Mr. Stanton
Writing Assignment
Due Monday , March 14, 2011
Demonstrate your understanding of the video Queen Elizabeth I, The Virgin Queen. Select 3 main ideas and prioritize these ideas in the order of their importance to the topic. Justify the time spent in class watching this film.
Explain the obstacles Elizabeth faced in her life. Explain her accomplishments both from the film and from the Paul Johnson reading on heroes. How did she turn the first job of the queen, to have an heir, from a criticism to a strength.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Week of March 7, 2011
Book work for the week.
We will study the Englightment and the American Revolution.
Due Wednesday 17(1) Philosophy in the Age of Reason (544-548) Identify 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 biographys 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 in complete sections.
Due Thursday: 17(2) Enlightenment Ideas Spread (550-555) 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.
Due Monday (3/14), 17(3) Birth of the American Republic. (557-563) Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 557. Read Mak skills page 558, answer question #3. Look at the picture on page 559: what three men were credited with drafting the Declaration? What three heroes of the Revolution are pictured on 560? List one fact about each. Read the infographic on page 562, answer question #2. Look at the Bill of Rights onpage 563, whose ideas do they embody?
Answer the five checkpoint questions.
Due Tuesday (3/15) Chapter Assessment, page 568. Answer questions #1-6.
Also answer questions#7,9,11 or # 8, 10,12.
We will study the Englightment and the American Revolution.
Due Wednesday 17(1) Philosophy in the Age of Reason (544-548) Identify 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 biographys 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 in complete sections.
Due Thursday: 17(2) Enlightenment Ideas Spread (550-555) 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.
Due Monday (3/14), 17(3) Birth of the American Republic. (557-563) Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 557. Read Mak skills page 558, answer question #3. Look at the picture on page 559: what three men were credited with drafting the Declaration? What three heroes of the Revolution are pictured on 560? List one fact about each. Read the infographic on page 562, answer question #2. Look at the Bill of Rights onpage 563, whose ideas do they embody?
Answer the five checkpoint questions.
Due Tuesday (3/15) Chapter Assessment, page 568. Answer questions #1-6.
Also answer questions#7,9,11 or # 8, 10,12.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Week of February 28 - March 4,2011
This week we will study the absolute monarchies in Spain, France and Russia in the "age of absolutism".
In Monday's class we will review the different forms of governments: monarchy (absolute vs. limited vs. enlightened), dictatorship, aristocracy, oligarchy, anarchy,mobocracy, democracy, kleptocracy vs. commonwealth,
What is divine right of kings?
We will see if we can understand the causes of Arab revolutions in Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt.
Homework for the week:
16(1) and 16(2) should have been completed.
Due Wednesday: Read about the forms of dictatorship on page 1164. Identify and define the three types of dictatorship. Look at the glossary of political terms. How would a constitution and rule of law impact the powers of a dictator? Explain.
Due Thursday 16(3) Parliament Triumphs in England (516-523)
Identify the terms, people, and places listed on 516. Read Charting a collision course (516) Why did James think God would call kings gods? Read a voice for absolutism (517) Describe the life of man without a strong government according to Hobbes. Answer Critically thinking question #1 on page 519.Read on Puritan heritage (521)Why did Puritans establish public schools?
There are seven checkpoint questions, complete five.
Read the Primary Source on the English Bill of Rights (p. 524) Answer thinking critically question #1+2.
In Monday's class we will review the different forms of governments: monarchy (absolute vs. limited vs. enlightened), dictatorship, aristocracy, oligarchy, anarchy,mobocracy, democracy, kleptocracy vs. commonwealth,
What is divine right of kings?
We will see if we can understand the causes of Arab revolutions in Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt.
Homework for the week:
16(1) and 16(2) should have been completed.
Due Wednesday: Read about the forms of dictatorship on page 1164. Identify and define the three types of dictatorship. Look at the glossary of political terms. How would a constitution and rule of law impact the powers of a dictator? Explain.
Due Thursday 16(3) Parliament Triumphs in England (516-523)
Identify the terms, people, and places listed on 516. Read Charting a collision course (516) Why did James think God would call kings gods? Read a voice for absolutism (517) Describe the life of man without a strong government according to Hobbes. Answer Critically thinking question #1 on page 519.Read on Puritan heritage (521)Why did Puritans establish public schools?
There are seven checkpoint questions, complete five.
Read the Primary Source on the English Bill of Rights (p. 524) Answer thinking critically question #1+2.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Week of February 14, 2011
Happy Valentines's Day, why do you think this is celebrated at this time of year?
Due Wednesday: 16(1) Spanish Power Grows (504-509) Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 504. Read " A Working Monarch"on page 504. Why do you think Spain had a Century of Gold from 1550-1650? Read the Map Skills on page 505. Answer questions 2+3 on page 505. List the four marriages of Philip II and the country Spain was trying to ally itself with (p.506).What three ways did Philip increase Spaninsh power (infographic p. 506. Read the caption to the picture on 507, what territory did the Spanish lose in 1648. Who painted the picture on page 508? How do you think he got this name? Read the section on Don Quixote on page 509. What did Don Quixote think the windmills were? Answer question #2 on page 509.
Answer Comprehension questions #3-5 on page 508.
Due Thursday
16(2) France under Louis XIV (14th) (510-514) Identify the terms, people, and places on page 510. Read Life at Versailles (510) list 3 adjectives for life at the court. Read the Biography of Cardinal Richelieu (511). What two occupations did Richelieu's parents want him to follow? What was their goal? Read the primary source on page 512; according to Bossuet who does the prince have to answer to? Why? Read the infographic on page 513, answer Thinking Critically questions 1+2.
Answer comprehension questions #3-5 on page 514.
We will use Thursday's Class as a review of chapters 14, 15 and 16(1) for a test on Friday.
Due Wednesday: 16(1) Spanish Power Grows (504-509) Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 504. Read " A Working Monarch"on page 504. Why do you think Spain had a Century of Gold from 1550-1650? Read the Map Skills on page 505. Answer questions 2+3 on page 505. List the four marriages of Philip II and the country Spain was trying to ally itself with (p.506).What three ways did Philip increase Spaninsh power (infographic p. 506. Read the caption to the picture on 507, what territory did the Spanish lose in 1648. Who painted the picture on page 508? How do you think he got this name? Read the section on Don Quixote on page 509. What did Don Quixote think the windmills were? Answer question #2 on page 509.
Answer Comprehension questions #3-5 on page 508.
Due Thursday
16(2) France under Louis XIV (14th) (510-514) Identify the terms, people, and places on page 510. Read Life at Versailles (510) list 3 adjectives for life at the court. Read the Biography of Cardinal Richelieu (511). What two occupations did Richelieu's parents want him to follow? What was their goal? Read the primary source on page 512; according to Bossuet who does the prince have to answer to? Why? Read the infographic on page 513, answer Thinking Critically questions 1+2.
Answer comprehension questions #3-5 on page 514.
We will use Thursday's Class as a review of chapters 14, 15 and 16(1) for a test on Friday.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Week of February 6,2011
15(2) and 15(3) assigned last week are due by Tuesday.
Current Event week #3 is due by next Monday.
Be ready for a quiz Friday on material covered this week.
Homework due Wednesday
15(4) The Atlantic Slave Trade (487-490). Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 487. What are the two pictures on page 487? Draw one of them. Read page 488. What was Ottobah Cugoano traded for? Answer the Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 489. What is the dilemma/tradeoff that William Cowper writes about on page 490. Look at the triangular trade routes (489) why could it be called the quadrangle trade? Explain your answer.
Answer Comprehensiona snd Critical Thinking questions #3-5 on page 490.
Homework due Thursday
15(5) Effects of Global Contact (491-495)
Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 491. Read the "Uniting the World" reading on page 491. What did Adam Smith say were the two greatest and most important events in world history? Why were they so important? Look at eht picture on 492. What two sourcess do the Spanish credit their victory in the new world? Read tulipmaina? Where and why did it occur and what year did it crash? Read Comparing viewpoints on page 494. What was the cause of the trade war?
Answer questions #3-6 on page 495.
Due Friday
Read Events that shaped the world (496-7) Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2
Read the Quick Study guide on page 498. List one subject that you think should be included in the review, but is not. Explain your answer. Also, answer question #1-6 on page 500.
Current Event week #3 is due by next Monday.
Be ready for a quiz Friday on material covered this week.
Homework due Wednesday
15(4) The Atlantic Slave Trade (487-490). Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 487. What are the two pictures on page 487? Draw one of them. Read page 488. What was Ottobah Cugoano traded for? Answer the Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 489. What is the dilemma/tradeoff that William Cowper writes about on page 490. Look at the triangular trade routes (489) why could it be called the quadrangle trade? Explain your answer.
Answer Comprehensiona snd Critical Thinking questions #3-5 on page 490.
Homework due Thursday
15(5) Effects of Global Contact (491-495)
Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 491. Read the "Uniting the World" reading on page 491. What did Adam Smith say were the two greatest and most important events in world history? Why were they so important? Look at eht picture on 492. What two sourcess do the Spanish credit their victory in the new world? Read tulipmaina? Where and why did it occur and what year did it crash? Read Comparing viewpoints on page 494. What was the cause of the trade war?
Answer questions #3-6 on page 495.
Due Friday
Read Events that shaped the world (496-7) Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2
Read the Quick Study guide on page 498. List one subject that you think should be included in the review, but is not. Explain your answer. Also, answer question #1-6 on page 500.
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