Friday, January 31, 2014

go to Procon.org....research for essay.



Monday  Research Procon.org 
What is the BIG QUESTION?
Choose 5 pro and 5 con arguments for your essay; take notes
using short bullet points; don’t copy it! 
 
¢Thursday Essay DUE (no late work)
Intro:   Revolutions in technology bring improvements and create problems..
¢Thesis:  The Digital Revolution has or has not created more progress than harm.
1.1.  3 Positives of the Industrial and Digital Revolution.
2.2.  3 Negatives of each revolution in tech.
3.3.  Issue Today:  Pro /helps us 
4.
4. Issue today:  Con/ harms us
5.Conclusion:
 

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Finish sweatshop video!

watch the rest of the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpCn2AGdJh4

MAKE A T CHART comparing working conditions in the industrial age with conditions
in CHina and Indonesia......working for NIKE and SANTA!

List at least 8 details.

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Industrialization; the working information about the World Today



1.FINISH:  Concepts: p. 257 Answer Graph Skills
2.P. 258 Complete Geography skills on working conditions
 
HW: p. 767  What are the most  5 livable countries?
Why do you suppose USA is #8?  In what continent are most of these countries?  Where is China??  Compare Highest and lowest literacy.  Who is at the top 3, bottom 3?  USA?
p. 764  What are the Top 3 Life Expectancy?  Bottom 3?  What age can you expect to reach at the top and the bottom?
 

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Industrial Revolution technology and social issues....and...complete your French Rev. project



Skim the Text. P. 253-263 
List  1.  the Technology and the inventors and 2.  the social problems and issues which developed in the Industrial Revolution. 
HW: Read 262-63  Answer 1-2;  What do you think are the differences between factory conditions 100 year ago and today?  2 examples please. 


New Tech
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Inventor
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Problems
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Monday, January 27, 2014

Complete your essay on Napoleon AND THEN....complete one of the following....



CHOOSE   Write/draw/computer an Epitaph ON WHITE PAPER  for the Tomb of
  1. Louis XVI  
  2. Marie Antoinette…
  3. Olympia de Gouges….
  4. Robespierre
  5. Marat….
  6. Duke of Wellington…
  7. Czar Alexander of Russia
  8. Napoleon…
  9. Josephine
A statement on the grave that tells you something about their life and how they are remembered….

OR  
Research fashions of the 1700s
        AND Design a new dress for Marie Antoinette
Research:  The LastDays/words/letters of Louis and Marie; how did they handle their family affairs, love, children
Research:  what happened to the King and Queens children
Find out how the King hunted.  Animals used, abused. Laws that allowed nobles to kill. What did he do with the kill? 
Research, listen, share;   Famous French Rev. Songs

Friday, January 24, 2014

Outline for essay on Napoleon

Essay:  Was Napoleon a national hero or a tyrant?  
Use outline; list relevant information, ideas, events under each topic
 
Intro and Grabber….
     Thesis:  Napoleon was a hero.....or   Napoleon was a tyrant.....
 
1. The Rise of Napoleon
2  His Policies; laws; spreading the revolution or turning back the revolution?
3  How he built his Empire  His allies and enemies, war campaigns and invasions
4. Napoleons Fall;  include war in Russia; exile to islands; return as emperor and final defeat at Waterloo
5. conclusion; how did you prove your thesis?

Thursday, January 23, 2014

THe END



1.How did nationalism lead to defeat?
2.pp. 234-5  Describe Napoleon’s downfall…list key events; make a flow map with 5 boxes

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Napoleon: Hero or Dictator? 231-32



1.How did Napoleon “turn back the clock on the Revolution”?  P. 231
2.What were the contradictions between Napoleon crowning himself and his creation of the Code which recognized the equality of all citizens.
3.How did Napoleon want to fulfill the ideals of the Revolution?
4.How did Napoleon want to ‘save the world’; list the countries he made part of the Grand alliance.     Read 232-Building the Empire, Spreading the Revolution

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Napoleon makes some changes!!



Key questions:  230-35
1.p. 230  What is the difference between a republic and a ‘consul’.
2.p. 230 How did Napoleon make peace with the Church?  Why did he do this?/
3.p. 231 What was the Napoleonic or CIViL Code?  List 3 ideas or laws.  How did it help France?   P. 231

Friday, January 17, 2014

Outline for Essay on French Revolution; due Tuesday!



The French Revolution is considered a major turning point in world history. Was violence necessary?  Write a thesis statement (an argument) as part of your introduction.
 
Introduction:  ”It was/was not necessary to use bloody violence to change France. 
 
1.1.  The Problem:  3 Estates divided the French into classes with different rights and representation.  Poor Harvests.  Government debt.
2.2.  The actions or lifestyles of the King and Queen and Versailles vs. the life of the people.; famine, taxes, etc.
3.3.  How and to what extent did people gained rights. Discuss: the Storming of the Bastille,. National Assembly at Versailles.  Tennis Court Oath and the Declaration of Rights of Man. The Declaration of Rights Women excluded from these rights.
4.4.  March by Women to Versailles; Capture the King and Queen and imprison in Paris;  The Guillotine for execution of the King and Queen (fear that loyalists and neighboring Kings would reinstall the King)
5.5.  Resolution: the Reign of Terror, and Robespierre and Marat (see notes); include Crushing Rebellion in Lyon. 
 
Conclusion:  In the end, what improvements were made in the government and citizens’ rights? Did France become A Republic of Virtue? A success?How?

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Organize two paragraphs for an essay on French Revolution



¢Paragraph 1. 
Describe the Reign of Terror. 
Choose 6 descriptive words from the text;   
number dead; 
Who died?   
Percentages?
¢Crushing Lyon p. 221
 
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¢Paragraph 2. see P. 222-223
Describe the Republic of Virtue 
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

French Revolution and the Reign of Terror; notes for essay which will be assigned Thursday



¢Paragraph5
Describe the Reign of Terror. 
Choose 6 descriptive words from the text;   
number dead; 
Who died?   
Percentages?
¢Crushing Lyon p. 221
 
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¢Paragraph 6. see P. 222-223
Describe the Republic of Virtue 
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THE ESSAY WILL BE:  We will Review on Thursday
The French Revolution is considered a major turning point in world history. Was violence necessary? Was the use of the guillotine justified? Was the French Revolution a success? Write a thesis statement (an argument)---”It was/was not necessary to use bloody violence to change France.
  1. 1.The Problem:  3 Estates divided the French into classes with different rights and representation.  Poor Harvests.  Government debt. 
    2. The actions and lifestyles of the King and Queen vs. the life of the people. 
    3.3.   How and to what extent did people gained rights. Discuss: the Storming of the Bastille,. National Assembly at Versailles.  Tennis Court Oath and the Declaration of Rights of Man. The Declaration of Rights Women excluded from these rights. 
    4.4. March by Women to Versailles; attempted escape; the debate whether to execute of the King and Queen ; execution
    5.5. Resolution: the Reign of Terror, and Robespierre and Marat (see notes); include Crushing Rebellion in Lyon. 

    6.  THe Republic of Virtue;  the Dream vs. the Reality
      Conclusion:  In the end, what improvements were made in the government and citizens’ rights? Did France become A Republic of Virtue? A success?How?
     
 
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Monday, January 13, 2014

Kill the King....the Queen TOO? How?



¢HW: Read 220-222
¢Voices:  Characterize the execution of the King
¢Who was Robespierre?  Marat?
¢Describe the two factions.  How were they different?  What was the domestic crisis?  The foreign crisis? 
¢Describe the Reign of Terror. Choose 6 descriptive words from the text;  number dead; Who dies?  Percentages?
¢Describe the Republic of Virtue