Week 23: February 11-15

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Ancient World

Monday:  Defining the Byzantine Empire

Homework (due Tuesday):  read pages 367-368 and write a response to the following:  what did the Macedonian Dynasty achieve and how did it further define the Byzantine Empire as distinct from the Roman Empire?

Tuesday:  The Byzantine Army

Homework (due Wednesday):  none

 Wednesday: Concluding the Byzantine Empire (for now . . .) 

Homework (due Thursday):  read pages 183-187 and write are response to the following:  what were the major characteristics of Arabian culture prior to the time of Muhammad?  In what ways was Islam influenced by this culture?

Thursday:  The Origins of Islam

Homework (due Tuesday):  read pages 188-190 (stop at "The Abbasids") and write a response to the following:  what areas did the Umayyads successfully spread Islam to during their reign?  What, in your opinion, enabled them to be so successful?

Modern World

Monday:  Test on Chapter 20

Homework (due Tuesday):  read pages  608-613 (stop at "India Under the British Raj") and write a response to the following:  based on this reading, how was the imperialism of the 19th century different from the colonization of the New World in the 16-17th centuries?


Tuesday:  Motives and Methods of Imperialism


Homework (due Thursday):  read pages 613-617 (stop at "The Nature of Colonial Rule") and write a response to the following:  what impact did British Imperialism have on India?  Would you consider it to be positive or negative?


Thursday:  Imperialism in South and South East Asia

Homework (due Tuesday)  read pages 617-624 (stop at "Bantus, Boers, and British in the South" and write a response to the following:  who was primarily interested in Africa in the late 18th earn early 19th centuries and why?

United States History

Monday:  19th Century Warfare and Military Technology

Homework (due Tuesday 5th period; Wednesday 6th period):  read pages 430-434 and write a response to the following:  based on your reading, what were the objectives of each side at the start of the Civil War?


Tuesday 5th period/Wednesday 6th period:  Military Technology Continued; Objectives, Strategy and Tactics of the Civil War; the Early War

Homework (due Thursday):  read pages 434-439 (stop at "The Turning Point") and write a response to the following:  what is meant by your textbooks use of the term "Total War" and how did the Civil War represent that?

Thursday:  The Major Battles

Homework (due Tuesday 5th period/Wednesday 6th period)  read pages 339-444 (stop at "The Union Victorious, 1864-1865) and write a response to the following:  why, according to your textbook, is 1863 the "turning point?"  Do you agree?  Why or why not?