Blog 28: Berlin Airlift

Read the following short description of the Berlin Airlift and write a paragraph explaining the major issue between the U.S.S.R. and U.S.A. regarding post-WWII Europe.

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/berlin_airlift/large/

Blog 26: Hitler's Policies in 1930's

Read the following and answer the questions below.
http://www.learningwithsouthglos.org/History/acrobat/KS4/HitlersForeignPolicy.pdf

1.  When Hitler came to power in 1933, what were three of his policies to make Germany strong?
2.  What was the Anglo-German Naval Agreement?
3.  Define appeasement.
4.  From 1936-1938, what areas did Hitler take over?
5.  What happened when Neville Chamberlain met with Hitler?
6.  What was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?
7.  What event officially began WWII?

Blog 25: Rise of Hitler

Go to the following website and scroll down to the Weimar Republic.
http://www2.dsu.nodak.edu/users/dmeier/Holocaust/hitler.html

1.  Describe the set up of the Weimar Republic.
2.  What was a key platform of the German Workers' Party (NASAP)?
3.  How did Hitler use the party to gain power?
4.  Did the Munich Putsch work?  Why?  What happened to Hitler?
5.  Describe Hitler's rise to power beginning in 1924 until 1933.

Blog 24: The Directory

The Directory

ONE QUESTION- What was the Thermidorean reaction and how was the new government set up in France after 1795? (Phase 3)

http://bigsiteofhistory

Blog 23: French Revolution- Radical phase

Look over the website and answer the following:
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture13a.html

1. Describe the summer of 1792 in Paris.
2. Who were the Girondists? Jacobins? Sans-Culottes?
3. Describe the Reign of Terror- Include the Committee of Public Safety and Marat, Danton and Robespierre.END the reading at the Thermidorean Reaction.

Good video featuring Viva La Vida from Cold Play. Enjoy.
(Notice how Napoleon is portrayed at first and then at the end)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF4lPWU_qxY

Blog 22- French Revolution, Part I

Read the following and answer the two prompts below.

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/frenchrevolution.htm

1. What was the Estates General and why did King Louis XVI have to call it into session?
2. In a well-written paragraph, describe what Thomas Jefferson observed in France from July 14-16, 1789.

Blog #21 Enlightenment

Age of Enlightenment

Be prepared to discuss these two 'enlightened' philosophers.
Immanuel Kant-What was the Enlightenment and why would he be considered an enlightened thinker?
http://www.iep.utm.edu/k/kantmeta.htm

Voltaire-What did Candide argue about human rights?http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/candide/themes.html

Blog #20 English Civil War

English Civil War

Using the following site, write a one-page summary (typed) of the English Civil War. You do not have to use all of the readings on this web site. (this assignment is 30 pts)

http://europeanhistory.boisestate.edu/westciv/english/

Blog 19: Maria Theresa and Elizabeth I

Absolutism Blog #19

Maria Theresa, Austria.
http://departments.kings.edu/womens_history/mariatheres.html
1. Years of Maria Theresa's reign:
2. Explain the Pragmatic Sanction.
3. What was the War of Austrian Succession?
4. Describe her life after the death of her husband.

Elizabeth I, England

http://tudorhistory.org/elizabeth/
1. Write one paragraph describing Elizabeth's early reign and one paragraph describing her later reign in England. (Do you think she was successful? why or why not?)-- you will have to click on the second page of the site.

Blog 18 Peter The Great

Absolutism- Blog #18
Read the following about Peter the Great and answer the questions.

http://www.historydoctor.net/Advanced%20Placement%20European%20History/Notes/absolutism_in_russia_part_two.htm

1. Explain the 'Time of Troubles' and how Michael Romanov became czar.
2. Describe the two upheavals during Michael's reign.
3. What did Peter like as a young boy?
4. What did Peter do on his trip to the 'West'?
5. How did Peter treat facial

#17 Scientific Revolution

Use the following site to answer the questions below.
http://www.boisestate.edu/courses/westciv/science/

1. How did Copernicus disprove Ptolemy's theory?
2. What did Galileo do to improve the telescope?
3. What was Kepler's contribution to science?
4. What were some of Galileo's discoveries (in space)?
5. What were Newton's accomplishments and how was he accepted?

Blog #16 N. Renaissance and Science

The Scientific Revolution-Use these two websites to help finish your identification section of your Renaissance handout. I will check these as a homework grade. http://www.boisestate.edu/courses/westciv/science/

http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/scientificrevolution/terms.html

Northern Renaissance-

http://robinurton.com/history/Renaissance/northrenaiss.htm

1. What is the difference between art in the North and Italy?
2. Write a brief description about each of the Northern Renaissance artists for your notes. Look over the art work- we will be viewing each of these and comparing them to Italian art.

Blog #15 Renaissance/Reformation

Good site on the artists of the Northern Renaissance- use for your personal notes.
http://www.robinurton.com/history/Renaissance/northrenaiss.htm

Read the following on the Protestant Reformation and answer the following questions.
http://www.historyguide.org/earlymod/lecture3c.html
1. Describe three reasons why Europeans were becomming dissatisfied with the church.
2. What did the Fourth Lateran Council establish?
3. Briefly discuss some of the challenges the church faced in the 14th and 15th centuries.
4. Who was Martin Luther and what did he do in 1517?
5. Who was John Tetzel?
6. Describe John Calvin's second wave of Reformation.
The 95 Theses - look over this
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/luther95.txt
Good video about Luther after the 95 Theses... Take a look.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFqWnEpZvj

Blog 14: Renaissance

Renaissance #1
Good You Tube video to start with art work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mgSPiAiBjU&feature=related

These sites will help with the various personalities of the Renaissance. (look through their works) http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/index.shtml
http://library.thinkquest.org/2838/artgal.htm

Erasmus!
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/erasmus.html
1. Describe Erasmus' early life.
2. What did he do in England under Henry VIII?
3. What were many of his writings about? (give an example of a controversy)
4. Summarize the piece from Praise of Folly.