Ch 11 TEST WEEK

The Weekly Overview:

H/W for this week:

***Progress Reports go out FRIDAY!!!***
Please sign them and have your student return them to Social Studies!

1. Q/W #26 (done in class, turned in on Friday)
2. READ / REVIEW p.304-317
3. ANSWER: p.310 (#s 1-4); p. 317 (#s 1-4)
4. Ch. 11 QUIZ THIS WEEK
5. Return signed progress reports next week.

Monday

• Q/W
• Ch. 11 QUIZ SHOW
• Ch. 11 Review (TEST TUESDAY)

Tuesday

• Q/W
• Ch 11 TEST
• Closure

Wednesday (PARENT CONFERENCES - Forms went out LAST WEEK!)

• Minimum Day (Intro into Ch. 12)
• Key Terms
• Closure

Thursday (PARENT CONFERENCES - Forms went out LAST WEEK!)

• Q/W
• Key Terms (Notes/Activity)
• Closure

Friday

• Collect H/W & Q/Ws
• Ch 12.1 Quiz
• Closure

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*ALL THE LEGAL STUFF*

INCLUDES 11.1 Standards 7.8.2 - 7.8.3

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Objectives Students will learn that …

1. European trade with Asia increased in the 1300s.

2. Trade cities in Italy grew wealthy and competed against each other.

3. As Florence became a center for arts and learning, the Renaissance began.

Vocabulary

• Marco Polo
• interest (specifically compound interest)
• Cosimo dé Medici
• Renaissance

CHAPTER 11.2....

Objectives Students will learn that …

1. During the Italian Renaissance, people found new ways to see the world.

2. Italian writers contributed great works of literature.

3. Italian art and artists were among the finest in the world.

4. Science and education made advances during this time.

Vocabulary

• humanism
• Dante Alighieri
• Niccolo Machiavelli
• perspective
• Michelangelo
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Petrarch

CHAPTER 11.3....

Objectives Students will learn that …

1. Paper, printing, and new universities led to the spread of new ideas.

2. The ideas of the Northern Renaissance differed from those of the Italian Renaissance.

3. Literature beyond Italy also thrived in the Renaissance.

Vocabulary

• Johann Gutenberg
• Christian humanism
• Desiderius Erasmus
• Albrecht Dürer
• Miguel de Cervantes
• William Shakespeare

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HISTORY DAY INFO

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Students, Parents and Guardians:

Students will begin their 3 week Winter Break on Friday, December 17, 2010. During this time, the may choose to begin work on their HISTORY DAY PROJECT for 2011 due in 3 weeks!

Here is a website that can guide you through what you can expect with regard to entries, requirements and rules.

http://nationalhistoryday.org/GettingStarted.htm

Here's an overview of what to do:

Documentary
Exhibit
Paper
Performance
Web Site

Everything you need to get started in linked above!

Good Luck and email with any questions to:

riste@verizon.net

Dr. Simnjanovski

Extra Credit: Watch the Video and Summarize 3 important facts (in 2-3 sentences).