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