Sunday, February 1, 2009

Weekly Schedule February 2 – February 6

1st Year Social Studies

Monday:
Assignment Due: Revolutionary War – South Regained
Topic: Revolutionary War - A Harvest of Victory: American victory, results and impact of the Revolutionary War, Lord Cornwallis, George Washington, American military leaders
Assignment: Worksheet & Quiz

Tuesday:
Assignment Due: Revolutionary War - A Harvest of Victory
Topic: An American Nation Begins - 1789-1792: This program examines some of the practices of government in the United States during the period 1789-1792 by focusing on the extension, restriction, and reorganization of American political democracy. The program also looks at technological change and how it affected American industrialization, divisions between North and South, and relations with foreign powers.
Assignment: Worksheet & Quiz

Wednesday:
Assignment Due: An American Nation Begins - 1789-1792
Topic: America in a Changing World 1793-1799: This program examines some of the practices of government in the United States during the period 1793-1799. The program looks at developing American industrialization, expansion of slavery, and the growth of regional divisions between the North and South. Relations with foreign powers are also examined.
Assignment: Worksheet

Thursday:
Assignment Due: America in a Changing World 1793-1799
Topic: Almost Painless Guide to the US Constitution: This entertaining video takes us step by step through the document that forms the basis of the United States government. Students will learn about the ideals of American Constitutional government, the theory of "We, the people," and the concepts laid out in the Preamble. Also shown is how the Constitution empowers the government to fulfill its responsibilities, while at the same time limiting and sharing those powers.
Assignment: Worksheet & Quiz

2nd Year Social Studies

Monday:
Assignment Due: All About the Renaissance, Part 1
Topic: All about the Renaissance, Part 2 - This program focuses on the later developments of the Renaissance. This program presents the impact of the enormous changes that took place in science, invention, architecture, exploration and religious reform during this pivotal era of world history.
Assignment: Worksheet & Quiz

Tuesday:
Assignment Due: All about the Renaissance, Part 2
Topic: Protestant Reformation: Viewers will learn about Martin Luther, a brilliant, highly emotional priest and scholar who, in 1517, posted his now-famous Ninety-Five Theses on a church door in Wittenberg, Germany. Luther's theses started the Protestant Reformation, a chain of events that would changes forever the character of Western European civilization. This program, filmed on location in Europe, provides students with a clear understanding of the causes of the Protestant Reformation and the social and political changes that resulted from it.
Assignment: Worksheet

Wednesday:
Assignment Due: Protestant Reformation
Topic: Age of Discovery - 1400-1550: "The Age of Discovery" focuses on one of the most exciting eras of history: the period from 1400 to 1550. Using colorful historic artwork, animated maps, and beautiful live-action re-creation video, students learn about trade with the Far East in the fifteenth century and how restrictions on that trade helped bring about the Age of Discovery. The immediate and long-term effects of European colonization are also presented.
Assignment: Worksheet & Quiz

Thursday:
Assignment Due: Age of Discovery - 1400-1550
Topic: All about the Enlightenment - The Age of Reason: This valuable program examines the amazing historical era known as the Enlightenment or “Age of Reason." It examines the key contributions of Isaac Newton, the French philosophers, Denis Diderot, and Carolus Linnaeus in helping to shape brand-new way of seeing and relating to the world
Assignment: Worksheet

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