4/3/19

Today we went over the calendar and pictured the amount of days we have left until spring break. Over the next week and a half we would be covering three lessons in our textbook and today we covered most of the first one. We learned about Democracy and Greece's Golden Age. To do this, he had us read pages 134-139 and take notes in our copybook. He also wanted us to answer questions numbers 1, 3, 4, and 5. I took all my notes in my copybook but I am supposed to record my questions in this blog so here they are.

1. direct democracy- a form of government in which the people rule directly
    classical art- the standard of their values of harmony, order, balance, and proportion
    tragedy- a serious drama about common themes such as love, hate, war, or betrayal
    comedy- a drama that contained scenes filled with slapstick situations and crude humor
    Peloponnesian War- the war between Athens and Sparta that ended up in a truce
    philosophers- people who used logic and reason to investigate nature
    Socrates- he believed in standards for truth and justice
    Plato- a student of Socrates and wrote down Socrate's words
    Aristotle- questioned the nature of the world and of human belief, thought, and knowledge

3. He increased the number of public officials who were paid salaries. This means even the poorest citizen could serve if elected or chosen by a lot.

4. Athens avoided battle on land and tried to attack  by sea. Sparta would eventually attack by land and burn Athen's food supply.

5. I think some Athenians found the ideas of Socrates so disturbing because he was so much different than any other Greek teacher and His type of teaching wasn't really taught to be the way to do it back then.