Honors Human Geo

It is important for students to understand that the school's faculty and staff value student honesty and integrity. Academic dishonesty, cheating and other forms of using other people's work as your own like plagiarism, are considered serious breaks of academic integrity and are major violations of the standards and behavior expected from all students. There are many reasons students choose to plagiarize or cheat.  Reasons range from the more genuine lack of knowledge to outright dishonorable intentions. Some of these acts include: desire to get a good grade, fear of failing, procrastination or poor time management, disinterest in the assignment, and belief they will not get caught. None of these instances are acceptable reasons to plagiarize, cheat, or commit other acts of academic dishonesty. Students who choose to plagiarize or cheat give themselves an unfair advantage on assignments and disrespect the hard work of others in the class. It is important that students understa...

The plague that hit Athens during the Peloponnesian War - around 430 B.C. an epidemic destroyed the people of Athens and lasted for five years. Some say there were as high as 100,000 deaths. The Greek historian Thucydides (who lived from 460 to 400 B.C.) wrote that "people in good health were all of a sudden attacked by violent heats in the head, and redness and inflammation in the eyes, the inward parts, such as the throat or tongue, becoming bloody and emitting an unnatural and fetid breath". A number of diseases have been put as possibilities as to what started the plague, including typhoid fever and Ebola. Many scholars believe that overcrowding caused by the war worsen the epidemic. Sparta's army was stronger, forcing the Athenians to take refuge behind a series of fortifications called the "long walls" that protected their city. Despite the epidemic, the war continued on, not ending until 404 B.C., when Athens was forced to surrender to Sparta. COVID-19 -...

Philip II - He was born on May 21, 1527, in Valladolid, Spain and died September 13, 1598, in El Escorial. Philip II was king of the Spaniards from 1556–98 and king of the Portuguese (as Philip I) from 1580–98. He was known as the champion of the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation. During his reign the Spanish empire came to its greatest power, extent, and influence. Although, he failed to suppress the revolt of the Netherlands (which began in 1566) and lost the “Invincible Armada” in the attempted invasion of England in 1588. Alexander the Great - He served as king of Macedonia from 336 to 323 B.C. During his time of leadership, he united Greece, reestablished the Corinthian League, and conquered the Persian Empire. He is knwn to be the conqueror and king of Macedonia. Alexander the Great was born on July 20, 356 B.C., in Pella, in the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia. During his leadership from 336 to 323 B.C., he united the Greek city-states and led the Corinthian League. He also...

                                             Alexander the Great and Bucephalus Bucephalus was the famous and well-loved horse of Alexander the Great whose breeding was said to have been of the “best Thessalian strain” from the renowned stallion-breeding region of Thessaly, Greece. The horse was said to have been a massive creature with a massive head, and is described as having a black coat with a large white star on his brow. There is a legend that tells about how a 12-year old Alexander won Bucephalus in a wager with his father, Philip II of Macedon. A horse dealer offered the horse to Alexander’s father for an enormous amount of money, but the horse appeared to be unstable and could not be tamed. Since no one could tame the horse, Philip wasn't interested, but Alexander promised to pay for the horse if he fails to tame it. Alexander was allowed to try and surprise ...

I've been fine with the cyber day. It did break my routine of waking up, school, then some sort of sport right after so I had to come up with a new routine. But other than that I've been completely good with these cyber days.

I think Socrates, and Sophists like Protagoras, would start questioning traditional beliefs at this particular point in history because Athens had just lost a major war which left Athens without their empire, wealth, and power. Since this was such a major loss, the people began to question whether their democratic government was truly going to work for them anymore. The loss made them lose faith in their strength and abilities in their government and the leaders at hand. This is when the philosophers decided to question their lifestyles and seek the truth. They needed a new plan and had no idea where to begin, so why not start all they way back to the beginning? Even the great thinkers such as Socrates, the Sophists and Protagoras were contributing, because this is what they had thought about all along, and now they had a chance to help Athens. If I was in Athens in 404 B.C. I would question my beliefs as well. Think about it, all you have ever known and all of your life customs sudden...

Athens plan unfolded because Pericles had a plan to make Athens to ruler of the Mediterranean. All Athenians sheltered in close quarters behind city walls while the Spartans burned their farm land. Pericles reassured them and said that we can rely on the supplies brought by our fleets. One year later the fleets brought with them the plague. Because the Athenians were in suck close quarters it spread very quickly. The symptoms include but are not limited to: fever, red inflamed eyes, Diarrhea, and violent ulcers. As some citizens were extremely thirsty they crawled into the city systems and water mains to die. dead bodies littered the streets and people walked around as if they were half dead. This lead to a corruption in morals values and standards. People cared nothing for rule or religion. Why be good is the good and the bad die just the same?  This plague devastated more then one third of Athens population, and after suffering for six months it killed Pericles in 429 BC. The nex...

Pericles came from a rich and high-ranking family. His aristocratic father had led the Athenian assemble and fought at the battle of Salamis in the Persian Wars. His mother was the niece of Cleisthenes, and the Athenian noble who had introduced important democratic reforms. Pericles was well known for his political achievements as leader of Athens. The introduction of direct democracy, a form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives, was an important legacy or Periclean Athens. Few other city-states practices this government. In Athens, male citizens who served in the assembly established all the important government policies that affected the polis. After the defeat of the Persians, Athens helped organize the Delian League . In times, Athens took over leadership of the league and dominated all the city-states in it. Pericles used the money from the league's treasury to make the Athenian navy the strongest in the Mediterranean. A strong navy wa...

Today in class we talked bout how we are going to do our cyber days.

Today all we did in class was talk about the corona virus, if we're gonna get out of school next week, and cyber days.

Today in class we watched the rest of the video. There wasn't anything to take notes on because we already took notes on the people and events that occurred at the time.

508 BC Athens- life expectancy: 15 570- Cleisthenes birth aristocrat- member of the ruling class Herodotus- first historian acropolis helots Iliad and odyssey purpose: heroic ideal and individualism free loans and reduced taxes- improve ways through economics

Aristotle a student of Plato at the Academy helped foster the idea of Athens as an intellectual destination his  school-the Lyceum-focused on cooperative research-building on knowledge gathered from all over the world he dreamed of having the sum of mankind's knowledge easily accessed in one location he wrote extensively on topics such as... logic-physics-biology ethics-politics-rhetoric motion-theater-poetry metaphysics-psychology-dreams he also tutored Alexander the Great

Socrates looked to science and logic (not the mythological gods) for explanations of how the world works the Socratic method fostered critical thinking "the unexamined life is not worth living" charged with two serious crimes impiety (disrespecting the gods) corrupting the youth of Athens at trial, he described himself as a stinging gadfly, and Athens as a lazy old horse didn't deny what he had done; asked for free dinners found guilty by an Athenian jury, and sentenced to death by drinking poison Hemlock Plato a student and follower of Socrates wrote out Socrates teachings and described his trial in 'Apology' 'Republic' was Socrates discussion of justice and the ideal state-one of the most influential books on philosophy ever written

the fighting Spartans Greeks were certainly a warlike people-especially the Spartans Spartans were known for their tough, ruthless infantry : soldiers who fought on land Spartans boys trained from the time they were seven Athens-naval power Athens had a great infantry but nothing could compare with their navy their most effective weapon was the trireme the phalanx a close-ranked, dense grouping of warriors armed with long spears and interlocking shields soldiers could advance slowly toward the enemy, until they broke through their ranks Persian wars Persian empire vs Greece Greece is much much smaller Persian empire was huge Persians have a huge army, and nearly unlimited resources army vs army comparison  Greek army iron weapons meant ordinary citizens could afford to arm themselves foot soldiers (hoplites) trained from an early age armed with spears, swords, shields fought in phalanx formation "home field...

gods and goddesses interacted with humans in every way possible  Poseidon (god of sea) interacted with Odysseus trying to return home Aphrodite (goddess of love) had lovers of both gods and men Dionysus (god of wine) was a son of Zeus (a god) and Semele (a human princess) who's who in the pantheon Zeus - ruler of heaven and earth, father of Athena, god of the sky, weather, thunder, lightning, law, order, and justice he had a temper and was known to hurl thunderbolts Athena - goddess of wisdom, skill, warfare (and peace), intelligence, battle strategy, and handicrafts she was born from Zeus' head fully formed and armored a patron of heroes such as Odysseus she was the patron of Athens (city was named after her) Just a few Apollo - a god of music, arts, knowledge, healing Zeus was his father, Artemis was his twin sister he's associated with the sun, his sister with the moon Poseidon - god of sea, rivers, floods, earthquakes Aphrodite - go...