Monday, November 22, 2010

Week of November 22, 2010

This half week would be a good chance to catch up on missing homework, especially current events.

We will look at Chapter 8, the High Middle Ages (1050-1450) this week.
Due Wednesday:
8(1)Royal Power Grows (244-249)
Identify 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 onpage 248. Answer questions #3-6 on page 249 in complete sentences.

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

Due next Tuesday: (November 30)
8(2) The Holy Roman Empire and the Church:
Identify the terms, people, and places. Answer the question on the picture on page 253 about Frederick Barbarossa. Answer questions #3-6 on page 254.

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 questions #3-6 on page 267.

Due next Wednesday (Dec. 1)
8(5): A Time of Crisis (269-273)
Identify the terms, people, and places. Answer Map Skills questions #2+3 on page 271. Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 272. Answer questions #3-5 on page 273.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Week of November 15, 2010

Friday's in class essay has been moved to Monday.
This is Current Event week #2. We will be working on a CE story on the Wednesday half day.

This week we will focus on the Western Religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.


10(1) was assigned last week.
Due by Wednesday.
Read the primary source reading on the Quran (Koran) on page 309. Answer Critical Thinking questions #1-3

Due Thursday-
10(2): Building a Muslim Empire (310-316)two separate h.w. grades
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Read the caption with the Dome of the Rock on page 311. Answer the question with the picture. Look at the picture on 312. What is a whirling dervish? Answer the question with the picture on a Jewish apothecary in Spain on page 313. Answer the questin on the biography on page 314. Answer the Spread of Islam questions #2+3 on page 315.
Answer questions #3,4,5 on page 316.

Due Friday 10(3) Muslim Civilizations Golden Age 317-323
Identify the terms,people, and places. Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 321. Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 323. Explain how Arabic numerals (picture 322) in Eastern Muslim Regions differed from Modern Western Arabic numerals. Who most likely brought Arabic numerals to Europe?
Answer questions #3-5 on page 322.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

The Crusades: Cresent and the Cross

http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/May-June-08/On-this-Day--Crusaders-Victorious-in-Siege-of-Jerusalem.html

http://www.history.com/videos/the-crusades-crescent-and-the-cross--the-legacy#the-crusades-crescent-and-the-cross