For the Week of February 8

 Homework—Week of February 8

1. Read chapters 33-34 of The Story of the World.
2. Answer the chapter questions.
3. Mindfulness Journal pages 54 and 55.
4. Read No Summit Out of Sight 13-15.

Chapter 33

Napoleon’s Wars (and 1812 Too)

1. What two countries did the British convince to join with them in defying Napoleon?
2. Who won the battle between Napoleon and the Austrian and Russian armies?
3. How did Alexander I stop Napoleon from continuing to attack Russia?
4. 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. 
5. Which European country defied Napoleon?
6. What did Napoleon do with Alexander I of Russia changed his allegiance?
7. What did he order the men to do to the countryside as they marched?
8. What happened while Napoleon’s army waited in Moscow to hear from Alexander I, the czar?
9. Napoleon finally ordered his army to march back towards France. What difficulties did they face? List at least two.
10. What had happened to most of his army when Napoleon returned from Russia?
11. At this time, the United States decide dto pick a fight with the British. Why?
12. Did Britain want to fight the United States/
13. How did Tecumseh take advantage of this situation?
14. What happened to Tecumseh?
15. What important city dit the British burn?
16. How did the War of 1812 end?
17. Whom did the French bring back to France to rule in Napoleon’s place?
18. Where was Napoleon sent after he finally admitted defeat?

Waterloo

1. What did Napoleon dod while he was living in Elba?
2. Why did the people of France fear Louis XVIII?
3. To whom did Napoleon write letters?
4. How did people welcome Napoleon as he and his men marched towards Paris?
5. What did the king’s top general do, when he was sent to stop Napoleon?
6. When Napoleon reached Paris, eh announce, “I have come to free the people of France from the slavery of the priests and nobles!” Had he actually freed the people either of the two previous times he had made this promise?
7. What did England, Austria, and Prussia do when they heard about Napoleon’s return?
8. Where did Napoleon’s army meet the English army?
9. Who was the commander of the English army?
10. Where did Napoleon plan on going, after his defeat?
11. Where did the British decide to send Napoleon after his “Hundred Days of Power” were over?
12. What are two things that Napoleon did while in exile on the island of St. Helena?
13. What is written on Napoleon’s tombstone? 

Chapter 34

Simon Bolivar, The Liberator

1. Where was Simon Bolivar born?
2. What was the difference between a creole and a peninsular?
3. What did Francisco de Miranda try to convince other creoles to do?
4. What did Simon Bolivar learn from his travels in Europe and from the books of the Enlightenment philosophers?
5. What did Napoleon Bonaparte do that provided Venezuela with the chance to be free?
6. What was one colony in South America that had already declared indolence?
7. What did the the creoles fighting for independence call their army?
8. What did Bolivar and the other patriots do to Miranda when they found him ready to flee the fight with the Spanish?
9. Where did Bolivar go when he was forced to flee Venezuela?
10. What title was given to Simon Bolivar?
11. How did the Spanish convince some of the creoles to fight against Bolivar?
12. Once Spain recovered control of Spain from Napoleon, and control fo Venezuela from the creoles, where did Bolivar flee to?

Freedom, But Not Unity

1. What plan did Bolivar include in his Letter from Jamaica?
2. Who did Bolivar want to run this one country?
3. Bolivar went to another colony and its leader for help. Who was glad to help him?
4. What was the name of another leader who wanted to help Bolivar take back Venezuela?
5. In what colony was San Martin born?
6. What was San Martin’s plan to drive the Spanish out of South America?
7. The roads to Lima, Peru, were well guarded. How did San Martin decide to get there?
8. To sail to Peru, San Martin had to reach the coast of South America. What did he do to get there?
9. How many states did Bolivar want to have in his new South American union? Name them.
10. Did Bolivar’s dream for a United South America come true?
11. San Martin thought he would convince his people he was a good leader by doing something bold. What was it?
12. Was he able to get the port?
13. What were two of the reasons South America was unable to unite?

Today at the school table we:

1. Did the map work for chapters 33 and 34 introducing and laying the foundation for these chapters. 

2. Talked a bit more about the War of 1812, watching this video:

3. Read Francis Scott Key's poem "The Star Spangled Banner" and learned vocabulary from it:

perilous-dangerous

ramparts-defensive wall

haughty-proud

reposes-retake

vaunt-praise or boast (used hear "vauntingly" to mean "boastingly")

desolation-destruction

4. Watched this history of the poem:

5. Listened to Lexi Walker sing "The Star Spangled Banner"

6. McLean wrote a few response sentences for the poem:

Give proof through the night that our flag was still there. This line refers to how the bombs gave off light and Francis Scott Key could still see the flag.

I remember at a few football games this song was playing, and I just remember thinking how beautiful this song is without knowing what it meant. It's amazing that a song can touch someone like that without the person knowing what it means.