For the Week of September 28 through October 2 Read Story of the World chapters 9 and 10. Answer the following questions: Chapter 9 The Thirty Years War 1. What did Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, do with his empire?           2. When Ferdinand died, he left his lands to his son Maximilian, and then they went to Maximilian’s son Mathias. To                     whom did Matthias leave the lands to? 3. What did Ferdinand II do that made many German princes angry? 4. How did the Protestants in the part of Germany called Bohemia react? 5. What did the Protestant people of Prague do to two of Ferdinand’s officials? 6. Ferdinand II was king of Germany, but he wanted another title as well. What was it? 7. Who had to elect the Holy Roman Emperor? 8. What two countries sent soldiers to help Ferdinand defeat the Protestant rebellion? 9. Ferdinand defeated th...

  Today at the School Room Table We went over the questions for chapters 7 and 8. We talked about King James and his "campaign" against tobacco. We talked through a slideshow of First Ladies and their causes. McLean chose a cause (as if she were a First Lady): Children and their mental health, especially in conjunction with the school system. King James wrote an essay to get his message out; McLean chose to create online and in-person clubs to work on this issue. Surveys would also help to know what to change. The online part of her cause might include some kind of chat app, teaching coping mechanisms for anxiety, offering counseling. Big events could bring these students together. This would touch on suicides, addictions, and bad habits. Symbol-- semicolon--McLean should spend some time this weekend thinking about the symbol and motto that her movement for mental health awareness would use. We discussed the first half of Part 2 of Wonder Struck .  We went over the Direct Obj...

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 1. Read SOTW ch.7-8. Answer the following questions: Chapter 7 Tobacco--And Unwilling Colonists Were the English able to find gold or jewels in Virginia? What did John Rolfe plant in Virginia? What did the young men of England think about smoking? What did King James think about smoking? What did the people of England think about the new type of tobacco? Name three of the activities that made growing tobacco such hard work. At first whom did the tobacco farmers hire to work in their fields? What did the indentured servants get in exchange for six years' work? Whom did the Jamestown colonists start using to work on their farms in 1619? Who brought the slaves to the New World? What do we call the slave trade that went from Africa to Central America, to Europe, and back to Africa again? Queen Nzinga of Angola Besides the Dutch, what other European nation had been taking slaves from the west coast of Africa? Who was Nzinga? Why were the Portuguese friendly to the African kings who li...

  Homework 9/11-9/14 1. Finish reading chapters 4-6 in  The Story of the World . 2. Answer the following questions:      Chapter 4   The French in the New World     1. What was the Northwest Passage that many explorers searched for?     2. Whom did Henry IV hire to find the Northwest Passage for France?     3. Name two things that Champlain saw in the beautiful new land of Canada.     4. What did Champlain convince Henry IV to do?     5. What saved the men at St. Croix?     Henry Hudson's Quest     1. To which country did Hudson want to find a route?     2. Where did Hudson go? Did he succeed?     3. Did Hudson's second attempt succeed? Where did he sail this time?     4. Why was the Furious Overfall dangerous?     5. What did they men eat when they were cold and hungry?     6. What name was given to the large body of water Hudso...

 Homework 9/7-9/11 1. Read chapters 4-6 in The Story of the World . 2. Answer the following questions:     Chapter 4     The French in the New World     1. What was the Northwest Passage that many explorers searched for?     2. Whom did Henry IV hire to find the Northwest Passage for France?     3. Name two things that Champlain saw in the beautiful new land of Canada.     4. What did Champlain convince Henry IV to do?     5.  What saved the men at St. Croix?     Henry Hudson's Quest     1. To which country did Hudson want to find a route?     2. Where did Hudson go? Did he succeed?     3. Did Hudson's second attempt succeed? Where did he sail this time?     4. Why was the Furious Overfall dangerous?     5. What did they men eat when they were cold and hungry?     6. What name was given to the large body of water Hudson discovered? ...

 Homework 9/4-9/7 1. Finish reading chapter 3 in The Story of the World . Answer the questions:   Chapter 3 James and His Enemies           1. James was taught that a king had to listen to his people, but what did James come to believe instead?         2. What was the name of the terrible sickness plaguing London when James went to his coronation?         3. How did James make the English Catholics angry?         4. Did James agree with what the Puritans wanted?         5. For what accomplishment is James most famous? King James' Town         1. On which continent did James search for gold?         2. What three ships set off for North America?         3. At first, how did the Englishmen spend most of their time? Why did this frustrate John Smith?  ...