Week of June 1, 2015

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.

Separate HW grade

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.

Due Thursday
24(1) The New Imperialism, Building Overseas Empires (749-753)
Identify the terms, people, places
Read Witness History (White Man's Burden) What do you think Kipling is saying in his poem?
List the 4 motives for New Imperialism listed in bold print on page 751.
Look at the picture on page 751, What are gold mines for tomorrow?
Look at the picture on page 752, what did Sir Hiram Maxim invent?  Draw it.
Read Chief Kabongo's account (opposing imperialism 752) Who do you think was the King of the Pink Cheek?
Look at the picture on page 753, who was playing polo? Is anyone missing (are all Indians allowed to play?)
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due next Tuesday

24(2) The Partition of Africa (754-760)

Choose 5 terms, people, and places to identify
Read the letter from Chief Machemba (witness history) what does he offer to give to Herman von Wissman? 
Read the caption to the picture on page 755?  How many men were in Cetshwayo's  Zulu army?
What is pictured on page 756?   What did missionaries bring to Africa?
Look at the two maps on 757?  What happened in Africa between 1850 and 1914?
Read the biography of Cecil Rhodes (758) How did Rhodes make his money? What is Rhodes holding in the picture? 
Read the biography of Menelik II (759) How was Menelik able to defeat the Italians at Adowa?
Look at the picture on page 760.  Why do you think the man seated next to the king is dressed so well?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Week of May 25, 2015

Honors reading on the Potato Famine is due Friday.

Due Wednesday  double homework grade

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 four of the five checkpoint questions in the section

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 in complete sentences

Due Friday
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 complete sentences.

Due next Tuesday

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.

Separate HW grade

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.

Week of May 18, 2015

We will continue our studies of the Industrial Revolution and its impact on society this week.
Be ready for a quiz Friday on material covered this week.
Next Monday is Memorial Day.  Whose sacrifices do we honor? 

Due Wednesday:

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 in industrial production 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 three of the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences. 

Due Thursday:
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. 

Due by next Tuesday: Double homework grade

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 four of  the five checkpoint questions in the section

Week of May 11,2015

Be ready for a quiz Friday on material we covered in class this week.

Due Tuesday

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? 

Due Wednesday

19(4) New Ways of Thinking   (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 four of the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due  Thursday

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 checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Week of May 4, 2015

We will be wrapping up the French Revolution this week and begin looking at another revolution that was occuring concurrently with the French Revolution,  the Industrial Revolution. 
French Revolution essential question: What freedoms were lost when Napoleon replaced "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity" with "Order, Security, and Efficiency"?

We will have a French Revolution quiz this Thursday.

Current Events due by Friday.

Honors Napoleon reading is due Tuesday.

Due Friday
Industrial Revolution essential question: What are the three factors of production necessary for industrialization and why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England? Think of human, natural, and capital resources.  

19(1)Dawn of the Industrial Revolution (608-611)
Identify 5 of the terms, people, and places. 
Read Witness history (608). What type of power emerged in the Industrial Rev.?  Who improved the steam engine and why was this important? 
What does the bar graph on page 609 show?  Why might this be important?
Draw Jethro Tull's seed drill on page 609. 
Answer the biography question on James Watt on page 610. What did Watt improve? 
Look at the picture on 611.  Why is this important?
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences. . 

Due Friday

19(2) Britain Leads the Way (612-615) 
Identify  5 of 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
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