Week of February 29, 2016

Happy Leap Year Day.   Why do we have leap year?  How is this associated with Copernicus and the heliocentric view of the solar system?
Tuesday is Super Tuesday.  Why do we have off tomorrow?

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.

Week of February 22, 2016

 Essay Question:   DBQ question: Do you believe that Christopher Columbus a hero or a villain? Why is he viewed as  a hero or a villain to some scholars? 

Due next week:

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.

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 February 8, 2016

Happy Mardi Gras week,  I hope you enjoyed your extended weekend.
Why is Mardi Gras (fat Tuesday) and Carnival (eating of meat) celebrated this week?  
Honors reading is due on Wednesday.

Friday we will complete a dbq on Columbus:  hero or villain?13(4) and 16(1) are due by Friday.

Homework due after vacation:
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.