Fun start

On friday on western civilization class we take a look at the rivers and how they are affecting the civilization. We learned the main important rivers and we take a look at Greece. First we read from our classbook than Mr Schick showed us a slide about Greece. We see the art culture of Greece, we looked at geograpichal position and Greece's beautiful weather, how does it affect. Greece has a land with lot of rugged mouintains. We read about Greek myths from book. We learned that Mediterrian means middle of earth. It was a fun class, not boring and I like it.


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  1. Mr. SchickJanuary 21, 2018 at 5:43 AM

    You're off to a good start, Mert. And I am glad you are enjoying our class!

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