Wednesday, February 23, 2011

3 Leaders, 3 epitaphs

On one page (or one cemetary) make 3 tombstones for our 3 greatest nonviolent
world leaders: Mandela, Gandhi, and ML King.

Draw and write an inscription that tells their story and their contributions to our world.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

TIMELINE

Remember...copy the book from 1850-1900
THEN, add 10 events from 1900--- include Gandhi, Mandela, Martin Luther King

Friday, February 18, 2011

Timeline on Imperialism (I will ck Fri. HW on Tues. Sorry!)

nReview 330-362
see
p. 330. There is a major timeline
nCopy events from 1855-1900 and then add the next 10 events from the unit on Imperialism. (Africa, India, other countries in text)
nMake a new timeline (add at least 10 events to timeline on 330)

Thursday, February 17, 2011

SHOW AND TELL: Imperialism in Pictures

HW: Focus on Everyday life: Read 360-61

Describe each picture on 361; what does each
Tell you about imperialism?

Connecting w/ Past: Answer 1, 2

What Indian words are part of our languages?

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

MANDELA and GANDHI HW

Tues: HW: Read p. 683 Read and Identify 8 key events in this brief history of Nelson Mandela. Then, write into your own description of his rise from prison to president.

Weds. HW: Read p. 358 Describe the Indian National Congress and its 3 goals.
nChoose 6 key facts about Gandhi and summarize in your own words.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Nelson Mandela!!

HW: Read and Identify 8 key events in this brief history of Nelson Mandela.

Then, in two detailed paragraphs (1, 2)write into your own description of his
rise from 1. prison to 2. president. Start with a topic sentence.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

World History Final Exam!! The Real Thing!

World History Final Exam, Fall-Winter 2011 SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW!!

Ancient civilizations:
1.mesopotamia
a. Jesus
2. china
b. Hamurabi; keep order through justice
3. Rome
c. Caste system --- strict social classes; born into
4. India
d. Democracy—direct; make decisions; every citizen participate

5. Greece

6. Christianity
e. Vast empire; roads

f. Confucius; respect authority; family to govt

Name 6 important ancient civilizations.
Explain Hammurabi’s code.
Define democracy.
Explain the caste system.
What were the basic teachings of Confucius about?
Do you agree or disagree? Why?
Why was Jesus a problem for the Romans?

The Enlightenment and French Revolution
John Locke wrote about what topics? Why did these ideas become important?
What was the Enlightenment?
French revolution: When, Where, Why?
3 estates,
Fall of the Bastille.
Declaration of Rights of Man.
“Liberty, equality, fraternity!!”
Versailles
Maria Antoinette,
King Louie
guillotine
Robespierre
Reign of Terror
Napoleon—rise and fall,
Napoleonic Code.
Napoleon: was he for Equality and a liberator? Or was he a tyrant?

Industrial Revolution
Industrial revolution—1850-1900,
England and cotton
cottage industry,
assembly line:
entrepreneur:
Why was the steam engine important to the industrial revolution?
Sweatshops:
child labor:
List 5 American companies employing sweatshop labor.
Explain Imperialism by referring to this cartoon:
What three continents were subject to colonization?
Social Darwinism,
Darwin’s idea for evolution was survival of the fittest. Explain
Explain the White Man’s Burden
Guns Germs and Steel is an explanation for………….

What ideas from the Greeks, Romans, John Locke…became part of our Declaration of Independence?
What ideas from the Enlightenment became a part of the Declaration of Independence?
Explain the relationship between the Industrial Revolution and the age of Imperialism.