Hey Folks!

This week we will continue writing our research papers. You should all be working on your body sections. Please bring a charged computer.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

What are good sources to use on my historical research paper?

Learning Objectives

This Week’s Assignments

1. Week 4 Checkpoint
2. One Page Turn in Assignment

1. Researching Online
2. Research Paper Topic
3. Research Paper Outline

Hey Folks!

This week we will begin writing our research papers. I will go over using academic journals and online sources. Please bring a charged computer.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

What are good sources to use on my historical research paper?

Learning Objectives

This Week’s Assignments

1. Researching Online
2. Research Paper Topic
3. Research Paper Outline

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Bartolome De Las Casas Review
2. Topic 10 Quiz

Hey Folks!

This week we will finish Topic 10 The Columbian Exchange. We will have a quiz on Tuesday.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

Why did many wealthy Englishmen favor the development of colonies in the Americas?

Learning Objectives

Topic 11.1 Objectives: Explain why England wanted colonies and how they were planned. Describe how Jamestown was settled, why the colony struggled, and how it survived. Explain the relationship between American Indians and settlers in the Southern Colonies. Discuss how Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia were settled.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Bartolome De Las Casas Review
2. Topic 10 Quiz
3. Topic 11.1 The Southern Colonies Take Root

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 10.4 Exploration and Expansion
2. Topic 10.5 Spain and France in the Americas

Hey Folks!

This week we will continue Topic 10 The Columbian Exchange.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

How were native people of the Americas affected by the arrival of Europeans? What role did the quest for gold, god, and glory play in the treatment of native peoples?

Learning Objectives

Topic 10.3 Early Civilizations in South America

Objectives: Explain how the Inca developed a well-organized and militaristic empire with a distinct Inca culture. Describe how the Chavin, Nazca, and Moche cultures existed in South America before the Inca came to power. Explain how the Inca developed a well-organized, militaristic empire with a highly structured society.

Topic 10.4 Exploration and Expansion

Objectives: Understand how Europeans began to explore distant lands, motivated by religious zeal and the promise of gold and glory. Explain the goals of Columbus and the consequence of his explorations. Analyze how contact with Europeans affected the people of the Americas.

Topic 10.5 Spain and France in the Americas

Objectives: Explain the religious rivalry among Europeans Nations. Describe Spanish society in New Spain and Peru. Evaluate the cause and effects of Spanish imperial policies in the American Southwest. Explain how the fur trade affected the French and the Indians in North America. Describe the French expansion into Louisiana.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 10.3 Early Civilizations in South America
2. Topic 10.4 Exploration and Expansion
3. Topic 10.5 Spain and France in the Americas

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 10.1 The Peoples of North America
2. Topic 10.2 Early Civilizations in Mesoamerica
3. Explorers or Conquistador’s Web Quest

Hey Folks!

This week we will begin Topic 9 The Columbian Exchange.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

What was the relationship between early peoples and their environment?

Learning Objectives

Topic 9.1  The Peoples of North America

Objectives: Describe how hunters and gatherers spread into the North American continent and established their unique ways of living. Explain how distinct cultures were created by early hunters and gatherers moved across the Bering Strait into North America.

Topic 9.2 Early Civilizations in Mesoamerica

Objectives: Describe how early Mesoamerican civilizations flourished with fully developed political, religious, and social structures. Explain how the Olmec, the first Mesoamerican civilization, appeared around 1200 B.C., and the city of Teotihuacan thrived until A.D. 800. Explain how the Maya and the Toltec were able to rule Mesoamerica for nearly nine centuries. Relate the conditions that helped the Aztecs rule Mesoamerica until the arrival of the Spanish in the 1500s.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 9.1 The Peoples of North America
2. Topic 9.2 Early Civilizations in Mesoamerica
3. Explorers or Conquistador’s Web Quest -

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 8.3 Response to Crisis: Absolutism
2. Topic 8.4 The World of European Culture
3. Topic 8 SPICE Chart
4. Topic 8 Quiz

Hey Folks!

This week we finish Topic 8 Crisis and Absolutism. We will have a quiz on Thursday.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

According to Thomas Hobbes, why was absolute power needed?

Learning Objectives

Topic 8.3 Response to Crisis: Absolutism

Objectives: Describe how France became the greatest power of the seventeenth century. Understand the reasons why Prussia, Austria, and Russia also emerged as great European powers. Summarize the accomplishments of Peter the Great.

Topic 8.4 The World of European Culture

Objectives: Understand how art and literature reflected people’s spiritual perceptions and the human condition. Describe how the artistic movements of Mannerism and the baroque began in Italy and reflected the spiritual perceptions of the time. Learn how mannerism depicted the tensions in society after the Renaissance.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 8.3 Response to Crisis: Absolutism
2. Topic 8.4 The World of European Culture
3. Topic 8 SPICE Chart
4. Topic 8 Quiz

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 8.1 Europe in Crisis: The Wars of Religion
2. Topic 8.2 Social Crises, War, and Revolution
3. Topic 7 Quiz

Hey Folks!

This week we finish Topic 7 Renaissance and Reformation. We will have a quiz on Tuesday, and then begin Topic 8 Crisis and Absolutism.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

What are the differences, if any, between a military dictatorship and a king ruling by “divine right”?

Learning Objectives

Topic 7.4 Reformation Ideas Spread

Objectives: Describe the new ideas that Protestant sects embraced. Understand why England formed a new church. Analyze how the Catholic Church reformed itself. Explain why many groups faced persecution

during the Reformation.

Topic 8.1 Europe in Crisis: The Wars of Religion

Objectives: Understand the causes for why religious and political conflicts erupted between Protestants and Catholics in many European nations. Compare and contrast why King Philip II championed Catholic causes throughout his lands, while England became the leader of Protestant nations of Europe. Describe how England defeated Spain at sea.

Topic 8.2 Social Crises, War, and Revolution

Objects: Understand why social, economic, and religious conflicts challenged the established political order throughout Europe. Understand how population decline in Europe and the hysteria of witchcraft trials contributed to economic and social problems in seventeenth-century Europe. Describe how Europeans responded to economic and social problems.

Topic 8.3 Response to Crisis: Absolutism

Objectives: Describe how France became the greatest power of the seventeenth century. Understand the reasons why Prussia, Austria, and Russia also emerged as great European powers. Summarize the accomplishments of Peter the Great.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 8.1 Europe in Crisis: The Wars of Religion
2. Topic 8.2 Social Crises, War, and Revolution
3. Topic 8.3 Response to Crisis: Absolutism

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 7.4 Reformation Ideas Spread
2. Topic 7 Spice Chart
3. Topic 7 Quiz

Hey Folks!

This week we finish Topic 7 Renaissance and Reformation. We will have a quiz on Tuesday, and then begin Topic 8 Crisis and Absolutism.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

What are the differences, if any, between a military dictatorship and a king ruling by “divine right”?

Learning Objectives

Topic 7.4 Reformation Ideas Spread

Objectives: Describe the new ideas that Protestant sects embraced. Understand why England formed a new church. Analyze how the Catholic Church reformed itself. Explain why many groups faced persecution

during the Reformation.

Topic 8.1 Europe in Crisis: The Wars of Religion

Objectives: Understand the causes for why religious and political conflicts erupted between Protestants and Catholics in many European nations. Compare and contrast why King Philip II championed Catholic causes throughout his lands, while England became the leader of Protestant nations of Europe. Describe how England defeated Spain at sea.

Topic 8.2 Social Crises, War, and Revolution

Objects: Understand why social, economic, and religious conflicts challenged the established political order throughout Europe. Understand how population decline in Europe and the hysteria of witchcraft trials contributed to economic and social problems in seventeenth-century Europe. Describe how Europeans responded to economic and social problems.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 7.4 Reformation Ideas Spread
2. Topic 7 Spice Chart
3. Topic 7 Quiz
4. Topic 8.1 Europe in Crisis: The Wars of Religion
5. Topic 8.2 Social Crises, War, and Revolution

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 7.3 The Protestant Reformation
2. Topic 7.4 Reformation Ideas Spread

Hey Folks!

This week we continue with Topic 7 Renaissance and Reformation.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

What factors set the stage for the Protestant Reformation?

Learning Objectives

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 7.3 The Protestant Reformation
2. Topic 7.4 Reformation Ideas Spread

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 7.1 The Italian Renaissance
2. Machiavelli Analysis Assignment
3. Topic 7.2 The Renaissance in Northern Europe

Hey Folks!

Welcome back for Semester 2!

This week we will begin Topic 7 Renaissance and Reformation.  

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

How did the printing revolution reshape European society?

Learning Objectives

Topic 7.1 The Italian Renaissance

Objectives: Describe the characteristics of the Renaissance and understand why it began in Italy. Identify Renaissance artists and explain how new ideas affected the arts of the period. Understand how writers of the time addressed Renaissance themes. Explain the impact of the Renaissance.

Topic 7.2 The Renaissance in Northern Europe

Objectives: Describe the themes that northern European artists, humanists, and writers explored. Explain how the printing revolution shaped European society.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Camino de Santiago and Pilgrimages of the Middle Ages
2. Topic 7.1 The Italian Renaissance
3. Machiavelli Activity
4. Topic 7.2 The Renaissance in Northern Europe