N3M - HOME WORK
To Tuesday 8/9: You have two different tasks to next week: Your first home work is to fill in the class document about what you want to study more in detail, what kind of study methods you want to use, how much homework you should have, and how you want to be evaluated. Try to also fill in some criterias for grading. Your second home work is to fill in the chronological timeline. Put all 28 periods, events and people on the timeline...
To Thursday 10/9: Bring your books!!! ...and answer the following questions;
  • Define the expression "Civilization".
  • When did the first civilizations start according to historians?
  • Where did the first civilizations start according to historians?
  • Why did the first civilizations start according to historians?
To Tuesday 15/9: Bring your books!!! ...and answer the following questions (again);
  • Define the expression "Civilization".
  • When did the first civilizations start according to historians?
  • Where did the first civilizations start according to historians?
  • Why did the first civilizations start according to historians?
Make sure you know the different criteria for human "Civilization". Finally make some "moral judgment" - Was the establishment of the first civilizations something good?
To Thursday 17/9: You don't really have any homework but I want you to read through the first real assignment "MODULE 1 - EARLY HISTORY" so you understand it - we will start the work on Thursday!!!
To Tuesday 22/9 – Thursday 24/9 – Tuesday 29/9: Work on your written assignment - "MODULE 1 - EARLY HISTORY". Remember that the written presentation has to be with me latest Thursday in class 1/10 (week 40)! If you can’t come to class - send it by e-mail to: macgregorishistory@gmail.com I will look at the time and date and make sure it has arrived before the deadline 11.20 – Thursday 1/10 2009 (this is the time this class ends).
To Thursday 1/10: Your written assignment should be ready! If you for some reason can't come to class make sure that you send it by email to macgregorishistory@gmail.com and make sure it has arrived before the deadline 11.20 (this is the time this class ends).
To Tuesday 6/10: No homework!
To Thursday 8/10: Read pages 378-379. Make sure you know "some things" about Sir Issac Newton!
To Tuesday 13/10: Read the rest of the Chapter and start to answer the questions and identifications...
To Thursday 15/10: No homework - just continue to work with the questions and the identifications...
To Tuesday 20/10: Make sure you finish your "Written Assignment" (if you want to improve your grade)...
To Thursday 22/10: No homework - just continue to work with the questions and the identifications...
To Tuesday 3/11: No homework - just continue to work with the questions and the identifications...
To Thursday 5/11: Continue to work with the questions and the identifications...
To Tuesday 10/11: Continue to work with the questions and the identifications...
To Thursday 12/11: Prepare for the test!!!
To Tuesday 17/11: Test!
To Thursday 19/11: No homework!
To Tuesday 24/11: Your homework is to answer all the questions (1-9). Make sure you make two identical papers with the answers to these questions. One you will keep - the other one I want at the beginning of thiss lesson next week (Tuesday 24/11).
To Thursday 26/11: Since I made a mistake you have to Thursday lesson to answer the questions about the Vienna Conference. Please mail the answers to me!!!
To Tuesday 1/12: At this lesson you should choose which countries/parts of the world you want to work with the two coming weeks;
  1. Italy/Germany
  2. Industrial Revolution/Great Britain
  3. Russia/USA
  4. Ottoman Empire/India
  5. China/Japan
  6. Latin America/Africa
To Thursday 3/12: Start to work on your presentations...Here is a link to the MODULE!
To Tuesday 8/12: Continue to work on your presentations...Here is a link to the MODULE!
To Thursday 10/12: Continue to work on your presentations...Here is a link to the MODULE!
To Tuesday 15/12: Make sure your presentations are ready. They need to be either sent to me the evening before the first presentations or you need to have on a memory stick with you to class. Here is a link to the MODULE!
To Thursday 17/12: No homework - we will continue the presentations.
To Thursday 7/1: No homework - we will continue the presentations.
To Tuesday 12/1: Make sure you can answer the questions from the lesson as well a summarize the situation in Europe according to the notes on the whiteboard (connected to the documentary).
You that have your presentations left - prepare and send it to me latest Monday afternoon or bring it on a memory stick to class!
To Thursday 14/1: Your homework to the next class is to please read the summaries on page 570-71 and the text on pages 572-575 (up to "The powder keg exploded")
To Thursday 21/1: Your homework to the next class is to read "Imperialism threatened peace" and "Europe split into two armed camps" - pages 559-564. Read through the two sections:
  • Make bullet points about the different conflicts between countries; which countries, what the problem was and how it was solved.
  • Then make bullet points about the development of the "Triple Alliance" and the "Triple Entente". I will go through these parts with your help next time...
To Thursday 28/1: Your homework to the next class is to read "Some conditions favored peace " and "Strong forces led to war " - pages 564-571
To Friday 29/1: Briefly just browse through the paper you received about "War on the Western Front"...
To Thursday 4/2: Read the paper you received about "War on the Western Front" and the rest of Chapter 26 about WWI in "Living World History" (pages: 575-589)
To Friday 5/2: No homework
To Thursday 11/2: Prepare for the "Role Play". Germany should not come to class until 11.00!!!
To Friday 12/2: No homework
To Thursday 25/2: No homework
To Thursday 11/3: Read Chapter 27 "The League of Nations and the Search for Peace" (pages 595-615)!
To Friday 12/3: No homework
To Thursday 18/3: Read Chapter 28 "The Rise of Communism in Russia". Since this lesson is one day before your in-class-essay you should also read the previous Chapters; 25 "Drifting Toward War", 26 "World War I" and 27 "The League of Nations and the Search for Peace"...
To Friday 19/3: Prepare for the in-class-essay by reading Chapter 25 "Drifting Toward War", Chapter 26 "World War I", Chapter 27 "The League of Nations and the Search for Peace" and Chapter 28 "The Rise of Communism in Russia".
To Thursday 25/3: No homework!
To Friday 26/3: You need to decide if you want to work with a "Written Assignment", a "Project", an "Oral Presentation" or if you want to have lectures + papers and then have a "Test" or an "In-Class-Essay"...
To Thursday 1/4: No homework!
To Thursday 15/4: Prepare the discussion questions for week 16!
To Thursday 22/4: Prepare the discussion questions for this lesson - everybody should be ready to discuss to this lesson!!!
To Friday 23/4: You that have not yet "performed" - prepare your discussion questions for this lesson!!!
To Thursday 29/4: No homework!
To Wednesday 5/5: No homework!