Sunday, September 30, 2012

Week of October 1, 2012


Due Tuesday (assigned last week)

22(1) Building a German Nation (692-695)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Look at the picture on page 693, by what two things did Bismarck use to unify Germany?
Answer question #3 on page 693.
Read the primary source on page 694, why did Prussia go to war with Austria (6 Weeks War)?
Answer the three checkpoint questions complete sentences.


22(2) Germany Strengthens (696-699)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Look at the pictures on page 696, 697,698, 699 and write a one sentence summary for each.
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences

Due Thursday
22(3) Unifying Italy (700-704)
Identify the terms, people, and places
Read Witness History (700) What nationality did Mazzini identify with?
Read the caption to the picture (701) Who did the Italians fight in Venice?
Look at the map (703)  Identify the four men most responsible for Italian unification.  List one fact about each man.
Look at the picture of Italian emigration (704) What country did many Italians go to in the 1800’s and 1900’s? 
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Read Concept Connector: Nationalism (709)
Identify the 3 countries and 3 ways nationalism has been used in history.  Explain how nationalism is both a positive and a negative force.

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Week of September 24


Camp Clarke on Monday.  See you there.
Be ready for a quiz on Friday on reactions to the Industrial Revolution

Homework due Thursday
22(1) Building a German Nation (692-695)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Look at the picture on page 693, by what two things did Bismarck use to unify Germany?
Answer question #3 on page 693.
Read the primary source on page 694, why did Prussia go to war with Austria (6 Weeks War)?
Answer the three checkpoint questions complete sentences.



22(2) Germany Strengthens (696-699)

Identify the terms, people, and places.
Look at the pictures on page 696, 697,698, 699 and write a one sentence summary for each.
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences


Honors Assignment due next Monday:
Six Drinks that Changed the World  Chapter 10: Tea Power
15 Facts with page number, 5 Q+ A, reaction to reading and to author's writing style.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Week of September 17, 2012


 Happy Constitution Day.  September 17, 1787 our Constitution was ratified.
Be ready for a quiz on Tuesday. 
Due  Wednesday
21(3) Changing Attitudes and values (674-680)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Answer the focus question on page 674.
Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 675.
Who is pictured on page 676?
Look at the picture on 677, how did the Industrial Revolution help lead to public education? Answer Thinking Critically questions 1+2 on page 679.
What is pictured on page 680?
Answer the five checkpoint questions in the section.

Due Thursday:
19(4) New Ways of Thinking   p. 622-626
Identify the terms, people, and places 
Read the Witness to history (622). What metaphor did Marx  and Engels use to describe how owners viewed workers?
Read the caption to the picture (p.623) why did Malthus think workers should have fewer children?
Read Owen’s Utopia (624), How did Owens want workers treated at his factory in New Lanark, Scotland?
Look at the picture on page 626, what was Karl Marx’ motto?  Why do you think he wanted this?
Answer the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

21(4) Arts in the Industrial Age (681-684)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Look at the picture on page 681.  How do you think idealistic landscapes were painted as a part of the Romantic movement during the Industrial Revolution?
Read the biography of Beethoven (p. 682). What tragedy did this composer face in later life?
Read A-D in the Realism in Arts (683) List on fact from each letter.
Look at the portrait of van Gogh (684). Why does he have a bandage on his head?
Look at the 3 impressionist pictures on page 685.  Identify the painting and artist.  List on fact from each painting.
Answer the three checkpoints in complete sentences.

Honors Assignment:  Chapter 10: Tea Power  due September 26
15 Facts with page numbers
 5 Q+ A
Reaction to reading and to author's writing style.  

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Week of September 10, 2012


Due  Tuesday (September 11, 2012)
19(3) Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution. (616-620)

Identify the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness history on page 616 and answer the focus question.
Look at the graph on pane 617, describe the population trend from 1750-1900.
Who is pictured working on page 619? Why is this sad?
What benefit of industrialization is pictured on page 620?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due Thursday
21(1) The Industrial Revolution Spreads (660-666).
Identify terms, people, and places. Answer the focus question on page 660.
Answer #3 on page 661. What three countries are listed in steel production on page 662?
What two countries bypassed Great Britain by 1900?
What is going on in the picture on 663? What is a dynamo?
Answer Critically thinking question 1+2 on page 664.
What did Marconi invent (picture 665) How is big business pictured on page 666?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences. 

21(2) The Rise of Cities (667-673)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Answer the focus question on page 667.
What did Florence Nightingale reform? (picture 668)
Why did Jacob Riis write How the Other Half Lives?
On page 671 what does the French advertisement urge people to go to?
Complete the three checkpoint questions in the section. 

Be ready for a quiz on Friday on material covered.  The quiz  question:  what are the three factors of production necessary for industrialization and why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England?

Due next  Tuesday (September 16, 2012)
21(3) Changing Attitudes and values (674-680)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Answer the focus question on page 674.
Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 675.
Who is pictured on page 676?
Look at the picture on 677, how did the Industrial Revolution help lead to public education? Answer Thinking Critically questions 1+2 on page 679.
What is pictured on page 680?
Answer the five checkpoint questions in the section.

Monday, September 3, 2012

Week of September 3, 2012

Welcome back to school, yesterday was Labor Day. What does labor day celebrate?  Which of the three factors of production (Human, natural, and capital) is labor? What Industrial Revolution invention brings these three factors together in one place?

Book work  due this Friday
19(1)Dawn of the Industrial Revolution (608-611)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Answer the focus question on page 608.
 Draw Jethro Tull's seed drill on page 609.
Answer the biography question on James Watt on page 610.
Also, answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

19(2) Britain Leads the Way (612-615)

Identify the terms, people, and places.
Read the witness history on page 612 and  answer the focus question.
Answer map skills questions 2+3 on page 613.
Identify and draw one invention on page 614.
What does the textile industry make?
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences


Due next Tuesday (September 9, 2012)
19(3) Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution. (616-620)

Identify the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness history on page 616 and answer the focus question.
Look at the graph on pane 617, describe the population trend from 1750-1900.
Who is pictured working on page 619? Why is this sad?
What benefit of industrialization is pictured on page 620?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.