Friday, December 17, 2010

IF YOU WERE ABSENT---Choose a company to investigate for the previous Holiday Assignment!!!

Walmart- Rianna/Sintia, Abigail
Disney- Anthony, Carla; Michael and Enrique; Monica
Ann Taylor
Ralph Lauren- Kevin, Emilio
Esprit
Liz Claiborne
Levis- Jasmine, Christian
Bugle Boy
J.C. Penney- Sarkis
Ikea- Ruben; Johnny/Jon;
Kmart- Roman, Sam
Cherokee Jeans
Sears- Armonn
Structure/the Limited
Nike- Chris, Abel, Lamin
Puma-Hovik; Andy
GAP-Felipe, Kimberly, Emmanuel

Muckraking Power Point on American companies. Happy Holidays!!

lCompany:
lLocations.
lWhat are the facts?
lWhat are the Problems for the workers.
lA Description of workplace, wages, living conditions, medical problems.
lTell a story of one worker and their point of view.
lWhat do we buy from this company? You? Your family? Friends?
lWhat are the benefits of this company workplace for the workers?
lHow can this workplace be improved?
Power point presentation 8-10 slides. Tell the story of company and workers.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Monday Night Football...I mean World History!

Weekend HW: p. 236-37 Read Source 1 and 2
Answer DBQ on 237: source 1 and 2
Comparing: Answer #1 only

CW: Read all of 254. Voices: Describe life at work in a factory;
•P. 254-55 What were 5 factors that made England the first ‘industrial’ nation?

HW: Explain Key Terms: Industrial Revolution, "Bessemer" process, England, Imperialism, social Darwinism, entrepreneur, capital, James Watt, imperialism,

Thursday, December 9, 2010

More Revolutions....fewer kings and queens

HW: 268-270
Explain the reasons for revolutions in Germany, austria and czechoslovakia, Italy
Complete q.1 and 2 under Geography skills

Monday, December 6, 2010

complete the study guid for the test Wednesday

lComplete for review for test:
p. 238-39 #1,3,4,5,7 9-18
20-21, 30, 31
Other: Reign of Terror
Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Robespierre, Olympia De gouge, Napoleon
lWednesday: Test on French Revolution
l50 pts

Friday, December 3, 2010

Epitaph or Tomb for a famous person in the French Revolution

HW: Write/draw/in color an epitaph for the Tomb of
Louis XvI, Marie Antoinette, Robespierre, or Napoleon, or ???…statement on the grave that tells you something about their personality, their life and how they are to be remembered….
MAKE IT A WORK OF ART AND INSPIRATION!!

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Napoleon on a Roll!! And then the Fall: Weds and thursday HW:

lHW: Read 233-35
lWrite a diary entry for a soldier marching towards or leaving Russia. In 234 picture p.
lWrite a diary entry for the woman/nurse
l235 Assessment: #5, 6, 7, 8

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Shorty gets Taller....

HW: Read 231-233
Describe his rise to power and his major victories; answer questions under the map on 233.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Napolean: Little Big Man

lHW: The Age of Napoleon: Read p. 229; answer reading connection.
lVoice from the Past: Find the 5 key words that reveal that Napoleon thought he was a “Great Man.”

Friday, November 19, 2010

11/19 Write an outline, and then a first draft Essay for French Revolution

The French Revolution is considered a major turning point in world history. Was violence necessary and was it justified? Was the French Revolution a success? Why or why not?
INTRODUCTION: Include your thesis statement (an argument).
1.Problem:
1.The 3 Estates
2.King and Queen lived at Versailles
3.Taxes
4.Money for the American Nation
2.Actions taken
1.Storming of the Bastille,
1.March by Women to Versailles. Was it Mob rule or protest/rebellion.
2.How and to what extent people gained rights. Include the Declaration of Rights of Man. (women were excluded?)
Austria goes to war against France to save King Louis and Antoinette
3. Resolution:
1.The use of the Guillotine for execution of the King and Queen and the following Reign of Terror
Conclusion:
In the end, what improvement were made in the government and rights, what did not improve? Was it good for the people of France (the third estate?) How was it an improvement? What was the cost? Was it worth it?
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Your Paper on the French Revolution!! Liberty, Brotherhood, Equality!!

The French Revolution is considered a major turning point in world history. Was violence necessary and was it justified? Was the French Revolution a success? Why or why not?
INTRODUCTION: Include your thesis statement (an argument).
  1. 1.Problem:
1.The 3 Estates
2.King and Queen lived at Versailles
3.Taxes
4.Money for the American Nation
  1. 2.Actions taken
1.Storming of the Bastille,
1.March by Women to Versailles. Was it Mob rule or protest/rebellion.
2.How and to what extent people gained rights. Include the Declaration of Rights of Man. (women were excluded?)
Austria goes to war against France to save King Louis and Antoinette
3. Resolution:
1.The use of the Guillotine for execution of the King and Queen and the following Reign of Terror
Conclusion:
In the end, what improvement were made in the government and rights, what did not improve? Was it good for the people of France (the third estate?) How was it an improvement? What was the cost? Was it worth it?

Thursday, November 18, 2010

The end of the Revolution....Would you survive it?

  • ¢Read p. 222: What were the goals of the new Republic of Virtues?
  • ¢Read p. 224: What happened to Robespierre?
  • Why? How/when did the Reign of Terror end?

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

oooops.............I'm late!

lHW: Read 220-222
lVoices: Describe and characterize the execution of the King
lDescribe the two factions/grou[. How were they different? What was the domestic crisis? The foreign crisis?
lDescribe the Reign of Terror…

Friday, November 12, 2010

Monday Homework for French Revolution continued....

Monday HW: Read 217-218
Who were the ‘sans culottes’? What were their actions?
#2 Checking for Understanding… Then, #6

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

HW for Friday on the Women Of Paris Marching on Versailles

lHW: Read p 216-17
Answer Picturing History
Look at the picture of “Parisian Women March…”
Write a short speech encouraging other women to join the march…(include “Your children are hungry, there is no food!!” etc.
Explain why the King ‘surrendered’.
Explain the new constitution
BASTILLE DAY Use 3 phrases in your speech for HW

Monday, November 8, 2010

Living the Royal Life!!

Describe the Luxury of Marie Antoinette at Versailles
Choose an aspect of Versailles AND an individual at Versailles
ROYAL LIFE: Describe how the queen or her entourage lived in Versailles
FAMOUS FACES: Write a summary of a character in Versailles with the King and Queen; or part of French Revolution

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Rights and Revolution Essay

HW: WRITE A COMPARE AND CONTRAST ESSAY
Intro: Thesis: People without rights will revolt and risk their lives against a tyranical King or Government.
French Revolution History: 3 Estates; Bread shortage; Tennis Court Oath; Declaration of Rights of Man
Similarities
Contrasts
Conclusion: people without rights will revolt. Give An example from revolution in history…. and conclude about why people revolt.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

French REvolution: The Tennis Court and the Declaration of Rights of Man

Period 6 Classword
nDeclaration of the Rights of Man p. 214-215 1789
nDescribe what happened at Versailles
nWhat was the 3rd Estate and why did they go to the Tennis Court!!
nWhat was the Tennis Court Oath?
nAnswer question on 214

All Classes Homework
HW: Answer the question under the Tennis Court Oath picture.
nList 3 important ideas of the Declaration of Rights of Man. How were women regarded in this declaration?

Monday, November 1, 2010

Equality and Fraternity.....OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!

nHW: Respond to Reading Connection on 212
Read Voices: choose 5 action words that describe the event.
Read 212-213 What were the 3 estates (classes)

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Enlightenment Power Point slide due Wednesday

nCreate a power point slide with words and images that communicate the main ideas and images of this person or event during the Enlightenment.
nUse your notes from the CIRCLE MAP we did in class.
nYou will have one minute Wednesday to ‘show what you know’ about this person or event.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Enlightenment HW

nHomework
nAssessment: p. 189 define
nsocial contract-agreement between people and the government;
nevidence, concept, philosophe
nAnswer. Q. 4 (key words: evidence, equality)

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Divine Right vs. Natural Rights...who will win!

HW: Describe the picture of the King on 171; what suggests the idea of Divine Right
–HW: Read p 176 Voices: What has the argument by Goussuet for absolute rule? What was the ‘collision’ between ‘absolute rule/divine right’ and ideas of natural rights? Why would there have to be violence or revolution?

Monday, October 18, 2010

Study for the TEST!! Show what you know....test

India, China, Mesopotamia, Rome, (Israel), Greece
1.Social laws or cultural practices
2.Legal laws for justice
3.Important people (1-3)
4.Draw a Symbol/pictures representative of people and country
5.Contributions from this society to our modern world (Jesus/philosophy in Rome)

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Power point slide list for Thursday

Social laws or cultural practices= caste system
Legal laws for justice
Religious beliefs
Type of Government
Important people (1-3)
Symbol/pictures representative of people and country
Contributions from this society to our modern world

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Power point on Ancient Civilizations w/ partner Due Thurs.

8 slides
Civilization:
Dates: from….to……….
Location:

1.Social laws or cultural practices= caste system
2.Legal laws for justice
3.Religious beliefs
4.Type of Government
5.Important people (1-3)
6.Symbol/pictures representative of people and country
7.Contributions from this society to our modern world

Friday, October 8, 2010

The spread of Christianity.....HW this wkend!

nHW: Read p. 148-150
nWho was Jesus? His Ideas?
nHow were Christians persecuted?
nHow did Christianity grow? Spread? Where did it spread and why?

Monday, October 4, 2010

WHen in Rome.....Do as the Romans

Read 145-46 Describe the officers and government in Rome; describe Roman Law and justice on P. 146
What were the 12 tables? What ideas do we apply in our legal system today? About innocence? The role of the judge?
HW: Add ideas from Roman and Christian Virtues to your chart on Rome…see: p. 150

Friday, October 1, 2010

When In Rome, Do as the Romans Do!

Read p. 145-46 As you read identify the ways that Rome was similar to the Greek ideas of democracy. What was their standard of justice?

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Greece and the birth of democratic ideas

GREECE: Foundations for democracy
1.Polis=
2.Rights in Greece=
3.P.138 Was Greece the First Democracy?
HW:
Describe the ideas of:
nSocrates
nPlato
nAristotle
HW: Define 6 Greek terms in italics: on 141 in your own words

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Thursday, September 23, 2010

WELCOME TO WORLD HISTORY!! 2010-11

Homework will be posted here each day....
I will also make documents available for reading, and, videos for viewing.

Have a great year!!