Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Arts in the Enlightenment



PowerPoint


Mozart: http://youtu.be/h018rMnA0pM

Handel:  http://youtu.be/usfiAsWR4qU

Bach:  http://youtu.be/ipzR9bhei_o

Hadyn:  http://youtu.be/lLjwkamp3lI

Mozart's  The Marriage of Figaro:  http://youtu.be/lW1_LJn6keY

Friday, October 26, 2012

The Scientific Revolution Review

Complete the Following Questions:


10-1 Review Questions

  1. What did the writings of Ptolemy and Archimedes make obvious?
  2. What new invention helped to spread new scientific ideas quickly and easily?
  3. Where is Earth placed in the universe according to the Ptolemaic system?
  4.  Contrary to Ptolemy, what did Copernicus argue concerning the construction of the universe?
  5.  What discoveries did Galileo make using a telescope?
  6. Why did the Church order Galileo to abandon the Copernican idea of the nature of the universe?
  7.   What did Isaac Newton define in his first book, The Principia?
  8. What did William Harvey’s observations and experiments show?
  9.  What field of science in Germany provided opportunities for women?
  10. What did Rene Descartes emphasize and assert?
  11. Who developed the scientific method?

Current Events

CNN Student News


Current Events – CNN Student News
1.     What does the last two weeks of the campaign hold for the presidential nominees?
2.     Why do you think that it is important to make historical landmarks handicap accessible?
3.     What is the name of the computer coding system that uses 0s and 1s?

European Bodies of Water

Quiz = Wednesday, October, 31, 2012

Locate the following bodies of water on the Map of Europe:

  • North Sea 
  • Barents Sea 
  • White Sea 
  • Baltic Sea 
  • Black Sea 
  • Arctic Ocean 
  • Bay of Biscay 
  • Adriatic Sea 
  • Aegean Sea 
  • English Channel 
  • Atlantic Ocean 
  • Mediterranean Sea


Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Absolutism in France

Chapter 7, Section 3

PowerPoint


English Civil War Review Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3YnrB2BjZQ



Versailles Video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=852eroBwDrA&feature=related

¡  Homework: Read “Absolutism in Central and Eastern
Europe” on pages 226-227 and answer the Reading Check
on page 227