Rise of European States (Honors) – 0708a

9/18 – Hand out Candide (partial time at end of last unit)

* Check out the books. Discuss very quickly how the book work will go. – 10 minutes

* Materials – Candide

9/19 – Mercantilism and early World Trade (55 minute day)

* Start the Mercantilism trading game. – whole period

* Materials – Mercantilism trading game

9/20 – Mercantilism and early World Trade

* Start the Mercantilism trading game. – 70 minutes

* Assign for the next day (detailed answers):

1. What commodities changed value over time and why did they do so?

2. How did the Mercantile/pre-free-trade economic system work?

3. How did the world economy change after the rise of free trade?

4. What sorts of human behavior did you observe? What does this tell you about human nature?

* Hand out the Candide question sets. Quickly discuss the book and assign question set A as due on Monday. – remaining time

* Materials – Mercantilism trading game; Candide question sets

9/21 – Early and Current World Trade

* Collect the homework and discuss the Mercantilism trading game. – 30 minutes

* Read the WSJ Journal Article "World Economy in Flux As America Downshifts." Students should take notes on another sheet of paper about what the article is saying. They should also find three key quotes the article and write them down properly. Once they are done, pick five students to type their quotes onto the computer for overhead projection. Discuss the article. Look at the quotes and show them how it is done properly. Make a proper citation of the whole article for a works cited page. – 40 minutes

* Have them take out the Candide question sets and their books. Quickly discuss the book and assign question set A as due on Monday. Show them how to do basic parenthetical notation and demand that they provide quotes or evidence for each answer. Note, this comes out of the lesson immediately preceeding. – 15 minutes

* Materials – WSJ Journal Article "World Economy in Flux As America Downshifts"; Candide question sets

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9/23 – Rise and Fall of Spain plus Candide set "A"

* Collect and discuss Candide question set "A." Assign question set "B" for Wednesday. – 30 minutes

* Lecture: “The Rise and Fall of Spain” – 30 minutes

* ?????? – 20 minutes

* Materials –

9/24 – The Era of Absolutism, Precocious English Political/Legal Developments

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* Read pp. 390 to 397 "The Era of Absolutism" and do the worksheet. – 55 minutes

* Hand out the “Rise of Europe and the Enlightenment Reading Compilation.” Have the students read “1066 and all that” out loud in rounds. Discuss as we go along. Person next after reader explains previous paragraph. Go over the “Doomsday Book” excerpt and discuss the political implications of such a book. – remaining time

* Materials – "The Era of Absolutism" worksheet; “Rise of Europe and the Enlightenment Reading Compilation”

9/25 – The Rise of France and English Development of Rights

* Presentation from counselor about the PSAT. – 15 minutes

* Lecture: “The Rise of France” – 30 minutes

* 5 minute preview of the importance of the Magna Carta. Do more paragraph-by-paragraph reading. Same drill as day before. When done, do the intro of the English Bill of Rights. – 40 minutes (Hard deadline)

Qs:

1. Do these sound like loyal subject of King John? Explain.

2. What was the general purpose of this document?

3. Who are these rights designed for?

* Have the students break into pairs. Read the "English Bill of Rights" and the US Bill or rights. They should turn in a pair assignment comparing the two. What rights are included in both? For each matched right, list the # of the bill it is in in each. – remaining time

* Materials – “Rise of Europe and the Enlightenment Reading Compilation,” US Bill of Rights

9/26 – The Enlightenment, Candide set "B"

* Collect question set "B" and discuss. Assign set "C" for Monday. – 25 minutes

* Everything before ran long, so clean-up.

* Quick-write: What makes an American an American? What is the national character of American-ness? – remaining time

* Materials – Worksheet for “The Enlightenment”

9/27 – The Rise of England, Candide set "C"

* Collect question set "C" and discuss. Assign set "D" for Friday. – 25 minutes

* Lecture: “Rise of England” – 35 minutes

* Set up and explain the Mercantilism trading game, but don't play it. - 20 minutes

* Materials – Mercantilism trading game

9/30 – Economic Transformation in Food Production

* Read pp. 457-463 “The Enlightenment” section from the book. Hand them the worksheet after about 15 minutes. – 55 minutes

* Materials – Worksheet for “The Enlightenment”

10/1 – A Modest Proposal

* Collect the homework and discuss the Mercantilism trading game. – 20 minutes

* Lecture: “Economic Transformation in Food Production” – 35 minutes

* Read Jonathon Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” aloud to the students. Take no questions and allow no discussion other that the purely factual. Have the tough words written up on the board already so they don’t have to worry so much about the vocabulary. Put the students into groups of three. Hand out the question strip. Do the Qs as a group. – 30 minutes

* Report out answers by groups and discuss. – remaining time

* Materials – "A Modest Proposal" and question set

10/2 – Unit Test, Candide set "D"

* Collect question set "D" and discuss. Assign set "E" for Monday. – 25 minutes

* Test for Rise of European Nations – 40 minutes

* Materials – Unit Test

10/3 – Candide Wrap-up and Essay Preparation

* Collect question set "E" and discuss. Assign the essay for next Tuesday (3/20). Go over how to cite quotes and specific details. – 35 minutes

* Materials – Candide essay sheet, "Citations and Works Cited " sheet