Week 15: December 2-6

Ancient World 4th Period

Monday:  Alexander the Great, Continued

• Homework (due Tuesday):  Work on your research papers

Tuesday:  Alexander the Great, Continued

• Homework (due Wednesday): Work on your research papers

Wednesday:  The Hellenistic World

• Homework (due Thursday):  read pages 125-128 (stop at "The Roman Conquest of the Mediterranean) and write a response to the following:  what were the parts of the Roman government during the Republic and how was it different from any other government we've studied so far?

Thursday:  Beginning the Roman Republic

• Homework (due Friday):  Complete your research paper

Friday:  The Army of the Roman Republic

• Homework (due Monday): read pages 128-132 (stop at "The Roman Empire at It's Height") and write a response to the following:  based on your reading, what were the major causes of the collapse of the Roman Republic?  What lessons can we learn from this?

Ancient World 7th Period

Monday:  Alexander the Great, Continued

• Homework (due Wednesday):  Work on your research papers

Wednesday:  Alexander the Great, Continued

• Homework (due Wednesday):  read pages 125-128 (stop at "The Roman Conquest of the Mediterranean) and write a response to the following:  what were the parts of the Roman government during the Republic and how was it different from any other government we've studied so far?

Thursday:  The Hellenistic World and the Beginnings of the Roman Republic

• Homework (due Friday):  Complete your research paper

Friday:  The Army of the Roman Republic

• Homework (due Monday): read pages 128-132 (stop at "The Roman Empire at It's Height") and write a response to the following:  based on your reading, what were the major causes of the collapse of the Roman Republic?  What lessons can we learn from this?

Military History, 5th Period

Monday:  The Pax Romana

Tuesday:  The Later Roman Empire

Wednesday:  The Collapse of the Roman Empire

Friday:  The Barbarians and the Byzantines

• Homework (due Monday):  complete your shield

Modern World History, 6th Period

Monday:  Europe in the Later 19th Century

• Homework (due Wednesday):  read pages 542-545 (stop at "The Spread of Industrialization") and write a response to the following:
• Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Great Britain (give multiple reasons and explanations based on the reading)?

Wednesday:  The Industrial Revolution

• Homework (due Thursday):  read pages 545-552 and write a response to the following:
• how did life change for people during the early Industrial Revolution?  How did life get better?  How did it get worse?

Thursday:  The Impact of the Industrial Revolution 

• Homework (due Friday): Complete your research paper.

Friday:  The Industrial Revolution, continued.

• Homework (due Monday):  read pages 553-557 (stop at "Reaction and Revolution") and write a response to the following:
• What is Marxism and what was it's relationship with the Industrial Revolution?