G,G, &St Project: Each class will divide into groups of two or three. Each group must complete a triptic illustrating the major themes of the video(book) Gun, Germs, and Steel. Students will give me there group member's names and the assignments "cut off" day is Monday March 30 . Today is March 30, I need the name of group members. Guns, Germs and Steel Why did history unfold differently on different continents? Why has one culture—namely that of Western Europe—dominated the development of the modern world? In his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Guns, Germs and Steel, scientist Jared Diamond argues that the answer is geography. The physical locations where different cultures have taken root, he claims, have directly affected the ability of those societies to develop key institutions, like agriculture and animal domestication, or to acquire important traits, like immunity to disease. Knowledge and new technology spread east and west much easier than north and south. The reason is easy to understand if one understands geography. Climate, temperature, seasons, and habitat all depend strongly on latitude. Above 85 degrees north, you don't have tropical rainforest, you have Arctic ice fields. Certainly plants and animals tend to be adapted to particular habitats and climates. The same is also true of people. The practices of the farming societies in the Fertile Crescent are easily transferred west [to Europe]. What is the link between agriculture and war? Farming makes possible the development of technology, including military technology. Wars are not something new invented by those nasty Europeans. Everyone about whom we have enough knowledge has been involved with wars. Groups of people are competing with neighbor groups, and any group that develops some advantage is likely to be able to fight off, conquer, drive out, or exterminate their rivals. Throughout human history there's been this reward for developing more potent technology, including military technology. Germs: In dense living conditions, germs and viruses from domestic animals can cross the species barrier and give rise to human epidemic diseases. Through natural selection, genetic immunity developed in Eurasian societies long before Europeans colonized other continents. When European explorers started arriving in the Americas, Australia and Polynesia, native peoples were killed off in large numbers by introduced diseases. Similarly, tropical diseases like malaria were an impediment to the European colonization of tropical regions. | | State Standard: SSWH9 The student will analyze change and continuity in the Renaissance and Reformation. Today's topic: The Renaissance The Renaissance began with the emergence of a secular urban society in the wealthy city-states of Italy. Milan, Venice, and Florence were particularly prosperous trading centers. Italy's riches prompted France to invade. Spain came to Italy's defense, leading to war and Spanish domination. It was in this context that the writer Machiavelli developed his famous thesis on political power. Most people in Europe were peasants, but serfdom continued to decrease. Nobles held considerable power. In the towns and cities, there were clear divisions between the classes, ranging from the wealthy and influential patricians to the burghers to the miserably poor. During this period, Johannes Gutenberg produced the first printed book, a Bible. The Protestant Reformation Changes in intellectual thought set the stage for the Protestant Reformation. Christian humanists such as Erasmus were critical of Church corruption and said the Church had become involved in politics rather than matters of the spirit. The widespread selling of indulgences prompted a monk and professor in Germany named Martin Luther to issue his famous Ninety-Five Theses criticizing Church abuses. Luther also rejected some Catholic doctrines. Luther's movement sparked a religious revolution. Many German states became key allies for Luther as he broke with the Catholic Church and established a new religion which became known as Lutheranism. The emperor of the Holy Roman Empire was ultimately forced by the Peace of Augsburg to let German states choose between Catholicism and Lutheranism. Review Questions: Copy, Answer and Share in class
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Homework for the week of 3/2- 3/6 is still up, another mercy.
You're welcome!!! Attention Parents!!!! Many students are failing to complete their online homework assignments. This will have a negative effect on their grades. The class project has be assigned and even if the student was to receive a passing score they could still fail because of failure to complete homework. Please log on to your child's Usatestprep account and please make sure their assignments are done. Thank you, Mr. Holcey
Watch video below then complete the guided notes on Crash course History #17 and bring to class complete and correct on the next meeting.
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