Aim: How did the Enlightenment change the world?

Enlightenment ppt

HW 4-3

P. 634 of textbook

#1,3,4,5

Answer in full sentences.

Aim: What was the Scientific Revolution? Period 3 and 5

Do Now:

1. Which came first the chicken or the egg?

2. How do you know?

3. Describe the method you would use to figure out the answer.

Scientific Revolution

Bl:The next big change after the Renaissance in which scientist questioned traditional beliefs about the workings of the universe. The main idea to come out of the Revolution was the Scientific Method - the use of observation and experimentation to explain how things work.

P: Europe

T: After the Renaissance and before the Enlightenment.

HW #3-3 Due Monday the 16th

Read Pages 614-617 on the tesxtbook
Copy and Answer questions 1,3,4,5,6,7. Answer in complete sentences.  

How did Elizabeth become one of England’s great leaders?

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B5o3YTdxlxB3YmQ1ZWE1ODEtZDBkOS00NGRhLWFiNTktYzU4NDZjNjcwZmM0&hl=en

https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AZo3YTdxlxB3ZGZxZDR6c2pfMTMxZmJzNWZoZ2g&hl=en

What successes and failures did Louis XIV have as an absolute monarch?

https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AZo3YTdxlxB3ZGZxZDR6c2pfMTA1ZHhmZnM5Z2c&hl=en

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B5o3YTdxlxB3NGMxN2Q1NWQtNDEzZi00NTQwLWFkZGMtOGRlM2M0YTliNDgz&sort=name&layout=list&num=50

Aim: What is Mercantilism?

DO NOW: What is trade?
Powerpoint
Student worksheet 

Aim: What were the horrors of the Atlantic slave trade?

Do Now: What is horror? What is slavery?

Triangle Trade ppt 

Triangle trade notes 

Amistad documentary 

Slavery alphabet 

Homework # Slave trade

Write a letter to the leader of Spain or England and convince them to stop the slave trade.

Aim: What changes did the Spanish Conquest of South America bring?

Do Now:

How would life be different if another country took over the U.S.?

“Before 1492, there were no
tomatoes in Italy, no pineapples in Hawaii, no potatoes in Ireland, no oranges in Florida, and no cattle in Texas.” 

Why were these important food crops missing in these areas before 1492?

What changed in 1492 that enabled foods to travel to different areas?

Notebook file

Columbian exchange ppt

DBQ's

Notes

The Columbian Exchange
New World
Foods
Old World
Foods
Domesticated
Plants
1. Corn
(Mexico)
2. Chili
Peppers
(Mexico and
Peru)
3. Cacao
(Mexico,
Brazil, Peru)
1 Wheat (Iraq)
2.Lettuce(Europe)
3.Sugar(Indonesia)
Domesticated
Animals
1. Turkey
(United
States,
Canada)
2. Guinea Pig
(Chile,
Argentina)
1.Cattle (Iraq, Iran)
2.Horse (Mongolia)

HW #1492

Menu-1492

Can you imagine spaghetti without tomatoes? Chocolate without sugar? Pizza without cheese? In 1492, most of the foods we identify with particular cuisines--Italian tomato and cheese pizza, French chocolate mousse, and Indian curries spiced with chilies--were impossible to make because the ingredients existed only in either the Old World or the New World. Look at a recipe from a food you are familiar with. (i.e. pizza, spaghetti, etc.) List the ingredients used to make the dish.
By using a world map and pictures of ingredients (from cans, magazines, newspapers, etc.) tape or glue the pictures to a world map to show where the food originated. Mark on the map the route that a person would have had to take to create the same dish in 1492.

Extra Credit: Create a comic strip depicting the journey required to collect the ingredients to make a dish.

AIM: How did Spain govern its South American colonies?

Do Now: Answer the question below based on the quote.
“Although a kingdom may be enriched by gifts received, or by purchases taken from some other Nations… these are things uncertain and of small consideration when they happen.  The ordinary means therefore to increase our wealth and treasure is by Foreign Trade, wherein we must ever observe this rule: to sell more to strangers yearly than we consume of theirs in value.”                             – Thomas Mun

How does the discovery of the New World help Europe to follow this rule?  Explain.

HW: In a paragraph describe the lives of the Peninsular, Creoles, Native Americans and African slaves.

Notebook file
Encomeienda Notes
Encomienda Worksheet word doc
Encomienda pdf

HW # What is it worth?

Think about the world around you. What is considered to be a valuable item? Why?

1. Prepare a list of four pairs of items whose value might change as the circumstances change. Sample list: a wool sweater and a faddish T-shirt; a tuna fish sandwich and a pack of chewing gum; a flashlight and a glow stick; two quarters and a dollar bill. Select one item from each pair that you would prefer to have.
2. Which one do you think is the most valuable? The least valuable? Who would/would not think each of the items is of value?
3. Use a  camera/camera phone to take pictures of things in your home/neighborhood that are valuable? Why do they have value? What would have to change for the items not to be valuable?
4.  What has the most value? Why? Does everyone agree? What do you think had the most value 500 years ago? 

AIM: How did the Conquistadors conquer the Incas?

Notebook File

Aim: AIM: How did the Conquistadors conquer the Aztecs?

Notebook file

AIM: Why did Columbus "discover" the Americas?

Do Now: You have been selected to participate (optional) in the first voyage to another planet.  You have the chance to make lots of money, but there are lots of risks.  Would you go?  Why or why not?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

Cloze Notes
Notebook File

Aim: What facts do we know about the Inca Empire?

Do Now:

1. Where is South America located?
2. What are the Andes Mountains?
3. What countries can you name in South America?
4. Where do potatoes come from

Notebook File
Cloze Notes
Inca 1
Inca 2
Inca 3
Inca Music
Powerpoint ICT
Inca worksheet

Notes:

Inca

BL: A civilization of South America, centered in Peru. The Inca ruled a large empire and had an elaborate road system, architecture, Complex trade system, Suspension bridges and terrace farming. The arrival of the Spanish Conquistador's ended their empire in the 15th century.

P : South America Peru

T : CE 1200 to 1535

Where was the Inca Empire located?
How many people did the Inca’s control?
How large was the Empire at its height?
What two concepts did the Inca’s lack?
What does it mean to build without mortar? What other ancient civilization built great building with out the use of mortar?
What present day countries were encompassed in the Inca Empire? What delicious domesticated product is Argentina now for?
What types of terrain were found in the Inca Empire? Would this be an advantage or disadvantage?
What was the capital city of the Inca named?
What is the main language spoken in South and Central America?
What happened to the Inca Empire?
Worksheet
Vocabulary
Ayllu, mita, quipa, Atahualpa

AIM: How did the Aztecs build a great Empire?

Do Now:

1. What is the name of the capital city of the country of Mexico?
2. Where is Mexico located in relation to the United States?
3. Who is Mexico’s current president?

Vocabulary: Obsidian, Quetzalcoatl, Montezuma

Aztecs

BL: A civilization of Mexico who created a strong empire that flourished between the 14th and 15th century. The arrival of Hernando Cortes and the Spanish Conquistador's ended their empire. They were known for having a complex calendar and pyramids.

P: Central America- Mexico

T: CE 600 to 1521

What was the Aztec empire?
How long did it last?
What language was spoken in the Aztec empire?
Where does the name Mexico come from?
What present day city was the capital of Mexico?

What is the national language of Mexico?
Why is Spanish the national language?
How many descendants of the Maya are currently speaking Nahuatl?
Why would archaeologists be excavating under Mexico City?
What are they looking for?

How do you think did the Aztecs come to power?
Who were the Aztecs?

Notebook File
Cloze notes
Aztec 1
Aztec 2
Aztec 3
Aztec Image worksheet
Powerpoint ICT
Primary source Aztec Cortes and Diaz

AIM: Are the Mayans correct will the world end in 2012?

Do Now: Who were the Maya?

Where is the Yucatan peninsula located? Central America
Why was the Maya civilization important? Math, Astronomy, Calendars
What happened to the Maya civilization? Disappeared
What is a hieroglyph? A pictorial form of writing
How long did the Maya civilization last?

Mayans

BL: A civilization of Central America and southern Mexico. Achievements include mathematics, architecture, and a 365 day a year calendar. They flourished between the 4th and 12th centuries C.E.

P: Central America and southern Mexico

T: 300 BCE to CE 600

Vocabulary: Tikal, glyph, codex

Notebook File
Cloze Notes
Maya ICT Powerpoint
Maya ICT worksheet
Maya Lab sheet
 2012 Trailer
Maya 1
Maya 2
Maya 3
Maya 4
Maya 5
Latin America trailer

HW #10-2 The Inca due Friday the 8th

HW #9-2 The Aztec due Thursday the 7th

HW #8-2 The Maya due Wednesday the 5th

Aim: What was the Reformation?

 Do Now : 1. What causes change?

I. Causes of the Reformation

• _________emphasis on the _____________

challenged ______________  _  ___

__________________

• The _______  _______spread the ideas of the Renaissance.
• Renaissance emphasis on the secular and the individual challenged Church authority
• The printing press spread the ideas of the Renaissance.

• _______ resented the power of the _____.

• ___________ in the north _________

• paying _________  to the Pope in _______.

II. Martin Luther

• German Monk

• The ________________ was selling

• ____________ and _________ in the form

• of ________________.
• Martin Luther protested this policy  and the

_______________       __________ and 

_______________ of the ______________.

III. 95 Theses

• In writing, Martin Luther argued that the  _______  _________________  was not right.
• He _________ his ___________ (________)
• against indulgences on a _____________ in 1517.

IV. Luther’s Teachings

• The 95 Theses were  ______________

• Reaction: __________________ and

__________

•  Neither actions stopped what Martin Luther had set in motion:

V. Protestantism Grows

•  Guttenberg’s ___________________

allows: Luther’s 95 Theses to reach a

________________________the Bible to be

___________________ into the

__________________ the common people to

__________ and form __________________

• By 1530, Luther’s followers were called ________________

VI. Protestant Denominations

• __________________

Closely follows Luther’s ideas about faith

• __________________

In Geneva ________________ creates a

______________, government run by church officials based on the theory of

_________________, your salvation has been predetermined before birth becomes the modern denomination of Presbyterians

• And many others

Student CLoze

Power Point 

Reformation Docs 

HW#7-2 Counter Reformation Due Thursday the 31st .

HW#6-2 Henry VIII Due Wednesday the 30th

Aim: Who was Henry the VIII?

Do Now:

1. What would you do to get out of a relationship?

2. How important is it to have a male child?

Student CLoze 

Power point 

Henry Docs 

Aim: Who was Martin Luther?

Do Now:
Define
1. Secular –

2. Reform-

3. Why would secularism lead to a reformation?




I. What was Martin’s Early Life Like?
• Born a peasant on ___________________.
• His father became wealthy making ___________________.
• Two of his brothers died of _________________.
• His father wanted him to Become a ___________.

II. What was Martin Luther’s Early Spiritual Life Like?
• In July of 1505, ML caught in a _____________________.
• he screamed out a vow, “Save me, St. Anne, and I shall become a _________.”
• On _________ Luther entered a monastery.
• Later traveled to ___________ and was disgusted by what he saw.

III. His arguments with Rome
• In _______ Nailed his __ arguments against the church to a “door”
• He argued against
__________, ________, and the __________ of the Church
• His arguments were reprinted and spread all throughout ________________.

IV.What happened Next?
• The church told him to _____________ what he had said
• He ____________
• He was called a _____________but was protected by the local prince
• He publicly ____________the paper that called him a “heretic”

V. Okay, then What?
• The pope convinced the King of Germany to hold a trial called “___________”
• Would not recant – Declared _____________
• Had to hide out for a year (Edward the Wise)
• Went back to Germany, married, and _____________________

VI What exactly where his teachings?
• You get to heaven by believing in Jesus, not by ___________________
• The __________is the sole and final authority for truth
• ______________ are evil
• _____________ are not from God.

Reformation Docs
Notebook File
Power Point
Student CLoze
Luther in Rome
Luther Trailer

Diet of Worms 

Aim: What is the best way to lead people?

Do Now:
1. Is it better to be feared or love? Why?
Define:
A. Influential
B. United -
C. Ruthless-
E. Prince-
F. Absolute-
G. Suited-
H. Purposes- 

Notebook lesson
Student Sheet

Hw #5-2 Trial of Martin Luther: Due Friday the 25th

HW #4-2 Due Wednesday 3-23-11

HW #3-2 Due Tuesday 3-22-11 Online Submission Form

HW #3-2 Due Tuesday the 22

1. If Machiavelli were alive today, what kinds of recommendations would he make to someone who wanted to gain and hold political office?

2. Is the president a Machiavellian leader? Should he be?

3. Is Machiavelli’s book the Prince “evil”?

Aim: What was food like in the Renaissance?

Do Now: (Please translate this recipe into modern English.) Fruays. Recipe þe cromys of whyte brede & swete aplys & yolkes of egges, & bray þam wele, & temper it with wyne; &


make it to sethe, & when it is thyk do þerto gode spyces: gynger & galingay & cannell & clows; & serof it forth.

__________________________________________________________________________________________

1. What is being made in this recipe?

2. How is being made?

3. What social class of people would eat this way?

Notebook lesson
Student page

Quiz on Wednesday March 16th on the Renaissance

AIM: Who were Johann Gutenberg and William Shakespeare?

Do Now: 

1. Does art reflect society? Give examples to support your answer. 
2. "A good cook can take leftovers and turn them into a delicious meal." What does this quote mean?

Gutenberg and Shakespeare Study Guide 
Gutenberg Classwork pgs 3 and 4 
Notebook file 

HW #1-2 Due Thursday March 17th

Fill in the Blanks

THE DAWN OF A NEW AGE

The Renaissance is the “r____________” of Europe, a period when scholars became more interested in studying the w________ around them, when a____ became more *l__f__l__k__, and when Europeans began to e____________ new lands.  Arab s______________ preserved the writings of the ancient G__________ in their l_______________.  When t____________ from cities in northern I________ came into contact with A________, they exchanged i__________ as well as g________.  Many C_______________ scholars moved to Italy from G__________ after the B________________ empire fell to the T________ in 14____.

The Renaissance influenced p______________, sculpture, and a____________________.  Painting became more r________________ and focused less often on r_______________ topics.  Rich families became p____________ by c________________________ great a____.  Artists advanced the R___________________ style of showing n__________ and depicting the f______________ of people.  

Answer in complete sentences

Use your study sheet to find the correct answers.

1.  The word Renaissance comes from what language?  What does the term mean?

*2.  Why did the Renaissance begin in northern Italy?

*3.  Write a paragraph that explains why learning and the arts flourished during the Renaissance.  Your sentence must have a topic sentence, at least two support sentences, and a conclusion that restates, but does not repeat the topic sentence.

HW #2-2 Due Thursday March 17

Fill in the Blanks

HUMANISM

            Many Renaissance s______________ were i______________ by the c______________, the works of the ancient G__________ and R_________.  Roman *e______________ and Christian *p________ kept order in Europe for more than a millennium, but the scholars found a spirit in the a____________ texts that valued i___________________.

            People who studied the c______________ were known as h________________.  Humanists recreated ancient G________ and R________ styles in a____, literature, and a______________________.  Humanists believed they could understand p__________ and the w________ better through an *u__d__r__t__n__i__g of the c______________.  One humanist wrote, “To each s____________ of c______________ has been a______________ a p______________ and i__________________ gift.  To horses g________________, to birds f__________, comes n_____________.  To m____ only is g________ the d__________ to l________.      The humanists emphasized the importance of secular, or non-r________________ values, which often put them at odds with the c__________.

Answer in complete sentences

Use your study sheet to find the correct answers.

4.  What were the classics?  Who were the humanists?

*5.  Do you agree or disagree with the quote, “To each species of creature has been allotted a peculiar and instinctive gift. To horses galloping, to birds flying, comes naturally. To man only is given the desire to learn.”  Defend your answer.

6.  Why were the humanists often at odds with the church?

7.  What are the humanities?

Aim: What great artists of the Renaissance were rivals?

Do Now:
1. Can you name to great artists today who are rivals?

(Using your textbook please define the following terms.)
2. prominent-

3. ambiguity-

4. imbue -

5. dynamic-

6. rivals
Renaissance Worksheets
Leonardo Di Vinci
Michelangelo
Notebook file 

AIM: How did art and ideas change during the Renaissance?

Do Now:(Using your textbook please define the following terms.)
1. realism-
2. symbolism-
3. perspective-
4. republican-
5. Humanism-
6. constitution-
7. theory-

Renaissance Worksheets
Notebook file 

AIM: What was the Renaissance?

Do Now: (Using your textbook please define the following terms.)
1. Renaissance-
2. philosophers-
3. innovation-
4. architecture-
5. somber-Dark; gloomy.

6. brooding- depressing, gloomy.

7. literature-

Renaissance Worksheets
Notebook file

Aim: Who was Genghis Khan ?

Do Now: Complete the Vocabulary Quiz.


Task #1 : Using the textbook index find Genghis Khan turn to the pages indicated.
Task #2 : Using the information in the text book begin to fill out the blank character biography sheet.
Character Bio Sheet

HW#10 Due Thursday March 9th

1. Who were the Mongols? 
2. How was the horse the tank of its time?
3. What allowed the Mongols to conquer such a large empire so quickly?
4. Why did the Mongol empire split up in the decades following Genghis Khan's death? 
5. “When alone, watch your thoughts; when with others, your words” –Mongolian Proverb.  In your own words please explain this quote.

HW #9-Due Thursday March 9

Once again, we are going into the world of food.

Select a Mongolian recipe .  Print it out.  Show how one ingredient is still used today.  Discuss where it came from, how it is packaged and used today.  You must bring it in to show the class.  For extra credit, prepare the dish and sample it for the class.

Or


Renaissance food was as refined and sophisticated as the era itself. The dishes (as today), were carefully prepared to please both the palate and the eye. Select a Recipe from the Renaissance.  Print it out.  Show how one ingredient is still used today.  Discuss where it came from, how it is packaged and used today.  You must bring it in to show the class.  For extra credit, prepare the dish and sample it for the class. 

 

Soups
The soups were very rich, very expensive, several being served at the same time; and in order to please the eye as well as the taste they were made of various colors, sweetened with sugar, and sprinkled with pomegranate seeds and aromatic herbs, such as marjoram, sage, thyme, sweet basil, and savory.  

 

Roasts
An important part of the Renaissance food were the roasts, of which the sirloin of beef must have been one of the most common. The preparing of roasts, while resembling the present system, differed by first boiling the strong meats, and then the roast was thoroughly basted with orange juice and rose-water, and covered with sugar and powdered spices. 

Salads
The custom of introducing salads after roasts was already established in the 15th Century. However, a salad, of whatever sort, was never brought to table in its natural state; for, besides the raw herbs, dressed in the same manner as in our days, it contained several mixtures, such as cooked vegetables, and the crests, livers, or brains of poultry. After the salads, fish was served, sometimes fried, sometimes sliced with eggs or reduced to a sort of pulp, which was called carpée or charpie, and sometimes it was boiled in water or vine, with strong seasoning. 

Pastas
The Renaissance is Italian in the first place. And, surely, there cannot be Renaissance food without semolina, vermicelli, and macaroni. They were called Italian because they originally came from that country, and have been in use in France longer than is generally supposed. They were first introduced after the expedition of Charles VIII. into Italy, and the conquest of the kingdom of Naples; that is, in the reign of Louis XII., or the first years of the 16th Century.

Pastries
In France, the manufacture of sweet and savory pastry was entrusted to the care of the good ménagiers of all ranks and conditions, and the corporation of pastry cooks, who obtained their statutes only in the middle of the 16th Century; the united skill of these, both in Paris and in the provinces, multiplied the different sorts of tarts and meat pies to a very great extent. 

Seasoning, or green juice, which, with vinegar, formed the essential basis of sauces, was originally the juice of sorrel.  Vinegar was originally merely soured wine, as the word vin-aigre means sour wine.

Condiments
Some of the condiments saw a huge increase in price during the Renaissance. Food could not be salted easily anymore, as salt, which from the remotest periods was the condiment of choice, and the trade which had been free up to the 14th Century, became the subject of repeated taxation.

Side-Dishes
The side-dishes added to the luxury of Renaissance food. They consisted mainly in a high variety of pastry; sixteen different sorts at one meal; covered pastry, double-faced pastry, pear pastry, and apple pastry, white pastry with quince, elder flowers, rice, roses or chestnuts.

 

Aim: What led to the rise of the Mongols?

Do Now:(look in glossary)
1. What is a nomad?

2. What type of land form is the steppe?

3. What is the climate (weather) like on the Mongolian steppe?

4. Explain the term mounted.

Videos
BBC Mongol-1
BBC -Mongol 2
BBC Mongol -3
BBC- Mongol 4
BBC - Mongol 5
Mongol Trailer
Mongol Throat Singing
Mongolian Cuisine
News Program Genghis Khan
Yurt
Mongol Nomads
Mongol Music
Mongolian Tourist Video

Lesson
What led to the rise of the Mongols? Notebook lesson

Power point
Mongol Power point

THE MONGOLS-Cloze

The nomadic Mongols first came to Chinese  (1).. .. .. as hit-and-run raiders swooping

down to create chaos, then(2). .. .. . just as suddenly.

There was, however, a great deal more to the Mongols, who began as nomads wandering the grassy plains of Mongolia with their sheep, camels, goats and cattle.

In time, the Mongols developed into fierce and skillful warriors, fighting on
horseback with a speed and agility that (3).. .. .. their enemies.

The Mongols proved so(4).. .. .. that they created the largest land based empire ever known, conquering lands that(5).. .. .. from eastern Europe to
the Pacific Ocean.

After 1211, when the Mongols broke through the Great Wall, China became part of this empire and the legendary Kublai Khan (1216-1294) became the first Yuan emperor of China.

1- A)climate

B)impact

C)attention

D)tradition

E)faith                                                                      

2- A)departing

B)innovating

C)providing

D)violating

E)daring

3- A)diversified

B)promoted

C)soothed

D)startled

E)circulated

4- A)frequent

B)subsequent

C)spiritual

D)oppressive

E)invincible

5- A)designated

B)absorbed

C)emitted

D)witnessed

E)stretched

HW#8 Due Friday

Write a letter to a friend and describe how Mongolia differs from Staten Island in landforms, water, food, music, vegetation (plants) and climate. Explain to your friend how the environment in Mongolia helped create a unique civilization.

Aim: What impact did Marco Polo have on the world?

Do Now: (Please look in you textbook for the answers to the two following questions.)
1.  Who was Marco Polo?
2.  What was the Silk Road?

Marco Polo Notebook File

Silk Road and Marco Polo Worksheet

Mongol Map

HW#7 Due Thursday

1. What sorts of items were traded from China? From Western Asia and Europe
2. What are some dangers of traveling on the Silk Road?
3. What about for those living along the Silk Road?
4. It took years for Silk Road travelers and merchants (traders), like Zhang Qian and Marco Polo, to reach their destinations. What kinds of preparations (planning) would have been needed at that time for such a journey? What sorts of resources (goods) would need to be available along the way for the trade routes to function (run) successfully?
5. The ancient Silk Road has been called the "Internet of ancient times." What do you think this means?

Aim: How did Africans create their art and literature?

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B5o3YTdxlxB3ZDE3NTExMDQtZTVlMC00ZWFiLWI0NTItMjEwZDVhYzFmMjM1&sort=name&layout=list&num=50

West African kingdoms

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B5o3YTdxlxB3OGQ1Y2Q4ZGUtOThlOC00MTIyLWEwNjMtNDMzMTIyZWI0OWE0&sort=name&layout=list&num=50

Aim: East African kingdoms

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B5o3YTdxlxB3YmFmY2JiZmItNTIxMC00MDhlLWFkMDAtOWY0OWY3ZTQ5OTEy&sort=name&layout=list&num=50

Aim: How did Geography affect the growth of Africa?

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B5o3YTdxlxB3Y2IzNmVlNDUtMjE4MS00MjVkLWFmZGItZjQzYjIwM2YyMWUw&sort=name&layout=list&num=50

HW#6- Current Events Africa

Current Events

STATE OF THE WORLD - 2011

Keeping up with Current Events, or the State of the World, is an important task for any historian.  History students must always ask this very important question:  Is there a relationship between the historical events/people we are learning about and the state of the world today?  Asking and answering this question forces us to connect the present with the past and makes history more relevant.
1.  Find and cut out an interesting article about international news in Africa.  Neatly tape (do not paste) the entire article to an 8 ½" X 11" sheet of paper.  Yes, often you will need to use several sheets of paper.  Do not come to class with parts of the article hanging off or folded onto the paper.  Cut and tape neatly.
2.  You will find articles from the following print sources:  Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Newsweek, Time, U.S. News and World Report, Economist.  You may also the use the Internet to find articles.
3.  When you have found an article, you will do the following:
  A.  UNDERLINE  unfamiliar vocabulary words and names.  Be sure to look these   words/names/terms up before coming to class because you will have to explain them to the class.
  B.  On a separate sheet of paper, type a brief summary of what the article is
  about.
1. Who is being affected?
2. What happened?
3. When did this the event take place?
4. Where was this event located?
5. Why did this event take place?
6. How will this event impact the world?

HW #5 Due 2/17 Period 6

1.  Why did the U.S. become involved in the war in Iraq?

2.  Explain the differences between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims.

3.  What are the problems faced by Iraqis in creating a unified country?

4.  Please offer 3 solutions to creating lasting peace in Iraq.

Aim: Why did Islam Split?

Do Now:  Why do people fight?

Sunni

1. 80 % of Muslims
2. Koran should be interpreted
3. Leader should be elected

Shi'a

1. Strict
2. Koran should be followed exactly
3. Leader should be a relative of Muhammad (Imams)

Project Movie maker, Power point, Comic Book, or Graphic Novel Period 3 and 5

Empire Information
http://www.historyforkids.org

Choose one of the following ancient world civilizations you are interested in learning more about: Greek, Hellenistic/Macedonian, Roman, Byzantine or Mongol empire.
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING 11 KEY QUESTIONS

Gather the following information:

1. When and how did this empire begin?
2. What areas did the empire conquer(take over)?(need map)
3. What impact(effect) did the empire have on the areas it conquered (took over)?
4. How did geography(landforms) contribute (add) to the success of this empire?
5. Explain the impact (effect) of the empire’s military (army) and the tactics (plans) it used?
6. Who were the major (key) leaders of this empire?
7. Explain the type of government (rule) this empire had.
8. What were the positive (good) aspects (views) of the empire and its conquests (places it took over)?
9. What were the negative (bad) aspects (views) of the empire and its conquests(places it took over)?
10. What led to the fall (end) of this empire?
11. How has this empire impacted (changed) the world?

You will need at least one map.
You will need 15 -20 images to support your movie.
You will also need at least two songs to support your movie.
Please limit yourself to one or two sentences per slide.

Aim: What was the the Rise of Russia?

Aim: What was the the Rise of Russia?

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HW #4 THE RISE OF RUSSIA Due Tuesday the 15

HW #4 THE RISE OF RUSSIA

1. Which mountain range is considered a boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia?

2. Europe and Asia form a large landmass known as…

3. By about the A.D. 400s, which group of people settled into Eastern Europe?

4. Which group of people from Scandinavia drove into Eastern Europe during the A.D. 800s?

5. Which early Russian city prospered because of its location along the rich trade route between Constantinople and the Baltic Sea? This city also served as the capital for nearly 300 years.

6. Who were the Russian boyars?

7. Which early Russian leader converted to Christianity in A.D. 988 and then ordered all of his people to do the same?

8. Which form of Christianity did the Kievan Russian’s adopt?

9. List 5 products traded by the Russians.

10. Name the largest and lowest class in Russian society.

Aim: How did the Byzantines engineer an empire?

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Byzantine Empire 1-5
The Empire Strikes Back
Notes:
Constantine inherited an empire divided into two parts.
He reunited the two parts of the empire.
He builds a new center of the empire, Constantinople, the City of Constantine.
There is a large Christian presence in the empire.
He is a ruthless(cruel) dictator(ruler).
He killed his son, his step-son, and his second wife.
The city only had one aqueduct(water channel). The people were dying of thirst.
The city needed a water system larger than Rome's.
This fell to Valens who reigned from 364-378 AD.
It brought water a distance of 400 miles from Thrace.
Byzantine Empire 2
 Notes Day 2-
Water was stored in underground cisterns.
Population swelled to 500,000.
410 AD Rome fell to Visigoths.
Attila and the Huns are threatening.
  Constantinople is fortified with the strongest walls ever built.
 Theodosius II (401 - 450) was the emperor.
The walls were built to withstand earthquakes.
A huge earthquake made the city vulnerable.
The Theodosian walls were repaired by the people.
A moat was added.
A new outer wall was added.
The inner wall was completely rebuilt.
Byzantine Empire 3
Notes Day 4
Attila could not get into the city.
A giant chain was made to cut off the harbor.
City was safe but the land was being ravaged.
476 the last Roman emperor abdicated.
Justinian was born a peasant.
He was ruthless.
Justinian married Theodora a burlesque dancer.
He promoted her talents.
He named her co-empresses.
He tried to regain the bygone glory of ancient Rome.
He reclaimed lost western territories.
The Hippodrome was the center of life in Constantinople.
532, Nica Riot, at the Hippodrome of the Blues and Greens left a third of the city in ashes.

Byzantine Empire 4
Notes Day 4
Theodora convinced Justinian not to run.
Justinian calls the rebels back to the Hippodrome.
The gates are locked and  the Imperial army kills 30,000 people.
Justinian rebuilds the churches.
Church of Holy Wisdom, called The Eye of Sophia. Largest dome in world.
It was dedicated in 536.
It became the centerpiece of Christianity.
Under Justinian the empire grew to its largest size.
Three emperors would rule after Justinian deaths.

Notes Day 5
Basil was a military genius.
Basil's greatest enemy was Czar Samuels of Bulgaria.
986 Samuels defeats Basil. He was only eighteen and walked into an ambush.
He swore revenge.
Basil crushed revolts within his empire.
Basil has his engineers design a siege weapon called the trebuchet.
Basil's army was unstoppable.
He returns to fight Bulgaria.  He destroys there infrastructure.
1014 July 29, Basil launched a surprise attack conquering the Bulgarians and capturing 14,000 men.
He blinded everyone, leaving every 100th with one eye to lead the others back home.
Basil II.
1453, Ottomans unleash cannons against the walls.
Constantinople became Istanbul

HW # 3 Due Thursday the 10th

Name:  ________________________                                                Date:__/___/___

                                                            HW #3

Justinian and Byzantine Greatness

Read the selection below and then answer the questions in complete sentences.

Under the rule of emperor Justinian, 527 to 565 A.D., the Byzantine Empire reached the pinnacle (top) of its power and grandeur (greatness). Constantinople was called the Queen City by travelers who admired its magnificence (glory). They came from both East and West, for its merchants were extremely active in the ports of the Mediterranean and the Black Seas, and Constantinople had trade connections which reached far into Europe and the Near East.

The rich farmlands of Asia Minor and Egypt provided an abundance of food, a steady supply of precious metals was mined from the Balkan Peninsula. Raw materials such as furs, hides, slaves and horses were brought from the plains and forest to the north. From the ancient civilized countries of the East came manufactured goods. But it was not long

before Constantinople became famous for its own manufactures, chiefly textiles, leather goods, armor and jewelry.

 More Hellenistic than Roman, a new appreciation for art and literature was a hallmark of Byzantine culture. Greek served as the official language after the sixth century, but the legacy (inheritance) of Roman law and literature (writing) remained preserved. The civil administration (government) of the empire was so well-organized that routine affairs continued even under mediocre (average) and incompetent (useless) emperors. The Byzantine Empire, like its Western predecessor, endured periods of strife (fighting) and decline.

Justinian assumed control after one of these periods. He was not a popular emperor at first, and in 532 A.D. there as a revolt against him. The revels set fire to a part of the city, and the young emperor might have accepted defeat had it not been for his wife Theodora. As he was about to board a ship and leave the city, she challenged him, “Go if you

want to, but for me—I stay! Imperial purple will make me a splendid shroud (grave-clothes)!”

With his wife, the emperor stayed and not only put down the revolt but also became an expansionist of sorts, defeating the Persians, Vandals and Goths and adding large areas of Spain, Italy, and northern Africa to the Empire.

 At home, he worked unceasingly to beautify the city and is responsible for the construction of the church of Saint

Sophia. He became learned at law, and wrote two great volumes: Corpus Juris Civilis , which incorporated all the Roman laws, and Institutes , a digest (summary) and explanation of them for law students.

After the time of Justinian, the Byzantine Empire began to decline dramatically, plagued by many of the same symptoms that were the causes of the fall of the western empire. The Lombards seized northern Italy and moved steadily southward. Other invades moved from the other areas until finally, Constantinople fell to invading Turks in 1453.

1. What were the geographic advantages of Constantinople’s location?

2. Why did the Roman Empire last much longer in the East than in the West?

3. What part did economic factors play in the survival of the Eastern Roman Empire?

4. What role did Theodora play in the preservation (continuation) of the Byzantine Empire?

5. Describe two of Justinian’s achievements while in power in Byzantium.