Greeks & Persians

We corrected the Greece work in class today.  MANY of you did NOT HAVE COMPLETED WORK!!!  This is a problem, especially if you want to earn a credit for this course.  Please do not waste our time. I am always available before school if you have questions or need help (and I will be available after school beginning October 7th).

I assigned your first extra credit opportunity, the "Plato Essay" asking for your response to the following segment from the Plato reading activity we did in class on Monday (due next Friday):

It compares to his idea that the especially wise people should make the decisions over the soldiers and workers. Do you agree with Plato or disagree? In 1820 Thomas Jefferson took a different opinion when he wrote in a letter, "I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves, and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise that control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion." Jefferson seems to think that a much larger number of people are capable of a high enough level of education to make the important decisions. 

We started class with Crash Course 05 The Persians & The Greeks (embedded below):