Today in class we went in farther into the topic of excellence. Today's class was mostly centered around Socrates and his death. Before Socrates the people of Greece decided to revolt against their leader. When they overthrew the government the people with the help of a man named Cleisthenes made the Athenian government a democracy which is the first in the world. After democracy became successful a philosopher named Socrates started to become with his method in making people think. His method was to ask people a series of questions about their beliefs to figure out how the person really felt on a topic. Unfortunately this did land Socrates in trouble, the government accused him of corrupting the youth and impiety which is the non-belief in the Greek gods. During his trail Socrates did not feel like he had done anything wrong in the contrary he felt like he had done the government a favor by making the youth think. He was sentenced by a jury trial of 500 jury members to death. When offered a chance to escape by the prison guards he refused staying loyal to the Athenian government.
Today we got a lot accomplished. First we reviewed all of Rome by listening to a very well done rap made by Mr.Schick. After that we got very far in the power point. We started with how the common folk were given free bread as a sort of welfare. Then we took notes on the Colosseum and Circus Maxims which I have been to. We moved onto Julius Caesar and his conquering of Gaul and the Rubicon and how Pompey became jealous. We finished with his murder by the senate. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zEi9xi3gni-iKd7UYUX41NRYB2V-qjsz9PyaU5awrp0/edit?usp=sharing
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