Essay: Write an essay explaining the differences between Calvinism, Catholicism, and Lutheranism. Use graphic organizer on page 186.

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1 Welcome to the homework page. On this page you will see all the homework assignments listed. If the homework assignment is in white or has a strikethrough then it is past due. The essays are suggested assignments. I usually come up with different essays depending on the focus of the class. However if you do not know what the current essay was, you may do the one that applies to the topic we are currently on. Chapter 6: Renaissance and Reformation pp section 1 review p. 130 pp section 1 review p. 134 pp section 1 review p. 166 pp section 2 review p. 170 pp section 3 review p. 175 pp section 4 review p. 179 pp section 5 review p. 185 Essay: Write an essay which describes the changes which took place from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Use at least five vocabulary terms from the chapter. Essay: Write an essay explaining the differences between Calvinism, Catholicism, and Lutheranism. Use graphic organizer on page 186. Chapter 7: Exploration and Expansion pp section 1 review p. 195 pp section 2 review p. 199 pp section 3 review p. 207 pp section 4 review p. 215 Essay: Write a journal as an explorer of a new land. Describe why you are setting out on your journey and what you have experienced on your voyage. Use at least five vocabulary terms from the chapter. Essay: Many factors influenced European exploration. In turn, exploration had many effects on both Europeans and non-europeans. Fill in the chart on page 216, listing the political, economic, cultural, and technological influences of European expansion on both Europeans and non-europeans. Chapter 8: Asia in Transition pp section review p. 79 pp section review p. 83 pp section 1 review p. 224 pp section 2 review p. 229 pp section 3 review p. 235 Essay: Write an essay comparing China under the Qing dynasty with Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate. Use graphic organizer on page 236.

2 Chapter 9: Islamic Empires in Asia pp section 1 review p. 243 pp section 2 review p. 246 pp section 3 review p. 251 Essay: Write an essay describing the similarities and differences among the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires. Use graphic organizer on page 252. Chapter 10: Monarchs of Europe pp section 1 review p. 266 pp section 2 review p. 272 pp section 3 review p. 277 pp section 4 review p. 281 Essay: Absolute monarchies dominated Europe for many years. In general, do you think they affected European nations positively or negatively? Support your opinion with facts from the chapter. Use graphic organizer on page 282. Chapter 11: Enlightenment and Revolution in England pp section 1 review p. 290 pp section 2 review p. 297 pp section 3 review p. 301 pp section 4 review p. 304 Essay: In a 5 paragraph thesis, conduct an interview on an enlightenment thinker that was assigned during class. Chapter 12: French Revolution and Napoleon pp section 1 review p. 319 pp section 2 review p. 324 pp section 3 review p. 330 pp section 4 review p. 336 pp section 5 review p. 341 Essay: In a 5 paragraph thesis, describe what were the lasting social, political, and cultural effects of the French Revolution. Use graphic organizer on page 342. Essay: In a 5 paragraph thesis, explain why Napoleon was a friend or an enemy to the French Revolution. In your essay explain both sides of the argument then come to your conclusion. Chapter 13: Industrial Revolution pp section 1 review p. 358 pp section 2 review p. 362 pp section 3 review p. 366

3 pp section 4 review p. 371 pp section 5 review p. 375 Essay: American companies sometimes have goods assembled in other countries in order to cut their production costs. American workers protest that this is unfair to them. Use a problem-solving and decision-making process to decide what, if any, action you believe the government should take to address these issues. Write an editorial arguing for that action. Use graphic organizer on page 376. Writing Assignment: A Brave New World? The year is 1824, the Industrial Revolution is in full swing. Towns have become cities overnight. The cities are over crowded. Crime, poverty, pollution, and garbage are every where you look. Yet at the same time, these same cities are generating great wealth and great advances. In the lower class neighborhoods of the city the average working family in the city barely has enough to eat. The average life expectancy is 15yrs. The average worker works over 12 hrs. a day, six days a week. They take home barely enough to live on. It is common for entire families (men, women, and children 5yrs. & older) to work in factories. Workers live in crowed tenement houses with poor sanitary conditions. In areas just outside of the industrial centers, in higher class neighborhoods, are wealthy mansions filled with every available convenience. The Business owners are living better lives than ever before. Business competition is industrial growth. This industrial growth is diving art, architecture, technology, science and medicine forward at a faster rate than ever before. Hospitals, museums, architectural wonders, and other cultural landmarks are being created with the accumulation of wealth. Choose one of the following people: A wealthy middle class factory owner, a poor factory worker, a landlord of a city apartment building, a police officer working in the city, a wealthy nobleman of an estate, a union leader, a communist, or a socialist. Write a letter to the British Government supporting your ideas of making the city a better place. Be sure to describe your living conditions and explain what you would like the government to do about it. Is the government responsible for the cities? Are they doing too much or not enough to end the problems of city life? Your written work should be at least 2 pages in length. Use and underline at least eight terms from chapter 13 and chapter 14. Remember to use proper punctuation and good grammar. Make sure your work is in an essay form. Chapter 14: Life in the Industrial Age pp section 1 review p. 383 pp section 2 review p. 390 pp section 3 review p. 393 pp section 4 review p. 399 pp section 5 review p. 405 Essay: The 1800s saw great changes in the sciences and arts and in where and how people lived. Write a page from a memoir of a person who has lived through some of these significant changes. Use graphic organizer on page 406.

4 Chapter 15: Age of Reform pp section 1 review p. 416 pp section 3 review p. 428 pp section 4 review p. 435 Essay: Write a dialogue between a republican and a monarchist in France or between a mestizo and a creole in Latin America in which the two debate the way they believe government should be structured. Use graphic organizer on page 436. Chapter 16: Nationalism in Europe pp section 1 review p. 444 pp section 2 review p. 450 pp section 3 review p. 454 pp section 4 review p. 460 pp section 5 review p. 465 Essay: As nationalist movements increased in countries such as Prussia and Russia, they were met with repression. Write an article that presents arguments for or against the use of repression to silence protests. Use graphic organizer on page 466. Chapter 17: Age of Imperialism pp section 1 review p. 473 pp section 2 review p. 477 pp section 3 review p. 482 pp section 4 review p. 489 Essay: Write an essay explaining the poem "The White Man's Burden". How does the poem justify imperialism? Is this poem racist? What feelings does Kipling have about Europeans. Essay: Write an essay explaining the reasons for Western expansion into Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific, and describe what happened as a result of this expansion. Use graphic organizer on page 496. Chapter 18: WWI and Russian Revolution pp section 1 review p. 511 pp section 2 review p. 518 pp section 3 review p. 521 pp section 4 review p. 525 pp section 5 review p. 531 Essay: World War I greatly affected the borders of many countries in and near Europe. Write a description of the changes for Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Turkey (Ottoman Empire), and Poland. Refer to the maps in the chapter and use graphic organizer on page 532.

5 Essay: Write an essay describing the causes of World War I and the events that led to it. Essay: Write an essay in a journal form, from the point of view of a soldier in WWI. Describe why you went to war and whether the war is what you expected it to be. Also describe the environment how has technology changed war? Chapter 19: The Great Depression and the Rise of Totalitarianism pp section 1 review p. 541 pp section 2 review p. 545 pp section 3 review p. 550 pp section 4 review p. 556 pp section 5 review p. 561 Essay: Stalin is being put on trial for crimes against the Soviet Union. Write a closing statement as a lawyer for the prosecution. Use at least five vocabulary terms from your notes or the book. Essay: Use chart on page 562 to explain similarities and differences between communism and fascism. Chapter 20: Nationalism Movement Around the World pp section 1 review p. 569 pp section 2 review p. 572 pp section 3 review p. 577 pp section 4 review p. 581 pp section 5 review p. 585 Essay: The United States has tried to influence the political and economic activities of other countries. Some argue that the United States must do this to protect its own interests, while others believe that every nation has the right to make its own decisions. Write an informative article presenting both sides of this issue. Use graphic organizer on page 586. Chapter 21: WWII pp section 1 review p. 593 pp section 2 review p. 598 pp section 3 review p. 603 pp section 4 review p. 608 pp section 5 review p. 611 pp section 6 review p. 617 Essay: You are living in England in The Germans and British are fighting each other in the Battle of Britian. Write a letter to America telling them what is happening to England, why they should help you fight the Germans, and what that help would mean for Britian and the world. You need to use at least five vocabulary terms from the chapter.

6 Essay: Review the failure of the League of Nations to end Italian and Japanese aggression during the 1930s. Then use a problem-solving process to write a peace-keeping plan for a new organization that would make it better equipped to keep international peace. Use graphic organizer on page 618. Essay: After reading several stories on the Holocaust (links are below)write an essay which explains why some people were willing to rescue Jews while most were not. What are the characteristics of such heroes? If you lived in that time period what would you do? Chapter 22: Europe and North America in the Postwar years pp section 1 review p. 632 pp section 2 review p. 638 pp section 3 review p. 644 pp section 4 review p. 649 Essay: Write an essay about the political and economic developments in Europe and the Soviet Union after World War II. Use the chart on page 650 to organize your thoughts. Chapter 23: Asia Since 1945 pp section 1 review p. 659 pp section 2 review p. 666 pp section 3 review p. 670 pp section 4 review p. 677 pp section 5 review p. 681 Essay: Write an essay comparing the events in China with the events in Cambodia. Use the graphic organizer on page 682. Chapter 24 Africa and the Middle East Since 1945 pp section 1 review p. 693 pp section 2 review p. 698 pp section 3 review p 705 pp section 4 review p 713