Thursday, October 29, 2009

Though we had a substitute, AP Euro continued as follows:

Continue to work on the questions that accompanied the play "In the Time of Tulips."

Students saw the slide show on 3 Aging Empires and the War of the Spanish Succession.

I have hand outs on both of these, so once students are well again they can study these individually.

Tuesday October 27th

There were a number of absent students today. We watched the film Newton's Dark Secrets, and then I lectured on John Locke and Thomas Hobbes. Please make sure that you read pages 650-653 which also covers the same material.

Students were given another question sheet on the play. It is very important that you understand the following:

• The role of the Dutch Republic in tipping the Balance of Power against Louis XIV.
• The reasons behind the conflict of Parliament and King in England, and the friction that resulted from the King trying to raise taxes and impose religious orthodoxy.
• The system of Mercantilism and the building of Versailles as a reaction to the Frondes of Louis XIV childhood

The absolutism Multiple choice quiz is due next class because of absences. There are a few questions on the War of Spanish Succession that I will go over in class. (That will be our next lecture).

Absolutism

On Friday Oct 23 we read the play in the time of Tulips and Turmoil

The open book absolutism test was handed out and will be due next Tuesday.

Sept. 18 2009--Renaissance and Reformation

Students have been handed out their first assignment on Machiavelli.

They will be studying the Northern and Southern Renaissance over the next two days.

We will be in the reformation by Wednesday, September 23rd when will begin watching the film ELIZABETH.

Major test on the 19th century

We are very busy getting through the 1800's this week. A major test will occur on Thursday. In the meanwhile, students are moving into Chapter 26 and World War I. We will have a test on that chapter next week, and the week after that there will be a test on the Age of Catastrophes. We need to set the goal to be done with Adolph Hitler by Spring Break.

Students will also have a major overview over Spring break--but it will mainly be textbook work.

The massive review chart is almost finished!

Scapa Flow and your temper....

In June of 1919, the Germans were angry about the punitive conditions of the treaty of Versailles.

Over 78 German warships were being held by the British at Scapa Flow, in the Orkney archipelego north of Scotland. Scapa Flow was a large protected Bay. Even the Vikings had used it as a mooring spot from storms over 1000 years ago.

The German fleet was ordered to be given to the British and the French as part of war reparations.
However, this was considered an affront to German honor. The admiral decided to sink the ships instead. The great scuttle of Scapa Flow began--

Over 50 ships were successfully scuttled.
However, there was loss of life--nine German sailors were shot in the act of scuttling. They are considered among the last casualties of World War I.

What was the cost to the Germans? For acting in spite, the price of the ships was calculated and added to the bill at the Treaty of Versailles--just as the cost of Waterloo was added to the French Bill at the Congress of Vienna in 1815-1816.

Uniting Italy and Germany

The next few weeks are incredibly busy as students move through the Crimean War, the Unification of Germany and Italy, the advance of 19th century imperialism and the expansion of industry and spread of European Culture.

Chapter 24 POA's will be due the end of next week--on Friday, February 27th. No Lates. You are doing Plan of Attacks on 3 and 4 and Making Connections 2. We will talk about an adaption on Making Connections 2. Please type your work.