Taylor, Billy, Sarah, Clarke, Catherine, Gracie, and Christy!

Today in class we continued our presentations. Taylor went first today and did her's on Homer. She acted out Homer and read a summary of the Odyssey. She had to shorten it because it is actually like 400 pages. She just picked out the key points. It was long and kind of boring. I had a hard time following what happened. After, Billy went and did his PowerPoint on the Hellenic Age. It was really short, but interesting. Sarah Carson did the Parthenon. She did a PowerPoint as well. It had good information, but she had to slow down some. Clarke Grube followed Sarah. He did advances in math and science. He had a lot of great information. In the beginning he read of the slides to much though. He started to explain more on his own towards the end. Catherine Angert went next. Her's was on Ancient Pottery. She had a lot of information and it was interesting. She had cool pictures and new what each was. She read of the PowerPoint a little too much though. In the beginning it was a little boring, but got better!  Gracie went and did her PowerPoint on poetry. She had a lot of cool and nice information! She just went way to fast and I couldn't get any information down! Christy Kim went and did a prezi. It was on the trial of Socrates.It was great! she had awesome pictures that she drew on her own! It was interesting and fun! I liked hers a lot.

Taylor O'Brien: Homer. I would give her a 90/100. It was kind of boring and hard to follow. I didn't really know what was happening. She just read off of the paper she had too.
1. Who was homer?
- a blind poet.
2. Did Homer have other stories he wrote?
3. How long was the actual Odyssey?

Billy Decker: I would give Billy a 80% He did well explain, but he only had 3 slides.. He needed more information and it would've been a lot better. I was interested in hearing more, but he had little info.
1. When did it start?
- 323 B.C
2. When did it end?
- 331 B.C
How long did it last?
- 200 years

Sarah Carson: I would give Sarah a 95% . She did the Parthenon. She had a lot of information and nice pictures. It was kind of to fast though. She needed to slow down and talk and explain more.
1. Who was the Parthenon dedicated too?
- Athena
2. When did the building process begin?
- 447 B.C
3. When was the Parthenon finished?
- 438 B.C

Clark Grube: I would give him a 90% . He did advances in math and science. He had great information and  a lot of it. He kind of read off of the slides too much. At the end he explained better, but it was a little short. It was pretty good though.
1. What was Pythagoras famous for?
- famous for A2 + B2 = C2 for a right triangle.
2. What did Archimedes discover?
- discovered the physical law of displacement.
3. What did Plato teach?
- taught about Astronomy.

Catherine Angert: I would give her a 92%. She did he PowerPoint on Pottery. She had a lot of information. She explain everything well and new what her pictures were. It was a little boring in the beginning, but it started to pick up. She read off of the slides some. I wish she explain things more off the top of her head. Over all it was very interesting and helped more learn some.
1. What was the pottery made of?
- Clay
2. What did they make from pottery?
- containers and things for storage.
3. What was Minyan Ware made on?
- potter's wheel which was faster and made it cheaper

Gracie: I would give her a 90%.  She did her PowerPoint on Great Poets and Poetry. She went way to fast. I couldn't get any information down. It was kind of interesting, but just way way way to fast.
1. What was Poetry used for?
- to teach lessons, rules, or record historical events
2. What were Plays?
- written poems that told happy or sad stories and were acted out for entertainment.
3. Who or what kind of people were poets?
- teachers, philosophers, soldiers, or members of the government.

Christy Kim: I would give her a 100%. She did her PowerPoint on the Trials of Socrates. She did an awesome prezi! She had really funny and good pictures that she drew! She is a really great drawler! It was fun and interesting. She didn't just read off of the screen.
1. When did the trial take place?
399 B.C in Athens
2. How long was the trail?
- 9 to 10 hour period
3. Where was the trial?
- in the peoples court: agora

• He was a critic, but well respected.
• He didn't want to get rich. 
• It was a close vote.
• No one thought he would be found guilty