Week of November 24, 2014

Be ready for a quiz Tuesday on Hinduism and Buddhism

The 14th Dalai Lama wrote:
The Paradox of Our Age 

We have bigger houses but smaller families;

more conveniences, but less time;

We have more degrees, but less sense;

more knowledge, but less judgement;

more experts, but more problems;

more medicines, but less healthiness;

We've been all the way to the moon and back,
but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.

We built more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever,
but have less communication;

We have become long on quantity, but short on quality.

There are times of fast foods, but slow digestion;

Tall man, but short character;

Steep profits, but shallow relationships.

It's a time when there is much in the window, but nothing in the room.

How does this poem compare to Gandhi's Seven Blunders of the Western World? 

Identify three of the Dalai Lama's statements and explain how you agree or disagree.

Due Wednesday
12(2) the Mongol and Ming Empires.(376-382)
Identify the terms, people and places.
Answer the biography question on page 377.
Answer Thinking Critically questions 1+2 on page 379.
Answer question #3 on page 380.
Answer the three checkpoint question OR questions #3-5 on page 382

Due next Tuesday
5(5) The Long Decline page 173-177.
Identify the terms, people, and places. 
Read Witness History (173) List three reason Rome was weakened..
Read Redefining the Empire (174) What were the political reforms of Diocletian and Constantine? 

What is happening to the Christian pictured on page 175? 
Look at the chart on p.175, when do the number of Christians exceed 3 million people?
List the 5 reasons given for the fall of Rome on page 176-177.
Answer three checkpoint questions in complete sentences OR questions #3,4,5 (177)