2/19/13

Today in class we were asked to present our projects but many people did not have theirs finished. Then a group volunteered including Alex, Rachel, Mikenzhie, and Sydney. They had a good slide show with alot of important information. Although they didn't finish today they probably will tomorrow. These powerpoints are probably going to take an extremely long time to get through! Mr. Schick had to stop sometimes to point out important details that we will need to know for the test Monday so i took notes. I learned that Peloponnese is a peninsula that Athens and Sparta are located and it is basically an island but has a small strip of land connecting it to the rest of the country. we also learned some geography about the island of Crete located below Greece where the Minoans settled. This gave them great access to the sea making them excellent sailors and gave them great control over trading. they mainly trade with Egypt. Another thing we talked about was government like monarchies, oligarchies, and tyranny. We didn't get too democracies today but I believe we will cover that tomorrow. We then ended class with a great pigeon story told by Mr. Schick.