrates hated the thought of a democracy. He often tried to find errors in conventional views.

aristotle- contributed largely to the study and teaching of physics and astronomy, among other subjects.

socrates- developed the idea that intellect embodies knowlage of ones own ignorance

plato- contributed mainly to the idea of metaphysics. he believ

Plato was a very sophistiated writer. 36 dialogues and 13 letters were ascribed to him. platos writings have been published in  several fashions. aristotle was a greek philosopher. he was a student of plato and a teahcer of alexander the great. his w

worked on project:

Weapons/Armor-

Persian war:

• Hoplon- greek weapon made by wood covered by bronze. Inside is leather
• Knimis- flexible metal and lined with felt, leather or cloth. Wore around the legs
• Spear head/spear end

Peloponnesian war:

• Short swords(spe

 All physically fit citizens 18-60 years

Hoplite - a heavy infantryman. He wore armor, a breastplate, helmet, and greaves (to protect the lower leg).He was armed with a long spear, 8 -12 feet long, used for thrusting, and a large round shield called a

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_athenian_empire_431_BC-en.svg

http://www.livius.org/de-dh/delian_league/delian_league.html

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/eb11-delianleague.asp

What was the Delion League?

• Several Ionian cities joined togethe

We started off class by listening to Eye of the Tiger. Then we given our blogs for the week. Then we looked over the map. We then went over the whole political test.

Geo!
Land(Jordan)-
Sea(Jordan)- The Athenians were located near the sea in a region of Greece called Attica. Because the Athenians were so close to the sea they became traders trading with other civilizations around the Mediterranean region. Also this

The Persian war (492- 449) B.C. and were fought on land and sea.

The battle of Marathon took place in the first Persian Invasion of Greece, Fought between Athens and Plataea. The Battle of Marathon was significant in showing the world that the Persian

Putting all information into the powerpoint today.

We will research 9/11 for a project

What happened, who was responsible, why did they attack us, what impact did it have on the US, anything about that day that you remember.

We studied the map by ourselves, and then we went over it with the class.

All o

We are going to go over the whole United States. The test is tomorrow so I need to study tonight!! spelling doesnt count as long as It sounds the same.  I think I am going to take the written test but I dont know yet!We have a new assigned blog.

9/11-

today we are working on our projects again.

Today we put our powerpoint presentation together...we have all of our information done.

On this day we continued working on the project.  Here are the notes I found:

The officials of the Athenian government were not elected in the same manor that our democracy is set up today.  Rather the members were chosen by the council.  The members

Athenian project: 500 BC. to 400 BC.

Military (battle tactics) and Delian League- tactics and goals and purposes that the Delian league pushed for.

Persian and peloponnesian war.

http://hyperhistory.net/apwh/essays/comp/cw04AthensSparta32120902.htm

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We will review over 9/11this week. Why they attacked us, what happened on that day, who was responsible, what impact did this have on you, what you remember of it.'

Studying the map for the start of class.

We went over where we were on the chart for th