Week of January 27, 2014 1st week of 2nd Semester

1.  What did Ben Franklin mean when he stated: “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” 
2.What is the NSA (National Security Agency) and what is its job?
3. Who is Edward Snowden and why do some view him as a hero and others as a traitor? 
4. How much power should the government be able to collect about its people? 
5.  Who were absolute monarchs and what is divine right of kings?

Chapter 16: The Age of Absolutism 1550-1800 (1789-99 The French Revolution)
Due by Wednesday:
16(3) Parliament Triumphs in England (516-523)
Identify 5 of the  terms, people, and places
What is the point of James I speech to Parliament?(Wit. Hist.516)
 Read the primary source (517) What type of government does Thomas Hobbes support? Why?

Read the Infographic (518-9) Answer thinking critically question #1.

Draw Cromwell's helmet and sword pictured on 520.

What University is pictured on page 521?  Who built it?

Read the Influence of the Glorious Rev.(522). Who coined the term:  natural rights of life, liberty, and property

Answer 4 of the 6 checkpoint questions in COMPLETE sentences or #3,4,5,6 on page 523.

Due by Friday

16(1) Spanish Power Grows (504-508)

Identify 5 of the terms, people and places.

Read a Working Monarch (504)  Use  3 adjectives to describe Philip II.

Answer question #3 of Map Skills (505). Who was the Spanish ally and enemy at Lepanto?

Read the Infographic (506) Who did Philip II marry?What battle assured Philip II role as defender of the Catholic Church? 

Look at the picture on 507. What state broke  away from Spain in 1648?

Whose painting is pictured on 508?

Answer the 3 checkpoint questions in COMPLETE sentences or questions 3,4,5 on page 508.

Separate homework  grade 

Read Don Quixote, answer questions 1+2 on page 509

16(2) France under Louis XIV 510-514
Identify 5 of the the terms, people, and places
Read Life at Versailles (510)  What was Versailles?  Who built it? Why?
Read the Biography (511)What job did Richelieu train for as a youth? What did he become? Why do you think the artist painted 3 views of Richelieu? 
 (note: Richelieu's soldiers fought the Three Musketeers)
Read the primary source on page 512, why was it a sin to oppose a monarch?
Read the infographic (513) Answer question #1.
Answer the 4 checkpoint questions in COMPLETE sentences or questions #3,4,5 on page 514 in complete sentences.

Week of January 21 ,2014

This is the last week of the term.  Make sure to turn in your current events.
There will be no assigned book homework, but your review guides should be completed before the midterm.
BRING A PENCIL to Midterms
Tuesday  A+B midterms
Wednesday  1/2 day  C+D midterms
Thursday  1/2 day E+F midterms
Some terms/people/ideas that were added to the midterm

   Marco Polo                                

   William the Conqueror      

   Genghis Kahn                            

   Joan of Arc                                 

   Harold Godwinson                  

   Mohandas Gandhi                   

   Nelson Mandela                      

   Martin Luther King, Jr.          

   Confucius  and the  Analects.

   Lao Tzu

Outline Be able to outline the 4 epochs of history with their dates and events.

Ancient    
Classical
Medieval
Modern
  
Essays
1. We have studied the impact of individuals on history.  Choose one of the following, or a person of your choice that we have discussed. Describe their background, the obstacles they faced,  and explain the impact they had on history:
Mohandas Gandhi, Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, Leonardo da Vinci,
Martin Luther (johann Tetzel, Fredrick the Wise, Charles V/Diet of Worms)
Galileo (heliocentric vs. geocentric, inquisition)

2. Feudalism, what was it and why did it develop?  What were the feudal duties of the Lord and his vassal?  What were the obligations of the clergy, nobles, and peasants in the Medieval world?  What was the role of the Church and why did it have so much power?

3. Do you believe that Christopher Columbus a hero or a villain?  Why is he viewed as b a hero or a villain to some scholars? What was the Colombian Exchange which was named for him?  Describe the transfer of plants, animals and diseases between the New and Old World and explain its impact on world history.

4  What is cultural diffusion and how does it occur?  Explain how the Crusades were an example of a successful failure.  Who called the crusades, why did he call them?  Why did crusaders go?  What are the legacies of the Crusades on both the West and the Muslim world?

5.  How did the Renaissance get its name?  How did  Medieval Art and thought  differ from Renaissance art and thought?   How did Gothic architecture differ from Renaissance architecture?  Should the Renaissance continue to be called the Early Modern Period or the Golden Age (high point) of the Middle Ages?    Explain your reasoning.

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Week of January 13, 2014

This is the last week before midterms begin, I will assign only one new section.


Due Wednesday
13(5) The Scientific Revolution (434-439)
Identify the terms, people and places on page 434.
Read the Witness History on page 434. What did Galileo see around the planet Jupiter?
Look at the Scientific Method on page 436. Why is this method so important to science?
Look at the picture on page 437. What is happening in the picture?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences or answer questions #3-5 on page 438

Midterm review: Identify the terms or answer questions:World Religions

Explain and identify the world religion associated 
 Eastern: Hinduism , Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism 
  Western:  Judaism, Christianity, Islam)

Karma and  Dharma are important two which two religions? 
Aryans started a caste system in India. Duty to follow rules of the Caste.

Life is Pain is the 1^st Noble Truth

Reincarnation is a key part of these two religions
Two World Religions from India
Yin and Yang

5 Cardinal Relationships, filial piety is most important

Siddhartha Gautma
Mohandas Gandhi
Mohammed
Judaism vs. Christianity which emerged as a sect of the other? 

Which statement is true- most Arabs are Muslim or most Muslims are Arab? 

5 Pillars form the basis of this religion

Hajj taken to Mecca

Sunni and Shiite are two major branches of this religion

Quran (Koran)  is the its holy book. What is the language or the Quran?

Oldest of the 3 Western Religions , identify two other Western religions
What three world religions hold Jerusalem sacred? 

Diaspora and Judaism, how are Jews treated through much of Western history? Why?

The Crucifix/Cross and Bible are most associated with this religion

Three Maps will be on the midterm we will review them this week.

1.     Europe

2.     South Central Asia (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan)

3.     World

Know these dates and events-

Ancient

Classical

Medieval

Modern period

What events begin and end the Middle Ages?

Why did Charlemagne start feudal relationships? 

What was the religious focus of medieval life

Feudal obligations between vassal and lord

Manor- 3 field system be able to illustrate this

Peasant duties on the manor

Salvation what is its opposite?

Excommunication what happened

Interdict why would the Pope stop sacraments from being performed? 

William the Conqueror

Norman Conquest

Bayeaux Tapestry

Why did Pope Urban II call the Crusades

Why did Crusaders go on the Crusades

How are the Crusades a successful failure for Europe?

How do Muslims view the crusades? 

Where does the middle class live?  Why did they sign  charters with nobles?

What are guilds? 

Magna Carta and its  impact

Black Death and its impact
What does Renaissance mean?  How did it get its name? 

Humanism

Perspective

Vernacular

Patron

Leonardo Da Vinci-  identify two works

Michelangelo identify two works

Northern Renaissance

Albrect Durer- who is he compared with

William Shakespeare, what were topics of many of his plays?  

Johann Gutenberg

With movable type printing press- what happened to knowledge? Compare to internet.

Machiavelli- what book did he write? What is its message? 

Protestant Reformation- what happened?

Martin Luther- 95 thesis

Catholic vs. Protestant views on the role of the Pope, saints, relics...

Theocracy-

Henry VIII of England and reason for his split from Church

Queen Elizabeth I and English foreign policy

Scientific Revolution
What is the Scientific method?  
Nicholas Copernicus
Heliocentric vs. Geocentric view of Solar system
Galileo- why did the Church threaten him with Inquisition?
Isaac  Newton

Gravity was it discovered or explained? 

When was the fall of Constantinople and Reasons for exploration

Prince Henry the Navigator and role of the Portuguese in exploration

Caravel, lanteen sail, 
Christopher Columbus, hero or villain? 

Columbian Exchange- What plants and animals were exchanged?

Diseases exchanged

Old World vs. New World

Columbus- what was he looking for?
Conquistadors, how did they get their name? 

Pizarro and Cortez -

Ferdinand Magellan what is he given credit for? 

Middle Passage- Who is brought to the New World?  Why?

Triangle Trade
Mother country
What is the role of the colony in mercantilism?
Which country dominates North America?  Why? 

Week of January 6, 2014

Welcome back from vacation; remember,  the term ends and mid-terms begin one week from Friday.  We will finish up our work on the Renaissance this week and review for the mid terms next week.
Do not forget about Current Events.
Renaissance/Reformation questions on Friday's quiz.

1.       Describe the characteristics of the Renaissance and identify why it began in Italy.

       2.       Identify Renaissance artists and explain how new ideas affected the art of the period.
       3.       Explain how writers of the time addressed Renaissance themes.
       4.       Explain how the printing revolution shaped European society.
       5.       Analyze Martin Luther’s role in shaping the Protestant Revolution.

Assigned before vacation:

Read: Primary Source, The Prince, p. 417. Answer questions #1 and #2

13(2) The Renaissance in the North (418-421)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Who and what are pictured on page 418?
Answer the question in the picture on Durer on page 419
Read: Realism in Northern European Art (420-21) Answer question #1
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Separate homework grade:
Read Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre (422) Draw a picture of the stage, answer questions #1+#2

Due Wednesday:

13(3) The Protestant Reformation (423-427)
Identify the terms, people and places listed on page 423.
What is Luther doing in the picture on page 423?
Read the biography of Martin Luther on page 425 and answer the question at the bottom. Look at the Calvinist Church pictured on page 427, how does it differ from Medieval Cathedrals?
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due Thursday:
13(4) Reformation Ideas Spread (428-433) Double homework grade:
Identify the terms, people, and place listed on page 428.
Read A King Speaks out on page 428.
Did Henry VIII originally oppose or support Luther's break from the church?
Read the biography of Elizabeth I biography on page 429. What three accomplishments of Elizabeth led to what was called the Elizabethan Age?
Read the major events of the English Reformation. Why did King Henry VIII break from the Church in 1533?
How long did it take him to take over the Church of England with the Act of Supremacy?
Look at the map of major European Religions about 1600.
How many religions existed in the Holy Roman Empire?
Why do you think the Holy Roman Empire could not unite into one unified nation?
Look at the primary source on page 433.
How did Teresa of Avila try to end the Reformation in France?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences