Reading Assingments:

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Discovery Beginnings

The Portuguese

 

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Washington State University:

The New World

The Spanish Empire

Class Presentation:

The Age of Discovery

"Mapping Initial Encounters"

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MacroHistory:

Spain into the Americas

 

Video Presentation:

"Rise and Fall of the Aztecs"

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 Part 4 - Part 5

This documentary examines the beginnings of the Aztec civilization until its eventual overthrow by the Spanish. It very deals with things like the expansion and the founding of its capital and why it was more than just a bunch of feathered Indios running around. It also talks about its bloodthirsty society which required human sacrifice to the Gods.

 

Reading Assignments:

MacroHistory:

Spain into the Americas

Class Presentation:

Guns Germs and Steel Part 2

On November 15th 1532, 168 Spanish conquistadors arrive in the holy city of Cajamarca, at the heart of the Inca Empire, in Peru.

 

 

Martin Luther King Day Holiday

 

Reading Assingments:

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Martin Luther

Class Presentation:

BBC- Luther, Man Driven to Revolution

 

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Ulrich Zwingli

John Calvin

Reading Assingments:

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The Wars of Religion

Class Presentation:

Western Tradition:

Wars of Religion

For more than a century, the quarrels of Protestants and Catholics tore Europe apart

 

 

Reading Assingments:

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Protestant England

England was far distant and isolated from the rest of Europe. While Protestantism tore apart European society, it took a far different form in England, retaining much of the doctrine and the practices of Catholicism. England also experienced the greatest wavering between the two religions as the monarchs of England passed from one religion to the next.

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Video Presentation:

"Henry VIII: Scandal of a King"

Part 3 and Part 4