Industrial Revolution Assignment

Go to the following website:

Child Labor during the Industrial Revolution


Your assignment is to go to the section that is titled "Life in the Factory"

1.) Read through the material
2.) Type out 3 things that you learned from each of the topics
3.) There are 10 topics, so there should be 30 total facts on your assignment

Industrial Revolution Intro

http://webs.bcp.org/sites/vcleary/ModernWorldHistoryTextbook/IndustrialRevolution/Introduction.html

Scientfic Revolution

Here are some of the activities we will be doing today:

1.) Watch this video as an introduction to our lesson: http: Intro Video

2.) Creating a PowerPoint, looking up the following scientists and write down the following:
                             a.) The contributions of the scientists
                             b.) A picture of their contribution

       Scientists = Galileo, Francis Bacon, Rene Descartes, Johannes Kepler, Andreas Vesalius

3.) Play this game!   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pisa/expe_flash_1.htm

Assignment from Monday

4.1 ID's & Questions 3-5

4.2 ID's & Checkpoint Questions

Middle Passage Assignment

Today we will be looking at The Middle Passage, which is the voyage for slave trade from Africa to the Americas.  One of the ugly parts of European exploration would be the fact that they were seeking a cheap labor source. 

This website will explain the horrific voyage over and give you a detailed account of what life was like for the Africans aboard these slave ships.

Go to this website: 

Here are the topics you will look at:

*Life on the Slave Ships

*Death on the Slave Ships

*The Daily Routine on the Slave Ships

*Fighting Back: Revolt on the Slave Ships

*Passage A Great Sin of Humanity

Your assignment is to write down (either using a sheet of paper or using Microsoft Word) 5 facts on each topic area.

Assignment Due Tuesday

Assignment Due Tuesday:

5.2 (p.115)
*ID's = encomienda, peninsular, creole, mestizo, mulatto
* Questions 4-6 (on page 119)

5.3 (p.120)
*ID's = New France
* Checkpoint Questions (ALL)

Aztec PowerPoint

Aztec PowerPoint

Aztec PowerPoint
Go to the following website: http://www.pbs.org/opb/conquistadors/mexico/mexico.htm

You will be making a PowerPoint over the daily life of the Aztecs. The website has plenty of information that will help you get a better feel for the Aztec way of life. Your PowerPoint needs to be at least 10 slides with at least 8 pictures.