Chapter 16 & 17 Reading and Outline, Quiz, and Test Schedule

We are going to do something rather different with this new unit. I am going to combine chapters 16 and 17 into one unit. The newest edition of our text does this and I though it makes more sense as it is covering absolutism and constitutionalism. Our edition of the text divides this between Western and Eastern Europe.

In our shared Drive folder, I have placed a new reading resource for these two chapters. Please refer to it for the page numbers and reading schedule you will find below. (It is practically the same as our text but only combines the two chapters in a different order.) 

Also note, we will take three weeks on this unit instead of two.

Friday, 4 October - Read and Outline p. 478-486
Monday, 7 October - Read and Outline p. 486-494
Friday, 11 October - Read and Outline p. 494-506
  - Reading quiz over the first half of the chapter(s)

Monday, 14 October - Read and Outline p. 506-end

Wednesday, 16 October - Ch. 15/16 MCQ
Thursday, 17 October* - Ch. 15/16 FRQ

*This is the end of the first quarter

Monday Madness

Team Euro,

Two things for tomorrow:

We are in the process of building a DBQ. We have started the process (thesis and POVs). Now we are going create more of the skeleton. Therefore, for the Reformation DBQ we have been working on:
 - Build your thesis into an opening paragraph
 - Write an opening sentence for each body paragraph
     - Remember each opening sentence should have your category you will be arguing for as well as a connection to any preceding body paragraph
 - Create a concluding paragraph

Tonight you need to continue your studying for tomorrow's first real in-class FRQ. Yes! You can do this!

Juan de Pareja

This evening I have received two emails asking about the significance of Juan de Pareja.
As I think this is a good question, I want to address it here.
This was my short reply:

In some ways Juan de Pareja qua Juan de Pareja is unimportant for our purposes. However, what he symbolizes is important; de Pareja (as a talented individual) epitomizes the possibility of social mobility (especially in a hierarchical Spanish society) when social mobility was rare and decidedly new.

Weekend Reminder

Team Euro,
This weekend:
 - Finish your outline and study packet for Global Exploration
 - Study for Monday's MCQ
 - Any ideas you want to share with me regarding your royal blood would be welcome
     - Today's game: Romanovs (7), Bourbon (4), Medici (3), Habsburgs (3), Tudors (2)

FRQs and DBQs

When submitting any future FRQs and DBQs, if you are submitting digitally, please submit them only as Google Docs and not as PDFs. Thanks!

Reformation DBQ

To the left you will see a resource "Reformation DBQ" (it is also found on Drive).
Please read the DBQ and then write a thesis for the DBQ. Also list your categories and the documents that fit under each (see below for a visual).

Ch. 15 Study Packet for Global Exploration is on Drive!