Trading the Enlightenment

Do you have Galileo's rookie card? How about the card of John Locke the year he won the MVP for philosophy? 

During the Renaissance, Europe awoke to new economic and artistic ideas (or rediscovered the classics in some cases). In the Enlightenment, Europe applies these new ideas and discoveries to the fields of science and government. As we saw looking at the greats of the Absolute Monarchs, governments were centered around a few very powerful people. But has people started to become more wealthy, thanks to new technologies and economics - yeah economics! - they wanted more power and say in the governments that they lived under.
During the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment, there were some major steps forward in how peopled viewed the world around them and how they viewed the role of government. These ideas came from a lot of places, but we will focus on the following (the household names). 

Nicolaus Copernicus

Galileo Galilei

Francis Bacon

Rene Descartes

Thomas Hobbes

John Locke

Baron de Montesquieu

Voltaire

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Here is what my challenge to you is ... create 'baseball' or 'trading cards' for all 9 of the scientist/philosophers. You will work in small groups to assist in the research phase but EACH student is responsible for creating 9 'baseball' cards on their OWN! Again, each of you will create your OWN cards for ALL of the scientist/philosophers.

In groups of 3, you will break-up the scientist/philosophers to research and then report back to your group members. Using this information you will create a 'baseball' card for each scientist/philosopher - 9 in total. Here is the directions and rubric for creating the baseball cards.

To aide you in your research, for each scientist/philosopher I will post two links. One of background information on their findings, beliefs, influence. And one of a primary source (something written by them), so that you can see for yourself (and use quotes) their ideas and influence. 

Nicolaus Copernicus

Background   Primary Source

Galileo Galilei

Background   Primary Source

Francis Bacon

Background   Primary Source

Rene Descartes

Background   Primary Source

Thomas Hobbes

Background   Primary Source

John Locke

Background   Primary Source

Baron de Montesquieu

Background   Primary Source

Voltaire

Background   Primary Source

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Background   Primary Source

Your baseball cards will be due on Friday February 6th at the end of class - so work hard!

Lifestyles of the Rich and Powerful: Absolute Monarchs

The Absolute Monarchs of Europe were some of the most powerful and rich figures in European history. The had centralized power within their government structures, for some they were the state. This reminds me of the great 1980s/90s TV show - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. A show in which the host - Robin Leach, would travel the world showing the audience the wealth and power of the privileged.


For this unit I challenge you to make a Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous video over an absolute monarch.

In your video you will include ...
1. The time period of your monarch
2. The country/territory your monarch ruled
3. Examples of your monarchs wealth and power
       - how did they 'show off' their wealth?
       - how did they make sure everybody knew they were in charge?
4. Bonus: Cameos from other absolute monarchs

Your video can be done in several ways - I have legos, you can make puppets, you can act out your parts. Think outside the box! You must have a 'host' - a Robin Leach-like character (bring on the over the top accents!), you must have a monarch (the video is about them), and you must have a director (somebody in charge of the direction and vision of the video, also keeps the project on time).

In addition to your video, we will have a quiz over the absolute monarchs on Monday 2/2. To gather information on the different monarchs, other than your own, you may interview other groups through out the week, gather information from other group videos on Friday (we will watch all the projects in class on Friday).

Gunpowder Empires: Time for Some Kahoot

On Friday, due to short classes (it's an early release day) we will have a little fun, a challenge of shorts - we will Kahoot the Gunpowder Empires!
Here are the topics that are fair game for the Kahoot Challenge, use the two videos from the previous post to gather information on these topics. And like always, I'm not looking for the simple - look deeper, find connections!
Also, your question percentage will be used as the basis for a grade (as well as having prizes form finishing in the top 5).

Mughal Empire
delhi sultanate
Taj Mahal
Akbar I
Zamindars
Taxes
ibadat khana
Aurangzeb
The role of religion and toleration in rule of Mughal Empires
Downfall of Mughal Empire

Ottoman Empire
Concessions
How does the Ottoman Empire strengthen Europe?
Sultan
janissaries
Suliman the Magnificent

Anything within these videos is fair game! Take notes, they could be useful come Friday - both grade wise (remember I'm going to look at question percentages) and I have prizes!

Gunpowder: THe Building of an Empire

For our next unit you will be working on writing a DBQ over the Ottoman, Savadid, Mughal Empires. To do this, building some background knowledge is important, and for this we turn to our dear friend - John Green and Crash Course World History. The video below cover how trade helped build the wealth of the Ottoman Empire, and how working with the Renaissance city of Venice, the Ottoman build an empire not just with guns but economics!




And now for some background information on the Mughal Empire of India.



Remember on Wednesday, in class, we will cover the documents! You need to have read all 8 documents, and be able to tell me ...
1. Is the document pertaining to the rise (or building) of an empire?
2. Is the document pertaining to the fall (or decline) of an empire?
3. Which empire is the document referencing?
4. How can you prove this?

Renaissance and Reformation: Europe Moving Forward

Europe Awakens! Well not really.
The Middle Ages, sometimes called the Dark Ages, have the misconception of being a period of little development - but we know this to be false.

The Renaissance, from 1350 AD to 1600 AD (rough estimates), was a progression of ideas, a rediscovery of classical thoughts and ideas. Europe developed new ideas, technologies, philosophies, economies, and governments. But in a lot of ways European society didn't change much - depends on social class.
The Renaissance was a time period - not a singular event.

Those guys pictured - the great artists of the Renaissance - were not even contemporaries!





So what are we going to do for this time period, for this shift in ideas, thoughts, this rediscovery?
I think it's time for a friendly competition. A quiz bowl.

You will still have a reading quiz (Ch. 12) on Friday 1/9/2015
But between now and Monday 1/12/2015, we will prep, study, and compete.

Here are the things that are fair game (these are the things you NEED to know, understand, be able to connect not just simply define) ...

People
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Machiavelli
- Cosimo de' Medici
- Baldassare Castiglione
- Johannes Gutenberg
- Dante
- Petrarch
- Raphael (School of Athens, painting)
- Martin Luther
- Charles V (Holy Roman Empire)
- Ulrich Zwingli
- John Calvin
- Henry VIII

Places
- Milan
- Florence
- Wittenberg

Terms
- urban society
- mercenary
- fresco
- humanism
- Christian humanism
- indulgence
- annul

Events
- Edict of Worms
- Council of Trent

Again simple definition will not be helpful, know who these people/places/terms/events are but you need to also consider...
      - how are they related?
      - what did they believe?
      - how did they change society/beliefs?
      - how did society change them?
      - were their ideas new/different?
      - what was the result of the event?