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Your answer depends on what you consider to be a good measure of either success of
failure.
Why was the Black Death so terrifying? Review the My History Lab resources about the
Black Death and compare what happened in the mid14th century to the 1918 influenza
epidemic, or compare the real historical experience with the novel or film Andromeda
Strain, Stephen Kings novel The Stand, or the movie Outbreak.
1. Download the Reformation Timeline & Journal Worksheet, available on the student
website.
2. Analyze the Reformation by filling in information on two different parts of the
worksheet:
PART #1: Complete the time line, identifying seven events in history during the
Reformation:
Identify where the event occurred on the specified date in bullet-point format
Describe the event and its significance for each date identified on the time line in 1-2 full
sentences.
Follow the example of Martin Luthers 95 Thesis as a guide
Respond to the two questions after the timeline in 3-4 sentences of at least 75-100 words
each.
PART #2: Create journal entries about the Black Death from different points of view:
Imagine you live in the time of the plague and you request several people to add their
personal perspective to your journal. In each case, the questions are: Why is the Black
Death so terrifying? How has the plague affected you?
Choose two perspectives and create two 100- to 200-word journal entries based upon
those perspectives. Be imaginative, but base your entry on facts. Your choices for the five
perspectives include the following:
1. A person living in a city experiencing the plague
2. A young Martin Luther
3. Erasmus
A visitor traveling from village to village
A physician or health-care person trying to treat plague victims
Answer the following question after and separate from the two journal entries in one 75100 word paragraph: Was the Black Death the impetus for the Reformation? Why?
How did other countries compete with Spain for access to the New World and the East?
Were Francis Drake and John Hawkins pirates?
reference archives provided through the Phoenix Online Library. You are allowed to use
actual books instead of web-based articles for any of the sources.
Write and present a summary of how this weeks readings and activities have affected
your thought process regarding any aspect of understanding history in general or the
Middle Ages in specific.
There were many religious splinter groups formed in the wake of the 17 th century English
Civil War. Which of them seemed to be the most outrageous, in your opinion?
Remember this is a religion-based question, so we are likely to encounter strong opinions
here. I dont ask you to agree with anyone, per se, but I do expect you to keep an open
mind
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper analyzing the effects of the religious wars.
Divide your individual paper into at least five sectionsan introduction w/thesis, three
body sections, and a conclusion. Include answers to the following questions:
What were the social and cultural issues escalating the wars of religion?
How did the religious conflict influence the roles of women in the West?
What were the political issues associated with the wars of religion?
What was considered the number one social problem of the 17th century? Why?
Divide the matrix into sections to make sure each team member has enough work to do.
Fill In the blank boxes for England and France on the right according to your analysis of
why the various events on the left happened.
Complete a 1-2 page paper (250-300 words, 3 paragraphs) describing why the English
and French monarchies adopted different ruling models using the information from the
matrix. Additional research may be conducted if necessary.
Write and present a summary of how this weeks readings and activities have affected
your thought process regarding any aspect of understanding history in general or the
Middle Ages in specific.
Review the map of the British Empire. How did England become Britain? Which
countries were the superpowers of the 18th century? What was at stake?
Fill In the THREE blank boxes for each of the five scientists and the FOUR blank boxes
for each of the six philosophers in bullet-point format.
Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation that answers the following
questions:
Who were the great powers of Europe in the 18th century?
How and why did the balance of power shift in Europe during the 18th Century?
How did colonial possessions in the New World and Asia affect the balance of power?
Choose one major power, either Britain or France, and address the following:
Address the who, what, when, where, and why of the colonial expansion for this major
power
What conflicts arose because of colonization? Why?
What were the significant outcomes of the conflict?
Divide the presentation into sections to make sure each team member has enough work.
Explain why you chose each image and/or line of text in the speaker notes. As you will
not be presenting your final PowerPoint to the class, the speakers notes are crucial to
helping your reader understand your rational for including the information that you put
on your slides.
Write and present a summary of how this weeks readings and activities have affected
your thought process regarding any aspect of understanding history in general or the
Middle Ages in specific.