Homework for October 12-16

**I updated our syllabus to show us beginning Where the Mountain Meets the Moon next week.

 1. Read chapters 13 and 14 from The Story of the World.

2. Answer the following questions:

Chapter 13

The Sun King of France

1. Who was Louis XIV's father?
2. How old was Louis XIV when he became the king of France?
3. When the French called their king a "visible divinity," what did they mean?
4. What did the king's minister, Cardinal Mazarin, continually remind him of?
5. When Cardinal Mazarin died, what surprising announcement did the young king make?
6. What did Louis choose as his emblem to represent his power?
7. What was the name of the enormous palace that Louis ordered to be built?
8. List two details about the palace of Versailles.
9. Why did Luis XIV bring his noblemen to Versailles?
10. How did Louis XIV treat the noblemen who joined his court at Versailles?
11. List one of the catastrophes that Louis faced, late in his life.
12. What problems did Louis XIV leave behind him?

Chapter 14

The Rise of Prussia

1. In the years after the Thirty Years' War, how many little states was Germany divided into
2. Did Germans think of themselves as "citizens of Germany"?
3. Which two German states did Prince Frederick rule?
4. Brandenburg lay inside the borders of which empire?
5. Was Prussia inside the Holy Roman Empire as well?
6. What did Frederick start to call himself?
7. Did he have permission from the Holy Roman Emperor to call himself king?
8. What did Frederick start to call his whole kingdom--both Brandenburg and Prussia?
9. Until this time, what two things had most Europeans given their loyalty to?
10. What did Frederick want his people to be loyal to?
11. What was "the first Reich"?
12. Can you name some things that Frederick did to make his people think of themselves as citizens of one country?
13. What did Frederick's son, Frederick William I, do to strengthen this Prussian kingdom?
14. What did Frederick's grandson, Frederick the Great, do to make the Prussian kingdom stronger?
15. What modern country had its beginnings in the Prussian kingdom?

3. Choose two German fairy tales to read. Fill in the Plot diagram for one Character Change for another.

*If you would rather use a movie or another story, that's fine.

At the table we:

1. Discussed this week's chapters in SotW and filled out the map of France during the Sun King's reign (Louis XIV 1638- 1715) and Prussia during the reign of Frederick I (1657- 1713). McLean prepared her notebook for the questions she will answer on these two chapters.

2. We discussed literary elements: plot, setting, character, theme, etc.

We specifically discussed different aspects of characters and characterization: protagonist, antagonist, round and flat, dynamic and static, physical appearance, actions/speech/behavior and interactions with others. We read "The Frog Prince" from The Classic Grimm's Fairytales and discussed the direct and indirect characterization of the princess.

3. We finished "Paddle-to-the-Sea!" We talked about how unique a setting-driven story is (most are character and/or plot driven) and McLean wrote a response to the last part of the book:

At the end of "Paddle-to-the-Sea," it shows the journey that Paddle took and how long it took. This made me think about how the story didn't rely on characters, it relied on the setting. How does the story mostly focus on the setting but still keep our interest? Maybe it is the poetry or the pictures with their vivid colors.

4. I took McLean's journal to look over this week, so she doesn't have a journal entry in this week's HW.