Welcome to World History!
Please leave a comment below naming your favorite (non-biblical) historical figure and why you respect or admire that individual. I'm looking forward to a fantastic year!
Bro. Akers
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
No Homework This Year
In order to get caught up on all my pressing concerns, I am not assigning any homework this year. Feel free to research any history topic you would like and post it here. Remember to site your sources. Essays must be at least 250 words. Respond to the work of others. Cheers.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Homework 7, Due May 3, 2013
This will be the final history assignment of the year (congratulations,
especially to you juniors, for whom this will be the last of your high school
career!). I would like to end this year much the same as we did last year, with
an opportunity to reflect on what we've learned. In your essay I would like you
to choose a) an era other than the present that you think would have been the
most interesting/exciting to have lived in and explain why; b) a non-biblical
person we have studied that you think has had the most positive influence on the
world and explain why; and c) an event that we have studied that you would have
loved to have taken part in, and explain why.
Please make sure to post your homework on time, to comment on the posts of your classmates, and to follow the guidelines for these assignments. Only a two more weeks until we wrap things up! God bless!
Please make sure to post your homework on time, to comment on the posts of your classmates, and to follow the guidelines for these assignments. Only a two more weeks until we wrap things up! God bless!
Sunday, April 21, 2013
This week's assignment...
There IS no assignment this week - it's TeraNova time! Now, back to watching Hunger Games on Netflix...
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Homework 6, Due April 19,2013
I hope you had a wonderful weekend and are well-relaxed. We have only a short sprint to go before the end of the school year! Take every advantage of opportunities to get your grades in good shape between now and then!
150 years ago this week the US Civil War was in full roar. While slavery was the main issue, as we learned last year in US history (and will next year, for you sophomores) there were a great deal of issues that divided the North and the South. Take, for instance, the name of the war itself. In the North it was called a civil war (which means that different parts of the same country are fighting each other). In the South it was (is) referred to as "The War Between the States." To southerners the word "state" had always meant the same thing as "country" (look it up in a dictionary). Some have said, then, that the war was fought over a verb! The North liked to say "The United States is..." while the South said "The United States are...". And you thought verb conjugation brought trouble to YOUR life!
Can you actually imagine things getting so bad in our country today that an internal war would break out? How much tension and anger would have to build up before you were willing to take up arms and fight your neighbors...or your brother? For your assignment this week I want you to research a topic of the Civil War in Kentucky. You might consider the Breckinridge family - two brothers (one would be a US vice president) were generals on opposite sides of the war! President Lincoln's wife Mary Todd Lincoln was from Lexington, KY, and her brother was a Confederate general - which had to make the holidays a tad strained, wouldn't you think? You might consider a battle (there were many in Kentucky) or a community's involvement in the war.
In the light of the scope of world history, the US Civil War plays a fairly small role. However, it's implications would affect history on a global scale (for one thing, hundreds of Confederates fled the country after the war - there's a huge Rebel celebration held every year in Brazil for Portuguese-speaking descendants of southern soldiers!). It would also mark the end of western countries' holding onto the notion that slavery was acceptable. Everything happens for a reason!
Please remember to meet the requirements of these assignments. Good luck and happy hunting - be sure to cite your sources!
150 years ago this week the US Civil War was in full roar. While slavery was the main issue, as we learned last year in US history (and will next year, for you sophomores) there were a great deal of issues that divided the North and the South. Take, for instance, the name of the war itself. In the North it was called a civil war (which means that different parts of the same country are fighting each other). In the South it was (is) referred to as "The War Between the States." To southerners the word "state" had always meant the same thing as "country" (look it up in a dictionary). Some have said, then, that the war was fought over a verb! The North liked to say "The United States is..." while the South said "The United States are...". And you thought verb conjugation brought trouble to YOUR life!
Can you actually imagine things getting so bad in our country today that an internal war would break out? How much tension and anger would have to build up before you were willing to take up arms and fight your neighbors...or your brother? For your assignment this week I want you to research a topic of the Civil War in Kentucky. You might consider the Breckinridge family - two brothers (one would be a US vice president) were generals on opposite sides of the war! President Lincoln's wife Mary Todd Lincoln was from Lexington, KY, and her brother was a Confederate general - which had to make the holidays a tad strained, wouldn't you think? You might consider a battle (there were many in Kentucky) or a community's involvement in the war.
In the light of the scope of world history, the US Civil War plays a fairly small role. However, it's implications would affect history on a global scale (for one thing, hundreds of Confederates fled the country after the war - there's a huge Rebel celebration held every year in Brazil for Portuguese-speaking descendants of southern soldiers!). It would also mark the end of western countries' holding onto the notion that slavery was acceptable. Everything happens for a reason!
Please remember to meet the requirements of these assignments. Good luck and happy hunting - be sure to cite your sources!
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Homework 5, Due April 12, 2013
In American history classrooms not too long ago one might have been convinced
that all the important contributions to human history were made by wealthy white
men. In the documentary we watched (partially) earlier this year by Dr Jarred
Diamond entitled "Guns, Germs, and Steel" we learned why white Europeans, who as
recently as five or six centuries ago were woefully primitive in comparison to
their middle-eastern and Asian contemporaries, would become the dominant culture
through the age of imperialism and colonization. And, because of western social
structure (much of which comes from the Bible) and physiology (men tend to be
physically stronger than women), men have usually occupied the positions of
leadership in society.
The modern study of history emphasizes the contributions of all parts of society. Indeed, rather than "great individuals" moving history, the opposite was often the case - doors of opportunity were opened to those in leadership because of the collective actions and decisions of ordinary people - regardless of race or gender. In an effort to remind us that history is about everybody, not just the powerful and wealthy few, historians now celebrate the history of previously underreported segments of society by dedicating a month to their story. Just as February was Black History Month, March is Women's History Month. Because of the way the school schedule worked out I wasn't able to get a Womens' History assignment in last month, but...better late than never, right?
Your assignment this week is to visit the link Womens' History Month which is hosted by the US Library of Congress and follow the link entitled "Exhibits & Collections". There you will choose an article to read and report back to the class. Share what you learn and comment on what knowledge we would lose if we focused solely on the "great men" of history while neglecting everyone else.
Remember to meet all the requirements for this assignment and to post your essay on time for full credit. Have a good week!
The modern study of history emphasizes the contributions of all parts of society. Indeed, rather than "great individuals" moving history, the opposite was often the case - doors of opportunity were opened to those in leadership because of the collective actions and decisions of ordinary people - regardless of race or gender. In an effort to remind us that history is about everybody, not just the powerful and wealthy few, historians now celebrate the history of previously underreported segments of society by dedicating a month to their story. Just as February was Black History Month, March is Women's History Month. Because of the way the school schedule worked out I wasn't able to get a Womens' History assignment in last month, but...better late than never, right?
Your assignment this week is to visit the link Womens' History Month which is hosted by the US Library of Congress and follow the link entitled "Exhibits & Collections". There you will choose an article to read and report back to the class. Share what you learn and comment on what knowledge we would lose if we focused solely on the "great men" of history while neglecting everyone else.
Remember to meet all the requirements for this assignment and to post your essay on time for full credit. Have a good week!
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