Week of May 1, 2017

May 1st is May Day, a major worker's holiday.  Why does the color red represent the May Day worker's holiday?   What are the three factors of production?  Which represents the worker.

This week we continue our discussion of the French and Industrial Revolutions.

We will focus on major changes in the 1800's.  In art we will focus on  realism, romanticism and impressionism .  We will also focus on these three individuals who helped to shape the 19th century:   France's Napoleon Bonaparte,  Austria's Clemens von Metternich, 

and Prussia's  Otto von Bismarck.  
They all had a key role in the political,  economic, and military shaping of modern Europe. 

Homework due next week.
22(3) Unifying Italy (700-704)

Identify the terms, people, and places

Read Witness History (700) What nationality did Mazzini identify with?

Read the caption to the picture (701) Who did the Italians fight in Venice?

Look at the map (703)  Identify the four men most responsible for Italian unification.  List one fact about each man.

Look at the picture of Italian emigration (704) What country did many Italians go to in the 1800’s and 1900’s? 

Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Separate HW grade

Read Concept Connector: Nationalism (709)

Identify the 3 countries and 3 ways nationalism has been used in history.  Explain how nationalism is both a positive and a negative force.

Week of April 24, 2017

Welcome back from vacation.  We are now in the home stretch of the school year.  Keep working hard.  
This week we look at the causes of revolutions, especially the French and the Industrial Revolution.
When and why do people revolt?   
Do women and men revolt over the same types of issues?  Think SPRITE EM.

Honor's Reading on Washington is  due this Friday

19(1), 19(2), 19(3) are past due.

Homework due next Friday.

19(4) New Ways of Thinking   (622-626)

Identify the terms, people, and places 

Read the Witness to history (622). What metaphor did Marx  and Engels use to describe how owners viewed workers?

Read the caption to the picture (p.623) why did Malthus think workers should have fewer children?

Read Owen’s Utopia (624), How did Owens want workers treated at his factory in New Lanark, Scotland?

Look at the picture on page 626, what was Karl Marx’ motto?  Why do you think he wanted this?

Answer four of the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences  OR  identify 3 facts from EACH section. 

Week of April 10, 2017

19(1) and 19(2) are due at the end of this week.
Questions on this week's quiz: 
How are the American and French Revolutions connected?   Which type of society is most likely to revolt:  an extremely poor nation, a developing nation, or a wealthy nation?  Why?   What is an aspiration gap?  

Homework due after vacation
19(3) Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution. (616-620) 
Identify the terms, people, and places. 
Read Witness history on page 616 and answer the focus question. 
Look at the graph on page 617, describe the population trend from 1750-1900.
Who is pictured working on page 619? Why is this sad? 
What benefit of industrialization is pictured on page 620? 
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences  or list three bullet facts from each of the four sections

Honors classes are assigned The Unbelievable George Washington reading which is also due at the end of the week we come back from vacation.
1. Annotate the reading
2. Identify 10 facts about Washington with page numbers cited.
3. Make a T chart listing his positive and negative characteristics.
4. Identify 3 ah hahs or idks about GW (cite the page numbers)
5. What was the Newburg Conspiracy? Why was Washington instrumental to the survival of the American republic?  Why has Washington become a "bore" over time?  

Extra credit:  Go to GW's Mt. Vernon

http://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/colonial-life-today/washingtons-dating-advice/#at_pco=smlre-1.0&at_si=58ea4ea72b4e7043&at_ab=per-2&at_pos=0&at_tot=5 

explore the site and list 5  facts from the exploration

Week of April 3, 2017

We will be studying the French Revolution this week we will review the French connection to the American Revolution. We will  see the role that American inventor and diplomat Ben Franklin played in convincing France to help the American Revolutionary cause.  Why would an absolute monarchy  help democratic revolutionaries?  What does the phrase "an enemy of my enemy is my friend" mean.  Who was our friend in WWII who later became our enemy? 

Homework due at the end of next week. 

19(1)Dawn of the Industrial Revolution (608-611)
Identify 5 of the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness history (608). What type of power emerged in the Industrial Rev.?  Who improved the steam engine and why was this important?
What does the bar graph on page 609 show?  Why might this be important?
Draw Jethro Tull's seed drill on page 609.
Answer the biography question on James Watt on page 610. What did Watt improve?
Look at the picture on 611.  Why is this important?
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences or list 3 bullet points from each section. 

19(2) Britain Leads the Way (612-615)
Identify  5 of the terms, people, and places.
Read the witness history on page 612 and  answer the focus question.
Answer map skills questions 2+3 on page 613.
Identify and draw one invention on page 614.
What does the textile industry make?
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences or list 3 bullet points from each section.