Collision at Cajamarca (Diamond, 1999)

Please Do Now:

1. Read Diamond’s account and then describe the battle at Cajamarca.

Today, students will:

1. Read firsthand accounts of Cajamarca.
2. Understand the role of Guns, Germs and Steel in the leadup to the Atlantic encounter.
3. Begin to understand the triangular Atlantic trade.
4. View a presentation on Cajamarca

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Read the rest of your Sophie’s World packet.
2. Write a One paragraph compare / contrast essay of Descartes and Spinoza’s ideas. 
3. Post to your blog. 

Monday’s Presentation

Here is Monday’s presentation: Scientific Revolution and Voyages

Hapsburgs and Tudors

Please Do Now:

1. Take the following Telling Sentence and turn it into a Showing Paragraph, replete with rich details and evocative imagery:
2. “Martin Luther clashed with the Catholic Chuch over the sale of indulgences.”

Today, students will:

1. Understand the wars of religion in 16th and 17th century Europe.
2. Understand the role of royalty in establishing national churches.
3. View a Powerpoint on some of Europe’s Royal Families
4. Finish the film Luther?

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Read pages 216-232 of Sohpie’s World.
2. Define the following terms IN YOUR OWN WORDS: Baroque, Idealism, Materialism, Mechanistic World View, Determinism.
3. Read pages 368-371 in your textbook.
4. Answer question 1 on page 371.
5. Read pages 372-377 in your textbook.
6. Answer question 1 on page 377.
7. Post everything on your blog.

    

Martin Luther Day

Yesterday was Martin Luther King Day.  Today is Martin Luther Day.  Please watch the movie Luther and answer the questions I passed out Wednesday.

Unfortunately, I am not in class today because I am in a meeting at City Hall.  We will pick up where we left off this Wednesday.

Best Regards,

Mr. Weiss

Northern Renaissance

Please Do Now:

1. What do you believe in most strongly?
2. Is there any belief that you would die for?
3. Why or why not?

Today, students will:

1. Become familiar with the work of Erasmus, More, Shakespeare, Brueghel, van Eyck, Durer and Holbein.
2. Compare and contrast the Italian and Northern Renaissances.
3. Understand the role the printing press played in history.
4. View a PowerPoint presentation: (Northern Renaissance)
5. Watch a movie clip from the movie Luther

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Read pp 368-377

Renaissance of Sophie’s World

Please Do Now:

1. Is it better for a teacher to be loved or feared?  Why?

Today, students will:

1. Become familiar with the work of Niccolo Machiavelli, Giotto, Masaccio, Donatello, Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Titan and Raphael
2. Compare and contrast the Early and High Renaissance. (Early/High Renaissance Presentation)
3. Compare and contrast the Italian and Northern Renaissance.
4. Revisit Sophie’s World

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Read 354-357
2. Use Sophie’s World to write a one sentence summary of each of the following:

1. Individualism
2. Humanism
3. St. Peter’s Church
4. Pantheism
5. Giordano Bruno
6. Empirical Method
7. Francis Bacon
8. Galileo Galelei
9. Nicolaus Copernicus
10. Johannes Kepler
11. Isaac Newton
12. Reformation
13. Martin Luther
14. Erasmus of Rotterdam
15. Leonardo Da Vinci      

Renaissance of the Renaissance

Please Do Now:

1. SHOW NOT TELL: Take the following telling sentence and turn it into a showing paragraph:
2. “Julius Caesar was an evil genius”
3. Add as many supporting details to your paragraph as possible, and try to use imagery in your language.

Today students (actually) will: 

1. View a Powerpoint on the Renaissance, Reformation and the birth of Capitalism
2. Compare and contrast artwork from the Medieval period and Renaissance
3. View a timeline of the Renaissance

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Choose two examples of Medieval / Gothic artwork and two pieces of Renaissance artwork from the website below:
2. http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks2.html
3. Describe the artwork in your own words, and compare and contrast both the forms and the themes of Medieval and Renaissance art.

Renaissance

Please Do Now:

1. What do you know about the Renaissance?  What do you want to know?

Today, students will:

1. View a Powerpoint on the Renaissance, Reformation and the birth of Capitalism
2. Compare and contrast artwork from the Medieval period and Renaissance
3. View a timeline of the Renaissance
4. Understand what was the Renaissance?
5. Review proper citation techniques and consequences of plagiarism. (SA Academic Integrity *Draft*)

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Make sure your midterm essay is 100% properly cited.  THIS MEANS YOU!