For the Week of October 5 through 9

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 1. Read chapters 11 and 12 of Story of the World.

2. Answer the following questions: 

Aurangzeb's Three Decisions

  1. How many years did Aurangzeb rule?
  2. Many of India's people followed the Hindu religion. Which religion did Aurangzeb follow?
  3. Other Moghul emperors had been Muslims. How had they behaved towards their Hindu subjects?
  4. What kind of law did Aurangzeb try to apply to all of his subjects?
  5. How did Aurangzeb treat the Hindus in his country? Give at least two examples.
  6. What part of India did Aurangzeb spend so much time trying to conquer?
  7. What is the name of the southern part of India?
  8. What was the Deccan like?
  9. Who helped the kingdoms of the Deccan fight against Aurangzeb?
  10. What is the name for the bands of soldiers who fight in sneak attacks rather than an organized army?
  11. While Auragzeb was fighting in the Deccan, what was going on in the rest of his empire?
  12. Who built a new city and factory in Bengal, on the eastern coast of India?
  13. What was the name o the new city that the English built?
  14. How did Aurangzeb feel about his reign at the end of his life?
Charles Loses His Head
  1. Who inherited the throne of England after James I?
  2. What was the name of the French Catholic princess who became King Charles' wife?
  3. How did most English Protestants feel about Catholics?
  4. Why did Charles cancel his big coronation parade?
  5. Name one or two of the things that went wrong during Charles' coronation.
  6. Charles and Parliament had different ideas about who should make the laws in England. What did Charles think? What did Parliament think?
  7. Why did King Charles dismiss Parliament?
  8. What did Puritans do during Charles' rule?
  9. Why did Charles have to call Parliament back into session after eleven years?
  10. What do we call this parliament, which went on meeting for eight years?
  11. About what did the members of the Long Parliament start bickering among themselves?
  12. Why did Charles bring five hundred soldiers to Parliament one day?
  13. How did the people of England react to the news that Charles would use the English army against other Englishmen?
  14. During the civil war, what were the nicknames given to the two sides?
  15. Whom did the Roundheads find to lead their New Model Army?
  16. What happened tat the battle of Marston Moor?
  17. After the war between Cavaliers and Roundheads was won, whom did Oliver Cromwell drive out of Parliament?
  18. After this, Parliament only had sixty members left.
  19. Charles was put on trial for treason. At the end of the trial what did the court decide to do to him?
  20. How was Charles executed?
  21. What year did Charles' execution happen?
3. Grammar: (we will do this together on Friday)
  1. Write a sentence with a Direct Object (use a transitive verb like give, take, follow, etc).
  2. Write a sentence with a predicate nominative (use a linking verb like is/seems/feels and make sure the word after the linking verb is a noun renaming the subject.)
  3. Write a sentence with a predicate adjective (use a linking verb like is/seems/feels and make sure the word after the linking verb is an adjective describing the subject.)
  4. Write a compound sentence (two independent clauses linked with a comma-FANBOYS)
  5. Write a complex sentence (one independent clause and one dependent clause--the dependent clause should begin with a subordinate conjunction)

4. Reading project: Make sure you have finished Wonderstruck. Create a model of your property that is partly like the model of NYC Rose made and partly a Bonkei Garden. Make a model of your house with boxes/paper, make a model of the property around your house with moss for grass, twigs for trees, rocks, clay figures, etc. Make sure to make paths with stones. Your garden and house should sit on a tray or plate and be relaxing to look at.

5. Journal: What is the most peaceful place you can think of? The most peaceful thing to thing about? What calms you? How do you find calm in the midst of anxiety?

On our Zoom call today I intend to:
1. Go over the Story of the World chapter questions from chapters 9 and 10.
2. Do the map work for chapters 11 and 12.
3. Discuss the end of Wonderstruck and have McLean write a reading response to the book.
4. Discuss the model of NYC, her thoughts of it, and her project.
5. Go over IO/Dos and PA/PNs. Explain Grammar HW




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