Absolutism- Blog #1

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 hair when he returned?
6. Describe the Great Northern War.

Explorers

Great story on Coronado trying to find the city of gold.
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/archaeology/seven-cities-of-cibola/

Megellan's death-
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/magellan.htm

Elizabeth's pirates-
http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/famous-elizabethan-pirates.htm

Renaissance #4

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

Renaissance #3

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=EFqWnEpZvjs

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