Week of December 16, 2013

Happy Week before Christmas Vacation.
Be ready for a quiz tomorrow on material covered last week on the Crusades.
Christmas vacation is a good time to complete an extra credit reading assignment. Almost any non fiction or historical fiction book will be eligible for extra credit.

Don't forget to complete your current events by Friday.

Due  Thursday

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

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

Week of December 9, 2013

Happy week before the week before vacation.  Progress reports go out Friday.
We continue to look 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.

We will be looking at propaganda and complete a Crusader propaganda poster as well as a Muslim response as part of Friday’s quiz

Due Tuesday

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.

Homework due Thursday
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.

Separate homework grade due next Tuesday

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

Due next Wednesday

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

Week of December 2, 2013

 

Welcome back from Thanksgiving break.
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 April in Boston and mistakenly blame Islam. Fundamentalist 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 those who submit to Allah/God. Muslims follow the teachings of the prophet Mohammed, 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 that the intolerance and hatred shown through the terrorist acts at the Boston Marathon and the murder of a college police officer has no justification in the basic tenant’s of Islam.

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

Current events are also due by the end of the week.  Current events forms can be found in my room.  Don't forget to go to the homework club on Tuesdays and Thursdays in room 218.

Due Tuesday

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.

Due Thursday

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

Due next Tuesday
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.