Week of March 30, 2015

With PARCC testing  and Good Friday off this week I will not assign any new book work.  We will finish the video about Queen Elizabeth I and conduct a Enlightenment debate on Thursday,  I will pass out the materials and we will work on this on Tuesday and Wednesday in class before the debate.

Honors class will receive a George Washington reading on Tuesday which will be due by next Wednesday.

Past Due

18(1) On the Eve of Revolution (572-577). 

Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 572. 
Look at the Witness History pn page 572. What led to the storming of the Bastille (July 14, 1789)?  Answer question #1 on page 573.
Answer Critically Thinking questions #1+2 on page 574.
Read the Primary Source on page 575, why did the poor attack the nobles' homes? 
Answer the 4 Checkpoint questions in the section OR questions #3-5 on page 577.

Due Wednesday
18(2) The French Revolution Unfolds (577-583)  
Identify the terms, people and places. 
Read Parisian woman storm Versailles, who did the women want to kill?  
Read French reaction to Am. Rev (579).  
What two men had great influences on both revolutions?  
Read the caption on page 580, why did the starving French women resent Marie Antoinette?  
Read the Analyzing Political Cartoons (582). What rodent represents the French Revolution?  
Why did the other European royals fear the French Revolution?  
Look at the sans-culotte (583), why isn't the man wearing knee high stockings? 
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences 

Week of March 23, 2015

With the PARCC testing in the next two weeks we will be completing in class simulations on the Enlightenment and the American Revolution.

Questions for class discussion

1.  What did Ben Franklin mean when he stated: “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” 
2. What is the NSA (National Security Agency) and what is its job?
3. Who is Edward Snowden and why do some view him as a hero and others as a traitor? 
4. How much power should the government be able to collect about its people? 
5.  Who were absolute monarchs and what is divine right of kings?

Due  Wednesday

18(1) On the Eve of Revolution (572-577). 

Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 572. 
Look at the Witness History pn page 572. What led to the storming of the Bastille (July 14, 1789)?  Answer question #1 on page 573.
Answer Critically Thinking questions #1+2 on page 574.
Read the Primary Source on page 575, why did the poor attack the nobles' homes? 
Answer the 4 Checkpoint questions in the section OR questions #3-5 on page 577.

Due next Tuesday
18(2) The French Revolution Unfolds (577-583)  
Identify the terms, people and places. 
Read Parisian woman storm Versailles, who did the women want to kill?  
Read French reaction to Am. Rev (579).  
What two men had great influences on both revolutions?  
Read the caption on page 580, why did the starving French women resent Marie Antoinette?  
Read the Analyzing Political Cartoons (582). What rodent represents the French Revolution?  
Why did the other European royals fear the French Revolution?  
Look at the sans-culotte (583), why isn't the man wearing knee high stockings? 
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences 

Week of March 16, 2015

We will be studying the Enlightenment and the Age of Revolution which includes the American and the French Revolution.  This week we will have a Enlightenment salon and discuss issues of the age.

Due Wednesday

17(2) Enlightenment Ideas Spread (550-555) 
Identify five of the terms, people, and places Read the Witness History (550) What does reason, tolerance, and love overcome in the Magic Flute? 
Look at the picture on 551, why did writers hide their feelings in satire?
Read the infographic (552-3), how does Rococo Art differ from Baroque Art?
Who are the three enlightened despots pictured on page 554?
Read about Operas on page 556, answer question #1.
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences OR question #3-6 on page 555.

Due Thursday

17(3) Birth of the American Republic (557-563)
Identify five of the terms, people, and places
Read Witness History (557) What was the point of Paine's Common Sense?
Look at map skills (558) Answer question #3.
What three men are pictured on page 559?  What did they write?
Read the three biographies on page 560. Answer the bold questions at the bottom of each reading.
Who is the focus of the picture on page 561?
What three branches are pictured on page 562?
Read the Bill of Rights (563) Why do you think they had to be added as amendments to the US Constitution?
Answer 4 of the 5 checkpoint questions OR #3-6 on page 563.

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

Due next Tuesday

18(1) On the Eve of Revolution (572-577). 

Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 572. 

Look at the Witness History pn page 572. What led to the storming of the Bastille (July 14, 1789)?  Answer question #1 on page 573.
Answer Critically Thinking questions #1+2 on page 574.
Read the Primary Source on page 575, why did the poor attack the nobles' homes? 
Answer the 4 Checkpoint questions in the section OR questions #3-5 on page 577.

Week of March 9,2014

Due Wednesday:  DBQ on Columbus: Was he a hero or a villain?

  Minimum 5 paragraphs

 Essay Question:   Do you believe that Christopher Columbus a hero or a villain? Why is he viewed as b a hero or a villain to some scholars? What was the Colombian Exchange which was named for him?  Describe the transfer of plants, animals and diseases between the New and Old World and explain its impact on world history

Due Thursday

17(1) Philosophy in the Age of Reason (544-548) 
Identify five of the terms, people and places listed on page 544. 
Read page 543. How did Enlightenment thinkers think they could fix the problems of society? What did Rousseau (witness history p.544) think people should do in order to be free? 
Look at the picture on 545, how is Hobbes's ruler pictured? Why?
Read the biographies on page 546. What did Voltaire attack in his writings? What did Montesquieu think was necessary to protect liberty?
Look at the picture on 548. What resource do investors provide: human, natural, or capital?
Answer the four checkpoint questions OR questions #2-5 on page 548.

Separate Homework Grade:
Read the Primary Source : John Locke on page 549. Answer questions #1+2.

Due next Tuesday

17(2) Enlightenment Ideas Spread (550-555) 
Identify five of the terms, people, and places Read the Witness History (550) What does reason, tolerance, and love overcome in the Magic Flute? 
Look at the picture on 551, why did writers hide their feelings in satire?
Read the infographic (552-3), how does Rococo Art differ from Baroque Art?
Who are the three enlightened despots pictured on page 554?
Read about Operas on page 556, answer question #1.
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences OR question #3-6 on page 555.

Week of March 2, 2015

 Past Due

16(1) Spanish Power Grows (504-508)

Identify 5 of the terms, people and places.

Read a Working Monarch (504)  Use  3 adjectives to describe Philip II.

Answer question #3 of Map Skills (505). Who was the Spanish ally and enemy at Lepanto?

Read the Infographic (506) Who did Philip II marry?

What battle assured Philip II role as defender of the Catholic Church? 

Look at the picture on 507. What state broke away from Spain in 1648?

Whose painting is pictured on 508?

Answer the 3 checkpoint questions in COMPLETE sentences or questions 3,4,5 on page 508

Separate home work  grade 

Read Don Quixote, answer questions 1+2 on page 509

Due Wednesday:

16(2) France under Louis XIV 510-514
Identify 5 of the the terms, people, and places
Read Life at Versailles (510)  What was Versailles?  Who built it? Why?
Read the Biography (511)What job did Richelieu train for as a youth? What did he become? Why do you think the artist painted 3 views of Richelieu? 
 (note: Richelieu's soldiers fought the Three Musketeers)
Read the primary source on page 512, why was it a sin to oppose a monarch?
Read the infographic (513) Answer question #1.
Answer the 4 checkpoint questions in COMPLETE sentences or questions #3,4,5 on page 514 in complete sentences.

Due Thursday:  DBQ on Columbus: Was he a hero or a villain?

  

Due Friday   Essay Question:   Do you believe that Christopher Columbus a hero or a villain? Why is he viewed as b a hero or a villain to some scholars? What was the Colombian Exchange which was named for him?  Describe the transfer of plants, animals and diseases between the New and Old World and explain its impact on world history.