Mr. Dorrough's Class Blog » In Class Today http://dorrough.edublogs.org It's Our Story Not Just His Story Thu, 14 May 2009 15:07:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Chapter 31 The Reformation http://dorrough.edublogs.org/2008/06/03/chapter-31-the-reformation/ http://dorrough.edublogs.org/2008/06/03/chapter-31-the-reformation/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:21:53 +0000 Mr. Dorrough http://dorrough.edublogs.org/?p=127 The Reformation was a time when the religious change.  The root word for “Reformation” is reform.  To reform something means to change it with out throwing it away.

In class today we answered the Pre Reading questions.

Pre-Reading Questions

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In class today we did the pre reading questions for chapter 30.

Pre-Reading Questions

For Home Work I assigned essential questions #3 and 4.

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This week we will be looking at ten people who had a major impact on world history during the Renaissance.

In class today we will be working on our key terms for chapter 30.

Downloads

Budget Vocabulary Matrix

chapter-30-standard-guide

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]]> http://dorrough.edublogs.org/2008/05/12/cast-testing-week/feed/ 0 The Agony and The Ecstasy http://dorrough.edublogs.org/2008/05/08/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy/ http://dorrough.edublogs.org/2008/05/08/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 16:53:50 +0000 Mr. Dorrough http://dorrough.edublogs.org/2008/05/08/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy/ We are going to spent the next two days we are going to watch a movie about Michelangelo’s painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling for Julius II.

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Characteristics of Classical Art (500 BCE to 500 CE)

Venus Bathing (unknown artist) 400 C.E.
Artists valued balance and harmony
Lifelike and idealize (more perfect than real life)
Figures were nude or draped in robes
Faces were calm without emotion
Little or no sense of perspective

Characteristics of Medieval Art (500 to 1300 CE)

Madonna and child by Giotto 1200 C. E.
Mostly religious
Important people are larger than others around them
No sense of movement
People were fully dressed
Faces were serious
Bright colors

Characteristics of Renaissance Art (1300s to early 1600s CE)

Madonna With Child and Two Angels

Both religious and non-religious subjects
Interest in nature
Figures were lifelike and three dimensional
Bodies were active showing movement
Real people doing everyday things
Representation of light
Paintings were symmetrical
Background showed perspective

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•    Renaissance
•    humanism
•    Silk Road
•    Marco Polo
•    patron
•    city-state
•    republic
•    Venice
•    Petrarch
•    humanities

]]> http://dorrough.edublogs.org/2008/05/06/key-terms/feed/ 0 The Renaissance http://dorrough.edublogs.org/2008/05/05/the-renaissance/ http://dorrough.edublogs.org/2008/05/05/the-renaissance/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 16:04:24 +0000 Mr. Dorrough http://dorrough.edublogs.org/2008/05/05/the-renaissance/ As we near the end of the school year we are  moving out of the “Middle Ages” and int early modern history. This begins with the Renaissance, which was a time of re – birth. Art changes from stout and stark religious works to bright and cheerfully works that depict humans in every day life.  This is not to say that religion is not found in the art of the time.

This is the Pietà by Michelangelo.  It depicts Mary holding the dead body of Christ.  It is an example of the new art style in Italy during the Renaissance.  We will be discussing art in great detail this week.

Pre-Reading Questions

Universal Symbol Log

Budget Vocabulary Matrix

Chapter 28 Standards Guide

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This will be our last week studying the civilizations of Mesoamerica.

Today we worked on the Preview activity for chapter 27.  What are the most influential inventions of the past 50 years?  Do you think people will be using them in 500 years from now?   How about 700 years from Now?

In class today we compleeted preview 27 for warm up.

We then focused on the key terms for chapter 27.

For homework I assigned essential questions 1, 2, and 3.

Don’t forget that your post card project is due on Thursday, and we have a test on Friday.

Downloads for today:

Chapter 27 Standards Guide: Achievements of The Maya, Aztecs, and Incas

Budget Vocabulary Matrix

Picture Dictionary

]]> http://dorrough.edublogs.org/2008/04/29/one-last-look-at-mesoamerica/feed/ 0 Postcards from Tenochtitlan http://dorrough.edublogs.org/2008/04/28/postcards-from-tenochtitlan/ http://dorrough.edublogs.org/2008/04/28/postcards-from-tenochtitlan/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:41:56 +0000 Mr. Dorrough http://dorrough.edublogs.org/2008/04/28/postcards-from-tenochtitlan/ Our unit 6 project is to create postcards depicting daily life in Tenochitilan.

You can extend this to life in Mesoamerica during the time we have been studying.

A postcard has two parts, and your postcards will also have two parts. A picture or graphic, and witting.

Follow this link to the criteria guide and rubric for the Aztec Postcard project

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