Western Civilization

3/31/20 Cyber #9 Accountability       The world has been hit with an extreme pandemic causing schools to close down and teach students from online. Because students have work online, they don't have a teacher speaking or explaining the material. People give up easily if something doesn't come naturally come to them. For example, school is not easy for everyone so a student can either ask questions and think about it or just search up the answer. Especially nowadays, technology is so advanced that in a click of a few buttons you can have the answer to most of life's questions. I could easily just google search up a paragraph for this assignment right now if I wanted to, but that doesn't give me accountability. Accountability, to me, means to be responsible and not use someone else's work as your own. In school, it's really hard to cheat since you have teachers physically there and breathing down our necks. But now, all the work is online and there is no one t...

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3/26/20 The Plague of Athens vs. COVID-19 The Plague of Athens COVID-19 ·        Killed 75,00 to 100,00 people ·        25% of Athens’s population died ·        When: 431-404BC ·        Where: Athens and other city states around  ·        Killed up to 22,337 people so far ·        502,789 cases ·        When: December 31, 2019- Now ·        Where: most of the world

3/25/20 Phillip II- He is the father of Alexander the Great and was born in 382BC. He was the king of Macedon and led the kingdom from 359- 336 BC. He used his military experience to expand his country's territory and he ended up dominating almost all of his neighboring Greek city- states. Alexander the Great- He is the son of Phillip II and successor of the Kingdom of Macedon. He took over the kingdom at the age of 20 and led his kingdom into many battles. He helped spread Greek culture and built over 70 cities along trade routes. His reign signaled the beginning of the Hellenistic Age. He is most known for conquering the Persian Empire. Darius III- He was born in 380 BC and was the King of the Persian Empire. His reign was from 336-330 BC. His empire conquered most of Greece and was really strong until Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire in 334 BC.

3/23/20 Alexander the Great and Bucephalus          Bucephalus was Alexander's horse that he won. He was known to have a massive head, black coat, and a white sea on his brow. Alexander's father was offered Bucephalus for a large sum, but thought Bucephalus appeared untamable. But Alexander said to take the horse and if he couldn't tame it then he would have to pay his father back. Alexander goes on to tame Bucephalus by speaking to him and turning the horse away from the sun so he doesn't see his shadow. They grow up together for nearly two decades and fought many battles. Unfortunately, Bucephalus dies of battle wounds in 326BC. Alexander the Great loved the horse and even founded a city named Bucephala in honor of his stallion. Theres even a mosaic of Alexander the Great and Bucephalus in battle.  

3/20/20 To be honest, I hate online school. It just frustrates me that I don't have a teacher to help me through assignments, so it takes me longer to do them. Especially in math, I don't have a single clue how to do what we are doing. My math teacher is great at explaining and really does the best at working with online learning, but I had to ask my mom, brother, and friends for help. I like how school gave structure to my life and kept me on track, but since I don't have that I've been distracted. There are some up sides to online school. One is that I don't have to get ready and wake up early. Another is that I get to FaceTime my friends. And the best part is that I get to eat while doing work.

3/19/20 Why the Socrates Would Start Questioning Traditional Beliefs       After the war, the athenians lost confidence in democratic government and began to question their values. Socrates like Protagoras would start questioning their beliefs, especially in things regarding their government, because not everything the Athenians would believe in felt true to them. They believed that the universe is put together in an orderly way, and subject to absolute and unchanging laws and that people could understand those laws through logic and reason. Socrates had many supporters, even though there were others who thought he was completely wrong. He believed in the government and not the city's gods. The gods are a good reason why Socrates would start questioning Athenians' beliefs because of how it was possible for gods existing and doing things like fighting in wars with them. It was just unrealistic in his eyes.