Chapter 2 LO-2

Today in West Civ, we began LO-1 for chapter 2, which happens to deal with Greece! I actually happen to know a bit about Greece, though most of it is related to Greek mythology, rather than just Greece in general. I get my knowledge in this area from Rick Riordans “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series, plus I also did my sixth grade Social Studies fair project on Greek monsters. In any case, today’s class covered mainly some vocabulary such as the Parthenon (the most famous temple to the goddess Athena), acropolis (the highest point in Athens), and Megalith (an awesome structure). The main example we discussed was Stonehenge. This is probably the most mysterious structure in all of history and pre-history since no one has ever completely figured out how exactly it was built. The reason there are only theories about this is because it was built by people who lived fairly primitive lifestyles and built out of giant 15 foot boulders that way several tons! The most entertaining theory we thought of is ALIENS!!!