Russia Reading
Please read the selection below and the answer the question. Please submit your answer to lwaddell@tempeunion.org.
The Plight of the Peasant in Russia
Why was Russia suffering an agrarian crisis?
02/9/21
Category Archives: Assignments
02/9/21
Japan Reading
Complete the reading on Japan, answer the questions and send your responses to lwaddell@tempeunion.org
01/29/21
Latin America Project
Directions: Provide the following information for the figures you have been assigned: A) dates lived, B) 3-4 bullet points of biography, C) explanation of 3-4 major accomplishments or works, and D) analysis of how he/she relates to the themes of Latin American Consolidation. Be sure to include a visual of the person or place.
1. Toussaint L’Overture
2. Father Hidalgo
3. Augustin de Iturbide
4. Simon Bolivar
5. Gran Colombia
6. Jose de San Martin
7. August Comte
8. Andres Santa Cruz
9. Dom Pedro I
10. Joao VI
11. Juan Manuel de Rosas
12. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
13. Benito Juarez
14. Maximillian von Habsburg
15. Domingo Sarmiento
16. Porfirio Diaz
01/25/21
Imperialism Readings
In the attachment you will find twelve documents. Complete the source worksheet for THREE of the documents in the attachment. This is assignment is due at the end of the class period in which it was assigned.
01/19/21
Imperialism Project
Here is an Imperialism Project. Be sure to follow all the directions. You may work with one other person. This project is due at the beginning of the next class period in which it was assigned.
01/15/21
Industrial Revolution Readings
Click on the link below and read 19.1, 19.4, and 19.6. Answer the questions at the end of each reading. Please submit your answers to Schoology.
19.1-Sybil
- What was the factory system?
- How and why did it originate?
- What was it intended to do?
19.4-A Defense of the Factory System
- How does Andrew Ure defend the Factory System?
- What specific points does he address?
- Are his arguments persuasive? Why or why not?
19.6-Luddism: An Assault on Technology
- What does the author postulate as having been the origins of Luddism?
- What is the author’s position, and what arguments does he bring out, pro-and-con, concerning the Luddites?
- Does the author view the Luddites as criminals or victims? Explain.
01/5/21
Revolution Readings
Here are readings from the English, American, and French Revolutions. Summarize each reading and create a chart of similarities and differences between the three revolutions.
English Bill of Rights
Declaration of the Rights of Citizens and Man
Declaration of Independence
Letter From Jamaica
12/4/20
Islamic Empire Readings
For each of the following readings, answer the questions found at the end of each reading. The answers will be due at the start of the next class period.
12.3-Women in Ottoman Society: Oigier de Busbecq
12.4-The Ottomans: Empire-builders at the Crossroads of Three Continents
12.6-Shah Abbas the Great: The Resurgence of the Persian Empire
Documents in World History
To use the documents, click on the one you want on the table of contents page.
11/23/20
Peter the Great Reading
Here is a reading on Peter the Great. Answer the four questions at the end of the reading and submit to schoology. Responses are due at the start of the next class period.
11/13/20
Africa and Atlantic Slave Trade Readings
Here are three readings for Chapter 20. Please answer the questions that go with each reading. This assignment will be due at the beginning of the next class period.
Appeal to the King of Portugal
What exactly is the complaint of the King of Kongo? What seems to be the impact of Portuguese traders (factors) in the Congo? What does King Affonso want the King of Portugal to do?
Slave Trader
What were the ways Bosman received slaves? Which method does he prefer? What are the comparisons of Dutch ships and those of other Europeans?
Enslaved Captive
How was slavery in Africa different from slavery in America? What were the worst aspects of the Atlantic slave trades according to the author? Why does Equiano address his audience as “nominal Christians”?