Here is what we will be working on in January for World History:
UPDATE (1/7/2015):
STUDY OF MEDIEVAL SIEGE WEAPONS
I. GOVERNMENTS FLIPBOOK
List of governments: DEMOCRACY, MONARCHY, AUTOCRACY, OLIGARCHY, DICTATORSHIP, ANARCHY, COMMUNIST, REPUBLIC
Definition of each government and a symbol of each-
II. WORLD HISTORY EVENTS CHART
Dates |
Event |
Summary |
Who |
534 |
Justinian's Code |
decided legal questions that regulated
whole areas of Byzantine life |
Justinian |
610 |
Islam is founded |
|
Mohammad |
732 |
Battle of Tours |
Charles Martel defeated the Muslims |
Charles Martel |
751-987 |
Carolingian Renaissance |
Reign of Frankish rulers |
Pepin |
1000 |
Vikings Discover New World |
|
Leif Ericsson |
1066 |
Battle of Hastings |
Battle fought between the Normans and Saxons- Normans won |
William the Conqueror |
1099 |
First Crusade |
Holy War fought to gain control of the
Holy land |
Pope Urban II |
1215 |
Magna Carta |
The Great Charter- the most celebrated
document in English History, which guaranteed certain basic political rights |
John |
1453 |
100 Years War |
|
Edward III |
1347 |
Black Plague |
Disease which killed one-third of
Europe, left purple and black spots on skin |
Europe |
1414 |
The Great Schism |
A division in the medieval
Roman Catholic Church, during which rival popes were established in Avignon
and in Rome |
Pope Urban IV and Clement
VII |
III. European Renaissance Vocabulary Chapter 17 (Patterns of Interaction), Chapter 11 page 158 (Brown Book) Click on picture for close-up view
IV. MAP OF EUROPE 1500
V. FLIPBOOK OF NOTED ARTISTS, PHILOSOPHERS, AUTHORS OF THE RENAISSANCE
NAME |
DATE LIVED |
FROM |
OCCUPATION |
FAMOUS FOR: |
Leonardo da Vinci |
1452-1519 |
Italy |
sculptor,inventor,painter |
Mona Lisa, Last Supper |
Michelangelo |
1475-1564 |
Italy |
Florentine artist |
David, Moses, the Pieta,
Sistine Chapel ceiling |
Niccolo Machiavelli |
1469-1527 |
Italy |
courtier
and politician in Florence |
Wrote book The Prince |
Galileo
Galelei |
1564-1642 |
Italy |
Italian scientist |
studies of motion |
Johann Gutenberg |
1395-1468 |
Germany |
inventor |
printing press |
Masaccio |
1401-1428 |
Poland |
artist |
rules of perspective in
art |
Bruelleschi |
1377-1446 |
Italy |
architect |
dome that created an immense interior space |
Petrach |
1304-1374 |
Italy |
Italian scholar |
collected and studied
ancient texts |
William Shakespeare |
1564-1616 |
England |
English
writer and playwright |
Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Macbeth, and Romeo and
Juliet |