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