For the Week of February 22: Read chapters 37 and 38 in SoTW . Answer the questions. Read No Summit Out of Sight chapters 19-21. Write in your Mindfulness Journal pages 42 and 44. Research for your five paragraph essay and WRITE YOUR THESIS STATEMENT. Chapter 37 The Zulu Kingdom What land was known to Europeans as “the dark continent?” Why do we know less about African history than about English? Whose permission did the two English traders need before they could build and trading post? What was the name of the trading post that the Englishmen built? What did the two English merchants learn about Shaka? Why did Nandi and her son, Shaka, move away from Nandi’s family? In his new kingdom of Mtetwa, Shaka learned to be a good soldier. What job did the king of Mtetwa give to Shaka after Shaka’s father died? When Shaka seized control of his father’s kingdom, how did he change the weapons the army used? What are some of the other improvements that Shaka made to the...

 1. We discussed McLean's Mindfulness Journal from the week, pages 62 and 94. 2. We went over the chapter 35 and 36 questions from Story of the World . 3. We watched this short video about William Wilberforce. And this trailer for the movie "Amazing Grace" We also briefly studied both Wilberforce's  1789 Abolition Speech and Frederick Douglass's  “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?: An Address Delivered in Rochester, New York, on July 5, 1852” And then McLean wrote a response complex sentence: Although Wilberforce didn't support slavery, he fought to abolish slave trade not slavery at first. A response adjective clause sentence: Douglas, who escaped slavery, also fought to abolish slavery. And a response sentence with a participial phrase: Speaking to the people, Wilberforce communicated his humble opinion. 4. We talked about the next mounts in No Summit Out of Sight , checking out Jordan's routes and talking about his trials during his climbing e...

  For the Week of February 15: Read chapters 35 and 36 in SoTW . Answer the questions. Read No Summit Out of Sight chapters 16-18. Write in your Mindfulness Journal pages ___ and ____ (You choose) Questions: Chapter 35 The Cry of Dolores What part of America was “New Spain” in? What did the French philosopher Voltaire write about? What was Don Miguel’s job in the town of Dolores? What had Fray Estrada said that almost got Don Miguel into trouble wit the Roman Catholic Church? Were all men in New Spain treated equally? How had Don Miguel helped the Indians of Dolores? List at least two actions. What did the Spanish soldiers do to Don Miguel’s vineyard? What message were they sending him? What was Don Miguel’s speech, “The Cry of Dolores,” about? When Don Miguel became Captain-General Miguel Hidalgo of the New Spain Army, he led a mob towards Guanajuato. What did his mob do? When Hidalgo and his soldiers reached Mexico City, what did Hidalgo decide to do What hap...

 1. We went over the answers for the questions for chapters 31 and 32 of Story of the World . 2. McLean shared her sentences written about our Monday discussion of the industrial revolution. 3. We discussed Lewis and Clark with more depth and watched this short science video about their findings. 4. We talked about No Summit Out of Sight . Mount  Mount Elbrus

  Homework—Week of February 8 Read chapters 33-34 of The Story of the World. Answer the chapter questions. Mindfulness Journal pages 54 and 55. Read No Summit Out of Sight 13-15. Chapter 33 Napoleon’s Wars (and 1812 Too) What two countries did the British convince to join with them in defying Napoleon? Who won the battle between Napoleon and the Austrian and Russian armies? How did Alexander I stop Napoleon from continuing to attack Russia? How did Napoleon decide to defeat the British? He decided to starve them by cutting them off from European ports and not allowing any countries of Europe to trade in their ports.  Which European country defied Napoleon? What did Napoleon do with Alexander I of Russia changed his allegiance? What did he order the men to do to the countryside as they marched? What happened while Napoleon’s army waited in Moscow to hear from Alexander I, the czar? Napoleon finally ordered his army to march back towards France. What difficulties...

1. Read No Summit Out Of Sight , chapters 10-12. Be ready to talk about the next mountains on Friday. 2. Write in your mindfulness journal, page 26.  3. Write a complex sentence, a sentence with an adjective clause, and a sentence with a participial phrase about the Industrial Revolution. You could mention what Charles Dickens and William Wordsworth thought about it and the positives and negatives of the changes. 4.  Read The Story of the World Chapters 31-32. Answer the following questions. Chapter 31 The World of the Factories How did the different members in a weavers family help out with the family’s work in the days when people worked in their homes? Thirty years later, what had taken the place of the cottages and gardens? How did steam power help to make the production of cloth faster? Which was cheaper—factory-made cloth or hand-made cloth? Weavers who worked at home could no longer get people to buy their cloth. What new job were they forced to take? ...