western civ

The transition from regular school, where we have our teachers right next to us if we have any problems and having traditional tests and classwork to not having any hands on help and everything online has been a big change. I am someone who always needs reassurance if I am doing something right, so not having my teacher there to make sure I'm doing the assignment right has been a struggle for me. I have emailed my teachers for help, but it has never seemed to help. Sometimes the workload can be more then we normally do in school or it just feels like more to me because we are at home, but I know that the teachers are under a lot of stress and they are doing the best the can to keep up with grading and posting assignments every morning. Integrity is something that we all need to maintain doing this time because we should all be treating it like regular school, even though sometimes it can be tempting to cheat. I am hoping that this can come to an end soon, so we can return to school...

The plague that hit Athens during the Peloponnesian War is similar to the Corona Virus that is currently spreading across the world. One reason they are similar is because they are both pandemics. The symptoms of the Athenian plague were  diarrhea , fever, chills and slow heart rate. The symptoms of the Corona Virus include, fever, cough and diffculty breathing. It is believed that the Athenian plague entered Athens through 

Philip II Philip II was born in 382 BCE and died in 336 BCE in Aegae which is now Vergina, Greece. He was the 18th king of Macedonia from the year 359 to 336 BCE. Philip II restored internal peace to his country and by the year 339 he had gained domination over Greece by military and diplomatic means. He lied the foundations for Greece's expansion under his son Alexander III the Great. Alexander the Great Alexander the Great was born on  July 356 BC, in  Pella, Greece and died on  June 323 BC, in Babylon . He was the King of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia and a memeber of the Argead Dynasty. Alexander the Great brought the Greeks a new and improved way of fighting and the Persians the Greek way of life. He was undefeated in battle and is considered one of history's most successful military commanders. Darius III Darius III was born in 380 BC and lived until 330 BC. He was originally named Artashata and called Codomannus by the Greeks. Darius III was the las...

Today we had to research about the relationship between Alexander the Great and Bucephalus. Alexander and Bucephalus were inseparable, Alexander was the only one who could ride him. Bucephalus was brought to Macedonia and given to Alexander's father. Everyone thought that the horse was wild and Alexander's father wanted it to be sent away, but Alexander insisted to keep the him. Alexander went up to the horse and named it Bucephalus. He found out that the horse was afraid of this own shadow, so Alexander turned it away from the sun, he figured out that was the reason he was acting so crazy. Alexander got on the horse and rode it away. I do not have any personal experience with a horse, but my sister used to ride horses. I saw that her and the horse had a close bond and she cared for the horse a lot.

The first week of cyber week went very well. I have been waking up at a good time, for the most part and getting my work done by around 1 or 2 o'clock every day. Some of the work for other classes can be pretty difficult due to the fact that the teacher is not next to us for a guide and sometimes emailing back and forth can be pretty confusing. I would much rather be in school with my friends learning then having to do it all online, but there is not much we can do about that. I am very thankful that I have great teachers that are trying to make this transition as smooth as possible. I am hoping that we will be able to go back to school this year because I am really enjoying my time at John Carroll and it being cut short by something so devastating is really sad. I hope that as cyber school continues into next week it will keep going well.

Socrates didn't let others push him around or tell him what to do. He kept to his truths about questioning Athens. Socrates thought for himself, unlike everyone else in Athens. He was the only one who thought that way and he was not able to change the majority of peoples opinions. All of Socrates thoughts were shot down by all Athenians who were in charge of the voting in Athens. Since most of Athens did not agree with Socrates' opinions, he was sentenced to death by drinking poison hemlock (a very gross and terrible way to die).

Spartans invaded the farmland on Athens and starting burning all their crops, because of Pericles reputation he got the Athenians to stay with their plans to defeat Sparta. Athenians could rely on shipments from overseas and the fleet to survive. Pericles didn't know that the fleet was such a threat to Athens though. One year into the war the Black Plague hit Athens very bad. This disease hurt Athens greatly. Since all of Athens was behind city-walls, the disease spread very fast. The Symptoms of this disease were heats on head and inflammation of the eyes, and when the disease spread to the bowels, there was incontrollable diarrhea. The city was very dirty, smelly and just overall a gross place to be. It was so bad that people stopped caring about religion and laws. The plague ended up killing over a one-third of Athens population (millions of people). Pericles got the Plague, causing him to become very weak. He died from the plague in 429 B.C. After his death many people attem...