Monday, December 17, 2012

survey

1.) the projects and activities that helped me learn the most was the comic strips, and the timelines, but only when we do it on our own, I like when we work alone. The comic strips are easy to learn from because it is my interpretation of how everything happened.

2.) your extremely long lectures did not help at all, because to me it just sounds like constant droning in another language after a while. you could try to make our learning experiences interesting.

3.) i learned about the industrial revolution and i understood, a lot about that because it was interesting and easy to learn about. I think that that was my favorite subject.

4.) i like the paper quizzes better, i don't like the excel quizzes at all.

5.) i don't really know what i like about this class, to be honest its not exactly my favorite class this year. but i suppose i liked how you gave us timelines.

6.) you can improve on your lecturing and you could try moving the people that bug the class, like marcus and zach, because they kind of bug. so yes thats all.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

what i learned about the french revolution

what i learned about the french revolution was that there was a committee of 12 people who helped France if there was ever a war, i also learned that they got rid of all social classes. and i also learned about two new people,

Monday, October 15, 2012

why did louis XVI call the estates general? what was the result

Louis XVI called the estates general because, in 1788 France tottered on the verge of bankruptcy, so a baffled Louis XIV summoned the estates general to meet as Versailles the following year

Monday, October 8, 2012

terms that i know

stamp act: the stamp act was taxes
George Washington: was a military leader
Thomas Jefferson: author of declaration of independence
James Madison: wrote the constitution
popular sovereignty: government that can exist only with the consent of the governed

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

compare and contrast the teachings of Hobbs and Locke

Hobbes                                                                                                          Locke 

-seventeenth century English thinkers                                                  -   seventeenth century English thinkers

-lived through the upheavals of the English civil war          -lived through the upheavals of the English civil war








                                                             Differences   
         
                           - Hobbes believed in powerful government

                           - Locke advocates natural rights

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

warm up for Lauren and Lizzie

peter the great- used his power to put Russia to become a great modern power

westernization- the adaptation of western ideas technology and culture

autocratic- he ruled with unlimited authority

st. petersburg- new capitol city that peter founded

Catherine the great- was a monarch and ruled because peter didn't have an heir

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Hapsburg empire, Charles v, Philip II, absolute monarch, divine right.




Hapsburg empire- included the holy roman empire and the Netherlands
Charles V - was the ruler of the Hapsburg empire
Phillip II - expanded Spanish influence, and and strengthened catholic church, and made his own power absolute.
Absolute monarch- a ruler with complete authority over the gov. and the lives of the people.
divine right- the rule came directly from god