Add/create a google slide show and determine who the biggest #epicfails of the Age of Exploration were. (But you cant pick Columbus since he is the example)

I provided an example which you may not use. You need to add an explorer with:
-A title page for the Not Top Explorer with a short catchy slogan.
-A SHORT summary of the failures or lack of success of the explorer.
Do not put too much information (When and where he was born=no; who he sailed for and what he did=yes)

June 9: Complete the Colombian Exchange and Christopher Columbus Letter to King Ferdinand documents.
June 10: Complete the Martellus Map/ Waldseemuller Map (notice between the two maps, Christopher Columbus set sail for China but reached the New World aka the Americas instead) and the Slave Trade documents.
Use the documents and guided questions to decide if exploration helped Europe more than it hurt the rest of the world.

Complete the graphic organizer that follows the in class presentation

Use the doc attached to find information about many of the explorers during the Age of Discovery.

Pick any 5 explorers.

Use the following links to complete the writing assignment. Attach a google doc to the assignment titled "Life on Board a Ship"

After analyzing the two visual aides, write a 2 paragraph journal entry (perspective of a crew-member or one of a captain) to describe what life would have been like on board a ship during the age of Exploration. Be sure to use plenty to information that you acquired from the sources as well as your prior knowledge. Be sure to include the regions you would have explored based on the captain you are sailing under.

Open the google slideshow and fill in the graphic organizer "Age of Exploration". Check out how all of the eras we have learned this year come together to help produce the Age of Exploration.

Then read and complete the Marco Polo Article

Test on Friday, 5/29
You must complete the study guide for the test by 5/28.

Check out the Escape Room from Middle Ages Europe...
You have been sent by time machine (invented by Leonardo da Vinci's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandchild) to Europe in 1550 CE to determine whether the the clues left in da Vinci's old studio mean anything. Unfortunately for you, the supposed clues left by Leo are all on various objects that were common of the time. You will travel from Italy to Germany to England and use the clues to determine what the Ultimate Renaissance Man was trying to tell us--- or if it's just another teenage hoax. (Read the introduction because there are a few hyperlinks)

Set a 30 minute timer to get out..... Good Luck!!

I hope you had a great Memorial Day Weekend! I posted your study guide for a test Friday. That is due Thursday.

Check this out: The Reformation was supposed to be a way for devoted Christians to practice Christianity the way they wanted as they saw flaws with Catholicism. There were certain places that responded extremely harsh and others followed suit! ::wow::

Read the article about the Spanish Inquisition and what exactly they did to try to make the Catholic Church strong and unify the people of Spain.

Obviously, many people feared the Church and were afraid to break apart. The Church realized there was a lot of turmoil and decided they needed to change things to bring the former Catholics back to Catholicism. This is called the Counter Reformation. Check out the maps to see the damage that the Reformation did to the Catholic Church and then see how the Church responded.

Use the article to learn about how other sects (or branches) of Christianity started to split away from the Catholics... and why.

We learned that the Renaissance really sparked many people to think outside of the box and challenge the knowledge and beliefs that people had of the time.
The next Unit that we learn about, the Reformation, can 100% be tied in as an affect of the Renaissance. A German monk by the name of Martin Luther (NOT MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.!!!) wrote a document called the 95 Theses that challenged the actions of the Catholic Church, the largest and most important aspect of life in Europe during the Middle Ages!
So, during this unit, we will learn about Martin Luther and the impact the Reformation has on the rest of Europe.... and the world today.

Check out the doc and the reading that goes with it. Answer the few questions that follow. Feel free to Rap to the song after you finish

Make sure that the Shark Tank presentation is turned in and that I can see/hear the video.

Read the Achieve 3000 article "Leonardo Lives On".
Complete the activity and write one paragraph to answer the thought question ("Explain whether or not "Leonardo Lives On" is an appropriate title for this article. Use information from the article to support your explanation.")

** THIS IS TO BE DONE AFTER DA VINCI INVENTIONS ASSIGNMENT FROM TODAY**
Fill in the slideshow to follow the pace of each day to create your own infomercial for Shark Tank. Feel free to look up examples of infomercials on youtube.

As you read yesterday, da Vinci was a man of many talents (scientist, poet, painter, mathematician, scientist, sculptor, and inventor to name a few). Today we will take a look at some more of his ideas and inventions.

Fill out Da Vinci chart as you go through the slideshow. NOTE: The inventions do not start untilafter slide 7. That is when you will start filling out the graphic organizer.

The assignment that is due today is the Da Vinci Chart. The slideshow will have a different schedule and due date.

Today we cycle back to Italy during the Renaissance to look at one famous artist today and one tomorrow.
Today we will learn about Michelangelo. Answer the questions by following the links to primary sources.

After watching the video and reading the article, complete the form.
The link for the video is on the 2nd page of the form.

Last week we learned about many of the figures that led the changes during the Renaissance. We briefly learned about Shakespeare and poets but today we will look more at various writers and authors during the Renaissance and their lasting impact.
Read the article and answer the questions at the bottom.

Read the introduction of William Shakespeare and the effect Queen Elizabeth I had on his work. There is a Brain Pop there if you want to know more about Shakespeare but you do not have to answer questions on that.

Today you are going to try to write an awesome sonnet (a poem). The rules for a Shakespearean sonnet are in the doc. I cannot wait to read some of your sonnets!

Read the introduction in the doc on scientists before and during the Renaissance. Then watch the video clips to answer the questions about each scientist.
Be sure to answer the open ended question on the bottom. Please elaborate with your response the best that you can.

Next up, we will take a look at how the Renaissance spread around Europe and clearly impacted artists Albrect Durer and Jan van Eyck.

First read through the slideshow "The Renaissance Spreads North" as it will be a nice introduction to many of the people we will learn about in the coming days. Then complete the google doc

Read the article in the doc to complete the chart. Then research and find another painting to add in column C following the same questions in the chart.

For characteristics of the Renaissance, I added a list below the chart so be sure to find specific examples in the chart.
Acceptable Characteristics Example: His clothing is ruffled and it makes the painting look realistic and in action.
Unacceptable characteristics Examples: His clothing is realistic. The painting is secular.

Elaborate in your response.

Today we will take a look at some of the work by Donatello.
Complete the chart in the doc by researching the information.
Be sure to use reliable websites.
*Be sure that the work is copyrighted and that the author is a reputable source (historian with a focus on the Renaissance would be better than Mr. Jones who enjoys historical topics).
*If there is not an author, can you really trust text that someone would not take credit for writing? NO!
*Wikipedia is not a good source BUT they have a list of sources they use at the bottom that are annotated with the text. Those sources might be more reputable... check them out!

Over the course of the next couple weeks, we will look at a series of famous Renaissance thinkers (artists, writers, politicians, scientists, etc.).

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are named after four Renaissance artists- Leonardo (da Vinci), Michelangelo (Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni), Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi), and Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino).

We will be taking a look at Raphael today. In the doc below, you will find a few links to explain a couple of his master pieces, the School of Athens and the Sistine Madonna. The Sistine Madonna is the sacred name Christians give to Jesus' mother. You will see that she is portrayed time and time again. You may also be wondering why Renaissance artists are painting or sculpting a religious figure when they were supposed to be portraying secular scenes. The answer to that thought is this: although the people in these paintings may be religious figures, they are illustrated in a human-like, realistic style. The artists tried to express emotion of these people rather than glorify the fact that they are important to religion.

Using TCI Lesson 28 Sections Advancement in Literature through Florentine politics, we will continue to learn about various fields in which the Renaissance propelled itself out of the Dark Ages. Yesterday we looked at architecture, painting and sculpture. Today we will take a look at how literature, mathematics, science and politics changed and influenced the future of Europe and the world. Complete the attached form as you look through the content.

Using TCI Lesson 28 Sections Introduction- Advancements in sculpture, learn how certain city-states in Italy helped propel thinking into a new and innovative way. Through classical periods of influence, Italians in the Renaissance were inspired and reinvented the wheel to inspire others. This era would bring Europe out of the Dark Ages in into the Modern World.

Last week we learned about how the Renaissance started: The growth in trade brings more money and goods to Europe. Merchants and bankers become newly rich and spend their extra money as patrons of the arts (paintings, sculptures, scientific studies, architecture, poetry, literature, philosophy, and much more).

Over the next 3 days, you are going to work on recreating a popular Renaissance art piece. You MUST select one of the paintings in the slideshow attached.
Today, you will do background research on a piece of artwork that you are selecting.
Tuesday, you will turn yourself into the Renaissance Artwork by designing and creating the art. Pay close attention to the characteristics of Renaissance art (perspective, humanism, etc.) and do your best to re-create it and take of picture to document it. Try to match colors and styles as much as you can but also, be creative to make this work. Attach the picture in the google slide show, as well as your research responses to the questions.
On Wednesday, we will take a look at some of your classmates pictures and vote on our favorites!

Looking at TCI in the introduction, sections 1 and 2, complete the form to the best of your ability.
These sections refresh what we learned about the Crusades and the Middle Ages and explain how the economy in Italy made the Renaissance happen. So where we saw the negative aspects of trade in the Black Plague, the Renaissance shows the positive side that comes out of a globalized network of trading and sharing ideas. Today, we will take a look at how merchants and bankers started to become wealthy and helped spark the Renaissance.

We are going to look at the Renaissance in an overview using the atlas. Before we learn about the content of the Renaissance, I want you to pay close attention to where there artists were from, when they began their artwork, and we will discuss later in the unit if the Renaissance was as big of a movement in Europe as historians add a claim to the era.

Use the Nystrom Atlas of World History to complete this assignment. Use the help doc below if you need help finding something on the map, understanding the question or understanding a concept.

Complete this by Thursday so that you can be prepared to review for your test on FRIDAY.

If you can spend 5-10 minutes today, Tuesday, and Wednesday, you should not have a problem completing this.

Let me know if you have any questions.

As you learned briefly yesterday, the Magna Carta was a document forced upon King John I of England. What this eventually set up was a constitutional monarchy in England but more importantly was that it limited the power of the King. Future documents, such as the Constitution would use the Magna Carta to model modern law.

Read the two short articles on the Magna Carta within the Magna Carta and U.S. Constitution doc. Then, on the Comparing the Magna Carta and U.S. Constitution doc, follow the directions to complete the chart.

Do Now: Watch the Brain Pop on the Magna Carta (1215 CE) and complete the document below.

Follow along the Edpuzzle video with your TCI textbook (Lesson 5 Section 3) about the Hundred Years War. The video will stop to ask questions that require you to listen and follow along. I suggest split screening the video and the TCI textbook so you can follow along and refer back to the text.

Your TCI textbook can be accessed by clicking the google apps menu on the top right of a google website. Scroll all the way down until you find TCI. It will bring you to the single sign in to get into the textbook.

Task:
Follow along the Edpuzzle video and answer the questions at each pause. They are similar to the TCI questions so when the video pauses, you can answer the questions in TCI for the Hundred Years War as well.

Then read about the "Trials of Joan of Arc" (Lesson 5, Section Reading Further). At the bottom are 3 questions. You only have to answer the first two questions. Check the rubric to self evaluate your questions.

Last week, we learned about one of the few ways that feudalism started to break apart in Europe, the Black Plague. This week we will learn how the Crusades and the Hundred Years War also caused feudalism to break apart.

Use the web quest to uncover information about the Crusades. If the video in the first link does not work, try this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No6n4kavrTw

We will have our first Virtual Assessment (quiz) on Friday. There will be a review guide (by tomorrow) and a game that you will able to do on your own. The material will cover from the beginning of Feudalism up through the Hundred Years War (Wednesday).

Two Tasks today:
1) Answer one of the questions below. The respond to another student.
2) Complete the Achieve3000 article "Understanding the Black Death". It should be on the main page when you sign in. You only need to do the article and activity.(g.achieve3000.com)


Answer any 1 (ONE) of these questions in 1 paragraph. Be sure to rephrase the question in your response. OR you can respond to any classmate that you agree with and explain why you agree or add another piece of evidence worth discussing. Do not just write I agree. Expand on your thoughts!


1-How did the Black Plague affect the population of Europe? What disadvantages does this have? Are their any advantages to the Black Plague?
2-At the time, Arabia was by far more advanced than Europe was in the fields of mathematics, science, and economics. By the year 1500, Europe became more advanced. How did the Black Plague affect the length of time it took Europe to "catch up"?
3-Just as feudalism was declining because peasants moved to towns and cities, Europe faced this devastation. What would your mindset have been if you were a peasant living on a manor considering moving to a city during or after the plague?

DON'T FORGET TO DO THE ACHIEVE 3000 ARTICLE AFTER ("UNDERSTANDING THE BLACK DEATH")

On the first page of the google form "Black Plague Interview", there is a short reading about the Black Plague. Answer the two questions that follow.

This is where it gets tricky!

On the second page of the form, there are excerpts from a primary source of a survivor of the Bubonic Plague (no, he's not still alive and no I don't know him). In the text box below the excerpt, construct a question that would allow for the response that you just read. Hint: When you discover the main idea, the development of a question is much easier. Try to be as detailed and elaborate as possible.

Read and answer the questions.
Follow the directions on the google form to create an interview about the Bubonic Plague.
Think about these questions if you have time to watch the last clip “What if the plague never happened”:

-How did the Black Plague affect the population of Europe? What disadvantages does this have? Are their any advantages to the Black Plague?
-At the time, Arabia was by far more advanced than Europe was in the fields of mathematics, science, and economics. By the year 1500, Europe became more advanced. How did the Black Plague affect the length of time it took Europe to "catch up"?
-Just as feudalism was declining because peasants moved to towns and cities, Europe faced this devastation. What would your mindset have been if you were a peasant living on a manor considering moving to a city during or after the plague?

Then watch the clip as a class and see if your theories match what is theorized in the video clip.

Here is a step by step for today:
1) Read through the Google slides. I made your own copy so you can answer questions right onto the slide of review questions.
2) Complete the Google doc "Black Death Webquest" as an introduction to the Bubonic Plague. Be patient with the video as it took me about a minute to load. If it does not load, feel free to try to do your own research and attempt the questions on your own. Please make a note in that section if you have to conduct your own research. Also, if the animation does not load, I took screen shots of the animation for you in the "Black Plague Animated (walk thru)".

3) Afterwards, jam out to my favorite Black Death music video "Fleas on Rats".

HW 2/13: Read the Charlemagne! doc. Highlight any text that you think makes him a good leader in GREEN. Highlight any information that makes him seem like a bad leader in RED. Then answer the questions below the article to categorize Charlemagne's success and failure.

Day 2 (NOT HW): With your partner, complete the graphic organizer to prepare your argument on Charlemagne. Once you and your partner have complete the organizer, begin to write your own argument based on what you think of Charlemagne based on the text provided.

Read the article and answer the questions to learn about the Bantu Migration and how it impacted culture in Africa

Use and complete this to prepare for the quiz on FRIDAY 1/17

Using the articles attached, answer the following questions about the Schism of Islam.
Complete the google form first as background knowledge.

Check your email for quiz results.

For each questions you got the wrong answer, you will be permitted to look up the correct answer. For each question revised, you will receive 1/2 credit back.

You cannot fix your open ended question but any other question is open for revision.

How to do it:
1) Create a doc on this assignment.
2) Copy and paste the question you got wrong.
3) Copy and paste the incorrect answer you put.
4) Copy and paste the correct answer and highlight it in green.

You will be given time to work on this in class. Have it completed before the quiz on 12.18.

Categorize the causes for the fall of Rome using the resources provided.

The directions are in the "Marking Period 1" doc.
Analyze the primary sources ("Primary Sources MP1 PBA" doc) and use the Analysis questions to help guide your understanding of the documents.
Complete the "primary source analysis" cards to complete the PBA task (attach the doc that contains your task)

Complete the study guide by identifying the IDEA's (Identify, Define, Explain the importance, Analyze their/it's role in Rome)

Complete this study guide BEFORE taking the quiz