Monday, November 22, 2010

Week of November 22, 2010

This half week would be a good chance to catch up on missing homework, especially current events.

We will look at Chapter 8, the High Middle Ages (1050-1450) this week.
Due Wednesday:
8(1)Royal Power Grows (244-249)
Identify the terms, people, and places. Answer the biography question on William the Conqueror on page 245. Answer the Chart Skills question on the Evolution of the English Government on page 247. Answer questions 2+3 onpage 248. Answer questions #3-6 on page 249 in complete sentences.

Answer Thinking Critically questions 1+2 on page 250 on the Magna Carta on a separate sheet of paper.

Due next Tuesday: (November 30)
8(2) The Holy Roman Empire and the Church:
Identify the terms, people, and places. Answer the question on the picture on page 253 about Frederick Barbarossa. Answer questions #3-6 on page 254.

8(4) Learning and Culture Flourish p. 262-267
Identify the terms, people, and places. Answer the biography question about Christine de Pisan on page 263.
Identify the four types of Medieval inventions shown on page 264.
Answer questions #3-6 on page 267.

Due next Wednesday (Dec. 1)
8(5): A Time of Crisis (269-273)
Identify the terms, people, and places. Answer Map Skills questions #2+3 on page 271. Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 272. Answer questions #3-5 on page 273.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Week of November 15, 2010

Friday's in class essay has been moved to Monday.
This is Current Event week #2. We will be working on a CE story on the Wednesday half day.

This week we will focus on the Western Religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.


10(1) was assigned last week.
Due by Wednesday.
Read the primary source reading on the Quran (Koran) on page 309. Answer Critical Thinking questions #1-3

Due Thursday-
10(2): Building a Muslim Empire (310-316)two separate h.w. grades
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Read the caption with the Dome of the Rock on page 311. Answer the question with the picture. Look at the picture on 312. What is a whirling dervish? Answer the question with the picture on a Jewish apothecary in Spain on page 313. Answer the questin on the biography on page 314. Answer the Spread of Islam questions #2+3 on page 315.
Answer questions #3,4,5 on page 316.

Due Friday 10(3) Muslim Civilizations Golden Age 317-323
Identify the terms,people, and places. Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 321. Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 323. Explain how Arabic numerals (picture 322) in Eastern Muslim Regions differed from Modern Western Arabic numerals. Who most likely brought Arabic numerals to Europe?
Answer questions #3-5 on page 322.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

The Crusades: Cresent and the Cross

http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/May-June-08/On-this-Day--Crusaders-Victorious-in-Siege-of-Jerusalem.html

http://www.history.com/videos/the-crusades-crescent-and-the-cross--the-legacy#the-crusades-crescent-and-the-cross

Monday, November 8, 2010

Week of November 8, 2010

Homework assigned last week, 8(3) and 7(4) were counted as extra credit for last term, but will be counted as regular homeworks for this term and are due by Wednesday. They will count towards the homework average for this term.

Thursday is Veterans Day. The 11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour (Nov. 11, 1918)the Armistice that ended The Great War (WWI) was signed. The Great War was so terrible that it was viewed as "the war to end all wars" so the day was celebrated as Armistice Day. Today we celebrate this day as Veterans Day to honor the sacrifices of all veterans who have in the past or are today protecting American liberty. You will see poppy flowers being sold in honor of the veterans. These flowers were in the fields of Flanders (Belgium) on the western front in WWI.

This week we will focus on the Middle Ages and the impact of the Crusades.

Homework due by Friday is 10(1) The Rise of Islam (p.304-309)
Identify the terms, people, and places. Read the Infographic on page 307 and answer questions #1+2. Also, answer questions #3-6 on page 308 in complete sentences.

We will be working on a Medieval timeline this week in class as well as an essay on the Muslim reaction to the Crusades that will be due by Friday.

Current Event week #1 will be due by next Monday.

Please come after school to work on your homework if you are having problems completing the book work. I am after school almost every day, and will be glad to help anyone who needs it.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Week of November 1, 2010

CP 1's Friday's quiz on the Fall of Rome will be taken on Monday. We went through the questions on Friday. Also, the 10 Causes of the Fall of Rome handout is due for the quiz. The Accelerated class had a separate reading assignment in place of this quiz.

After the quiz on Monday we will review the three state ballot questions. Mid-term Federal and State elections are on Tuesday.

For homework this week we will finally start the Medieval period which took place after the fall of Rome in 476 CE.

Homework, 7(1), 7(2), and 7(3) already assigned will be collected for full credit by Wednesday of this week.

This homework is longer and will count as two homeworks. I realize that 8(3) is after 7(4), but the cultural diffusion of the Crusades helped to lead to an economic recovery in Europe.

Due Thursday: Chapter 8(3) The Crusades and the Wider World (p. 255-260)
Identify the terms, people, and places. Answer questions #2+3 on page 257. Answer the primary source question on page 258. Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 259. Answer questions #2-6 on page 260.

Due Friday: Chapter 7(4) Economic Recovery Sparks Change. (p. 231-236)
Identify the terms, people, and places. Answer map skills questions #1+2 on page 232. Answer the primary source question on page 233, and the question on Medieval Advertising on the picture on page 235. Why should ice hockey players be interested in the primary source on page 236. Answer questions #3-6 on page 236.