INTRODUCTION (READ THIS FIRST!)

Hi,
This summer reading list is designed to get you acquainted a few important units of Global History & Geography part III next semester. Your job is to read the links, and bring in the assignments next September. They are due on the second day of school. This assignment will count as your first project for Global III (and remember, projects are worth 20% on your report card).

Now you have 6 paragraphs (and one sentence) to write for these assignments. That's not asking much for an entire summer's worth of work. When you write your paragraphs, just remember that an acceptable paragraph is:

1. Structured.
2. Talks about 1 topic  and
3. Is composed of at least 5 well structured sentences.

A typically well constructed paragraph does three things:

1. Has A TOPIC sentence (that tells us what topic your paragraph will be about) and ...
2. ...has 4 - 7 SUPPORTING sentences (that explains, proves, backs up or provides further conversation about your topic sentence) and ...
3. ... usually does not wander off of your topic.

(One word of advice, it may be better not to think WHILE you write the paragraphs that you hand in to me. My experience is that students tend to write better paragraphs when they THINK about what they're going to write first AND THEN keep the topic of their paragraph in their mind as they are writing the supporting sentences.)

send an email at any time if you need help.


 Notwithstanding this summer reading assignment, enjoy your summer!!!

Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Assignment 3

Assignment #3; Life for Children During the Industrial Revolution

City life for kids during the 1800s was a LOT different than city life is today!

Or is it??

There are three paragraphs to write for this assignment:

Read this link and:

1. Compare the life of children who worked in factories with "Street Children". (1 complete paragraph)

2. Write one paragraph that answers this question:

If you were living during that time, who's life would you rather have? a child working in a factory? or one living on the street?

3. In what way is "city life" different today than it was then??

Here's the link about factories and life in cities during the Industrial Revolution

http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/victorian/vindust.html

Assignment #2; The Industrial Revolution (and the Agricultural Revolution)

There are two tasks in assignment #2

1. The invention of the Agricultural Revolution

Read these links and write one paragraph that discusses what the farmer Jethro Tull invented.

Jethro Tull (wikipedia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jethro_Tull_(agriculturist)

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bljethrotull.htm

2. History of the Steam Engine- read this (long) Wikipedia entry about the Steam Engine and:

Write 1 sentence describing what it was used for during the industrial age (or the industrial revolution).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_steam_engine

ASSIGNMENT #1; Scientific Revolution and the European Enlightenment

There are two tasks in this assignment:

Task #1. Read these two letters from the astronomer Galileo to his colleague, Johannes Kepler and:

Write 1 paragraph that describes your opinion of Galileo's personality. Your paragraph should discuss what kind of person he seems to be.

Some prompting questions may be, 'what is his temperament?' 'What about his writer's tone of voice makes him seem to be likable (or unlikable)?' 'Point to something in the letter that would lead you to believe that this Is or isn't the kind of person you would hang out with in your free time.'

Here are Galileo's Letter's

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/galileo/letterkepler.html

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/galileo/lettergalileokeplar1610.html

Task#2. Read this link below. It is the Sparknotes from a very important *book* called the 'Second Treatise on Government' and:

1. Write one paragraph that describes why people joined a society AND what hey gave up in order to join it.

Here is John Locke's 2nd Treatise (Sparknotes summary)

http://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/locke/summary.html