Week of May 28, 2013

This is current event week 7

This is a short week with Memorial Day on Monday. The first three sections are  due on Friday.

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

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 OR 3 checkpoint questions.

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?
Answer Comprehension and Critical Thinking questions #3-5 on page 490 OR the 3 checkpoint questions.

Homework due next Tuesday
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 the picture on 492. What two sources 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 #4-6 on page 495 or the 3 checkpoint questions.

Week of May 20, 2013

 This is current event week 6.

Due Tuesday 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  Wednesday:
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 break from the church?
Read the biography of Elizabeth I biography on page 429. What three accomplishments of Elizabeth led to what was called the Elizabethan 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 in complete sentences.

Due Thursday
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,
Identify 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  on page 451 or the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Be ready for a quiz Friday on material covered this week
Honors reading on Bubonic Plague is due Wednesday

Week of May 13, 2013

MCAS this week, classes will be moved period 3+4 Monday and Tuesday
This is week 4-5 for current events. 

Homework due Tuesday (5/14)

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  Wednesday (5/15)
          Read: Primary Source, The Prince, p. 417. Answer questions #1 and #2

Due Thursday (5/16)

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 in complete sentences.

Separate homework grade:
Read Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre (422) Draw a picture of the stage, answer questions #1+#2

Due next Tuesday 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 Wednesday:
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 in complete sentences. 

Week of May 6, 2013

CE week 4-4 is due by this Friday

This week we will catch up in the class with the homework

We begin the week  looking at how William the Conqueror became King of England in 1066 and the rise of national monarchies in the High Middle Ages.
We also study the often misunderstood religion of Islam, the role of the prophet Mohammed, and the impact of Islam on medieval Europe and the Renaissance.
There is no new homework due this week; it is a good week to catch up on missing homework.

Progress reports go out this Friday.
Be ready for a quiz on material covered this week on Friday.

Homework due next Tuesday (5/14)

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 Wednesday (5/15)
          Read: Primary Source, The Prince, p. 417. Answer questions #1 and #2

Due next Thursday (5/16)

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 in complete sentences.

Separate homework grade:
Read Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre (422) Draw a picture of the stage, answer questions #1+#2