World History II Semester Review

Link to Class Review PowerPoint for First Semester Exam




Essay Topics (questions based on College Board materials):

I. Describe and explain continuities and changes in religious beliefs and practices in
ONE of the following regions from 1450 to the present.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Latin America/Caribbean

II. Compare the emergence of ONE nation-states in nineteenth-century Latin America with the
emergence of ONE nation-states in Europe during the nineteenth century.

III. Within the period from 1450 to 1800 compare the process of nation  building in the Spanish empire (e.g. political, social, economic) with the process of nation building in ONE of the following:
-the Ottoman empire
-the Russian empire

IV. Compare and contrast the roles of women in TWO of the following areas between 1700 and 1900: East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Western Europe

The Second Industrial Revolution: Changing Landscapes, Changing Lives

You can view the class presentation here. You can also access the Chapter 22 Historiopardy Review for the Second Industrial Revolution by clicking here. Finally, check out "BubbaBrain" here to help you review.  (Search for high school, then sophomores, then World History.)

First Quarter World History II Self-Evaluation Survery

Please click here to access the "World History II Self-Evaluation Survey" for the first quarter.  Be sure to complete your self-evaluation, which accounts for 5% of your first quarter course grade no later than Friday, October 29 at 11:59PM CST. Please email vicklauren@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Chapter 20 Historiopardy Review on the Early Industrial Revolution

Click here to view the Chapter 20 Historiopardy Review on the Early Industrial Revolution.  Please be sure to also check out you classmates' slides in the PPT presentation below (see next post).

Industrial Revolution: Changing Lives & Landscapes

Inventions that Improve(d) Our World

As we study Chapter 20 and the Industrial Revolution, we may ask, if, in the end, the ultimate effects and changes brought by the era were more positive or negative in nature.  Does change mean progress?  What is the difference between growth and development?  How were different peoples effected?  And, today, how does industrialization mark our world?

First, check out a collection of articles, 4 photo galleries, and 21 short video clips from The History Channel, here.

Then pick a recent invention (or re-invention, such as the case of William Kamkwamba's inspirational windmill which brought electricity, reggae music, and hope to his Malawi village, story here).



You may find it helpful to get said ideas from TED Talks.  You can watch 700 of them here.  Here's Kamkwamba's second talk at Oxford in July 2009:



Write an essay making the case for one new (or old) idea/invention that you consider to be among the most significant ideas/inventions in history.  Your idea/invention may have positively or negatively impacted history (or both!).  In your essay, explain your choice and its impact.  Please be sure to use the writing rubric and attach a copy of it to your typed essay due in Friday's first period class.  Be persuasive, thoughtful, and original. :D

French Revolution & Napoleon

Chapter 19 Historiopardy! Review

How Much Freedom? Hobbes, Locke, & Voltaire in September 2010

*Do you tend to agree with Thomas Hobbes (chaotic nature) or John Locke (humans are naturally good)? Do people need to be "tamed" and "civilized?" Or, do people need to be protected from the corruptions of society? What would Hobbes and Locke have to say about the events in the Fox News clip below? What do you have to say?

*What do you think Voltaire would say? Should there be limits on free speech? Other freedoms? How can we establish concrete boundaries (if boundaries should even exist)?

*What do you think about the following quote in light of the video clip below?
"I may despise what you have to say, but I will defend to death your right to say it."

Chapter 17: Absolutism

Click on the YUDU logo or browse the library below to access the Chapter 17 PowerPoint Review as well as your classmates' presentations on Absolutism and the monarchs of the 1500-1700's. You'll find additional links & resources below.

Guide for Monarch PowerPoint Presentations

Explore Louis XIV's Chateau de Versailles

Writing Rubric for CISS Humanities & Social Science Courses

World History II First Quarter Calendar

World History II Syllabus, Grade 10, CISS, 2010-2011