Week of April 29,2013

This is the third week of the term, current event 4-3 is due on Friday.

Due  Tuesday
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 OR the checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

8(3) The Crusades and the wider world (255-260)
Identify the terms, people, and places
Read witness history (255)What did the Franks do to the Saracens when they captured Jerusalem?
Look at the map on page 257, answer questions #2+3.
Look at the picture on 258, why did the Moslem leader Saladin open Jerusalem to the Christians? 
Look at the infographic on page 259, what three religions hold Jerusalem sacred?
Answer the four Checkpoint questions or questions #3-6 in complete sentences.

8(4) Learning and Culture Flourish p. 262-267
Identify the terms, people, and places. What is pictured on page 262?
Answer the biography question about Christine de Pisan on page 263.
Identify the four types of Medieval inventions shown on page 264.
What does the Bayeaux Tapestry (picture 266-267) show?
Answer the three checkpoint questions or questions #3-5 on page 267

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

Week of April 22, 2013

Welcome back from vacation.
We continue to study the Low Middle Ages aka the Dark Ages, and the growth of a major world religion in 622AD, Islam.  Some look at the tragic events of last week and mistakenly blame Islam.  Fundamentalists Muslims like Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his younger brother, Dzhokar, may be Muslims, but they do not share that same beliefs as the overwhelming majority of the world's Muslims.  ( Note, Muslims are the followers of Mohammed, the prophet who outlined the basic tenants of Islam, which means submission to God/Allah.)  True Islam is a religion of peace, tolerance, and submission to God's will.  We will see this week that the intolerance and hatred shown through the terrorist acts at the Boston Marathon and the assassination of one college police officer has no justification in the basic tenents of Islam.

Homework from before vacation is on the back.
This week's homework is due on Friday.

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 the checkpoint questions OR questions #3-6 on page 308 in complete sentences.

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

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 and answer the question. Draw a picture of the Dome of the Rock.
Look at the picture on 312. What is a whirling dervish?
Answer the question on the picture of a Jewish apothecary in Spain on page 313.
Read the biography of Harun al-Rashid on page 314. What gifts did he send to Charlemagne?  Why?
Answer the Spread of Islam questions #2+3 on page 315.
Answer questions #3,4,5 on page 316 OR the checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due next Tuesday
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 OR the checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Be ready for a quiz on Friday on the material covered this week.
Honors readings due on Tuesday (Beer) and Friday (Wine)
Annotate the readings, 3 questions and answers and reactions from each reading will be due.

Week of April 8, 2013

Make sure last week’s homework is complete as it is counted on this term also.

April vacation begins Friday.  Do your work now.This is week 4-1 on the current events

Due  Tuesday
7(3) The Medieval Church (225-230)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Answer the Thinking Critically questions on page 227.
Answer the biography question on St. Francis of Assisi on page 229,
Answer preserving Jewish Culture on page 230.
· Answer the three checkpoint questions OR questions 3,4,5 on page 230 in complete sentences

Due Friday
Chapter 7(4) Economic Recovery Sparks Change. (p. 231-236)
Identify the terms, people, and places.

Answer map skills questions #1+2 on page 232.
Answer the primary source question on page 233, and the question on Medieval Advertising on the picture on page 235.
Why should ice hockey players be interested in the primary source on page 236?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences OR answer questions #3-6 on page 236.

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.