Friday, February 25, 2011

Fri 2/25 & Mon 2/28

Starter Map P. 337
1. Name all six main ‘countries’ that made up Renaissance Italy.
Video: Michelangelo- Artist and Man and Study Guide
Video Clip: The Agony and the Ecstasy

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Wed 2/23 & Thurs 2/24

New Starter Map & Timeline P. 334-335
1. When did the Medici family gain control of the government of Florence?
2. When did Leonardo da Vinci complete the Mona Lisa?
3. When did Martin Luther post his 95 Theses in Wittenberg?
4. When was Galileo tried for his astronomical claims by the Inquisition in Rome?
Create "Moodle" Accounts
Enter your answers to today's starters in the Moodle Assignment
Discuss Ch 14 Sec 1 The Italian Renaissance
Read Ch 14 Sec 2 & 3 Do Vocabulary

Friday, February 18, 2011

Fri 2/18 & Tue 2/22

No Starter
Pass Back Papers
Ch 13 Test
Starters Due 3 Starters X 5 Pte. Each = 15/15
Read Ch 14 Sec 1 & 2
Do Vocabulary Sections 1 & 2

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Wed 2/16 & Thur 2/17

Starter Map P. 311
1. Apart from the Ming Dynasty (where he was from) name the other two empires visited by Zheng He.
2. When did the expedition reach the Persian Gulf?
3. Name the city in the East Indies visited by the expedition.
Video: Zheng He
25 Facts, Notes
Discuss Ch 13 Sec 3, 4 & 5 Due 46/46 Pts. Possible
Ch 13 Test Next Time

Monday, February 14, 2011

Mon 2/14 & Tue 2/15

Starter Map P. 309
1. What does the red line on the map represent?
2. What areas were ruled by Kublai Kahn?
3. What European city was the starting and ending point of Marco Polo’s travels?
4. What was the name of Kublai Kahn’s dynasty?
Video: Biography of Marco Polo
& Study Guide
Read Ch 13 Sec 3, 4 & 5 and finish Ch 13 Vocabulary

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Thur 2/10 & Fri 2/11

New Starter - Timeline P. 300-301
1. When did the Tang Dynasty begin in China?
2. When did the Mongols conquer China?
3. When did the Choson Dynasty begin in Korea?
4. When did the Tokugawa shogunate begin in Japan?
Discuss Ch 13 Sec 1 & 2
Video: Mongols
25 Facts Notes

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Tues 2/8 & Wed 2/9

No Starter
Pass Back Papers
Ch 11 Test
Read Ch 13 Sec 1, 2 & 3
Do Vocab #1-27

Friday, February 4, 2011

Fri 2/4 & Mon 2/7

Starter Map P. 274
1. What does the green represent?
2. During what period did the Ottoman Empire add the holy cities of Mecca and Medina to its domains?
3. Who was the “great” ruler of the Safavid Persian Empire?
4. In what year did he die?
Discuss Ch 11 Sec 4 & 5
Starters Due 4 X 5pts Each = 20/20
More: Arabian Nights: The Sultan of Cairo & The Three Princes of Yemen

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Wed 2/2 & Thur 2/3

Starter Map P. 268
1. What is depicted on the map?
2. When did the Mughal Empire reach it’s largest territorial size?
3. Who invaded Northern India in 1398?
4. As depicted on the map, what European power controlled Goa?
Discuss Ch 11 Sec 3
Video Clips from The Arabian Nights: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves & Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp