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.

March 27, 2017

This is the last week of the term.   Get your late work in
 18(1) 18(2) are past due: 18(3) is due by the end of the week.

We will wrap up our salon with the Enlightenment philosophes.  We will discuss these questions in our class Salon:
1. How did the Scientific Revolution lead to the Enlightenment?
2.  Why were scientists originally called Natural Philsophers?
3. Is man's nature good or evil?    If man is good why does evil exist?
4. Can man be trusted to govern?  What would the speakers in our salon say?
5. What is the best form of government?  Why?

Homework due next week:
18(4)  The Age of Napoleon
Identify the terms, people and the places
Read Witness History (592) Describe France after the Revoltion in three words.
How did Napoleon come to power in 1799?  What did he offer France?
Look at the map on p.595:  Which Russian city marked the end of  Napoleon's march east?  Does this remind you of any 20th century dictators blitzkrieg?  Who?  Why?
Read the primar source (596)  bullet two effects of Napoleon's march into Russia?
Answer the checkpoint questions in complete sentences or bullet 3 facts for each checkpoint section.

Week of March 20, 2017

The term closes March 31, get your missing hw in.

18(1) and 18(2) are due this week
Honors reading on Coffee and the Enlightenment is due Thursday.

We will start a  philosophes debate this week. The Salon notes and participation count as a quiz grade.


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  or list 3 facts for each  section

Week of March 13, 2017

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? What information did Julian Assange release last week? 
5.  Who were absolute monarchs and what is divine right of kings?

Homework due next Friday

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 Or 3 bullets /section

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 or 3 bullets/section

Week of March 6, 2017

We will wrap up our presentations this week.  Also,  17-2 and 17-3 are due by Friday.

I am ahead with the book work assignments, so there will be no new book work due next week.
It is a good time to catch up on missing homework from the quarter.

After the presentations we will explore the link between
The Age of Exploration
The Rise of the Nation States of Europe and the Absolute Monarchs
The Enlightenment and its impact on the American and French Revolutions.

Don't forget current events.
Honors classes will get their next reading on the role of coffee and the Enlightenment.

Week of February 27, 2017

Welcome back from break and happy Mardi Gras Week.  Why is Tuesday called Fat Tuesday in New Orleans and Carnival in Brazil?

We  will present our power points this week in class.  Remember to include slides on background, obstacles, accomplishments and legacy of your person.  Did they do more to change society or were they products of their time period? 

Honors reading on Rum and its impact is due this Thursday.

Homework due next week:

17(2) Enlightenment Ideas Spread (550-555) 

Identify five of the terms, people, and places 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 OR question #3-6 on page 555 Or three bullets/section.

17(3) Birth of the American Republic (557-563) (double hw grade)

Identify five of the terms, people, and places
Read Witness History (557) What was the point of Paine's Common Sense?
Look at map skills (558) Answer question #3.
What three men are pictured on page 559?  What did they write?
Read the three biographies on page 560. Answer the bold questions at the bottom of each reading.
Who is the focus of the picture on page 561?
What three branches are pictured on page 562?
Read the Bill of Rights (563) Why do you think they had to be added as amendments to the US Constitution?
Answer  the 5 checkpoint questions OR #3-6 on page 563 or 3 bullets/section.

Week of February 13, 2017

One week until February break,  keep doing your job.

We will be in the IMC this week to research our biographical assignment.
After we determine who you will present your power point must include:
Background information.  Who is your person and what is he most known for?
What obstacles did they have to overcome, both personally and in their field
What was their accomplishment(s)?
What legacy do they have today? What is the significance of their invention/discovery/achievement?