The Spanish-American War

Complete the last half of chapter 15 on the Spanish-American War.  Also, complete the outline of Student Page 60.

With a parent's help, choose a newspaper article to bring to class for a project we will work on during class time this Friday.  It can be about any event, as long as you are able to grasp an understanding of it.  We will discuss media bias (taking sides) within presentations of news stories.  We will be completing a writing projecct based on the article; you will enjoy it more if you understand the article or find it interesting.

Answer the following review questions about The Sino-Japanese War.

1) Why was Korea known as the Hermit Country?
2) What did Min want Korea to do?
3) Who began the Tonghak Rebellion?
4) Who won the Sino-Japanese War?
5) What was the "Scramble for China"?
6) Who assassinated Queen Min and why?
7) Fifteen years later, what happened?

Paper

Choose a favorite lesson from history so far this year and write a three-paragraph paper about it.  Explain why it is that you like the particular event or person.

Ethiopia and Italy

Complete the last half of chapter 14.  As you read, complete the outline on student page 56.  Then, follow the instructions on handout page 60 to complete the map of student page 58.

Abdulhamid the Red

His name sounds threatening at least!  Read about Abdulhamid the Red in the second half of chapter thirteen. Complete the outline for this section on student page 51.

Ireland's Troubles

Answer the following:

1) When Henry VIII became a Protestant, what happened to most of Ireland?
2) List three ways in which Catholics were treated badly.
3) What did the British government do in 1801?
4) Tell what year the potato disaster began to spread across Ireland?
5)What two Englishmen attempted to help Ireland and explain how.

View these real life photographs from Ireland in the 19th century.


_________1800s Thatched Roof Cottage in Ireland_______________________

Use the map instructions on handout page 50 to complete the map on student page 50.

Chapter 11 Activities

"Represent the Congo" - Imagine you are an African tribal leader from the Congo basin, and you have been invited to speak before the Parliament of Belgium.  Write your speech to explain how the expansion of Europeans has affected your tribe.  Explain what your life was like before the Europeans came and what it is like now.  Have things changed for the better or the worse?  (Try to be thorough in your thoughts befoe writing so as to think of many possibities.)  Explain what you would like Parliament to do.  Seek to be persuasive.  You will want to represent your tribe well.

WANTED: Ned Kelly - Make a poster which offers a reward for Ned Kelly.  Include a picture, details for the public about his crimes for which he is being accused, and list a reward for his capture.

The War of the Pacific and The Suez Canal

Complete reading chapter 10 about the Suez Canal.  Complete the outline for this section on Student Page 41.

Then, using the instructions for "maps" on page handout page 42, complete the maps on Student Pages 42 and 43.

The Dutch and the British & the Russians and the Turks

Complete Student Pages 38, 39, and 40 according to the instructions.  The map work instructions are listed on the back of the copy of student page 38.

Modernization: US and Japan

Read pages 83 through 90 in your text.  As you read, complete the following map details on student pages 35 and 36:

(page 35) - Label the town in Utah where the two railroads met.
                - Label the town at the end of the rail line on the Union Pacific end.
                - Draw the path of the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad on                 your map.
(page 36) - Label Japan.
                - Label the Pacific Ocean.
                - Label Tokyo.
                - Label the Sea of Japan.

Answer the following questions:

1) How long did a railroad journey across the whole US take?
2) Before railroads, how did people set their clocks?
3) Explain what Sir Sandford Fleming did and why in a solid paragraph.
4) What part of the lightbulb did Thomas Edison have trouble with?
5) After the bulb, what did Edison and his helpers need to develop?
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1) When Tokugawa became shogun, what two things did he try to do?
2) When Tokugawa resigned, who took the throne of Japan?
3) What two groups of Japanese fought a civil war and who won?
4) List the three things the noblemen, who really ran the country at this point, did to help Japan become more "western."
5) What did giving up their swords mean to the samurai?
6) When did Japan get its new constitution and after what other country's was is modeled?
7) What three parts did the Japanese government have?
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