Week 14: November 18-22

Ancient World 4th Period

Your only homework this week is to work on your research papers.

Ancient World 7th Period

Your only homework this week is to work on your research papers.

Military History, 5th Period

Monday:  The early Pax Romana

Tuesday:  Test

Wednesday:  Outside--wear shoes you can run in.

Modern World History, 6th Period

Your only homework this week is to work on your research papers.


Have a safe, restful, and happy Thanksgiving Break.
                                                           --Mr. Layne

Global Military History Test Review: Macedon, Carthage, and Rome

Test Date:  Tuesday, November 19

Format:  Format:

15 multiple choice (2 points each) and 10 battle identification (2 points each):  50 points

Essay (choice of 2 questions):  50 points

Wars and conflicts, including (when applicable) causes, participants, major events, strategies, and outcomes:

• Alexander’s conquest of Persia
• The First Punic War
• The Second Punic War
• The Gallic Wars
• The Roman Civil Wars
• Roman Imperial Wars

Military systems, including troop/arm classifications, weapons, tactics, command, organization, social and political effects:

• The Carthaginian system
• The Manipular Legion
• The Marian Legion
• The Augustan Legion
• Barbarian/warrior societies

Battles and sieges, including (when applicable), parent war, approximate numbers of troops on each side, initial deployments, tactical movements, outcome of the battle, overall significance:

• The battle of Granicus
• The battle of Issus
• The battle of Gaugamela
• The battle of Hydaspes 
• The battle of Mylae
• The battle of Trebia
• The battle of Lake Trasimane
• The battle of Cannae
• The battle of Zama
• The battle of Chaeronea (Sulla)
• The battle of Pharsalus
• The battle of the Teutoberg Forest

People, including their role in their respective military system/war; their military influence upon their own time; their significance to military history:

• Philip of Macedon
• Alexander the Great
• Hannibal
• Quintus Fabius
• Scipio Africanus
• Marius
• Julius Caesar
• Vercengetorix 
• Augustus Caesar

Global Military History Marking Period 2 Projects

Project #1:  Anglo-Saxon/Viking shield

For this project you are to construct a shield typical of the Anglo-Saxon/Viking period (600-1000 C.E.).  The specific requirements are as follows:

• your shield should be made of sturdy material--heavy/layered cardboard would work well; you can use wood if you really want to be authentic (but that is not required)
• your shield should be constructed out of "planks" that are then assembled to make the shield 
• your shield should be round with a diameter of 31-36 inches
• you shield must include a handle/grip that will allow you to carry it effectively.  Shields of this sort typically had a single handle for the hand to grip, though you may include a strap of some sort if you choose.
• Fashioning a shield boss is optional (the round, bowl looking piece on the center of the shield
• Edging your shield is also optional (though duct tape would work really well for that)
• Your shied should be decorated using one of more of the following motifs:
• Anglo-Saxon:
• Wild Boars
• Dragons
• Warriors
• Trees
• Knotwork/pattern
• Viking:
• Ravens
• Wolves
• Eagles
• Rams
• Dragons
• Longships
• weapons of the gods:  spear for Odin; hammer for Thor
• Knotwork/pattern
• Check out these links for examples/inspiration:
• Anglo-Saxon: 
•  https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GPCK_enUS550US550&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=685&q=viking+shield+designs&oq=Viking+shield&gs_l=img.1.1.0l10.950.3901.0.6143.13.9.0.4.4.0.162.805.7j2.9.0....0...1ac.1.31.img..0.13.843.N1n4gybvR04#hl=en&q=anglo-saxon+shield+designs&tbm=isch
• Viking:
• https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GPCK_enUS550US550&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=685&q=viking+shield+designs&oq=Viking+shield&gs_l=img.1.1.0l10.950.3901.0.6143.13.9.0.4.4.0.162.805.7j2.9.0....0...1ac.1.31.img..0.13.843.N1n4gybvR04#hl=en&q=viking+shield+designs&tbm=isch

Your shield is due on Monday, December 9th

Your grade will be based on the shield's durability and functionality and the quality of the design.

Project #2:  Siege Engine

For this project you are to construct a functioning model of an ancient/medieval siege engine.  You are to design and construct this siege engine yourself based upon historical examples.  The goal is to represent the original engine as accurately as possible, though you are allowed to use modern materials and add your own touches/improvements to the design.  

The specific requirements are as follows:

• You must be able to transport your model into the school and easily move it throughout the school/outside with only minor disassembly.  Otherwise, there are no size/weight restrictions.
• The model must function
• The model must be your design (not built from a pre-existing kit)
• The model must be based on and reflect a historical siege engine
• You may work with up to one partner--that is optional though let me know if you do intend to work as partners with someone else
• You have your choice of one of the following (your model must be one of these--a projectile/s must also be included):
• ballista 
• onager/catapult
• trebuchet 

Your model is due on Monday, January 13

Your grade will be based on the quality, historical accuracy, and functionality of your engine

Ancient World History Test Review: Persia and Greece

Test Date:  Monday, November 18

Format:

• 15 multiple choice questions, each worth 3 points (45 points total)
• 2 response questions, you choose 1, each worth 55 points

Textbook Material:

Chapters 1 (the section on Persia) and 4 in your textbook.

What do I need to know?

• The major aspects of the Persian Empire
• Geographic features
• Important people
• Cyrus
• Cambyses
• Darius
• Xerxes
• Chronology of the growth of the Persian Empire
• Aspects of Persian government and administration--the satrap system
• Zoroastrianism—Zarathustra; Ahura Mazda; Angra Mainyu; major beliefs and characteristics

• The major political, social, and cultural developments in Greece, including
• Geographic features
• The early Greeks (Cycladic, Minoan, and Mycenaean)
• The Dark Age and the significance of The Iliad and The Odyessy
• The development and significance of the polis
• Greek systems of government
• Athenian democracy
• The Assembly and Council of 500
• Sparta
• The Gerousia, Appela, Ephors, Krypteia, Agoge, Helots, and Equals
• Important people
• The Alcmaeonids
• Draco
• Solon
• Peiistratus
• Hippias
• Cleisthenes
• Lycurgus
• Chronology of events

• The Persian Wars
• Greek and Persian military practices
• The phalanx
• Causes of the wars
• Chronology of events
• Major battles and their significance
• Marathon
• Thermopylae
• Salamis
• Plataea
• Important people
• Herodotus
• Miltiades
• Leonidas
• Ephialtes
• Dieneces
• Themistocles
• Sicinnus
• Artemesia
• Pausanias 
• Mardonias

• Characteristics and significance of Greek cultural achievements
• Philosophy
• Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
• Theater, architecture, and art

• The Peloponnesian War
• Causes of the war
• The Delian League
• The Long Walls
• Chronology
• Major events
• The Spartan declaration of war
• Athenian strategy
• The plague of Athens
• The Siege of Plataea
• The Sicilian Expedition
• The battle of Aegospotami
• Important people
• Thucydides
• Periclese
• Alcibiades
• Lysander

• Aftermath of the war and its significance
• The Spartan Hegemony and the Battle of Leuctra
• King Epaminondas

Footnote Guide

Mr. Layne’s Guide to Footnotes

What is a footnote, and when do you use them?

A footnote is a method for citing a source in the text of a research paper.  The footnote appears as a small number in the text—usually at the end of a quotation or a sentence, like this.[1]  You should use a footnote anytime you do any of the following with a source:

·         Quote directly from it

·         Summarize it using your own words

How do I insert a footnote?

If you are using Word, then you put the cursor where you want the little number in the text to be. Then you click on “References” at the top of the screen and select “Insert Footnote.”  Word will automatically insert the appropriate number in the text, and then allow you to type the footnote itself at the bottom of the page.

What is the proper format for typing a footnote?

A footnote contains information similar to a bibliography, with some additional information (such as page numbers) as well.  Here’s an example footnote citing something from the first 2 pages of the book The Military Revolution:  Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800 by Geoffrey Parker.[2]

Basically, the format is:

·         Author’s name—first, then last

·         Title

·         Place of publication, publisher, publication date, all in parenthesis

·         The page number of the citation

Do I have to type out all that information every time I cite that source?

No.  You only type out a full citation for each source once.  If I were to cite that same book again, let’s say this time something from page 20, I would just have to type this (the author’s last name and the page number).[3]  If you use more than one book by the same author, then give the author’s last name and part of the title, followed by the page numbers, in order not to confuse your readers.

What’s the format for a magazine or journal?

It looks like this.[4]  Basically, it’s the author’s name, the title of the article, the title of the magazine or journal, the volume and issue numbers, the year, and the page number(s)

What about an internet source?

Here it is.[5]  Again, you need an author (if there is one), a title, the url, the date the website was last updated (if there is one--if there isn't then put n.d. for "no date") and the date you last accessed it.

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[1] The footnote itself is at the bottom of the page, like this (that’s why it’s called a footnote).  The footnote here at the bottom of the page corresponds with the number of the footnote in the text.  Make sense?

[2] Geoffrey Parker, The Military Revolution:  Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800 (Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press, 1988), 1-2.

[3] Parker, 20.

[4] James Burke, “The New Model Army and the Problems of Siege Warfare, 1648-51” Irish Historical Studies, vol. 27, issue 105 (1990), 8.

[5] Code of Hammurabi, L.W. King, translator.  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/hamcode.html , n.d., last accessed November 26, 2012.

Week 13: November 11-15

Ancient World 4th Period

Monday:  Concluding the Persian War

• Homework (due Tuesday):  Read pages 103-104 (stop at "The Culture of Classical Greece") and write a response to the following:
• how did the Greek world change after the Persian War?  What led to conflict between Athens and Sparta?

Tuesday:  The Peloponnesian War

• Homework (due Wednesday): read pages 104-111 (stop at "The Rise of Macedonia")  and write a response to the following:
• identify the areas of Greek cultural achievement.  Of these, which do you consider to be the most significant, and why?

Wednesday:  Greek Culture

• Homework (due Thursday):  read pages 112-118 (stop at "Culture in the Hellenistic World") and write a response to the following:
• What enabled Alexander of Macedon to accomplish what he did?  Do you consider him "great?"  Why or why not?

Thursday:  Alexander the Great

• Homework (due Friday):  Read pages 118-122 and write a response to the following:
• how did culture in the Hellenistic world differ from culture in the Hellenic (Greek) world?  What aspects remained similar?
• Optional rough drafts due Friday

Friday:  The World Alexander Created

• Homework (due Monday): work on your papers; review chapter 4 and all related material for the upcoming test--TEST DATE:  MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18

Ancient World 7th Period

Monday:  Concluding the Persian War

• Homework (due Wednesday):  Read pages 103-104 (stop at "The Culture of Classical Greece") and write a response to the following:
• how did the Greek world change after the Persian War?  What led to conflict between Athens and Sparta?

Wednesday:  The Peloponnesian War

• Homework (due Thursday): 
• read pages 104-111 (stop at "The Rise of Macedonia")  and write a response to the following:
• identify the areas of Greek cultural achievement.  Of these, which do you consider to be the most significant, and why?

• read pages 112-118 (stop at "Culture in the Hellenistic World") and write a response to the following:
• What enabled Alexander of Macedon to accomplish what he did?  Do you consider him "great?"  Why or why not?

Thursday:  Greek Culture and Alexander the Great

• Homework (due Friday):  Read pages 118-122 and write a response to the following:
• how did culture in the Hellenistic world differ from culture in the Hellenic (Greek) world?  What aspects remained similar?
• Optional rough drafts due Friday

Friday:  The World Alexander Created

• Homework (due Monday): work on your papers; STUDY chapter 4 and all related material for the upcoming test--TEST DATE:  MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18

Military History, 5th Period

Monday:  Alexander vs. Hannibal

Tuesday:  The Roman Civil Wars and Julius Caesar

Wednesday:  The Army of the Pax Romana

Friday:  The Later Roman Empire

• Homework:  study for the test on the Peloponnesian War Alexander the Great and Rome; TEST DATE:  TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH.

Modern World History, 6th Period

Monday:  Test

• Homework (due Wednesday):  read pages 557 (begin with "Reaction and Revolution")-562 (stop at "Nationalism in the Balkans") and write a response to the following:
• How did the French Revolution continue to influence Europe during the first half of the 19th century?

Wednesday:  The Fallout of the French Revolution

• Homework (due Thursday):  read pages 562-563 and write a response to the following:
• what were the major causes of the Crimean War?  How did it differ from the wars of the Napoleonic era?

Thursday:  The Crimean War

• Homework (due Friday): read pages 564-566 (stop at "Nationalism and Reform") and write a response to the following:
• what methods did both Italy and Germany use to achieve unification in the second half of the 19th century?
• Optional rough draft due Friday

Friday:  The Unification of Italy and Germany 

• Homework (due Monday):  read pages 566-571 (stop at "International Rivalries and the Winds of War") and write a response to the following:
• How would you describe Europe as a whole in the later 19th century based on this reading?  What were the major differences between the various European powers during this time?

Modern World History Chapter 18--The Revolutions--Test Review

Test date:  Monday, November 11

Format:

• 15 multiple choice questions, each worth 3 points (45 points)
• Two essay questions (choose ONE), 55 points

 Material you are responsible for:

• The major characteristics and developments of the Scientific Revolution, including:
• Major scientists, their fields of study, and their discoveries/contributions
• Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, Boyle, Vesalius, Des Cartes, Francis Bacon, Sir Isaac Newton

• The major characteristics of the Enlightenment, including
• The connection to the Scientific Revolution
• The individual philosophes and their ideas
• John Locke
• Voltaire
• Rousseau
• Montesquieu
• Adam Smith
• The different forms the Enlightenment took (for example, the Enlightenment in Russia, Austria, and Prussia)

• The causes and consequences of the American Revolution and its relationship to the Enlightenment
• The 7 Years/French and Indian War
• Salutory Neglect
• British taxation policies and colonial response
• The Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party
• The Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Declaration of Indpendence
• American strategy against the British
• The Constitutional Convention of 1787 and the importance of the new Constitution

• The causes, characteristics, and consequences of the French Revolution and Napoleonic era including
• The influence of the Enlightenment and the Philosophes
• The social dynamics of Paris vs. the countryside of France
• The polices of King Louis XVI and the conflict between the nobility and the monarchy over taxation
• Chronology of events beginning with the calling of the Estates General in May of 1789 through the end of the Directory in 1799
• Reasons for increasing radicalism and changes of government during the French Revolution (including the different forms of government that France went through from the Monarchy to Napoleon)
• The significance of the Jacobins, Robespierre, and the Reign of Terror
• The relationship between Napoleon and the French Revolution
• A comparison of the French Revolution and the American Revolution and an understanding of the “Revolutionary Paradigm” (the pendulum metaphor)

Primary Documents on the Web--Internet History Sourcebooks Project

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/

Good hunting.

Week 12: November 4-8

Ancient World 4th Period

Monday-Friday:  Your only homework this week is to work on your research papers.  Use this time well.

In class we will cover the Persian War.  Much of this material is not found in your textbook, so attention in class is that much more important.

Ancient World 7th Period

Monday-Friday:  Your only homework this week is to work on your research papers.  Use this time well.

In class we will cover the Persian War.  Much of this material is not found in your textbook, so attention in class is that much more important.

Military History, 5th Period

Monday:  The Roman Soldier, continued, and the First Punic War

Tuesday:  The Second Punic War

Wednesday:  The Second Punic War, continued

Friday:  Assessing Hannibal

Modern World History, 6th Period

Monday:  The Early French Revolution, con't

• Homework (due Wednesday):  read pages 528-532 (stop at "Equality and Slavery:  Revolution in Haiti") and write a response to the following:  what caused the French Revolution to become increasingly more radical as it went on?  What lesson is to be learned from this series of events?

Wednesday:  The Reign of Terror

• Homework (due Thursday):  read pages 533-537 and write a response to the following:  does Napoleon's rise to power over France represent the success or failure of the French Revolution?  Explain your view.

Thursday:  The Rise of Napoleon

• Homework (due Friday):  Work on your research papers and review chapter 18 for the upcoming test.

Friday:  The Fall of Napoleon

• Homework (due Monday):  study for the test on Chapter 18.  Test Date:  Monday, November 11