Lesson Plans
Meaghan McCauley
Week of September 18, 2006

Monday-Friday: 48-minute classes

Objectives:
1) Analyze the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution.
2) Examine Louis XIV's policies.
3) Describe the Thirty Years War.
4) List Peter the Great's achievements towards westernization.
5) Explain the causes and results of the English Civil War.

Essential Question:
The time period from 1500 to 1815+ was a turning point in world history. What new ideas and accompanying major political and economic changes were characteristic of this revolutionary era?

Departmental Focus Questions:
1) What steps did monarchs take to secure greater power?
2) What influence did Louis XIV have on the theory and practice of the "divine right of kings"?

Monday: Happy Constitution Day!
1) Focus Question: Why did the founding fathers create the Constitution?
2) Group Activity: The Preamble to the Constitution-How do you make a more perfect union?
3) Close Activity: Why do you think the Constitution has endured for over two hundred years?
Homework:
1) None.

Tuesday:
1) Focus Question: As a ruler, is it better to be feared than loved?
2) Structured Notes on Chapter 21, Sections 1 and 2.
3) Virtual Tour of Versailles.
4) Close Activity: What was positive about Louis's reign? What was negative?
Homework:
1) Read and Complete Section Assessment for Chapter 21, Section 3, "Central European Monarchs Clash," #1-4.

Wednesday:
1) Focus Question: Judging by their actions, were rulers motivated by religion or politics during the Thirty Years War?
2) Structured Notes on Chapter 21, Section 3.
3) Group Work: Breakdown of the Thirty Years War-
a. Origins
b. Countries and Allies
c. Military tactics and Battles
d. Social and Economic effects
e. Political effects
4) Close Activity: Pick a Victim.
Homework:
1) Read and Complete Section Assessment for Chapter 21, Section 4, "Russian Czars Increase Power," #1-4.

Thursday:
1) Focus Question: Why was Ivan terrible?
2) Structured Notes on Chapter 21, Section 4.
3) Pair Work: Worksheets on Chapter 21, Section 4.
4) Close Activity: Pick a Victim.
Homework:
1) Read and Complete Section Assessment for Chapter 21, Section 5, "Parliament Limits the English Monarchy," #1-4.

Friday:
1) Focus Question: How did the Petition of Right contradict the idea of an absolute monarchy?
2) Structured Notes on Chapter 21, Section 5.
3) Group Work: Creating a Political Pamphlet:
a. Task: Students will produce political pamphlets promoting the Royalist or Puritan cause.
b. Purpose: To promote an understanding of the English Civil War.
c. Activity: Groups of students will write and design a folded pamphlet that could be used to persuade others to join one of the sides of the English Civil War. The pamphlet should lay out the arguments for war and the justness of the Royalist or Puritan cause.
4) Close Activity: How was England different from other absolute monarchies we've discussed?
Homework:
1) Have a great weekend!