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.

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