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. 128-130 section 1 review p. 130 pp. 130-134 section 1 review p. 134 pp. 162-166 section 1 review p. 166 pp. 167-170 section 2 review p. 170 pp. 171-175 section 3 review p. 175 pp. 176-179 section 4 review p. 179 pp. 180-185 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. 190-195 section 1 review p. 195 pp. 196-199 section 2 review p. 199 pp. 200-207 section 3 review p. 207 pp. 208-215 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.75-79 section review p. 79 pp. 80-83 section review p. 83 pp. 220-224 section 1 review p. 224 pp. 225-229 section 2 review p. 229 pp. 230-235 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.
Chapter 9: Islamic Empires in Asia pp. 240-243 section 1 review p. 243 pp. 244-246 section 2 review p. 246 pp. 247-251 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. 262-266 section 1 review p. 266 pp. 267-272 section 2 review p. 272 pp. 273-277 section 3 review p. 277 pp. 278-281 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. 286-290 section 1 review p. 290 pp. 291-297 section 2 review p. 297 pp. 298-301 section 3 review p. 301 pp. 302-304 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. 316-319 section 1 review p. 319 pp. 320-324 section 2 review p. 324 pp. 325-330 section 3 review p. 330 pp. 331-336 section 4 review p. 336 pp. 337-341 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. 352-358 section 1 review p. 358 pp. 359-362 section 2 review p. 362 pp. 363-366 section 3 review p. 366
pp. 367-371 section 4 review p. 371 pp. 372-375 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. 380-383 section 1 review p. 383 pp. 384-390 section 2 review p. 390 pp. 391-393 section 3 review p. 393 pp. 394-399 section 4 review p. 399 pp. 400-405 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.
Chapter 15: Age of Reform pp. 410-416 section 1 review p. 416 pp. 423-428 section 3 review p. 428 pp. 429-435 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. 440-444 section 1 review p. 444 pp. 445-450 section 2 review p. 450 pp. 451-454 section 3 review p. 454 pp. 455-460 section 4 review p. 460 pp. 461-465 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. 470-473 section 1 review p. 473 pp. 474-477 section 2 review p. 477 pp. 478-482 section 3 review p. 482 pp. 483-489 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. 506-511 section 1 review p. 511 pp. 512-518 section 2 review p. 518 pp. 519-521 section 3 review p. 521 pp. 522-525 section 4 review p. 525 pp. 526-531 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.
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. 536-541 section 1 review p. 541 pp. 542-545 section 2 review p. 545 pp. 546-550 section 3 review p. 550 pp. 551-556 section 4 review p. 556 pp. 557-561 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. 566-569 section 1 review p. 569 pp. 570-572 section 2 review p. 572 pp. 573-577 section 3 review p. 577 pp. 578-581 section 4 review p. 581 pp. 582-585 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. 590-593 section 1 review p. 593 pp. 594-598 section 2 review p. 598 pp. 599-603 section 3 review p. 603 pp. 604-608 section 4 review p. 608 pp. 609-611 section 5 review p. 611 pp. 612-617 section 6 review p. 617 Essay: You are living in England in 1940. 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.
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? http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/people/rescuer.htm http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~rescuers/index.html Chapter 22: Europe and North America in the Postwar years pp. 628-632 section 1 review p. 632 pp. 633-638 section 2 review p. 638 pp. 639-644 section 3 review p. 644 pp. 645-649 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. 654-659 section 1 review p. 659 pp. 660-666 section 2 review p. 666 pp. 667-670 section 3 review p. 670 pp 671-677 section 4 review p. 677 pp 678-681 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 686-693 section 1 review p. 693 pp 694-698 section 2 review p. 698 pp 699-705 section 3 review p 705 pp 706-713 section 4 review p 713