Monday, March 29, 2010

Week of March 29, 2010

Chapter 7 : The Rise of Europe was assigned last week.
7(4) is due on Monday
Current Event Week #1. Make sure you complete these completely each week. Include the map on the back. You can complete a second CE for extra credit each week.

This week is a short week with Passover/Good Friday off this week.
Make sure you understand why Christians call this Good Friday if Jesus was crucified this day.

Chapter 8, The High and Late Middle Ages, Years 1050-1450 (pages 244-249)
8(1a) Royal Power Grows. Identify the terms, people, and places in split page notes . Answere the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.
8(1b)Separate grade - answer the focus question on the witness history on page 244, the biography question on page 245, the chart skills question on page 247, and the map skills questions #2+3 on page 248.

8(2) The Holy Roman Empire and the Church (p. 251-254) List the terms,people, and places in split page notes. Answer the focus question on page 251, and the three checkpoint questions.

8(3) The Crusades and the Wider World (p. 255-260) Identify the terms, people and places in split page notes, and the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences. Also, answer the Primary Source question on page 258 and the two Thinking Critically questions on page 259.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Week of March 22, 2010

Last week was missing homework catch-up week. The term closes Friday. Get your missing work in for at least partial credit.
Current Event week is week 6.
Chapter 7 Homework for the week. 7(1)-(3) due by Friday, 7(4) due next Monday.

7(1) The Early Middle Ages 214-218 Read the section
Identify the terms, people and places-
Clovis, medieval, Franks, Charles Martel, Battle of Tours (732), Charlemagne, Magyars, Vikings
Also answer questions #1+3 on Map Skills page 215 ,Invasions of Europe, #2+3 on page 217, and the Viking Warship picture question on page 218.

7(2) Feudalism and the Manor Economy 219-224 Read the section
Identify the terms, people, and places-
feudalism, vassal, feudal contract, fief, knight, tournament, chivalry, troubadour, manor, serf.
Draw a motte and bailey castle (p. 220) and draw three weapons of Medieval warfare picture page 220-221. Read the biography of Eleanor Aquitane (222)what was unusual about her life?
Look at the picture about peasant life on page 224. The man holding the stick was the shire reeve , what was his job and what occupation takes that role today?

7(3) The Medieval Church (225-230) . Read the section.
Identify the terms, people, and places:
sacrament, Benedictine Rule, secular, papal supremacy, canon law, excommunication, interdict, friar, St. Francis of Assisi
Look at the map on page 226. Why did they choose the year 476 to list mostly Christian? What happened that year? What areas of Europe did Christianity expand after 476? What religion was most of Spain? Look at the infograph on page 227. What were three activities of the monestaries?
Read page 230, how were Jews treated in Medieval Europe?

7(4) Economic Recovery Sparks Change 231-236. Read the section.
Identify the terms, people, and places:
Charter, capital, partnership, tenant farmer, middle class, guild, apprentice, journeyman
Answer questions #2+3 on page 232. Describe what you see, hear and smell in a medieval town and city life (p. 236. )

Monday, March 8, 2010

Week of March 8, 2010

We will be wrapping up Islam and its impact and be looking at the Classical Civilizations of Greece and Rome this week.
Current Events are due for this week. It is week four.

10(3) assigned last week is due by Monday.

Book work due by Friday is:

4(4) The Glory that was Greece (130-135)
Identify the terms, people, and places in split page notes. Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences. Do not begin an answer with a pronoun (he, it) use the noun. Also, answer the biography question on Socrates on page 131 and the two Thinking Critically question on page 133.

5(4) The Rise of Christianity (p. 166-171) Identify the terms, people and places in split page notes. Also answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

5(5) The Long Decline (173-177)
Identify the terms, people, and places in split page notes and answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Be ready on Friday for a quiz on the material covered this week. The Map part of the quiz will be the 10 most populated Muslim nations. http://btw.imb.org/news_map.asp
Also, the Accelerated class should be ready this week for a quiz on the first half of the book Three Cups of Tea.