Review Unit 2 - covers the Byzantine and Muslim Empires, the Middle Ages, and the Crusades. Once again, many centuries are covered hitting only the highlights. Art activity is to create your own person herald on a cardboard shield.
The Renaisance - Here we start to go into detail. While only part of chapter 14, we will study the great art, inventions, and literature as well as the people and places envovled.
Extra Credit - an extra credit opportunity assignment will be given which is optional and can only help your grade.
9 Weeks Exam - will cover everything from chapter 1 - 14a. Questions will be all multiple choice on a scan tron, so pencil is required.
Reformation and Scientific Revolution
...about two weeks on this unit. Includes note-taking participation grades, vocabulary, classwork questions, quizes, a map activity, and a chapter test. Information focuses on the changes brought about by the Protestant Reformation and the people who led new movements. It also includes new discoveries in science and the people who discovered them.
Age of Exploration and Rise of Nation-States
...about two to two and a half weeks on this unit. Includes note-taking participation grades, vocabulary, classwork questions, quizes, a map activity, a video, and a chapter test. Information focuses on discovery of the New World, who discovered or named what, and the Columbian Exchange which included the rise in the slave trade. It also focuses on the ruling families of Europe at the time, and how they were all inter-related by marriage. Included is the European race for colonies, expansion of trade, and accumulation of wealth and power.
English History, or Rise of the English speaking world
...about two weeks on this unit. Includes notetaking partiticpation grades, vocabulary, classwork questions, quizes, a timeline activity, and a chapter test. Information traces English history from 1399-1763 and focuses on various wars and rulers, including the War of the Roses, the English Civil War, the Restoration, the Glorious Revolution, and the Seven Years War (French & Indian War). Ruling families include the Yorks and Lancasters, the Tutors, the Stuarts, and the Hanovers. British colonization of North America is also covered
American Revolution
...about a week and a half. In the past I have not given this topic seperate attention but included it with either English history or the French Revolution. However, I have concluded that 10th grade students at VHS know very little about the American Revolution and as it is not covered in 11th grade US history, needs more attention.