Week of April 25, 2016 a

Honor's Reading on Washington is  due this Friday

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

Homework due this 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. 

21(4) Arts in the Industrial Age (681-684)

Identify the terms, people, and places.

Look at the picture on page 681.  How do you think idealistic landscapes were painted as a part of the Romantic movement during the Industrial Revolution?

Read the biography of Beethoven (p. 682). What tragedy did this composer face in later life?

Read A-D in the Realism in Arts (683) List one  fact from each letter.

Look at the portrait of van Gogh (684). Why does he have a bandage on his head?

Look at the 3 impressionist pictures on page 685. 
Identify the painting and artist.  List on fact from each painting.

Answer the checkpoint questions in complete sentences. OR 3 facts from each section

Week of April 11, 2016

19(1)-19(3) due Friday,

We will be wrapping up the French Revolution this week and begin looking at another revolution that was occurring concurrently with the French Revolution,  the Industrial Revolution. 
French Revolution essential question: What freedoms were lost when Napoleon replaced "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity" with "Order, Security, and Efficiency"? 

Honor's Reading on Washington is now due after Vacation.

Homework due the Friday after April  Vacation.

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. 

21(4) Arts in the Industrial Age (681-684)

Identify the terms, people, and places.

Look at the picture on page 681.  How do you think idealistic landscapes were painted as a part of the Romantic movement during the Industrial Revolution?

Read the biography of Beethoven (p. 682). What tragedy did this composer face in later life?

Read A-D in the Realism in Arts (683) List one  fact from each letter.

Look at the portrait of van Gogh (684). Why does he have a bandage on his head?

Look at the 3 impressionist pictures on page 685. 
Identify the painting and artist.  List on fact from each painting.

Answer the checkpoint questions in complete sentences. OR 3 facts from each section.

Week of April 4, 2016

Honors reading on George Washington is due next Tuesday.
18(3)  and 18(4) are due by Friday this week.

Also complete the following book questions for Friday:

Review the quick Study Guide on page 602.

Complete the Chapter Assessment (604) Answer questions #1-10 (all the matching, one word answers)

Answer three of these five questions in complete sentences:#11,14,15,18, 20

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. . 

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.

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 pane 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

Week of March 28, 2016

18(1) -18(3) are due this week

After wrapping up the philosophes classes the American and French Revolutions will become the focus of the classes. 

This is the last week of term 3, make sure to turn in any missing work by Friday.

18(4) The Age of Napoleon (592-600)

Identify the terms, people and places.

Read the Witness History (592) Describe France after the Revolution;
How was Napoleon able to come to power? 
Look at the map on 595, which city marked Napoleon's furthest advance east? 
Read the primary source (596) bullet two effects of Napoleon's march into Russia in 1810.

Answer the checkpoint questions in complete sentences

Week of March 21, 2018 and classroom moves for MCAS

March 21-24
A2 to room 246 WH (honors)
A3 to room 246  WH CPII

B1 to room 23  Economics
B2 to  room 217 WH CP I
B3 to room 217  WH CPI

There are only two weeks left in the term. Make sure you have caught up on your homework and current events.
18(1) and 18(2) are due this week
We will complete our philsophes debate the Salon notes and participation count as a quiz grade.
Be ready for a quiz on Thurday or Friday on the philosophes and chapter 17.

Due next week (double homework grade)
18(3)Radical Days of the Revolution (585-591) 
Identify the terms, people and places.
Read The Engine of Terror, what metaphorically was the "day's wine" for the guillotine?
Read the two account of the Execution of a King (Louis XVI p.586). Why does Marat want to execute the king? List three reasons.
How does the London Times portray the Revolution?
Read the Robespierre biography (p.587) list three events in his life that would explain why he disliked Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Draw a guillotine (588) Read the six captions (pictures p.587-88) list one fact from each picture.
Look at the picture on page 590: was is La Marseillaise?
Look at the painting of Napoleon on page 591, which side of the French Revolution did the painter, David, agree with: The monarchy or the Revolutionaries?  Why?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in the section as well as #6 on page 590

Week of March 14, 2016

Honor's Rum reading is due on Thursday.  Be prepared for a quiz on the reading.

Happy pie day on Monday.   What people were the first to identify pie? (3.14...)

Who was warned to beware of the ides of March?  Ides is the Roman term for the 15th day of the month?  What happened on the ides of March 44 BC?

Who was St. Patrick and why do we celebrate St. Patrick's Day?   What color does Chicago dye the Chicago River for St. Patrick's Day?

This week we will be completing an in class salon of leaders and political philosophers.   Salons were discussions  typically held in women's homes during the enlightenment.

The homework assigned last week on the French Revolution will be due next week.



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Questions for classroom discussion in preparation for our salon.  Be prepared to discuss in groups.

1.  Is man's nature good or evil?  If man is born good then why do we have crime?

2.  What is better for a school: a strong or a weak principal?  Describe the school climate with a strong or a weak principal or a strong or a weak teacher.

3. What is better for a nation: a stong or a weak leader?  Explain your answer.

4.  In Massachusetts the petty theft becomes Grand Larceny ( a felony) when the amout exceeds $250.  A felony conviction follows you throughout your life (college and job applications...) Should this amount be raised?  Explain your answer.

5,  What is the difference between a right and a privilege?  When, if ever do people have the right to revolt against the government?

I will assign groups for the enlightnement debate which will occur later this week.  Homework for the week will be preparation for this debate.  The debate and written praparation and analysis for the debate will be graded as this week's quiz grade.

Week of March 5, 2016

Questions for class discussion

1.  What did Ben Franklin mean when he stated: “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” 
2. What is the NSA (National Security Agency) and what is its job?
3. Who is Edward Snowden and why do some view him as a hero and others as a traitor? 
4. How much power should the government be able to collect about its people? 
5.  Who were absolute monarchs and what is divine right of kings?

18(1) On the Eve of Revolution (572-577). 

Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 572. 
Look at the Witness History pn page 572. What led to the storming of the Bastille (July 14, 1789)?  Answer question #1 on page 573.
Answer Critically Thinking questions #1+2 on page 574.
Read the Primary Source on page 575, why did the poor attack the nobles' homes? 
Answer the 4 Checkpoint questions in the section OR questions #3-5 on page 577.

18(2) The French Revolution Unfolds (577-583)  
Identify the terms, people and places. 
Read Parisian woman storm Versailles, who did the women want to kill?  
Read French reaction to Am. Rev (579).  
What two men had great influences on both revolutions?  
Read the caption on page 580, why did the starving French women resent Marie Antoinette?  
Read the Analyzing Political Cartoons (582). What rodent represents the French Revolution?  
Why did the other European royals fear the French Revolution?  
Look at the sans-culotte (583), why isn't the man wearing knee high stockings? 
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences