Gileskirk

8/20/09

8-27-10     Lesson 1    Introduction to Modernity, p. 14
No assigned reading

9-3-10        Lesson 2    Study Skills, p. 15
Empire, Introduction.

9-7-10 *T*      Lesson 3    Pirates and Conquests, p. 18
Opportunity #1
Empire, pp. 1-24

9-10-10    Lesson 4    The Renaissance and the Enlightenment, p. 21
Empire, pp. 24-43

9-17-10    Lesson 5    Empires & Colonists, p. 27
Opportunity #2
More than Dates and Dead People, pp. ix-23

9-24-10    Lesson 6    Recovering Sanity: Scott and Austen, p. 31
More than Dates and Dead People, pp. 23-46

10-1-10    Lesson 7    Thomas Chalmers and the Regency, p. 35
Opportunity #3
More than Dates and Dead People, pp. 47-84

10-5-10 *T*    Lesson 8    Nationalism, p. 39
More than Dates and Dead People, pp. 85-121

10-8-10    Lesson 9     The Industrial Revolution, Part I, p. 45 Advertising Project Due!
Opportunity #4
Empire, pp. 45-69

10-15-10    Lesson 10    The Industrial Revolution, Part II, p. 53
Opportunity #5
Empire, pp. 69-92.

10-22-10 *T*    Lesson 11    The French Revolution, p. 54
Empire, pp. 93-110

10-26-10    Lesson 12    Fomenting Conspiracy and Terror, p. 58
Opportunity #6
Empire, pp. 110-136

10-29-10    Lesson 13    The Revolution of 1848, p. 62
Empire, pp. 137-159

11-5-10    Lesson 14    The Election of 2004, p. 66
Opportunity #7
Empire, pp. 159-184

11-12-10    Lesson 15     The Romantic Poets, p. 70
Empire, pp. 185-221.

11-16-10 *T*    Lesson 16    Victorianism, p. 72
Opportunity #8
Empire, pp. 221-244

11-19-10    Lesson 17    The Rebirth of Missions, p. 76
Empire, pp. 245-283

12-03-10    Lesson 18    The Rise of Scientism, p. 81      Investigative Report Due!
Opportunity #9
Empire, pp. 283-302

12-10-10     Lesson 19    Spurgeon and Revival, p. 87
Empire, pp. 283-302

12-14–10 *T*Mid-Term Exam

7th-8th History Sept. 6-10

8/10/09

Jacksonian Democracy
- Week 3

September 10, 2010


Day 1 - Read Abraham Lincoln’s World, 105-114; History of US, Book 4, pp. 99-102;  Remember the Alamo, ch. 1 & 2.

Day 2 – Read Abraham Lincoln’s World, pp. 115-126; History of US, Book 4, ch. 24, pp. 124-128; Remember the Alamo, ch. 3 & 4.

Day 3 -Read Abraham Lincoln’s World, pp. 127-134; History of US, Book 4, ch. 25, pp. 129-133; Remember the Alamo, ch. 5 & 6.

Day 4 -Read Abraham Lincoln’s World, pp. 135-146.

Recitation – “The Charge of the Light Brigade.”

This day in history – September 2, 1945 - Japan formally surrendered in ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri, ending the Second World War.

Monroe Doctrine; Missouri Compromise
-Week 2

Week of September 3, 2010

Day 1 - Read Abraham Lincoln’s World, pp. 61-75.

Day 2 – Read Abraham Lincoln’s World, pp. 76-83.

Day 3 -Read Abraham Lincoln’s World, pp. 84-95.

Day 4 -Read Abraham Lincoln’s World, pp. 96-105

Recitation – “The Charge of the Light Brigade.”

This week in history – August 27, 1894 - Congress passed the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which contained a provision for a graduated income tax.  The legislation was struck down by the US Supreme Court as unconstitutional.

“Those who are in rebellion against memory are the ones who wish to live without knowledge.”
-Richard Weaver (1910-1963)

The Rise of Napoleon
- Week 1

Week of August 27, 2010

Day 1 – Read  Abraham Lincoln’s World, pp. ix-14.

Day 2 – Read Abraham Lincoln’s World, pp. 15-31.

Day 3 – Read  Abraham Lincoln’s World, pp. 32-44.

Day 4 – Read Abraham Lincoln’s World, pp. 45-60.

RECITATION: “The Charge of the Light Brigade,”

This day in history – August 22, 1902 - President Theodore Roosevelt became the first US chief executive to ride in an automobile, in Hartford, Connecticut.