Virtual Classroom for March 22, 1999, 9:00 a.m.
Spend some time doing this web assignment instead of coming to class on Monday, March 22nd. You can receive up to 5 points extra credit if you turn it in no later than Friday afternoon (March 26th).
- Choose one (1) of the following questions to research.
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Find related websites you think help to answer the question.
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Read the Kagan textbook chapter 9 and write a long paragraph (6-8 sentences) to answer the question.
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Look at the recommended books at the end of the Kagan chapter and guess which of those book titles would be useful for further research by someone who wanted to know more about the topic.
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Include at the bottom of your paragraph a resource list of the website addresses and citations of the recommended books you found. Use Chicago style citation format for websites as well as for your books!
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Type your paragraph and resource list into an email msg to me at dolph@pop.uky.edu or give me your computer disk NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, MARCH 26th.
I will combine your answers and post them from this site for you to use to study for the quiz and final exam.
Questions to Choose From:
- What started the Hundred Years' War? What were the underlying causes of
the conflict? What advantages did each side have? Why were the French
finally able to remove the English presence in France almost entirely?
- What were the causes and effects of the Great Schism? How does the
Conciliar Movement relate to the Great Schism?
- Consider the Black Death. What were its causes and why did it spread so quickly throughout Western Europe? Where was it most virulent? What were the results of the Black Death? Answer
- Why were monarchs in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries able to hurt the Church more than it could hurt them? How did monarchs attack the Church during this period?
Back to 104 syllabusPosted March 21, 1999 and revised April 1, 1999, by dolph@pop.uky.edu
http://www.bluegrass.kctcs.edu/LCC/HIS/104/excredit.html