Monday, January 30, 2012

Fine Arts Neoclassical and Romantic project

I will edit this as I think of stuff. Presentations start Thursday. Save this to the S or N drive daily, even if you have a flash drive!

Find 4 examples of the persons work

Play or show these examples

Analyze them; tell us what you see or hear. Be specific. Use your own words.

LOOK IN YOUR NOTES! Use the characteristics of the time period for your person to describe the works. Ask me if you have questions. Tey must go in the correct period.

Compare the person's work to the Baroque period. Remember the 4 Baroque characteristics? Use them to compare.

You must have background information including influences.

Tell us how or who this person influenced.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Monday, January 9, 2012

COLD WAR PROJECTS

Cold War Projects



LEVI
• Europe at the end of the war

• The Potsdam Settlement

• Eastern Europe in Soviet hands

• Politics in the Soviet Union

CHEECH
• Truman doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Domino Theory

• The UN and Cold War Alliances

• NATO and Warsaw pact

JACOB
• Chinese Revolution

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Sino-Soviet competition

BRET
• Nuclear proliferation

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs

• Communism in the Americas

ALEX
• Economic and social unrest

• Protests

• Civil Rights

• Kent State



This is a pretty open ended assignment. Your job will be to teach the class about these topics. I will get the library whenever possible but you will have to work some on your own. So I would divide up responsibilities and topics so you can get finished. Your group should be no larger than 4 people. Here are some requirements.

1. Cover all topics listed in the box under your name. You can add anything you feel necessary. Keep in mind we are talking post war-1960’s

2. You need a power point that covers all information

3. Find at least one primary source document for each of the points above to put in the power point.

4. Add extra primary documents and use those for info

5. Find pictures or clips of footage.

6. Write 10 multiple choice questions and hand to me separate.

7. This will be worth a test grade and an essay grade for the presentation.

Baroque Period Presentation Assignment

1. Make a Power Point presentation
2. Due Friday
3. Save on network or someones jump drive; not on the school computer
4. Make sure all information is accurate

Your task:
1. When did the person live?  If it is a style give those dates
2. Name 4 important works
3. Tell how it uses Tension, Contrast, Ornamentation, Energy
4. Make sure you have pictures of each.  If music play an example of each
5. How does their work compare to the Renaissance?  Make sure you use one SPECIFIC work from the Renaissance and show or play it.





George Frederick Handel
Johan Sebastian Bach
Antonio Vivaldi
Caravaggio
Rembrandt
Peter Paul Rubens
Louis XVI/Royal Academy of Ballet
Vermeer
Anthony Van Dyck
Diego Velequez
Jan Breughel the elder
Baroque Opera
Baroque Architecture

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

medieval

Medieval history PowerPoint


What was the Byzantine empire?

When was it a functional empire?

Find an example of 5th Century Byzantine art. Describe.

Find an example of 10th century panting. Describe.

Find an example of 12th century painting. Describe.

Find an example of Romanesque. Architecture. Describe

Find an example of Gothic Architecture. describe

Compare and contrast Rromanesque and Gothic architecture.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

US HISTORY PROJECT

You are the teacher. You must teach important information about your topic. Any ID terms on the list that are relevant must be covered. You should know the information you are teaching and be able to answer questions.


Requirements

• Power Point Presentation covering vital information

• Pictures

• Primary source material analyzed. This includes music, laws, poems, books etc.

• Explain the relevancy in context of WWI, 20’s, and depression; where necessary

• Presentation should take a minimum 15 minutes to present

• 5 multiple choice questions. (Use ID terms where relevant)

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Thursday September 8th

Fine Arts-Ballet day!  Watching clips of the 5 positions and other movements

US-Continue work on Antebellum DBQ as we map test

Law and Justice-Continue group presentations