December 17, 2011

Complete homework assigned last week

Interview anlaysis started in class on Monday should be completed for Tuesday.

Monday's quiz has been moved to Tuesday.

Essay question due Thursday:  What are the biggest changes to American society over the past 50 years?  Focus on three of the PERSIA EMT in your answer.

Week of December 12, 2011

The interview projects are due tommorrow.
We will be comparing the Civil Rights movement in the US led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to the Indian independence movement led by Mondahas K. Gandhi.  Both used civil disobedience and peaceful non violence as a force more powerful than violence.

Homework due Wednesday
3(1) Early Civilizations of India and Pakistan (68-74)
Identify the terms, people, and places
Read Witness History (68)  How have scholars learned about early Indian Civilizations?
Read Map Skills (69) Answer questions 2+3.
Read the biography on page 70. What did Wheeler contribute to archaeology?
Read Remnants of Indus Civ. (71) Draw one of the carved animals.
What is the woman on page 73 practicing? Why do you think this has lasted so long?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

27(3) India Seeks Self-Rule (865-867)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness History (865)  Why were many Indians frustrated?  With whom?
Read The Salt March (866) How do you think Americans would have viewed the British if they
       violently reacted to the Salt March?
Answer the 3 checkpoint questions in complete sentences.


Due Thursday
Read The Mahabharata (75) Answer Thinking Critically question #1.

The first half of 3(2) just the Hinduism part.
3(2) Hinduism and Buddhism (76-78)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness history(76) in what ways were religion and society intertwined in ancient India?
Identify and draw the 3 major Hindu gods pictured on page 77.
Answer the two checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Week of December 5, 2011

30(1) and 30(2) assigned last week are due this week.
Groups will present on these sections on Wednesday.
Remember the research project is due next Tuesday.

Homework due Friday
30(3)  Communism spreads to East Asia (985-991)
Identify the terms, people, and places
Look at the pictures on 985, what does the Little Red Book contain?
Look at the Mao biography (986) how did he treat critics?
Look at the picture on page 987, what did the littlr red books urge?
Answer questions 1,2, 3 on page 989.
Look at the pictue on page 990. Describe the weather conditions.
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

30(4) War in Southeast Asia  (992-997)
Identify the terms, people and places
Look at the Ho biography on page 993. How did his communist view differ from the Soviet model?
Look at the picture of the calandar on page 994. What is the soldier's name? Why all the "x's"?
Read the infographic on page 994-995.  Answer questions #1+2 on pge 995.
What does the picture on page 996 show?
What are the boat people fleeing on page 997?
Answer the three checkpoint questions in the section.

Week of November 28, 2011

Remember, your interview project is due in two weeks.

There will be a major WWII and post war quiz on Friday.  We will be reviewing the material for most of the week. I am after school every day, please see me if you have any questions.

Homework due this  Wednesday.
30(1)  The Cold War Unfolds  (966-974) (Double homework grade)
Identify the terms, people and places.
Read Witness History (966) what metaphor did Churchill use to describe the area sealed off by Soviet domination?
*Look at the picture on 967, when is the major Soviet holiday?  Why did they show their nuclear might?
*Look at the chart on 968, what type of weapon was limited by arms control agreements?
*Look at the Cold War World , 1977, on page 969. Where is the Soviet soldier pictured?  List 10 Cold War conflicts.  Why do you think the US and USSR did not want to fight each other directly?
* Read the Infographic on page 971.  Answer Thinking Critical questions #1+#2.
*Look at the picture of the supermarkets on page 972.  How do the two types of stores differ?
* What are children practicing for in the picture on page 973?
* What is pictured on page 974?
*Answer the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Homework due next Tuesday:
30(2) The Industrialized Democracies (976-984)
Identify the terms, people, and places. 
*Read the Marshall Plan (976) Why do you think the US built up Western Europe after WWII?  Who were we afraid of taking over the region? 
*What is pictured on page 977?  What is a suburb and why did people move there?
*Look at the picture on 978.  Why did long gas lines appear in the 1970's?
*Read biography on MLK (979)  What issue is MLK most associated with?
*What is picture on page 981?  Why rebuild Germany after WWII?
*What is pictured on page 981?
*Why are doves, small farmersand workers pictured on 983+984?  What nation was rebuilding?
Answer the 4 checkpoint questions in complete sentences. 

20th Century Interview Project

I hope you have an enjoyable and restful Winter break.  While your family gathers for celebration you can start on an interview project due in 3 weeks.
It is important to collect primary sources as we study the rest of the 20th Century.


I will pass out a 6 decade interview sheets.  Both sides of the sheet must be finished by  1/8/12.
The sheet is listed below.   Questions include but are not limited to:
Decade outlined: ___________________________________________________
Subject interviewed:  _____________________________________________
Subject's age during decade:___________________
What is the biggest difference between that time and now?  Explain._________________________________________________________________________
Fashions/Fads/Trends____________________________________________________________
New inventions/technology_______________________________________________________
Status Symbols of the era________________________________________________________
Slang common to time_____________________________________________________
Common pass times (what did they do for fun?) _______________________________________________________________________
Music/Media icons:________________________________________________________
Heroes and villains of the era, explain why________________________________________________________________________
Identify major trends to influence the era as a whole, not necessarily their family
  Family size (extended, nuclear, blended...)____________________________________________
  Religion: Did most families go to service/mass..._______________________________________
  Education: When did MCAS emerge?  Why?__________________________________________
  Government: Did people trust it? Who were the presidents? _____________________________
  Military:  where we at war?  Where?_______________________________________________

Major source of information: _____________________________________________________
News headlines _______________________________________________________________
Strongest memories ____________________________________________________________


Back of Sheet.

-----------To be answered after the interview by the student-------------------------------------------

Does the subject have a positive or a negative view of this decade?  Why?  ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What types of factors influence your subject’s memories?  (e.g. too busy raising kids to remember clearly….)  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Do you notice any trends or major changes to American society in SPRITE E in this decade?
Social ___________________________________________________________________
Political __________________________________________________________________
Religious _________________________________________________________________
Intellectual (science...)_______________________________________________________
Technology _______________________________________________________________
Economic ________________________________________________________________
Environmental ____________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

Mr. Stanton’s Decade Project Rules:

1.      Interview at least three people. Subjects must be at least 5 years old at beginning of decade.  (i.e. the  person must be born by 1955 to discuss the 1960’s)

2.      STUDENT MUST FILL IN SHEET.  Do Not  pass this off to Grandma to fill out.

3.      Due Date:  January 8, 2013

1960’s, 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s, 2000’s.  Only one decade is covered 2X. This must be by people in different generations (20 years apart)

Interview your parents and grandparents (if possible) on the decade your parents graduated from high school. 

5.      Other decades (1940’s, 1950’s…) can be completed for extra credit.

Week of November 14, 2011

29(5) assigned last week is due on Tuesday
Be ready for a short quiz on Tuesday on the notes covered on Monday.

Due Wednesday:  WWII DBQ which will be passed out on Monday

Due Thursday:  Chapter Assessment (960)
Answer questions #1-5 in complete sentences.  Also, answer #15, 16, 17

Be ready for a quiz on Friday on WWII

Honors Class:  quiz will be on Thursday, reading on FDR is due on Friday

November 7, 2011

29(2) and 29(3) assigned last week are due on Tuesday.
Friday is Veterans' Day, why is it celebrated on 11/11?

This week we will look at the causes of the Great Depression and what was done in the US.
Also, we will be looking at WWII

Homework due on Thursday:

29(4) Victory in Europe and the Pacific (948-951)

 Identify the terms, people, and places.

Answer map skills question #3 on page 949.

Draw the shape of the nuclear cloud on page 950.

Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences. 

Homework due next Monday:
29(5) The End of WWII (952-956)

Identify the terms, people, and places.

Look at the picture on page 952, what happened on V-J Day?

Look at chart on page 953, which nation suffered over 22 million deaths and 14 million

     wounded?

What does the Soviet poster pictured on page 954 warn against? R

Read the Berlin Airlift (955) how were Germany and Berlin divided?

 What does the Red Menace (956) warn against?

Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Week of October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween on Monday.  Where did the Halloween tradition originate?

29(1) assigned last week will be due on Tuesday.
This is a good week to catch up with missing homework as the term ends Friday.
As we watch Swing Kids try to focus on how the Nazi's used propaganda to indoctrinate the you of the HJ.

This week we will recreate the 1932 Weimar election which led to the Nazi take over of Germany.
A quiz grade will be given based upon your participation in the simulation.  We will also have an in class essay and a quiz based upon the simulation.
You will have to understand the basic political positions of the Nazis, Socialists, Communists, and Center Party to complete the quiz.

Homework due next Tuesday (11/8) will be accepted this Friday for credit on both terms.

29(2)The Axis Advances (930-938)

Identify the terms, people, and places.

Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 933.

Answer Thinking Critically #1 on page 935.

Read the picture caption on 936, how did the Japanese treat the Chinese?

Read the caption to the picture on 938, answer the question.

Finally, answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

29(3) The Allies Turn the Tide (939-945)

Identify the terms, people, and places.

Read Witness history (939) why did WWII become a total war for the US?

Read the infographic (941) identify three new WWII technologies and explain how  they were used to win the war.

Read the three biographies on page 944, identify each of the 3 Allied leaders, their country and two facts about the leaders from each reading.

Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Separate homework grade: 
Read D-Day 946-7, answer the three thinking critically questions on page 947.

Week of October 24, 2011

On Monday we quiz on Stalin and Totalitarian life in the USSR

The Rest of the week we will discuss Chapter 28 which includes the conditions and leaders that led to WWII, especially the role of Hitler and Nazi Germany.  We will also recreate the Weimar election of 1932 which was key to Hitler gaining power in Germany.

Homework due on Wednesday: Read
28(5) Hitler and the Rise of Nazi Germany (912-917)
Identify the terms, people and places.
Look at the picture on 912, how did Hitler give hope to the Germans?  Who did he blame?
Look at the picture on 913, what is inflation and how did it impact prices?
Read the biography of Hitler on 914.  List three adjectives to describe his personality.
Look at the picture on 915. What happened on Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)?
Look at the picture on page 916.  Why were books like All Quiet on the Western Front burned?
Look at the chart on page 917. Why were Jewish books also burned? What Jewish scientist exiled from Germany  came to the US to teach at Princeton University?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.



Due Friday:
 29(1) From Appeasement to War (924-929)
Identify the terms, people and places
Look at the picture on page 925.  What did Neville Chamberlain think he had brought Britian in September 1938 with his agreement with Hitler?
Look at the picture on 925, what treaty did Germany break by rearmament?
Look at the picture on page 926. List the four fascist leaders and their countries.
Why is the woman crying on page 927?
Look at the map on page 928.  Answer questions #1+2.
Look at the chart on page 929. Identify what you think are the top two reasons to appease (give into) Hitler.
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.
 

Week of October 17, 2011

On Monday we will review Stalin's Russia and you will be assigned a Document Based Question (DBQ) on Stalin's role in Soviet Industrialization.  The essay question associated with the DBQ will be due on Wednesday.

Homework due on Friday

28(3)  Fascism in Italy
Identify the terms, people, and places
How is Mussolini pictured on page 898 and 899?
Look at the infographic (900-901) What is a cult of personality?
What happened to Osip Mandelstam (900)?
Look at the picture on 902, what were children required to carry?
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Read Pablo Picasso (p.890) .  How do you think cubism got its name?

28(2) The Western Democracies Stumble (891-897) (Double homework grade)
Identify the terms, people, and places
Look at the picture on 891.  What is a soup kitchen?
Look at the picture on page 892.  What were the Irish Republican Army trying to resist?
Look at the political cartoon on 893.  What point is the cartoonist trying to make?
Read the infographic (894-5). In which country did the Great Depression begin?
What country had the highest unemployment (line graph  on 895)
Describe the woman pictured on page 896.
Look at the Economic Theory bloc on page 897.  What does John Maynard Keynes think the government should do during depressions?
Answer the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Week of October 11, 2011

28(1) Postwar Social Changes. (884-889)

Identify the terms people and places.

Who is pictured on age 884? What type of music did he play?

 Look at the picture on 885, what is a speakeasy?

Read about the Jazz Age (886-7) How did flappers shock their elders?

Illustrate three changes in technology pictured.

Read Marie Curie (888) what was she best known for?

Read abstract art, why is Kadinsky's art (889) and Picasso's art (890) called Cubist?

Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences. 

Read the Infographic on page 900-901 

Complete the 6 features of a Totalitarian State (900) shared by Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and Communist USSR.

Single party ________________   with _________ obedience to a single leader.

______________ control of the economy.

Use of ____________  spies and ____________  to enforce the will of the state.
Government control of the ______________  to indoctrinate and mobilize citizens through _______________________

Use of ____________________  and youth organizations to spread __________________ to children

Strict ____________________  of the artists and ______________________  with dissenting opinions.

Read 28(4)  The Soviet Union under Stalin  (904-911)

Identify the terms, people, and places. 

Read Witness History (904)  How is Stalin portrayed in the picture?

Look at the picture (905).  What did Stalin see as the key to success of the USSR?

Why are the people pictured on page 906 starving?  What happened to their crops?

Look  at the map on 907?  How did Stalin use Gulags?

What tools are being raised by the factory worker and the farmer on page 908?

Look at the picture (909)  What happened to the Russian Orthodox Church?

Look at the picture (910)  Why were  Soviet cities so crowded?

Complete the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.  Be sure to kick back the question. 

Honors Influenza Reading

This week's selected reading comes from Andrew Nikiforuk's book, Fourth Horseman (of the Apocalypse.
The first rider represents the world of God, wears a crown and sits on a white horse.  He represents light and hope (think of Gandalf the White in Lord of the Rings)
The second rider represents war and sits on a blood red horse and carries a big sword. He represents the power of government which sends men to war and the destruction they bring.
The third rider sits on a black horse and holds a scale to measure prosperity and famine which was a constant threat.
The fourth horseman looks like the Grim Reaper. He rides a pale and sickly thin horse. He  carries a sythe  and represents disease, pestilence and death.

Due Wednesday.
15 facts on the reading.  Make sure to include the page number with each fact.
5 questions with their answers.  Be sure these are not one word answers.
Reaction to the reading.  What do you think of Nikiforuk's writing style.  What about the topic.

Include at least one "ah hah" moment, this is an insight and connection to today you gained from the reading  or one "IDK" (something you don't understand)

Reading due Wednesday (October 5th)

Week of October 3, 2011

Complete the  Chapter 26 assignments posted the last two weeks.  Make up quiz will be given after school, but you have to complete the homework on the material before you retake the quiz.

Due last Wednesday: 26(3) Winning the War(829-833)

Identify the terms, people, and places.

Read And American War Song (829) When did the US declare war on Germany? How is the war poster on 830 connected to the picture on 830?
Who was Edith Cavell (biography 831) Why was she shot by the Germans? What do you think the Germans should have done with her?
Who is pictured on the recruitment poster on page 832?
Why are the French cheering on page 833?

Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due last Thursday : 26(4) Making the Peace (834-838)

Identify the terms, people and places.
Who is pictured on page 834? Are they the leaders of the Allies or the Central Powers?
Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 835.
Answer question #3 on page 837.
Answer questions #1+2 on Analyzing Political Cartoons on page 838.

Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due Friday (10/7/11):  26(5) Revolution and Civil War in Russia (839-845)

Identify the terms, people and places.

Who is speaking in the letter, voices of the front, on page 839? Who do they write to, and what do they want?

Draw a quick illustration of Rasputin (840). Who was Rasputin an advisor to? What type of egg is pictured on page 840?
Answer the biography question on V.I. Lenin on page 841.
Answer thinking critically question #1 on page 843.
What caused the mass starvation pictured on page 845?
Answer the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Separate Homework Grade: Answer Chapter Assessment questions #1-6, and
# 11 and #17 on page 848

Quiz this week on Thursday, October 6, 2011  on 26(1)-26(4)

Week of September 26, 2011

We will begin our in class study of WWI.

Due Wednesday: 26(3) Winning the War(829-833)

 Identify the terms, people, and places.

Read And American War Song (829) When did the US declare war on Germany? How is the war poster on 830 connected to the picture on 830?
Who was Edith Cavell (biography 831) Why was she shot by the Germans? What do you think the Germans should have done with her?
Who is pictured on the recruitment poster on page 832?
Why are the French cheering on page 833?

Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.


Due Thursday : 26(4)  Making the Peace (834-838)

Identify the terms, people and places.                                                    
Who is pictured on page 834? Are they the leaders of the Allies or the Central Powers? 
Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 835. 
Answer question #3 on page 837.
Answer questions #1+2 on Analyzing Political Cartoons on page 838.

                 Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Be ready Friday for a WWI quiz

Due Next Tuesday: Revolution and Civil War in Russia (839-845)

Identify the terms, people and places.

 Who is speaking in the letter, voices of the front, on page 839? Who do they write to, and what do they want?

Draw a quick illustration of Rasputin (840). Who was Rasputin an advisor to? What type of egg is pictured on page 840?
Answer the biography question on V.I. Lenin on page 841.
Answer thinking critically question #1 on page 843.
What caused the mass starvation pictured on page 845?
Answer the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Separate Homework Grade:  Answer Chapter Assessment questions #1-6, and 
 # 11 and #17 on page 848.

Week of September 19, 2011

I want to thank Mr. Izzo for filling in so well for me during my recovery .

September 17th is Constitution Day.  All public school history teachers are required to teach at least one lesson on the subject to commemorate the completion  of the American Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787 in Philadelphia.  It was then submitted to the states for ratification.  So we will take some time this week discussing the American Federal System and its Bill of Rights.

First we will  finish our study of Islam.  Be ready for a quiz Wednesday or Thursday on the material covered both by Mr. Izzo and me. 

I know that you have viewed a key nexus event (turning point) of the 21st century: 9/11/01.
Although radical Muslim fundamentalists caused the event they do not represent the true nature of Islam.  These fundamentalists are reacting to the technological progress and changing social values of the modern world, yet they have had a significant effect on the modern world. 

World War I was the nexus point that changed the 20th century.  We will begin our study of the 20th century with this war.  Homework due by Friday:

26(1) The Great War Begins (816-821). (double homework credit) Identify the terms, people and places. Draw the three images on page 815 and explain their significance. What was the spark of WWI (picture 816). Answer question 2+3 on map skills page 817. Why are the people picture on 818 so happy? Read the biography of Kaisar Wilhelm II (819) who were his two cousins and his grandmother? Read the reasons of entering the war (820), what two powers were most responsible for starting the war? Explain your answer. How did people show their war enthusiasm (picture 821)? 
Answer the five checkpoint questions.

26(2)A New Kind of War (822-827)  Identify the terms, people and places. Read a soldier on the Western Front (822) what does the soldier hear that makes him happy? Read Map Skills on page 823, answer questions 2+3.  Read the infographic (824-5), illustrate three of the changes to warfare in the Great War. Read Map Skills on page 826, who fought against the Ottoman Empire in Egypt and on the Saudi peninsula?  Who is pictured on page 827?  
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences

Read Erich Maria Remarque: All Quiet on the Western Front (828)
Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2

Week of September 12, 2011

Homework for the week:  Mr. Izzo will set the due dates.

Due ____________________

10(1) The Rise of Islam (p.304-309)
Identify the terms, people, and places. Read the Infographic on page 307 and answer questions #1+2. Also, answer questions #3-6 on page 308 in complete sentences.

Read the primary source reading on the Quran (Koran) on page 309. Answer Critical Thinking questions #1-3

Due ________________
10(2): Building a Muslim Empire (310-316)two separate h.w. grades
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Read the caption with the Dome of the Rock on page 311. Answer the question with the picture. Look at the picture on 312. What is a whirling dervish? Answer the question with the picture on a Jewish apothecary in Spain on page 313. Answer the question on the biography on page 314. Answer the Spread of Islam questions #2+3 on page 315.
Answer questions #3,4,5 on page 316.

Due ______________

10(3) Muslim Civilizations Golden Age 317-323
Identify the terms, people, and places. Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 321. Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 323. Explain how Arabic numerals (picture 322) in Eastern Muslim Regions differed from Modern Western Arabic numerals. Who most likely brought Arabic numerals to Europe?
Answer questions #3-5 on page 322.

Week of September 5, 2011

Welcome back from Labor Day weekend. Labor Day started in the US in the 18880's as a tribute to the contribution of the American worker to our country's greatness.

Homework for the week will be collected on Friday.
34(5) advances in Science and Technology (p.1120-1125) Identify the terms, people, and places (1120). Who was the first man on the man and what were his first words (picture 1120). Read Thinking Critically (1121) answer question #1. Read the infographic (1122-23) What was the name of the US project to make a nuclear bomb? What did Jonas Salk develop in 1954? What structure did Watson and Crick explain in 1953? Read A Global Food Evolves (1124) What did Native Americans in Mexico domesticate from teosinte kernels?
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

34(2) Globalization (1100-1104) Read Witness History (1100) and look at the picture on 1104. Why do you think globalization is so controversial? Read World Oil Resource (map 1101). Identify three countries with major oil reserves. Which country consumes the most oil? Read the infographic (1102-03). Where did coffee originate? What is the only commodity more traded than coffee? What is the fair trade movement? Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Read People and the Environment (1105) answer Thinking Critically #1.

34(3)Social and Environmental Challenges (116-1113)Read Malaria (1107) Why do you think malaria is a risk mainly in developing countries? Look at the chart on 1108, what country attracts 20% of the world total migrants? Look at the picture on page 1109, though which country do you think most of the US illegal immigrants come from? Why don’t signs like the one pictured stop them? Look at the picture on page 1110, why would some people buy clothes with the RUGMARK label? Read the Infographic (1111) what is the relationship between disease and access to safe water? Read the biography of Edward O. Wilson (1112) why did he originally study ants? Why do you think he believes foresight and moral courage are needed to preserve the environment? Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Week of August 31,2011

Welcome back to school. I am sorry that I am unable to be in school the first few weeks as my recovery from knee replacement surgery is taking longer than I anticipated, but I feel lucky that Mr. Izzo is filling in for me during this time. I will be posting a weekly blog with your homework assignments. It is important to complete all of the homework in a timely manner because it is a large part of your grade. Grading for the class includes:

Tests/Quizzes/Essays 50%
Classwork 25%
Homework 25%
My exta help day will be  Thursday.

You should bring these to class each day : a pen/pencil, a three ring binder with note paper and a good attitude. Even if you are a poor test taker you can do well in class if you complete your homework and work hard in class you will pass the class for the year.

This September 11th marks the 10 year anniversary of the attacks on the Pentagon and the World trade Center. Our nation has changed greatly over this time and we will spend the first weeks of class looking at these changes.

Book work due Friday, September 2. All homework should be either written on lined paper or typed. Make sure to put your first and last name, class period, and assignment on each completed assignment. All questions that ask "what do you think?" are asking for your opinion.

Read Chapter 34 section 4 (pages 1115-1119).

List and identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 1115. You can use the glossary at the end of the book or find these bold blue words in the reading. Skim the section first, look at the picture on page 1115, why do you think President Bush spoke about international security in the fall of 2002? What is pictured on page 1116? Look at the map on page 1117, what nations are suspected of having biological, chemical or nuclear weapons? Why should the US be concerned by this? Who is pictured on page 1118? Look at the picture on page 1119, why do you think the Freedom Tower will be 1776 feet high?
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Final Exam Review Week

Final Exams are this week. They are 10% of your final grade.

Exams
Tuesday- D period final
Wednesday- A period final + C period final
Thursday (1/2 day) B + G finals
Friday (1/2) day E+F finals
Monday- make up day for finals, you must have Principal's approval to take final on this day


Final Exam Review sheet is due on day of final
This will be counted as a 4th quarter quiz grade.

Week of June 6,2011

Today, June 6, 1944 is the anniversary of D-Day, the long awaited Allied invasion of France. If you have seen Saving Private Ryan the opening scene is a recreation of D-Day.

This is the last full week of school, finish the year strong.

Due Friday
29(3) The Allies Turn the Tide (939-945) Identify the terms, people, and places. Read Witness history (939) why did WWII become a total war for the US? Read the infographic (941) identify three new WWII technologies and explain how they were used to win the war. Read the three biographies on page 944, identify each of the 3 Allied leaders, their country and two facts from each reading. Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Separate homework:
Read D-Day 946-7, answer the three thinking critically questions on page 947.

29(4) victory in Europe and the Pacific (948-951) Identify the terms, people, and places. Answer map skills question #3 on page 949. Draw the shape of the nuclear cloud on page 950. Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

29(5) The End of WWII (952-956) Identify the terms, people, and places. Look at the picture on page 952, what happened on V-J Day? Look at chart on page 953, which nation suffered over 22 million deaths and 14 million wounded? What does the Soviet poster pictured on page 954 warn against? Read the Berlin Airlify (955) how were Germany and Berlin divided? What does the Red Menace (956) warn against? Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due Monday June 13
30(1) The Cold War Unfolds (966-974) Identify the terms, people, and places. Look at the pic ture on page 973, what are the school children practicing for? How is this duck and cover practice similar to our safe spot/lock down drills? How are they different?

The Final Exam Review Sheet passed out last week is due on the day of the final.

May 31, 2011

We are in the home stretch please keep working. In order to understand WWII and Japan's involvement please complete these assignments by Friday. Quiz grade for each.

25(1) Japan Modernizes (784-790)Identify the terms, people, and places. Answer Travelers's Tales 786-7 Thinking Critically (787) questions 1+2. Also, answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

27(5) Conflicting Forces in Japan (874-877) Identify the terms, people, and places. Answer Map Skillsqustion #3 on page 876 and the biography question on Hirohito on page 877. Also, answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

29(1) From Appeasement ot War (924-929) Identifythe terms, people and places. Answer map skills questions #2+2 on page 928. Also answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

29(2)The Axis Advances (930-938) Identify the terms,people, and places. Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 933. Answer Thinking Critically #1 on page 935. Read the picture caption on 936, how did the Japanese treat the Chinese? Read the caption to the picture on 938, answer the question. Finally, answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

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Week of May 16, 2011

The Interview Projects are now past due. This is a major quarter grade.

Be ready for a short quiz Tuesday on the causes of WWI

Due Wednasday:
Read Erich Maria Remarque: All Quiet on the Western Front (828)
Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2

Due Thursday: 26(3) Winning the War((829-833) Identify the terms, people, and places. Read And American War Song (829) When did the US declare war on Germany? How id the war poster on 830 connnected to the picture on 830? Who was Edith Cavell (biography 831) Why was she shot by the Germans? What do you think the Germans should have done with her? Who is pictured on the recruitment poster on page 832? Why are the French cheering on page 833? Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

26(4) (Double Homework grade) Making the Peace (834-838)Who is pictured on page 834? Are they the leaders of the Allies or the Central Powers? Answer thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 835. Answer question #3 on page 837. Answer questions #1+2 on Analyzing Political Cartoon on page 838. Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Be ready Friday for a WWI quiz

Due Monday (May 23) :(Double homework grade) Revolution and Civil War in Russia (839-845) Who is speaking in the letter , voices tot he front, on page 839? Who do they write to, and what do they want? Draw a quick illustration of Rasputin (840). Who was Rasputin an advisor to? What type of egg is pictured on page 840? Answer the biography question on V.I. Lenin on page 841. Answer thinking critically question #1 on page 843. What caused the mass starvation pictured on pge 845?
Answer the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Answer Chapter Assessment questions #1-6, 11 and 17 on page 848.

Week of May 9,2011

Interview sheets due this Friday.

Due Wednesday: 27(3) India Seeks Self Rule (865-867) What is pictured on page 865? Who led the Great Salt March (picture 866)? Identify the terms, people, and places. Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Read Primary Source: Mohandas Gandhi, page 868. Answer question 1+2 on page 868 in complete sentences.

Due Thursday:
26(1) The Great War Begins (816-821). (double homework credit) Identify the terms, people and places. Draw the three images on page 815 and explain their significance. What was the spark of WWI (picture 816). Answer question 2+3 on map skills page 817. Why are the people picture on 818 so happy? Read the biography of Kaisar Wilhelm II (819) who were his two cousins and his grandmother? Read the reasons of entering the war (820), what two powers were most responsible for starting the war? Explain your answer. How did people show their war enthusiasm (picture 821)? Answer the five checkpoint questions.

26(2)A New Kind of War (822-827)Identify the terms, people and places. Read a soldier on the Western Front (822) what does the soldier hear that makes him happy? Read Map Skillon on page 823, answere questions 2+3. Read the infographic (824-5), illustrate three of the changes to warfare in the Great War. Read Map Skills on page 826, who fought against the Ottoman Empire in Egypt and on the Saudi peninsula? Who is pictured on page 827? Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Week of May 2, 2011

Complete Friday's handout on Italian nationalism, it is worth a 5 point quiz

Remember the interview project due May 13, 2011

Chapter 24 material assigned last week is due this week

Due by Friday

24(3) European Claims in Muslim Regions (762-766)
Identify the terms, people and places. Look at the picture of Napoleon on 762, why did he invade Egypt in 1798? Read the infographic on page 765, how many miles were cut on a trip from London to Bombay (Mumbai), India? What two bodies of water does the Suez Canal connect? What is pictured on 766? Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Answer questions #1-8 on the Chapter Assessment on page 780, also questions #9 and 19.

Week of April 25, 2011

Chapter 22(1), 22(2), 22(3) assigned the week before break are due by Tuesday.

Remember long term project.

Due by Friday
24(1) Building Overseas Empires (750-753) Identify the terms, people, and places. Look at the picture on page 751, what wasa a driving force behind imperialism? Look at the picture age 752, why were outnumbered European armies able to defeat African and Asian forces? Read European Conquest of Aftica (752) What is Cecil Rhodes's argument for imperialism? What is Chief Kanbongo's argument against imperialism?
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.


24(2) The Partition of Africa (754-760)
Identify the terms, people, and places. Read Cecil Rhodes's biography on page 758, how did he become one of the world's richest men by the time he was 40? Read Menelik II's biography on page 759, how did he preserve Ethiopia's independence?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due by next Monday (May 1, 2011)

24(4) The British Take over India 767-771 Identify the terms, people, and places. Read the infographic on the Sepoy Rebellion (768-9) Who are sepoys and why did both Muslim and Hindu sepoys revolt against Britain? Look at the pictures on railroads and trade (770) How did imperialism economically benefit India?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

24(5) China and the New Imperialism (773-777) Identify the terms, people and places. Read trading opium for tea (773) Why did Lin Zexu condemn the British policy of trading opium for tea? Read the caption on page 776 on the Boxer Rebellion. Who were the Boxers and why were they discontented?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Week of April 11, 2011

We will wrap up the Industrial Revolution this week and will quiz on chapters 19 +21on Friday

Due Thursday: all of Chpt 21 assigned last week is due as well as
21(4) Arts of the Industrial Age (681-685)
Identify the terms, people, and places. Read Beethoven' biography (682), what tragedy did this musician suffer? Read realism in the arts(683) which picture in the classroom is Munch's? Look at van Gogh's painting (684) what is on his ear? Answer the three checkpoint questions.

Due the Tuesday we get back from break

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.

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.

22(3) Unifying Italy (700- 703)Identify the terms, people, and places. Answer the three checkpoint questions. Answer thinking Critically questions 1+2 on page 703.

Week of April 4, 2011

Last week Chapter 19 The Industrial Revolution begins was assigned last week

This week Chapter 21 Life in the Industrial Age (660-685) will be assigned.

Material due by Friday:
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 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 the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

21(2) The Rise of Cities (667-673) Identify the terms, people, and places. Answer the focus questin 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 Tuesday (4/12/11)
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 the five checkpoint questions in the section.

Week of March 27, 2011

This is the last week of the term. It is important to finish the term strong and start the new term on a good note.

We will be finishing up the French Revolution/rise of Napoleon this week as well as starting our study on the Agricultural and Industrial Revolution.

French Revolution test will be Thursday, the bookwork collected on Friday will be extra credit this term as well as counting on next term.

Due by Friday:
19(1)Dawn of the Industrial Revolution (608-611) Identify the terms,people, and places. Answer the focus question on page 608. Draw Jethro Tull's seed drill on page 609. Answer the biography question on James Watt on page 610. Also, answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

19(2) Britain Leads the Way (612-615) Identify the terms, people, and places. Read the witness history on page 612 and try to 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 idustry make? Anwer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

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.

Due Tuesday (4/5) Read the Primary Source on page 621. Answer Thinking Critically questions 1+2.

Due Wednesday (4/6) New Ways of Thinking (622-626) Identify the terms, people, and places. Read Witness history on page 622, how do Marx and Engels describe working conditions? Who does Malthus (picture 623) blame for poverty? Answer thinking Criticaly questions 1+2 on page 624. Answer the five checkpoint questions.

Week of March 21, 2011

Complete the book assignments on last week's blog.

I will be passing out a DBQ on the French Revolution.

Current Event #3 Due on Friday.

Note** MCAS this Tuesday and Wednesday.
Period 4 is moved to room 205 on these days.

Week of March 14, 2011

The short paper on the Elizabeth video is due Monday.

Complete the terms, people, and places for 17(2)listed on page 550 for Tuesday.
17(3) and The Chapter Check-up is due Wednesday

Due Friday:
18(1) On the Eve of Revolution (572-577). Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 572. Look at the Witness History pn page 572. Who and what led to the storming of the Bastille (July 14, 1789)? Answer question #1 on page 573. Answer Critically Thinking questions #1+2 on page 574. Read the Primary Source on page 575, why did the poor attack the nobles's homes?
Answer the 4 Checkpoint questions in the section.

Due Friday: 18(2) The French Revolution Unfolds (577-583)
Read Parisian woman storm Versailles, who did the women want to kill? Read French reaction to Am. Rev (579). What two men had great influences on both revolutions? Read the caption on page 580, why did the starving French women resent Marie Antionette? Read the Analyzing Political Cartoons (582). What rodent represents the French Revolution? Why did the other European royals fear the French Revolution? Look at the sans-culotte (583), why isn't the man wearing knee high stockings?
Answer the four checkpoint questions.

Due Tuesday (3/22): Double points homework: 18(3)Radical Days of the Revolution (585-591)
Read The Engine of Terror, what methporically 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 Rovespierre biography (p.597) list three events in his life that would explain why he disliked Louis XVI and Marie Antionette. Draw a guilotinne (588) Read the six captions to the pictures (587-88) bullet one fact from each. Looka at the picture on page 590: was is La Marseillaise? Look at the painting of Napoleon on page 591, which two sides of the French Revolution did the painter, David, agree with? Why?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in the section, also answer #6 on page 590.

Due Thursday:(3/24) 18(4) The Age of Napoleon (592-600)
Read the Witness History (592) Describe Freance after the Revolution; how was Napoleon able to come to power? Look at the map on 595, which city marked Napoleon's furthest advance east? Read the primary source (596) bullet two effects of Napoleon's march into Russia in 1810.Read the biography of Prince Clemens von Metternich (598), answer the question in the box. Look at the portrait of Louis XVIII, who does he look like?
Answer the six checkpoint questions.

Answer Chapter Assessment questions #1-10 on page 604.

short paper topic

Mr. Stanton
Writing Assignment
Due Monday , March 14, 2011

Demonstrate your understanding of the video Queen Elizabeth I, The Virgin Queen. Select 3 main ideas and prioritize these ideas in the order of their importance to the topic. Justify the time spent in class watching this film.


Explain the obstacles Elizabeth faced in her life. Explain her accomplishments both from the film and from the Paul Johnson reading on heroes. How did she turn the first job of the queen, to have an heir, from a criticism to a strength.

Week of March 7, 2011

Book work for the week.

We will study the Englightment and the American Revolution.
Due Wednesday 17(1) Philosophy in the Age of Reason (544-548) Identify the terms, people and places listed on page 544. Read page 543. How did Enlightenment thinkers think they could fix the problems of society? What did Rousseau (witness history p.544) think people should do in order to be free? Look at the picture on 545, how is Hobbes's ruler pictured? Why? Read the biographys on page 546. What did Voltaire attack in his writings? What did Montesquieu think was necessary to protect liberty? Look at the picture on 548. What resource do investors provide :human, natural, or capital?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sections.

Due Thursday: 17(2) Enlightenment Ideas Spread (550-555) Read the Witness History (550) What does reason, tolerance, and love overcome in the Magic Flute? Look at the picture on 551, why did writers hide their feelings in satire? Read the infographic(552-3), how does Rococo Art differ from Baroque Art? Who are the three enlightened despots pictured on page 554? Read about Operas on page 556, answer question #1.
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due Monday (3/14), 17(3) Birth of the American Republic. (557-563) Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 557. Read Mak skills page 558, answer question #3. Look at the picture on page 559: what three men were credited with drafting the Declaration? What three heroes of the Revolution are pictured on 560? List one fact about each. Read the infographic on page 562, answer question #2. Look at the Bill of Rights onpage 563, whose ideas do they embody?
Answer the five checkpoint questions.

Due Tuesday (3/15) Chapter Assessment, page 568. Answer questions #1-6.
Also answer questions#7,9,11 or # 8, 10,12.

Week of February 28 - March 4,2011

This week we will study the absolute monarchies in Spain, France and Russia in the "age of absolutism".

In Monday's class we will review the different forms of governments: monarchy (absolute vs. limited vs. enlightened), dictatorship, aristocracy, oligarchy, anarchy,mobocracy, democracy, kleptocracy vs. commonwealth,
What is divine right of kings?
We will see if we can understand the causes of Arab revolutions in Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt.

Homework for the week:
16(1) and 16(2) should have been completed.
Due Wednesday: Read about the forms of dictatorship on page 1164. Identify and define the three types of dictatorship. Look at the glossary of political terms. How would a constitution and rule of law impact the powers of a dictator? Explain.

Due Thursday 16(3) Parliament Triumphs in England (516-523)
Identify the terms, people, and places listed on 516. Read Charting a collision course (516) Why did James think God would call kings gods? Read a voice for absolutism (517) Describe the life of man without a strong government according to Hobbes. Answer Critically thinking question #1 on page 519.Read on Puritan heritage (521)Why did Puritans establish public schools?
There are seven checkpoint questions, complete five.

Read the Primary Source on the English Bill of Rights (p. 524) Answer thinking critically question #1+2.

Week of February 14, 2011

Happy Valentines's Day, why do you think this is celebrated at this time of year?

Due Wednesday: 16(1) Spanish Power Grows (504-509) Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 504. Read " A Working Monarch"on page 504. Why do you think Spain had a Century of Gold from 1550-1650? Read the Map Skills on page 505. Answer questions 2+3 on page 505. List the four marriages of Philip II and the country Spain was trying to ally itself with (p.506).What three ways did Philip increase Spaninsh power (infographic p. 506. Read the caption to the picture on 507, what territory did the Spanish lose in 1648. Who painted the picture on page 508? How do you think he got this name? Read the section on Don Quixote on page 509. What did Don Quixote think the windmills were? Answer question #2 on page 509.
Answer Comprehension questions #3-5 on page 508.

Due Thursday
16(2) France under Louis XIV (14th) (510-514) Identify the terms, people, and places on page 510. Read Life at Versailles (510) list 3 adjectives for life at the court. Read the Biography of Cardinal Richelieu (511). What two occupations did Richelieu's parents want him to follow? What was their goal? Read the primary source on page 512; according to Bossuet who does the prince have to answer to? Why? Read the infographic on page 513, answer Thinking Critically questions 1+2.
Answer comprehension questions #3-5 on page 514.

We will use Thursday's Class as a review of chapters 14, 15 and 16(1) for a test on Friday.

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Week of February 6,2011

15(2) and 15(3) assigned last week are due by Tuesday.
Current Event week #3 is due by next Monday.
Be ready for a quiz Friday on material covered this week.

Homework due Wednesday
15(4) The Atlantic Slave Trade (487-490). Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 487. What are the two pictures on page 487? Draw one of them. Read page 488. What was Ottobah Cugoano traded for? Answer the Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 489. What is the dilemma/tradeoff that William Cowper writes about on page 490. Look at the triangular trade routes (489) why could it be called the quadrangle trade? Explain your answer.
Answer Comprehensiona snd Critical Thinking questions #3-5 on page 490.

Homework due Thursday
15(5) Effects of Global Contact (491-495)
Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 491. Read the "Uniting the World" reading on page 491. What did Adam Smith say were the two greatest and most important events in world history? Why were they so important? Look at eht picture on 492. What two sourcess do the Spanish credit their victory in the new world? Read tulipmaina? Where and why did it occur and what year did it crash? Read Comparing viewpoints on page 494. What was the cause of the trade war?
Answer questions #3-6 on page 495.

Due Friday
Read Events that shaped the world (496-7) Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2
Read the Quick Study guide on page 498. List one subject that you think should be included in the review, but is not. Explain your answer. Also, answer question #1-6 on page 500.

Week of January 30,2011

We will be reviewing the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt this week. Make sure you understand the causes and possible outcomes of these revolutions.

On Wednesday we will have a test on Chapter 13: Renaissance, Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution. We will be reviewing on Monday and Tuesday for this test.

Homework due by Friday:
Chapter 15; The beginnings of our Global Age- Europe and the Americas
Read: 15(1) Conquest in the Americas (472-476) Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 472. Read the Primary Source on page 473, what did the Europeans bring to the new world (list three things) Answer Thinking Critically #2 on page 475.
What is pictured on page 476?
Answer Comprehension questions #3-6 on page 426.

Read: 15(2) Spanish and Portuguese Colonies in the Americas (477-481)
Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 477. Read teh Witness History on page 477, what did Bartolome de Las Casas say was silent about the new world discoveries? How does the painting on page 478 show cultural blending? Look at the Spanish Cathedral pictured on page 479, how can you tell that religion is a vital part of the community? Look at the pie carts on page 480. Which group lost most of its population? What category was added in 1650? Why? What is being smuggled in the picture on page 481? Why do you think this smuggling occured?
Answer Comprehension questions #3-6 on page 481.

Due Monday (2/7) Read 15(3)Struggle for North America (482-486)
Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 482. Read A piece of the past on page 482. What was discovered in a newly plowed field in 1867? Read the biography on page 483. What was Jacques Cartier sent to find by the French king? Look at the picture on page 484, what were English settlers promised in Virginia? Why do you think John Smith in Jamestown later said "those who do not work do not eat." Read page 485, answer map skills questions #2+3.
Answer Comprehension questions #3-6 on page 486.

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Week of January 24,2010

Early in the week we will review the religious, political, and economic impact of the Reformation in Europe and we will also view the Scientific Revolution which caused a giant intellectual shift.

For homework this week I would like you to complete these sections before Friday. You can turn them in any day before then.

14(3) European Footholds in South and Southeast Asia (457-460) Identify the terms, people and places listed on page 457. Read the Gunfire over Malacca (457)What technology did the Portguese use to build its empire? Look at the two pictures on page 458, how did European and Asian artists show their different perspectives about the early encounters? What is the Asian symbol of power in the painting on page 459?
Answer Questions #3-5 on page 460.

14(4) Encounters in East Asia (461-465) Read "A Jesuit in China" on page 461. List four facts about Mattteo Ricci that show his world impact. Read the infographic map on page 462-3. List items the Europeans sought from the Spice Islands, India, China, and Japan. Read the primary source on page 464. What does the Chinese Emperor wish to gain with trade from England? How does he view the English?
Answer questions #4-6 on page 465.

Answer questions on page 468 (chosen in class)
1,4,7,10,13,16,19
or
2,5,6,11,14,17,20
or
3,6,9,12,15,18,20

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Week of January 18,2011

Monday is a day off to celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. How did his contributions to society compare to his namesake, Martin Luther?

Tuesday:13(3)Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation assigned last week is due and will be discussed.

Due Thursday: 13(4) Reformation Ideas Spread (428-433)
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 brak from the church? read the biography of Elizabeth I biography on page 429. What three accomplishments of Elizabeth led to what was called the Elizabethian 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 questions #3-6 on page 433.

Due Monday (1/24/11): 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 questions #3-5 on page 438.

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

Week of January 10, 2011

In class on Monday we will discuss 13(2) and the art of the Northern Renaissance.
Before we complete the chapter and move on to the Reformation and Scientific Revolution we will look at the impact of exploration and the discovery of the New World.
Remember that Constantinople fell in 1453 and the Muslims controlled the routes to the Asian spice trade. A new route had to be found to get these spices.

Due Wednesday: 14(1) the Search for Spices(446-451)
Identify the terms people and places listed on page 446. Read the search is on at the top of p.446, list four of the spices Europeans wanted from Asia.
Look at the Map Skills on page 447, answer question #3.
Look at the infographic on page 449.
Identify the five and illustrate three of the tools used in the Age of Exploration. Read the biography on page 450 and list three facts about Prince Henry the Navigator.
Answer assessment questions #3-6 (odd or even) on page 451.

Due Thursday: 14(2) Turbulent Centuries in Africa (p.452-455) Identify the terms, people and places on page 452. Answer map skills questions #2+3 on page 454. Look at the picture on page 455. Why did the Portuguese build castles in Africa?
Answer Assessment questions #3, 4,6 on page 455.

Due Friday. 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 Assessment questions #3-5 on page 427.

Current Event Week #5 will be passed out this week and due by next Monday.
Trans-Atlantic Slave trade interview can be listened to in place of Current Event. Listen to at least 20 minutes of the interview and list 10 statements from the interview.

Week of January 4, 2011

This week in class we will begin studying the Renaissance. We will have a quiz on Wednesday based on the notes given in class on Monday and Tuesday.

Book work due on Wednesday:
13(1) The Renaissance in Italy (410-416)
Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 410. Read the focus question on page 410, what is a "Renaissance man"? Look at the picture on page 411, what was David intended to convey? How is the wealth of the banker shown in the picture on page 412. Answer question #3 on the Map Skills on page 413. Answer Thinking Critically questions 1+2 on page 415.
Answer questions #3-#6 on page 416.

Primary Source, The Prince, pl 417. Answer questions #1 and #2.

Due Thursday: 13(2) The Renaissance in the North (418-421)
Identify the terms, people, and places. Answer the question in the picture on Durer on page 419. Answer questions #3-#6 on page 421.

Trans-Atlantic Slave trade