Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Foldable on African Kingdoms and Trade


Mansa Musa of  Mali

Using 2 sheets of paper create a Foldable about the "Kingdoms and Trade in Africa".  Use the "Textbook pp. 154 - 175  Each Foldable MUST include the following:


-Title and drawing on cover.

-One Section/Tab on "Early Civilizations", must include: Geography, People and Ideas, and Nubia + one more topic (student's choice).

/-One Section/Tab on "West East African Kingdoms ", must include: Ghana, Mali, and Ethiopia+ one more topic (student's choice).

-One Section/Tab on "Medieval Africa", must include: Family, Politics, and Traditions+ one more topic (student's choice).

-ALL sections must have at least one drawing to help explain the section's topics.
-Use the Who, What When, Where, and Why format.

Monday, September 19, 2016

Rise of Islam

Create a 6 scene storyboard/sequence map (comic strip-style) using drawings and narratives for each scene. Use  pages 118 - 122 from textbook or the internet for information that you might need. 
Scenes might include:
-Arabs being polytheistic
-unorganized political unity
-the Koran
-Muslims worshiping only Allah
-Muhammad's conflict in Mecca (Makkah)

*Honors students must write a 3 sentence narrative for each scene*

Monday, September 12, 2016

Unit 1 Test Review - The Middle Ages

TEST - Wednesday, Sept. 14.

Terms you will need to know for the test are:
European powerhouse in 1300 AD, , bourgeoisie, reconquista, Clovis, infidels, , Hundred Years War, Estates-General, , John Wycliffe, Jan Hus, indulgences, simony, papal states,Theodora, missi dominici, Patriarch, Charlemagne,






Short Answer:
Explain the causes and effects of the Great Schism in the Church.

Almost all of this comes from the Notes and Bellringers.



Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Crusades Essay

Write an essay from the perspective of a medieval peasant fighting in the Crusades.  Include the following terms:

-crusade
-Muslims
-Holy Land (Jerusalem)
-Pope Urban II
-Crusader States
-Constantinople (Byzantine)
-Italy
-Christianity (Christian)
-Seljuk Turks
-Western Europe (England, France, Holy Roman Empire, Spain)

Use ALL ten terms in your essay.  High-light or underline all terms that you use.  Terms in parenthesis can be substituted for the term next to it.

Textbook pp. 70-73, bellringer/notes

Honors classes - two pages minimum, handwritten

Due on Friday


MLA Style Textbook Documentation for UPA

Spielvogel, Jackson (Ed). (2005). Glencoe World History. New York. McGraw-Hill publishing.