Sunday, October 27, 2019

Week of Oct. 28, 2019 CP1 and CP2

This is the last week of the term.  Get your late homework in.


9(1) and 9(3) a  due this Tuesday/Wednesday

Also due is the HMA sheet
Due next Tuesday/Wednesday
14(1) The Renaissance in Italy  (336-341)
Identify : patron, humanism, humanities, perspective
Look at the picture on page 336 and the map on 337  How did geography benefit Venetian traders?
Look at the picture on 338.  What is the vanishing point? 
Read the Primary Source about Leonardo (339)  Bullet three facts about him.  
Read the poem Michelangelo wrote about painting the Sistine Chapel (340)  Did he enjoy or hate the experience?  Explain your answer. 
Answer questions 3-6   on page 341 in complete sentences. 

14(2)  The Renaissance Moves North (342-345)
Identify engraving, vernacular, utopian
Who is pictured on page 343?  What mode were many of his finest works  if not paintings?
Read Shakespeare's World of Drama (344) What did one of his contemporaries mean when he said Shakespeare "was not of an age, but for all time."
Read Connections to today (345) What communication technology made the world smaller in 1450?  What communication technology makes the world smaller today?
Answer questions 3-6 on page 345. 

Week of October 28,2019 Honors

This is the last week of the term,  get your missing work in by Friday if you wanted credited for this term.

8(3) and 8(4) are due Monday,  also the HMA review sheet is also due by Friday

The Bubonic Plague Reading is due Wednesday,  this is a take home test grade.



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 OR 3 bullets per section


Separate homework grade
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 OR 3 bullets per section

Separate homework grade:
Read Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre (422) Draw a picture of the stage, answer questions #1+2

Sunday, October 20, 2019

Week of October 21, 2019 CP1 and CP2


What is Mo Ba Th Blue?
Complete the Columbus DBQ and we will complete the opening paragraph to the Columbus Essay this week.
Answer the question:  should Columbus Day be abolished or renamed?

Make sure the HMA worksheet is completed too.


My  mistake,  I posted the homework last week on the wrong blog,
Book work due this Friday


9(1)  The High Middle Ages  206-211
Identify:  exchequer, common law, jury
Who is pictured on page 206?  What did he do when his marriage was condemned?
Look at the fact finder (207)  Which event do you think had the longest lasting impact?  Why?
Look at the picture (208)  Who sat on both sides of the King?
Read the Skills Assessment (209)  Answer questions 1-3.
Look at the map on page 210.  Answer question 3.
Answer questions 3-6 on page 211 in complete sentences.

Separate Homework grade
Magna Carta, read page 209, answer questions 1, 2, 3

9(3)  Europeans Look Outward (215-219)
Read A Holy City (216)  What city is holy to three world religions?  Why?
Read the Skills Assessment (217)  Answer question 3.
Read The Reconquista (218)  What is the Reconquista?
Read Cause and Effect (219)  List three long term effects of the Crusades.
Answer 5,6,7 on page 219 in complete sentences.

Honors homework for October 21, 2019


What is Mo Ba Th Blue?
Complete the Columbus DBQ and we will complete the opening paragraph to the Columbus Essay this week.
Answer the question:  should Columbus Day be abolished or renamed?


Make sure the HMA worksheet is completed too.

My mistake, I posted the honor's book work on the wrong blog page.
Book work due Friday-
8(1) Royal Power Grows (244-249)
Identify five of the terms, people, and places. 
Answer the biography question on William the Conqueror on page 245. 
Answer the Chart Skills question on the Evolution of the English Government on page 247. Answer questions 2+3 on page 248. 
Answer The four Checkpoint questions OR questions #3-6 on page 249 in complete sentences. 

Separate HW grade:
Answer Thinking Critically questions 1+2 on page 250 on the Magna Carta on a separate sheet of paper. 

8(3) The Crusades and the wider world (255-260)

Identify five of the terms, people and places
Look at the map on page 257, answer questions #2+3.
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. 

8(4) Learning and Culture Flourish p. 262-267
Identify the terms, people, and places. 
Answer the biography question about Christine de Pisan on page 263.
Identify the four types of Medieval inventions shown on page 264.
Answer the three checkpoint questions or questions #3-5 on page 267.

The HMA review sheet begun in class will also be graded as a homework grade


The Bubonic Plague reading passed out last week is due next Wednesday
Annotation list facts on pages assigned
2 good questions and answers
Paragraph on the causes and results of the Plague
Critique of Andrew Nikiforuk's  writing style

Monday, October 14, 2019

Week of October 14, 2019 CP1 and CP2





This week we will look at the historical significance of celebrating Columbus Day as well as the impact of the Crusades on Europe and the Moslem Civilization
Book work due next Tuesay/Wednesday


8(1) Royal Power Grows (244-249)
Identify five of the terms, people, and places. 
Answer the biography question on William the Conqueror on page 245. 
Answer the Chart Skills question on the Evolution of the English Government on page 247. Answer questions 2+3 on page 248. 
Answer The four Checkpoint questions OR questions #3-6 on page 249 in complete sentences. 

Separate HW grade:
Answer Thinking Critically questions 1+2 on page 250 on the Magna Carta on a separate sheet of paper. 

8(3) The Crusades and the wider world (255-260)

Identify five of the terms, people and places
Look at the map on page 257, answer questions #2+3.
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. 

8(4) Learning and Culture Flourish p. 262-267
Identify the terms, people, and places. 

Answer the biography question about Christine de Pisan on page 263.
Identify the four types of Medieval inventions shown on page 264.
Answer the three checkpoint questions or questions #3-5 on page 267.


The HMA review sheet started in class will also be graded as a homework grade

Week of October 14, 2019 Honors

College  visit field trip Wednesday

MLK vs. J.Edgar Hoover reading is due Thursday
Annotate or list 10 positive/negative facts with page numbers on MLK and J.Edgar Hoover
    total 20 facts with page numbers
3 good questions and answers on reading
Paragaph/reflection on MLK, J.Edgar Hoover, and the author's writing style

This week we will look at the historical significance of celebrating Columbus Day as well as the impact of the Crusades on Europe and the Moslem Civilization

Book work due next Tuesday
9(1)  The High Middle Ages  206-211
Identify:  exchequer, common law, jury
Who is pictured on page 206?  What did he do when his marriage was condemned?
Look at the fact finder (207)  Which event do you think had the longest lasting impact?  Why?
Look at the picture (208)  Who sat on both sides of the King?
Read the Skills Assessment (209)  Answer questions 1-3.
Look at the map on page 210.  Answer question 3.
Answer questions 3-6 on page 211 in complete sentences.

9(3)  Europeans Look Outward (215-219)
Read A Holy City (216)  What city is holy to three world religions?  Why?
Read the Skills Assessment (217)  Answer question 3.
Read The Reconquista (218)  What is the Reconquista?
Read Cause and Effect (219)  List three long term effects of the Crusades.
Answer 5,6,7 on page 219 in complete sentences.


Sunday, October 6, 2019

Week of October 7, 2019

No new book work this week, but be ready for a quiz Thursday/Friday on material covered this week.
Timeline is past due, completed it ASAP for credit.

We will focus on the Low Middle Ages and view the transiton to the High Middle Ages.
We will study how the Franks (Clovis, Charles Martel, and Charlemagne) shaped Europe,
the role of the Roman Catholic Church and monestaries,
how feudalism and manorialism impacted society,and
how Viking and Moslem invasions impacted security.

We will also look at the causes and results of the Crusades (1096c-1291)
Homework due
Low Middle Age, High Middle Age and Byzantine Empire readings and questions will be due.


Honors' MLK and J Edgar Hoover reading due next week
   -annotation or ten facts and page numbers on both
    -  3 questions and answers on the reading  (no true false or short answers allowed)
Paragraph each on character of MLK, J.Edgar Hoover, and author Colin Evans.