Sunday, April 29, 2018

Week of April 30, 2018 Honors

Tuesday is May Day.  Why do you think the Communists celebrate this day?

19(3) and 19(4) due Tuesday

This week we will look at the major characters of the French Revolution:
Louis XVI and Marie Antionette,  Robespierre,  Marat, Danton,  Charlotte Cordey, the Directory,Napoleon Bonaparte, Clemens von Metternich and Louis XVIII(18th)

19(5) Due next Monday:
19(5)  The End of an Era  (488-493)
Read Biography Napoleon (488)  How do you think nepotism (favoring relatives) helped to cause nationalism in Europe?
Look at Goya painting the 3rd of May (489). Who the man in the white shirt represent?  Why do the Spanish have no faces?
Read Geography and history (490) What weather event helped defeat Napoleon at Waterloo?
Bullet 4 facts about Napoleon's defeat at Moscow in 1812.  (p.491)
Look at the Map on page 492.  What event does this show?  Answer question #3
Who is pictured on page 493?  What Congress did he head in 1815?
Answer 5 of the 7 questions on page 493.

Week of April 30, 2018 CP1 and CP2

Tuesday is May Day,  a workers holiday.  Why do you think the Communists celebrate May Day with big parades? 

This week we will look at the major characters of the French Revolution:

Louis XVI and Marie Antionette,  Robespierre,  Marat, Danton,  Charlotte Cordey, the Directory, Napoleon Bonaparte, Clemens von Metternich and Louis XVIII (the 18th)

19(1) and 19(2) are due Friday
Due next Friday 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 page 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  or list three bullet facts from each of the four sections

Saturday, April 21, 2018

Week of April 23, 2018 CP1 and CP2

We will be studying the French Revolution this week we will review the French connection to the American Revolution. We will  see the role that American inventor and diplomat Ben Franklin played in convincing France to help the American Revolutionary cause.  Why would an absolute monarchy  help democratic revolutionaries?  What does the phrase "an enemy of my enemy is my friend" mean.  Who was our friend in WWII who later became our enemy? 

Homework due Friday
18(4)  The Age of Napoleon
Identify the terms, people and the places
Read Witness History (592) Describe France after the Revoltion in three words.
How did Napoleon come to power in 1799?  What did he offer France?
Look at the map on p.595:  Which Russian city marked the end of  Napoleon's march east?  Does this remind you of any 20th century dictators blitzkrieg?  Who?  Why? 
Read the primar source (596)  bullet two effects of Napoleon's march into Russia? 
Answer the checkpoint questions in complete sentences or bullet 3 facts for each checkpoint section. 


Homework due at the end of next week. 
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 or list 3 bullet points from each section. 
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 or list 3 bullet points from each section.


Week of April 23, 2018 World History Honors

19(3)  Radical Days  (478-483)
Read Did You Know 478).  What is the origin og Madame tussasaud's Wax Museum?
Read Analyzing Primary Sources (479) Answer questions 1,2,3
Read the Biography of Robespierre (480)  How did Robespierre's upbringing help make him a  radical?  
Look at the picture on 481. Why do you think Robespierre thought terror was justified?
Look at the primary source on 483.  What was the role of the Marseillaise? Who sang it, loyalists or radicals? 
Answer 5 of the 7 questions on page 483

19(4) The Age of Napoleon Begins (484-487)
What event on Napoleon's life (fact finder 484) made him a hero of the Republic?  Explain
Look at the picture on page 485.  Why is it significant that the pope is seated? Who is crowning Josephine?
Look at the Skills Assessment (486)   Answer question #3.
Answer 5 of the 7 questions on page 487


George Washington Reading is due on ThursdayHonors classes are assigned The Unbelievable George Washington reading which is also due at the end of the . we come back from vacation.
1. Annotate the reading
2. Identify 10 facts about Washington with page numbers cited.
3. Make a T chart listing his positive and negative characteristics.
4. Identify 3 ah hahs or idks about GW (cite the page numbers)
5. 2 q+a in complete sentences6. What was the Newburg Conspiracy? Why was Washington instrumental to the survival of the American republic?  Why has Washington become a "bore" over time?  

 



Sunday, April 8, 2018

Week of April 7, 2018 Honors

This is the last quarter of your freshman year.  I think of something Winston Churchill once said after US entry to WWII  "this is not the end, or the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning."
Finish your freshman year strong.

19(1) and 19(2) are past due.  Get them in this week as they will count on the 4th quarter too.

We will wrap up our salon with the Enlightenment philosophes.  We will discuss these questions in our class Salon:
1. How did the Scientific Revolution lead to the Enlightenment?
2.  Why were scientists originally called Natural Philsophers? 
3. Is man's nature good or evil?    If man is good why does evil exist? 
4. Can man be trusted to govern?  What would the speakers in our salon say?
5. What is the best form of government?  Why?   

Due the week after vacation:
19(3)  Radical Days  (478-483)
Read Did You Know 478).  What is the origin og Madame tussasaud's Wax Museum?
Read Analyzing Primary Sources (479) Answer questions 1,2,3
Read the Biography of Robespierre (480)  How did Robespierre's upbringing help make him a  radical?  
Look at the picture on 481. Why do you think Robespierre thought terror was justified?
Look at the primary source on 483.  What was the role of the Marseillaise? Who sang it, loyalists or radicals? 
Answer 5 of the 7 questions on page 483

19(4) The Age of Napoleon Begins (484-487)
What event on Napoleon's life (fact finder 484) made him a hero of the Republic?  Explain
Look at the picture on page 485.  Why is it significant that the pope is seated? Who is crowning Josephine?
Look at the Skills Assessment (486)   Answer question #3.
Answer 5 of the 7 questions on page 487.

Week of April 7, 2018 CPI and CPII

This is the last quarter of your freshman year.  I think of something Winston Churchill once said after US entry to WWII  "this is not the end, or the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning."
Finish your freshman year strong.

18(1) and 18(2) are past due.  Get them in this week as they will count on the 4th quarter too.

 18(3) is due by the end of the week.

We will wrap up our salon with the Enlightenment philosophes.  We will discuss these questions in our class Salon:
1. How did the Scientific Revolution lead to the Enlightenment?
2.  Why were scientists originally called Natural Philsophers? 
3. Is man's nature good or evil?    If man is good why does evil exist? 
4. Can man be trusted to govern?  What would the speakers in our salon say?
5. What is the best form of government?  Why? 


18(3)Radical Days of the Revolution (585-591)
 
Identify the terms, people and places.

Read The Engine of Terror, what metaphorically was the "day's wine" for the guillotine?

Read the two account of the Execution of a King (Louis XVI p.586). Why does Marat want to execute the king? List three reasons.
How does the London Times portray the Revolution?

Read the Robespierre biography (p.587) list three events in his life that would explain why he disliked Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

Draw a guillotine (588) Read the six captions (pictures p.587-88) list one fact from each picture.

Look at the picture on page 590: was is La Marseillaise?

Look at the painting of Napoleon on page 591, which side of the French Revolution did the painter, David, agree with: The monarchy or the Revolutionaries?  Why?

Answer the four checkpoint questions  or list 3 facts for each  section  


Homework due the week after vacation:
18(4)  The Age of Napoleon
Identify the terms, people and the places
Read Witness History (592) Describe France after the Revoltion in three words.
How did Napoleon come to power in 1799?  What did he offer France?
Look at the map on p.595:  Which Russian city marked the end of  Napoleon's march east?  Does this remind you of any 20th century dictators blitzkrieg?  Who?  Why? 
Read the primar source (596)  bullet two effects of Napoleon's march into Russia? 
Answer the checkpoint questions in complete sentences or bullet 3 facts for each checkpoint section.

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Week of April 2, 2018

This is now the last week of the term.  Use this gift extra week to catch up on all of the late homework.

Get your current events in.  If you choose to participate in the student walk out or you choose to stay in class then write about your experiences.  I will count this as an extra credit current events story.

The honors Coffee reading is now due on Thursday.

We will continue to present our biographies this week and begin our study of the French Revolution.
Think about the things that would make you revolt (or even walk out of class).