Week of November 13, 2012

Due Thursday:

Gandhi  titled his autobiography  The Story of My Experiments with Truth.

Identify and write about  two events in Gandhi’s life that led to his growth as a person. 

Complete DBQ 17

Due next Monday after Thanksgiving Vacation

3(4) Rise of Civilization in China (92-100)  Double homework credit.
Identify the terms, people, and places. Choose 5.
Draw the image of the Mandate of Heaven, listed as the Dynastic Cycle on page 95.
Read the Biography of Confucius on page 97. Why do you think Confucianism is still strong today in many Asian cultures?

Draw the yin-yang symbol pictured on page 98.

Read the secrets of making silk (99) Answer thinking critically question #1.

Answer four of the 6 checkpoint questions in complete sentences

Week 1 Current Event due on Monday

Due next Tuesday

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 three Chinese inventions listed on page 370.
Describe the woman's shoes pictured on page 372.
Answer questions 4-6 on page 374 in complete sentences.

12(2) the Mongol and Ming Empires.(376-382)
Identify the terms, people and places.
Answer the biography question on page 377.
Answer Thinking Critically questions 1+2 on page 379.
Answer question #3 on page 380.  
Answer questions #3-5 on page 382.

Honor's class reading on the sewers of London will be due after Thanksgiving vacation.