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.

BlogMedieval-Due Thurs/Fri

Read the following and answer the questions.
1. What was the Battle of Hastings about? (describe it)
2. What is the Bayeux Tapestry?
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/bayeux.htm

Read the following on the Hundred Years' War.
Write a brief background of the war and what where its immediate causes? (We will discuss results in class)
http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/archive/hundredyearswar.cfm?CFID=8929032&CFTOKEN=74978394&jsessionid=463072cd2ed8ec009977324e463a1d254d18

Medieval-Crusades

Go to this site on the Crusades and make a chart of the four crusades described in this short passage.

http://www.themiddleages.net/life/crusades.html

Byzantine II- Russia

Easy Blog today!! Read the following and answer this one question; How did Vladimir turn the Rus into a Christian state?
http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-vladimir-i-of-kiev/

Byzantine I

I. Read the following and answer the questions below
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/MA/BYZ.HTM
(you do not have to read the section on crusaders)

1. Describe any differences between 'Byzantine' and Roman cultures.
2. What is Justinian most famous for?
3. What is the Santa (or Hagia) Sophia?
4. What was the Monophysite Doctrine and why was it important?
5. What new force confronted Heraclius I and what did it force the Byzantines to do?
6. Did the Muslims take Byzantium itself? (Explain)
7. Describe the Iconclastic Controversy.
8. Who was Anna Comnena?

Watch this short video. Aqueduct!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yymXqXabqls

Rise of Christianity

Read the following and answer the questions. (My apologies for being late with this)
http://www.vlib.us/medieval/lectures/christianity_rise.html

1. Briefly explain the Roman religous system. (give two examples)
2. What were the advantages of Christianity?
3. Give a description of the development of Christianity from AD 63-313.
4. When was Christianity legalized? Who was responsible for this?

Ancient Rome

Blog #3- Pax Romana
Read this site on Augustus and the Pax Romana. This is also a great read for the upcoming mini-project on emperors. I will continue to try and figure out how to upload the powerpoints for you to view.
http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/lecture12b.html

Go to this site and click on 'Ancient World' - read the following: 'How to keep a slave in Ancient Rome' and 'The assassination of Julius Caesar.'
http://eyewitnesstohistory.com/awfrm.htm



Blog #2
1. Read the following on the three Punic Wars. Creat a chart that shows the causes/outcomes of each war between Rome and Carthage. What did Rome ultimately accomplish?
http://wsu.edu/~dee/ROME/PUNICWAR.HTM
2. Go to the teacheroz site below and jump to 'The Roman Republic and Julius Caesar'. Then click on 'The First Triumvirate'.
a. What was the First Triumvirate and how did it form?
b. What was interesting about Caesar's age?
c. What were three things Caesar accomplished while in office?

Great sites for overall study of Rome- http://www.teacheroz.com/romans.htm http://www.roman-empire.net/index.html



Blog #1
http://pages.uoregon.edu/maphist/english/EU/EU02-01.html
Roman Italy and Republic- (all four modules)
1. What did the Romans use to enhance military power?
2. Describe expansion from 509-31 BC (do not copy word for word) 2 paragraphs should do.
3. Approximately when does the Roman population begin to increase dramatically?
4. What is Romanization?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI8anMciiD8&feature=related- Watch 1st three minutes for blog #1. (Last five minutes next week)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lij59497MBs- good video on remake of Rome- last minute is Nero's palace with his giant gold statue.