Printing Press (1-30-15)

We continued our preparation for this quarter's project, an essay addressing the following question:

Which reform or discovery has had a more profound (important) impact on humanity (culture/society as a whole?
-Martin Luther's Revolt ( I think we've covered this pretty well thus far)
-Printing Press (addressed in the video we watched today)
-Scientific Method (addressed a little bit in yesterday's reading)
-Heliocentric Theory (also addressed a little bit in yesterday's reading)

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Protestantism Map, Science, & WIL 3.2 (1-29-15)

You picked up a map handout with some Essay Advice on the back side.  Use the map in this blog entry to label and color your outline map (click on it to make it bigger - and ZOOM in if necessary).

But we started class by creating & sharing a WIL 3.2 Document, then reading pages 540, 541, and 545 of the textbook.  We'll look at Ptolemy, Copernicus, Galileo, and Bacon (Scientific Method) in class tomorrow.

ALL of these things will be mined for your essay this quarter.  The essay is the Q3 project, which will require at least TWO ROUGH DRAFTS.

WIL 3.2 Being Wrong
How do you react when people tell you that you are wrong?  How do you go about telling others that they are wrong?  What if you're BOTH right and/or wrong?  Try to connect this with the topic being studied:  Protestant Reformation

Protestant Reformation Vid (1-28-15)

You picked up a handout with questions related to a video I showed in class.  Yes, it is dry, but I like the slow pace with relevant images presented.  We also read through the Diet of Worms handout from yesterday.

Luther's Revolt (1-27-15)

You read pages 412-415 of the textbook before we read through "Luther's Address to German Nobility" and looked at the Diet of Worms (which we'll go over in class tomorrow)

Course Registration & Utopia(1-26-15)

We went through your course options for next year, including electives.  We then read through the Thomas More's Utopia handout.

Rebirth

Go to the Renaissance Folder on the Shared Google Drive. Navigate through World 05.1 Renaissance and open "World 5.1.4 Lorenzo de Medici" which we will read as a class - read the questions and answer them in your notes.  Then read through "World 5.1.3 Perfect Courtier" and do the same.

Castles, Military laws, WIL 2.6 (1-8-15)

You picked up a Study Guide for the semester Final Exam.

You presented your castles today (well, those of you who actually did one).  We then read through the "Laws Governing Military Households" from the Tokugawa Japan packet.

WIL 2.6 Mo' Money
You have a (legal) opportunity to make more money than your fellow workers, but it involves a degree of deception (lying - hiding the truth).  Do you do it?  Explain your reasoning.  What is the "cost" of making your decision?

Japan - Tokugawa (1-6-15)

You picked up a packet (Tokugawa Japan) that we started in class today. We read through the first page (both sides) as a class - you completed the questions on your own).