Monday, November 30, 2009

Assignment for today

We are talking about the Industrial Revolution today in class. Students need to finish their 9.1 worksheet detailing questions, inventors, causes & effects, etc

Have a good day!

-Mr. Cooley

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Ch 7 Test Tomorrow

World Civilizations and Honors World Civilizations will be having their Chapter 7 test tomorrow. They have everything they need to study from.

Have a great day!

Mr. Cooley

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

French Revolution Websites

Marie Antoinette
http://www.pbs.org/marieantoinette/index.html
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/rulerspre20th/p/marieantoinette.htm
*What where her interests?
*What where her likes/dislikes?
*Talk about her spending & dressing
*Talk about her children
Guillotine
http://europeanhistory.about.com/cs/frenchrevolution/a/Guillotine.htm
http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/guillotine.html
http://www.theguillotine.info/index.php
http://inventors.about.com/od/gstartinventions/a/Guillotine.htm
*How many people died?
*When did it start & when was the last person sentenced to the guillotine
*What were the dimensions? Height, weight, etc.
*What were the parts that made it work?
LOUIS XVI
http://wsu.edu/~dee/REV/LOUISXVI.HTM
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/louis.htm
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/louis_trial.html
http://www.wga.hu/database/glossary/illustr2/louis16.html
*What were his interests, hobbies?
*What was his downfall?
*What was his execution like?

Robespierre
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/robespierre.html
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/robespierre-terror.html
http://www.loyno.edu/history/journal/1983-4/mcletchie.htm
*Talk about his childhood
*Talk about his rise to power
*Talk about why he was killed
Bastille
http://www.chezjim.com/bastille/b_food.html
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255-s01/mapping-paris/Paris_Bastile.html
http://www.thenagain.info/webchron/westeurope/Bastille.html
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_interdisciplinary_history/v030/30.1sutherland.html
http://history.howstuffworks.com/european-history/french-revolution3.htm
*When was it built
*What happened inside
*What happened on Bastille Day?
*What is it used for now?
Napoleon
http://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon/home.html
http://www.napoleonguide.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/bonaparte_napoleon.shtml
*Anything you want to talk about…..
REIGN OF TERROR
http://www.historywiz.com/terror.htm
http://www.pbs.org/marieantoinette/timeline/reign.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/C006257/revolution/committee_pub_safety.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/kat_anna/terror.html
*Who started it? Why?
*Talk about Committee of Public Safety
*Talk about the death that took place
*Talk about the end of the terror
*Tell stories on why it was so bad!

Friday, November 6, 2009

Assignment due today

7.3 questions & ID's

Due Monday= 7.4 questions & ID's

Make sure to be reading the material, have a great weekend!

-Mr. Cooley

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Assignment due today

Honors= p.221 3-8 questions & ID's

World Civilizations= 7.1 worksheet