Read pages 874 - 879 On pages 879 answer questioins #3, 4, 5
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
HW # 21 due Tuesday December 8
Read pages 841 - 844 in your textbooks
On page 844 answer questions #3, 4, 5
Monday, November 23, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
HW # 18 due Nov 19
Answer questions # 1, 2, 3 at the top of page 801 in the "Standards Based Assessment"
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
HW # 10 due Oct 29
Read pages 751 - 755 in your textbook.
Answer "Main Ideas" # 3, 4, 5, on page 755.
Answer "Main Ideas" # 3, 4, 5, on page 755.
Monday, October 19, 2009
HW # 8 due Oct 20
Go online and find out how we define the middle class, rich, and poor in America?
How much money do you have to make to be rich, middle, or poor?
What role does education play? A college degree, high school diploma?
1. How did the Industrial Revolution create a middle class?
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Multiple Choice Exam # 1 due Monday Oct 19
http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcprefix=lia&wcsuffix=1501
Take this exam from your home computer or cell phone. After you finish score your exam at the bottom, then copy and paste your results and email it to me. Or you can print out your results page and show me in class.You must show me the entire results page to get full credit!!
Keep taking the exam until you receive a 100.
Good Luck!
Take this exam from your home computer or cell phone. After you finish score your exam at the bottom, then copy and paste your results and email it to me. Or you can print out your results page and show me in class.You must show me the entire results page to get full credit!!
Keep taking the exam until you receive a 100.
Good Luck!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Complete the chart on the causes and effects of political revolutions.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
HW # 4 due Mon Oct 5
In your textbook read pages 687 - 691
On page 691 complete main ideas #3, 4, 5
"critical thinking & writing # 9 Writing activity
On page 691 complete main ideas #3, 4, 5
"critical thinking & writing # 9 Writing activity
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
French Revolution
The French Revolution
For centuries, the quality of life in Europe had been determined by the status that one held. This status could not be attained, but was instead determined by the family to which someone was born. If you were born to a poor family, your life would be one of poverty. No matter how hard an individual worked, it was impossible to rise above this fate.
The wealthy enjoyed a life of ease, comfort, and recreation. Day after day, they pursued the pleasures of European society, while 97% of Europe’s people struggled just to survive.
This gap between the wealthy and the poor created resentment. Those at the bottom saw the wealthy grow increasingly richer, while they got nothing.
Then in 1776 something unthinkable happened. A group of people at the bottom of society rebelled against those who were at the top, and what was more remarkable, they won. The British Colonies in America declared their independence and then enforced it by beating back the most powerful military on Earth.
This sent shockwaves throughout Europe. And gave hope to many poverty stricken peasants, who wanted to see the powerful aristocracies of Europe fall. If America could do it, why couldn’t they. Why couldn’t they rebel, and create a new, more fair society.
The French Estates
Nowhere was the divide between the wealthy and poor greater, than in France. The French Aristocracy were among the wealthiest individuals in all of Europe. They controlled vast tracts of land, huge amounts of money, and had power that was unchecked by a parliament as in Great Britain.
The poor in France were suffering greatly. They had been abused, mistreated, and ignored. They had been forced to work on the estates of the wealthy, with very little pay, and in terrible conditions. They were starving, sick, dirty, tired, and growing more resentful with each passing year.
French society was divided into three separate castes known as estates. The first estate was made up of priests, and religious leaders. Those belonging to this estate occupied the highest level in French society.
The second estate was made up of the nobility, while the third and lowest estate consisted of everyone else, over 97% of the population of France.
For centuries, the quality of life in Europe had been determined by the status that one held. This status could not be attained, but was instead determined by the family to which someone was born. If you were born to a poor family, your life would be one of poverty. No matter how hard an individual worked, it was impossible to rise above this fate.
The wealthy enjoyed a life of ease, comfort, and recreation. Day after day, they pursued the pleasures of European society, while 97% of Europe’s people struggled just to survive.
This gap between the wealthy and the poor created resentment. Those at the bottom saw the wealthy grow increasingly richer, while they got nothing.
Then in 1776 something unthinkable happened. A group of people at the bottom of society rebelled against those who were at the top, and what was more remarkable, they won. The British Colonies in America declared their independence and then enforced it by beating back the most powerful military on Earth.
This sent shockwaves throughout Europe. And gave hope to many poverty stricken peasants, who wanted to see the powerful aristocracies of Europe fall. If America could do it, why couldn’t they. Why couldn’t they rebel, and create a new, more fair society.
The French Estates
Nowhere was the divide between the wealthy and poor greater, than in France. The French Aristocracy were among the wealthiest individuals in all of Europe. They controlled vast tracts of land, huge amounts of money, and had power that was unchecked by a parliament as in Great Britain.
The poor in France were suffering greatly. They had been abused, mistreated, and ignored. They had been forced to work on the estates of the wealthy, with very little pay, and in terrible conditions. They were starving, sick, dirty, tired, and growing more resentful with each passing year.
French society was divided into three separate castes known as estates. The first estate was made up of priests, and religious leaders. Those belonging to this estate occupied the highest level in French society.
The second estate was made up of the nobility, while the third and lowest estate consisted of everyone else, over 97% of the population of France.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
HW # 1
Log in to my grade book. Use the password I gave you in class to do this. You will find the link on my main webpage.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)