Week of November 28, 2016

We are almost at the mid point of the 2nd quarter.  Don't forget current events.
Honor's reading on MLK and Hoover is due Friday.
Be ready for a quiz Thurs/Friday on notes taken this week.

Due next week: 
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 or three bullets for each.


8(4) Learning and Culture Flourish p. 262-267 
What causes cultural diffusion? (ask in class if you don't know)  Why do you think European culture and learning flourished after the Crusades? 
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 inventions brought to Medieval Europe in the HMA 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 or 3 bullets for each 

Week of November 21, 2016

Last week was national gratitude week.
This week we celebrate Thanksgiving.  Think of three people you are grateful for and let them know how you feel.   Why is it important to celebrate gratitude and give thanks?  

Wrapping up our 20th century review define: 

Kamikaze

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Cold War: What
 2 major countries involved?

Which country was a Communist dictatorship?
Which country is Capitalist democracy?

Containment/Truman Doctrine

Marshall Plan

Chapter 7: The Rise of Europe 500 AD-1300 AD

Read 7(1) The Early Middle Ages (214-218), 
· Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 214. 
· Answer the Focus Question on page 214, 
· Map Skills question #3 on page 215, 
Map Skills question #2 on page 217. 
· Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences OR answer #3-5 on page 218 in complete questions or 3 bullets for each section

7(2) Feudalism and the Manor Economy (219-224)
· Identify the terms, people, and places.
· Answer the focus question on page 219.
Answer Thinking Critically questions 1+2 on page 221, 
Answer the biography question on Eleanor of Aquitaine on page 222. 
Answer the question on the picture Back Breaking Labor, page 224.
Also, answer the three checkpoint questions OR questions # 3,4,5 on page 224 in complete sentences or 3 bullets for each section

Due next week:
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 or 3 bullets for each section

Week of November 14, 2016

Be ready for a WWII quiz either Wednesday or Thursday.
Home work due this week:  27(3)

Homework due by next Wednesday  (the day before Thanksgiving )

We begin our study of the Middle Ages next week;
 Chapter 7: The Rise of Europe 500 AD-1300 AD

Read 7(1) The Early Middle Ages (214-218), 
· Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 214. 
· Answer the Focus Question on page 214, 
· Map Skills question #3 on page 215, 
Map Skills question #2 on page 217. 
· Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences OR answer #3-5 on page 218 in complete questions or 3 bullets for each section

7(2) Feudalism and the Manor Economy (219-224)
· Identify the terms, people, and places.
· Answer the focus question on page 219.
Answer Thinking Critically questions 1+2 on page 221, 
Answer the biography question on Eleanor of Aquitaine on page 222. 
Answer the question on the picture Back Breaking Labor, page 224.
Also, answer the three checkpoint questions OR questions # 3,4,5 on page 224 in complete sentences or 3 bullets for each section

Week of November 7, 2016

Tuesday is election day, and's it reminds me of Gerald Ford's  reference to the end of Watergate:  "our long national nightmare is finally over."   I am looking to the end of this election season, and no matter who  wins, hoping that the new US President can unify the country after this divisive election.

I want you to be able to follow the election coverage and be able to analyze the election looking at the following electoral map.   Circle the key swing states on the back of this sheet and predict who will be our next President. 

Homework for next week: Mahatma Gandhi cited 7 Social Sins afflicting western culture.  Choose three of the following and explain why you agree or disagree with Gandhi's observation.  Explain how Gandhi lived his words.  Would Gandhi be happy or unhappy with western life today?

Use the  Answer,  Evidence, Explain method

Wealth without Work  
Pleasure without Conscience
Science without Humanity
Knowledge without Character
Politics without Principle
Commerce without Morality
Worship without Sacrifice

  

27(3) India Seeks Self-Rule (865-867)

Identify the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness History (865)  Why were many Indians frustrated?  With whom?
Read The Salt March (866) How do you think Americans would have viewed the British if they 
       violently reacted to the Salt March?
Answer the 3 checkpoint questions in complete sentences or 3 bullets for each section