Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Chapter 17: Take Home Test; Due Date Changed to 1/10/2011

Take Home Test Chapter 17: The Transatlantic Economy, Trade Wars, & Colonial Rebellion
All work must be HANDWRITTEN & submitted in class on January 10, 2011
Part 1: Read handout “Excerpts from Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, 1776” & answer questions (1-7) that follow.
Part 2: Answer review questions 1-6 on pp. 578 & 579 (Kagan) in complete sentences using support from the readings.
Part 3: Define & explain the significance of the following:
Mercantilism
Casa de Contratacion (House of Trade)
William Pitt
John Wilkes
Yorkshire Association Movement
The Seven Years War
Diplomatic Revolution of 1756
Triangle trade
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Part 4: Answer each of the following questions in 5-7 complete sentences using evidence from your readings for support:
1. To what extent and in what ways were the reforms of the Spanish Bourbons effective?
2. What were the pros and cons of slave trade in the 18thc century?
3. Explain how mercantilism reflected the “marriage of politics and economy”. What challenges did it face?
4. In what ways did each of the major wars of the 18th century contribute to the next war?
5. What were the causes and effects of the Diplomatic Revolution?
6. In what ways did the mid-18thc Wars reflect the instability of the state
7. Do a Cost/Benefit analysis of mercantilism during the 18thc.
8. Compare and contrast the War of Spanish Succession and the Seven Years War.
9. To what extent and in what ways did the Wilkes affair and the Yorkshire Association movement reflect the problems and solutions of 18thc English politics?
10. Read the article, “The Columbian Exchange: Disease, Animals, & Agriculture” on pp. 582-585 in the Kagan text. Answer the question on p. 585 that follows the article.

Friday, December 17, 2010

Chapter 16 Review Questions

CHAPTER 16
REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. What kinds of privileges separated European aristocrats from other social groups? How did their privileges and influence affect other people living in the countryside? What was the condition of serfs in central and Eastern Europe?



2. How would you define the term family economy? How did the family economy constrain the lives of women in preindustrial Europe?



3. What caused the Agricultural Revolution? How did the English aristocracy contribute to the Agricultural Revolution? Why did peasants revolt in the eighteenth century?



4. Why did Europe’s population increase in the eighteenth century? How did population growth affect consumption?



5. What was the Industrial Revolution and what caused it? Why did Great Britain take the lead in the Industrial Revolution? How did consumers contribute to the Industrial Revolution?



6. How did the distribution of population in cities and towns change? How did the lifestyle of the upper class compare to that of the middle and lower classes? What were some of the causes of urban riots?



7. Where were the largest Jewish populations in eighteenth-century Europe? What was their social and legal position? What were the sources of prejudices against Jews?

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Literacy in the Old Regime DBQ Thesis

Post your thesis for the DBQ: Literacy in the Old Regime before class on 12/16. Please comment on a classmate's thesis before class on 12/17. Comment should explain why you agree with their thesis, or CONSTRUCTIVELY critical of their thesis. All posts must be approved by Mr. Meli before they appear on the blog, so be patient...it will post.

Monday, December 13, 2010

December Reading/Assignment Schedule

APEH Reading/Assignment Schedule Chapters 16 & 17

Tuesday 12/14:
Sherman: pp. 83-84, “Letter to a Lady R., 1716: Women and the Aristocracy,
& “Women of the Third Estate”
Kagan: pp. 514-524 (stop at Children & the World of the Family Economy)

Wednesday 12/15:
Sherman: pp. 88-91 (all sources)
Kagan: pp. 524-529 (stop at Industrial Revolution)

Thursday 12/16:
Kagan: pp. 529-539 (stop at Growth of Citites)
Post DBQ thesis on class blog before class

Friday 12/17:
Kagan: pp 539-546
Comment on classmate blog post before class

Monday 12/20:
Kagan: p. 547, q. 1-6 Due
Social History Charts Due
Chapter 16 Test: Multiple Choice & FRQ
DBQ Essay & Chart Literacy in the Old Regime Due

Tuesday 12/21:
Kagan: pp. 552-560 (stop at Black African Slavery)

Wednesday 12/22:
Kagan: pp. 560-568
Sherman: pp. 82-83 “The Slave Trade”

Thursday 12/23:
Kagan: pp. 568-578

Monday 1/3/2011:
PERSIA Chart, Chapter 17 Due
Kagan: pp. 578-579, questions 1-6 due
Take Home Test, Chapter 17 Due

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Using Turnitin.com

Log on to http://www.turnitin.com and create a new student account. You must enroll in the class by entering the class ID and password. You must also provide a valid email address and create your own password. You must submit written portion of your project to turnitin.com to receive credit. Follow the instructions on the website for submission instructions.

Friday, November 19, 2010

17th Century Project: Due 12/7

Due Date: Tuesday 12/7/2010
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY: “NEW DIRECTIONS IN THOUGHT & CULTURE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY”
Mr. Meli

During the seventeenth century, the ideas of great men and women affected the evolution of science, philosophy, and literature. Your research project will offer you the opportunity to learn more about these individuals and their contributions. Your presentation of the research will involve “life skills” such as use of technology, interviews, oral presentation, and professional writing.
Select a partner and historical character; you may combine efforts in completing the tasks. After researching the background and contributions of the person, submit a resume for the person, including a cover letter and a letter of recommendation. You may design an ideal job as the target of your application, and create a resume which includes the information on the attached sheet. After researching the degree to which he/she actually succeeded in life, determine whether the response letter would be positive or negative and write it accordingly. Include reference to some of his original work (primary source).
The second part of the assignment is to give an oral presentation, in the role of your person, illustrated with Power Point. One of the partners will interview the historical character, but both can use the Power Point presentation as the backdrop. Although some of the person’s biography (e.g. education and experience) will be an inevitable part of the interview, the key part of your presentation is your explanation of the person’s contributions, not the biography. Therefore, the Power Point presentation should provide illustrations of complex concepts and the significance of those contributions for the future. In essence, you are teaching that portion of the chapter. According to Einstein, the best indication of brilliance is the ability to simplify and clarify complex concepts. So, demonstrate your brilliance!!


Nicolaus Copernicus
Tycho Brahe
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
William Shakespeare
Meguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Thomas Hobbes
John Milton
John Bunyan
Francis Bacon
Rene Descartes
Blaise Pascal
Baruch Spinoza
Margaret Cavendish
Jonathan Swift
Maria Cunitz
Francesco Algaroti
Emilie du Chatelet
John Locke


RESUME

Name:

Dates:

Major Field:

Background: influences

Historical Context

Education

Major Works

Key Ideas

Contrast with former ideas

Explanation

Illustration

Significance

Impact on today

Habits of Mind illustrated

Five words to describe the person


STUDENT NAME__________________________
PARTNER NAME__________________________
17THC INDIVIDUAL_______________________

AP: GREAT MEN AND IDEAS IN THE 17THC.: EVALUATION

RESUME

_____/10 Appropriate job objective

_____/20 Quality of research/content

_____/20 Summary of major work

_____/20 Effective presentation

_____/20 MLA Bibliography (including primary source reading: starred) and including technology used


RESPONSE LETTER

_____/10 Appropriate content and style

_____/20 Significance/major contributions

_____/20 Historical content

_____/20 Example of one work/idea which illustrates his key concepts

_____/20 Rationale for response, including laudatory quotation

_____/20 Quality of writing


_____/200 GRADE

Links for 17th Century Project

http://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/WebLinks/WebLinks-ScientificRevolution.htm

iConn Database

Modern Internet History Sourcebook-Primary Sources

How to Cite with MLA

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Homework for 11/16/2010

Complete packet "The Development of Limited Royal Absolutism: Henry IV to Louis XIV"

Test, chapter 13: Thursday 11/18/2010

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Homework for 11/5

Kagan: Read pp. 425-430 (stop at Rise of Absolute Monarchy in France)

Elizabeth extra credit movie assignment

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Homework for 11/3

Kagan: Read pp 417-425 (stop at eruption of civil war)

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Age of Religious Wars Reading Schedule 10/13 through 10/20

APEH Reading Schedule-Kagan & Sherman
The Age of Religious Wars
Readings should be complete before the day of the class listed. You are responsible to keep up with readings, even if we do not get to that material in class by the date of the assigned reading. Tentative date for test is Monday 10/25.
Additional readings from other sources may be assigned in addition to textbook readings.
Kagan: questions 1-6 on p. 413 & 414 due on the day of test
Wednesday 10/13:
Kagan: pp. 390-395 (stop at Imperial Spain)
Thursday 10/14:
Kagan: pp. 395-401 (stop at England & Spain)
Sherman: p. 48, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, “Civil War in France”
Friday 10/15
Kagan: pp. 401-404 (stop at Thirty Years’ War) & p. 405 “An Unknown Contemporary Describes Queen Elizabeth.”
Monday 10/18
Kagan: pp. 404-413
Sherman: pp.54-55 “Germany and the Thirty Years’ War” maps
Tuesday 10/19
Sherman: p. 56, Holborn, “A Political Interpretation of the Thirty Years’ War” & Friedrich, “A Religious Interpretation of the Thirty Years’ War.”
Be prepared to discuss “Consider” Questions
Wednesday 10/20
Kagan: p. 415, “A Woman Paints Her Life & Times.”

Chapter 12 Term Sheet

APEH CHAPTER 12: AGE OF RELIGIOUS WARS

TRENDS

Dynastic and religious wars

France, Spain, England, Holy Roman Empire

Thirty Years War


EVENTS

Francis I v. Charles V (1515-1559)


Battle of Lepanto (1571)


St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre (1572)


Revolt of the Netherlands (1573)


Pacification of Ghent (1576)


Defeat of the Spanish Armada


Defenestration of Prague


TERMS

Cuius region, eius religio


“one king, one church, one law”


Baroque art and music


Dutch school of art


Politique


Huguenots

Guise


Bourbon


Montmorency-Chatillions


Edict of Nantes (1598)


Escorial


Spanish Fury


Treaty of Westphalia


Golden Age of Spain (1516-1659)


Congregationalists


PEOPLE

Rembrandt


Vermeer


Bernini


Titian


Rubens


Francis II


Catherine de Medici


Coligny


Prince of Conde


Theodore Beza


John Knox


Henry IV of Navarre


Philip II


El Greco


Cardinal Granvelle


Duke of Alba


William of Orange


Edward VI



Mary I


Elizabeth I



Mary, Queen of Scots


Breughel


Wallenstein

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Homework for 10/12

Read Kagan pp. 390-395 for Wednesday 10/13

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Reformation FRQs

Test will include a bank of 5 of the 14 past AP Exam FRQs, from which you must respond to 2:

'80: How did the disintegration of the medieval church and the coming of the Reformation contribute to the development of nation-states in Western Europe between 1450 and 1648?

'83: "Luther was both a revolutionary and a conservative."
Evaluate this statement with respect to Luther's responses to the political and social questions of his day.

'85: What were the responses of the Catholic authorities in the 16th century to the challenges posed by the Lutheran Reformation?

'86: The Reformation was a rejection of the secular spirit of the Italian Renaissance. Discuss.

'87: "The Protestant Reformation was primarily an economic event."
By describing and determining the relative importance of the economic, political and religious causes of the Protestant Reformation, defend or refute the statement.

'88: Describe and analyze the ways in which the development of printing altered both the culture and religion of Europe during the period 1450-1600.

'91: Describe and analyze the ways in which sixteenth century Roman Catholics defended their faith against the Protestant Reformation.

'92: Interiors of two churches. The pictures below and on the next page show the interiors of a Protestant church and a Roman Catholic church as each appeared in the first half of seventeenth century. Using these pictures as a starting point, explain how these interiors reflect the differing theologies and religious practices of Protestantism and Catholicism at that time.

'95: Compare and contrast the attitudes of Martin Luther and John Calvin toward political authority and social order.

'96: Assess the extent to which the Protestant Reformation promoted new expectations about social roles in the sixteenth century. Refer to at least two social groups in your assessment.

’98 Compare and contrast the Lutheran Reformation and the Catholic Reformation of the sixteenth century regarding the reform of both religious doctrines and religious practices.

‘01 Discuss the political and social consequences of the Protestant Reformation in the first half of the sixteenth century.

’05 Compare and contrast the motives and actions of Martin Luther in the German states and King Henry VIII in England in bringing about religious change during the Reformation.

’06 Analyze the aims, methods, and degree of success of the Catholic Reformation (Counter-Reformation) in the sixteenth century.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Reformation Test Date Change

The date for the 2nd test has been changed to Tuesday 10/12.
All work that was previously due on 10/8 is now due on 10/12.

Additional Homework for Week of 10/4 through 10/8

Due Wed 10/6: "The Council of Trent" & questions 1-3
Due Thurs 10/7: Test #1 Corrections
Due Thurs 10/7: "Actions & Reactions" chart & cartoon
Due Fri 10/8: DBQ Chart: Protestant Reformation

Friday, October 1, 2010

Protestant Reformation Thesis

Post your thesis for the DBQ: "Defend or refute the following statement: The Protestant Reformation was a unified movement of dissent against the Catholic church." Please include your name with the thesis. You must post before class begins on Tuesday 10/5. Please note, your comment will not be posted until I approve it, so don't worry if it doesn't show up right away.

Monday, September 27, 2010

Reformation Reading Schedule (Kagan & Sherman)

APEH Reading Schedule-Kagan & Sherman
The Reformation
Readings should be complete before the day of the class listed
Additional readings from other sources may be assigned in addition to textbook readings
Term sheets, Kagan: p.384 Review Questions, Sherman: p. 32 1-3, & PERSIA Chart due on 10/8
Tuesday 9/28:
Kagan: 352-358 (stop at election of Charles V)
Sherman: 19-22 (stop at Condemnation of Peasant Revolt)
Wednesday 9/29:
Kagan: 358-361 (stop at “Reformation Elsewhere”)
Kagan: p. 362, “German Peasants Protest Rising Feudal Exactions”
Sherman: “Condemnation of Peasant Revolt”
Thursday 9/30:
Kagan: 361-368 (stop at the English Reformation)
Sherman: p. 23-27 (stop at Loyola)
Friday 10/1:
Kagan: 368-375 (stop at The Revolution in Religious Practices…)
Sherman: p. 27-31 (stop at Women in the Reformation)
Tuesday 10/5:
Kagan: 375-381 (stop at Literary Imagination)
Kagan: p. 382 “A Sixteenth-Century Father Describes His One-Year-Old Son”
Sherman: p. 31-32
Wedneday 10/6:
Kagan: 381-384
Reformation Test: Friday 10/8/2010

Reformation Term Sheet

APEH CHAPTER 11 TERMS
REFORMATION & COUNTER-REFORMATION

95 Theses


indulgences


Edict of Worms


Interim


Peace of Augsburg


Calvinism


Geneva


Council of Trent


Black Legend


Peasants Revolt (1525)


English Reformation


Anti Trinitarians


Anabaptists


Jansenists


Act of Supremacy
transubstantiation


“Here I stand!”


cuis region, eius religio


predestination


antinomianism


Arminianism


Reuchlin affair


Thomas a Kempis


Tetzel


Luther


Zwingli


Grebel & Swiss Brethren


Calvin


Ignatius of Loyola


Henry VIII


Servetus


Charles V


Rabelais


Tyndale

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

PERSIA Elaboration (in case you lose a PERSIA Chart)

PERSIA Elaboration

POLITICAL
• Leadership
• Military
• Types of rule/government
• Wars
• Treaties
• Participation (Parliament, Diet, etc.)
• Territorial expansion

ECONOMIC
• Trade
• Money/barter
• Products
• Banking
• Jobs, work
• Standard of living; gap between rich and poor
• Taxes
• Technology/inventions

RELIGIOUS
• Religion/gods/worship
• Religious culture/customs
• Religious acts by leaders
• Religious minorities & responses

SOCIAL
• Gender roles
• Family; children
• Education
• Leisure
• Customs
• Disease

INTELLECTUAL
• Philosophy
• Science
• Literature
• Attitudes, especially toward institutions

AESTHETIC
• Characteristics of art and architecture
• Reflection of the era

Schedule for week of 9/13 through 9/17/2010

Monday 9/13: Analysis discussion of Renaissance primary sources (Sherman 5-9)
Tuesday 9/14: Practice Multiple Choice (Kagan-9); Intro Point of View; Begin Plague DBQ
Wednesday 9/15: Plague DBQ Analysis & document breakdown
Thursday 9/16: Prep & Begin Plague DBQ Essay
Friday 9/17: European exploration: Motivations & Encounters

Plague DBQ link

1995 DBQ: The Plague

Chapter 10 Term Sheet; Due day of test 1

APEH CHAPTER 10: RENAISSANCE & DISCOVERY TERM SHEET

TRENDS AND EVENTS

Rise of nation-states; “New Monarchy”


Rise of towns


Capitalism


Exploration


Economy of exploitation


Impact of the printing press


Sacking of Rome


TERMS

Jacquerie


Lollards


Humanism


Platonism



Mannerism


Estates General


Taille



Court of Star Chamber


Popolo grosso


Popola minuto


Milan


Florence


Venice


Naples


Condottiere


“School of Europe”


enclosures


palazzo


Aztecs


Incas





PEOPLE

Jacob Burckhardt

Marsilius of Padua


Jacques Coeur


Louis XI


Ferdinand & Isabella


Columbus


Charles V


Savonarola


Medici


Borgia


Petrarch


Dante


Boccaccio


Pico della Mirandola



Giotto


Donatello


Leonardo da Vinci


Raphael


Michelangelo


Tintoretto


Pope Julius II

Machiavelli


Pope John XXII


Lorenzo the Magnificent


Castiglione


Lorenzo Valla


Mosaccio


Alexander VI


Titian


Maximilian I


Richard III


Piers the Plowman


Chaucer


Fuggers


Botticelli


Brueghel


Durer


Bosch


Benvenuto Cellini