Week of March 26, 2012

Last week of the term, grades close Friday.
CE week 7.
Be ready for a  quiz on Friday on material covered in chapter 13.

This week we will focus on what makes a  person great.  Is famous the same as great?  

Due tommorrow
13(4)  Assigned last week

Due Thursday
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 the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences or answer questions #3-5 on page 438
 
Due next Tuesday (if turned in by Friday I will count on both terms)

15(1) Conquest in the Americas (472-476)

Identify the terms, people, and places. Read the Primary Source on page 473, what did the Europeans bring to the new world (list three)

Answer Thinking Critically #2 on page 475.
What is pictured on page 476?

Answer the four checkpoint questions or  Comprehension questions #3-6 on page 426.

Week of March 20, 2012

March 21 is the vernal equinox.  Spring begins on Wednesday.
Two weeks left in the term.

Honors reading due on Tuesday.

Due Thursday: 13(2) The Renaissance in the North (418-421)
Identify the terms, people, and places.

Who and what are pictured on page 418?

Answer the question in the picture on Durer on page 419

Read: Realism in Northern European Art (420-21)  Answer question #1

Answer the three checkpoint questions

Separate homework grade:

Read Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre (422)  Draw a picture of the stage, answer question #2.

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 the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due next Tuesday: March 27th

 13(4) Reformation Ideas Spread (428-433)  Double homework grade:
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 the four checkpoint questions.

Week of March 12, 2012

Week #5 on Current Events
Quiz Tuesday on William the Conqueror

Due Thursday

12(1)Two Golden Ages in China 366-375).
Identify the terms, people and places.
Read the report on Kublai Khan's fleet (367). How did the Japanese stop a Mongol invasion of Japan in both 1274 and 1281?
Identify the three Chinese inventions listed on page 370.
Describe the woman's shoes pictured on page 372.
Answer Thinking critically question #1 on page 375.

12(2) the Mongol and Ming Empires.(376-382)

Identify the terms, people and places.
Answer the biography question about Genghis Kahn on page 377.
Answer Thinking Critically questions 1+2 on page 379.
Answer question #3 on page 380.
Answer question#3 on page 382.

Due Friday:

13(1) The Renaissance in Italy (410-416)
Identify the terms, people and places.
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 the 4 checkpoint questions OR answer questions #3-#6 on page 416.

Due next  Monday
          Read: Primary Source, The Prince, p. 417. Answer questions #1 and #2.

Due next Tuesday: Honor's class reading on the Black Death

Week of March 5, 2012

Current Event Week #4 due this week

Why is tomorrow called Super Tuesday in the Presidential Primary?

This week we will wrap up the impact of the Crusades,  the rise of monarchy in England with William the _____________   becoming William the Conqueror,  look at the impact of the Bubonic Plague.

Due  Wednesday
8(5): A Time of Crisis (269-273)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Answer Map Skills questions #2+3 on page 271.
Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 272.
Answer the three checkpoint questions or answer questions #3-5 on page 273

Due Thursday:

Read The Black Death (274-5) Answer Thinking Critically questions #1-3
Also answer questions # 1-8 on page 278

Friday quiz on the High Middle Ages