Debates Schedule for December

Wed 12/21: Taking Sides Issue #11
Pro: Gillian/Hannah Con: Natalie/Mallory Moderator: Shawn

Thursday 12/22: Taking Sides Issue #12
Pro: Aaron/Lexy Con: Felipe/Katie Moderator: Estephany

Friday 12/23: Taking Sides Issue #10
Pro: Caitlyn/Isha Con: Nick/Christian Moderator: Linda

Homework Due 12/22 (Thursday)

Social History Charts (file is on my BMHS Site) based on chapter 16 of Kagan

Homework Due 12/16

Make comparison chart for Peter the Great & Catherine the Great of Russia (similarities & differences) & read document packet (handed out in class)

*Reading schedule pushed from Thursday & Friday to Tuesday 12/20

December 12-16 Reading/Topic Schedule

Monday 12/12
Russia: Land of the Tsars (History Channel)
Question: Trace the Russian monarchy from its founding through Peter the Great. (Consider PERSIA)

Tuesday 12/13
Kagan: pp 492-501 (stop @Russia)
Discussion Topics:
-Rise & Fall of The Netherlands
-Emergence of Austria & Prussia
-The Ottoman Empire

Wednesday 12/14
Kagan: pp 501-507
Discussion Topic:
-Russia under Peter the Great
Document Analysis:
Absolutism of Peter I & Catherine II of Russia

Thursday 12/15
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)
Discussion Topics:
-Aristocracy v. Peasantry
-Women of the Old Regime

Friday 12/16
Sherman: pp. 88-91 (all sources)
Kagan: pp. 524-529 (stop at Industrial Revolution)
Discussion Topics:
-Aristocracy v. Peasantry
-Agricultural Revolution

Homework due 12/12

Read Kagan: p481-492

Homework for 12/7-12/9

Due Thursday 12/8: Complete reading of Kagan chapter 14

Due Friday 12/9: Read Sherman chapter 6 & answer review questions on page 78
*responses must be submitted to turnitin.com*