DAY 1 CH 14 SEC 1-3

ACTIVITY CHOOSE ONE: A) Describe what it meant to be a Renaissance a poem titled

“Renaissance Man” B) Paint the ceiling! Tape your canvas under a desk and create a piece

of art while laying on your back just like Michelangelo C) Choose three pieces of Renaissance art. Copy each, give a bio of

the artist, describe and critique their work D) Using a chart outline the decline of the Renaissance. What could

have been done to prevent it from ending? QUESTIONS ANSWER ALL: 1. What made Italy the birth place of the Renaissance?2. Who were the “three geniuses of Renaissance art? Give a brief

description of each. 3. Who were the Flemish painters? Describe their works. 4. Who was the inventor of the printing press? Describe it’s importance

on society5. Who was Martin Luther? Describe his 95 Theses.

DAY 2 CH 14 SEC 4-5 CH 15 SEC 1 ACTIVITY CHOOSE ONE: A) Be a modern day Martin Luther, create a list of at least ten legitimate

complaints against your school or community B) Create a concept web of factors LEADING TO the Reformation and

another web of effects OF the Reformation C) Columbus man vs. Myth. Pretend you are on Columbus’s crew, write an

anonymous letter to the editor describing the real Columbus D) Essay: Which advancement during the scientific revolution do you

believe contributed most to modern day society and why?

QUESTIONS ANSWER ALL: 1. Describe Henry VIII.2. What were the goals of the Catholic Reformation? 3. Why did some people oppose the heliocentric theory of the universe? 4. What motives and means did Europeans have for exploration? 5. Describe Christopher Columbus. What was he in search of? What was

his legacy? 6. What is the Northwest Passage?

DAY 3 CH 15 SEC 2-4

ACTIVITY CHOOSE ONE:

A) Essay: Imagine you lived in isolation your entire life, how would interaction with people of a different culture for the first time affect you?

B) Chinese called all foreigners “foreign devils” with a partner one person will take the role of a Chinese person, the other “the foreign devil” make a list of talking points to come to a common understanding of one another

C) Pretend you are on a merchant ship visiting ports of Asia. In your journal record your observations at each stop

QUESTIONS ANSWER ALL:

1. What are the key geographic features of Southeast Asia? 2. Define sepoy. 3. Describe European trade with China.

DAY 5 CH 16 SEC 1-3

ACTIVITY CHOOSE ONE:

A) Make a poster promoting efforts to save the Mayan civilization

B) Pretend you are the host of a TV talk show hosting famous explorers. Interview each (minimum of 4) with five questions and answers for each

C) Essay: Why do some people in power – now and throughout history – think they have the authority to torture people? Create a parallel poster that illustrates your feelings on human torture

QUESTIONS ANSWER ALL:1. Define conquistador.

2. Describe Cortes and his take over of the Aztecs. Describe Pizarro and how he took over the Incan empire.

3. Describe how the Catholic Church influenced Spanish conquest.

4. What were the early years of English settlements like in America? What allowed them to eventually grow?

DAY 6 CH 16 SEC 4-5 CH 17 SEC 1 ACTIVITY CHOOSE ONE: A) Make an illustrated poster of the Atlantic Triangular Trade business B) Pretend you are a slave, write a first hand account of your life prior to

capture, your transport to the Americas via the Middle Passage, and life as a slave

C) Make a concept web of changes occurring in Europe during the 1500s and 1600s. Include topics such as diet, prices, new economic systems, new business method, social changes, and the like

D) Create a newspaper during the time of either Charles V or Philip II. Headings and articles must be written about the following: National news, international news, arts, literature, and the economy

QUESTIONS ANSWER ALL: 1. Explain the origins of the African slave trade. 2. Describe the Columbian Exchange. 3. What was life like for the ordinary Europeans in America? 4. Describe the life and times of Charles V. 5. Describe the life and times of Philip II.

DAY 7 CH 17 SEC 2-5

ACTIVITY CHOOSE ONE: A) Using only pictures and one phrase make a poster either praising

or showing disapproval of Louis XIV B) Make a chart naming all leaders talked about in the sections

covered along with their policies C) Make two posters supporting the Thirty Year War, one as a

Catholic another as a Protestant D) Essay: Who was a more effective leader Peter the Great or

Catherine the Great? What did they do to deserve the title “Great”?QUESTIONS ANSWER ALL:

1. Describe the life and times of Louis XIV.2. Explain the causes of the English Civil War. 3. Describe the Thirty Year War, and the impact it had on German

states. 4. Describe the life and times of Peter the Great .5. Describe the life and times of Catherine the Great.

DAY 9 CH 18 SEC 1-3 ACTIVITY CHOOSE ONE: A) Essay: John Locke said everyone is born with a “clean slate” do

you believe this is true? Use evidence and personal experience to back up your claim

B) Make a chart of a minimum of six Enlightenment thinkers with a description of their thoughts on each of the following: government, human nature, and economics

C) The ideas of the Enlightenment encouraged people to challenge existing ideas and to seek reform. Choose a topic in today’s society and challenge it, create a plan of reform

D) Make five bumper stickers supporting British government in the 1600s

QUESTIONS ANSWER ALL:

1. Describe Thomas Hobbes enlightened thoughts.2. Describe John Locke’s enlightened thoughts.3. How did the Enlightenment affect the lives of the majority of

people? 4. What goals did George III have when he became king?

DAY 10 CH 18 SEC 4 CH 19 SEC 1-2 ACTIVITY CHOOSE ONE: A) Choose your favorite Founding Father draw or copy a picture of them

onto a piece of poster paper, using a minimum of six arrows pointing to them tell why they were so awesome and important

B) Take the side of either Patriot (fighting for American independence) or a Loyalist (loyal to Britain) and make a poster supporting your stance

C) Pretend you are leading the mob to storm the Bastille. Write a one page “pep talk” exciting the mob about to attack

D) Write a first hand account of one of the following events: peasants attacking the home of a nobleman, the August 4th meeting of the National Assemble, the women of Paris marching on Versailles, the procession of the royal family from Versailles to Paris, the writing of the Constitution of 1791

QUESTIONS ANSWER ALL:1. Define popular sovereignty. 2. Give and example of how Enlightenment ideas were reflected in the

Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States.3. Describe the Old Regime in means of the First Estate, Second Estate, and

Third Estate. (Detail each of their roles in society). 4. What was the significance of the storming of the Bastille? 5. Why did women march in Paris?

DAY 11 CH 19 SEC 3-5

ACTIVITY CHOOSE ONE: A) Take the position of either a moderate or radical during the

French Revolution and prepare a war plan for keeping control B) Create a poster either supporting or opposing Robespierre C) Create a three part chart chronicling Napoleon’s rise to power,

his time of power, and his fall from power D) Create five “rumper” stickers for Napoleon’s horse indicating

support or opposition to Napoleon E) Create one poster depicting Napoleon as a hero of the French

Revolution and another showing him as a villain

QUESTIONS ANSWER ALL: 1. Explain the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. 2. Who is Robspierre? Describe the Reign of Terror. 3. Describe Napoleon’s rise to power. 4. Describe the downfall of Napoleon including his exile and return

as well as the Battle of Waterloo.

DAY 14 CH 20 SEC 1-2

ACTIVITY CHOOSE ONE: A) Make a poster comparing the economic system of the Middle

Ages (the manor system) with the new capitalistic, agricultural economic system of England in 1700s

B) Create a circle of production diagram explaining what was happening during the agricultural revolution with farmers becoming richer with more food production, more workers in the city buying food, population growth, and more food being made

C) Make a map showing the spread of the Industrial Revolution D) Make a museum display of the early Industrial Revolution. Show

and explain new technology and include a first hand account of how life was impacted

QUESTIONS ANSWER ALL: 1. Describe how the Industrial Revolution changed daily life,

becoming a turning point in history? 2. Define capital.3. How did the Industrial Revolution transform the textile industry? 4. How did transportation change during the Industrial Revolution?

DAY 15 CH 20 SEC 3-4

ACTIVITY CHOOSE ONE: A) Imagine you are one of the following: a miner, a factory worker, a

child laborer, a working-class mother, a factory owner, a government inspector, a Luddite, a middle-class woman. Make a one page diary entry as your role. Include your activities and observations as well as your thoughts and emotions

B) Using a Venn diagram compare and contrast the theories between Owen and Malthus

C) Essay: Should everything be shared or should people be allowed to own as much personal property as they wish? Explain your answer using theories of people we spoke about in class and your own thoughts

D) Draw or print an illustration of one of the political theorist we spoke about in class, using cartoon thought bubbles write at least 5 things they may have believed

QUESTIONS ANSWER ALL: 1. What was life like in the new industrial cities?

2. Describe Laissez-Faire economics.

3. Define socialism.

DAY 16 CH 21 SEC 1-3

ACTIVITY CHOOSE ONE:

A) Make a three part chart with the headings Conservatism, Liberalism, and Nationalism. List attitudes, goals, policies, and actions of each group

B) Write a first hand account of life prior to the French Revolution of 1848, and another account of life after the Revolution

C) Create a poster that illustrates the advantages of the Suez Canal over the old route to India around Africa

QUESTIONS ANSWER ALL:

1. Define the following: Conservatives, liberals, and nationalists.

2. Describe the causes and effects of the French Revolution of 1848.

3. What was the first step of Haiti’s road to independence?