Maria's Reflection

1. Identify 5 NEW things that you learned in this course

• The causes of the Industrial Revolution.
• The origins of nationalism.
• The differing opinions on Napoleon (Tyrant or Hero).
• The varying phases in detail of the French Revolution.
• The details of the Division of the Church (Calvinism, Lutheranism, Anabaptists, etc).

2. Identify 4 things that connected to learning from other classes, disciplines, or experiences

• The origins and effects of nationalism.
• Expanded in Honors 20th Century with Mrs. Horvath; i.e. Hitler and the Holocaust
• The social causes and effects of the French Revolution.
• A book introduced in Honors English 10 with Mrs. Hauser and now one of my favorite books, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
• The Enlightenment philosophies such as Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, etc.
• Implemented in American Government and Economics with Mrs. Kozel
• The work of Mary Wollenscraft for women’s rights.
• First step towards gender equality, such as women’s suffrage and the 19th Amendment in the United States

3. Identify the 3 MOST IMPORTANT concepts you learned in this course

• The role of the Industrial Revolution as the guide to advancement and culture shifts.
• The long lasting effect of the French Revolution on human and citizen rights and government relationships.
• The importance of the Greco-Roman world as the foundation of democracy and political opinion, which now shapes most of the western world.

4. Identify 2 things that you would like to learn more about

• Further details on the French Revolution and the French people.
• The absolutist families of Europe.

5. Identify 1 SKILL that you learned or developed in this course

• How to analyze events and motivations in history to understand how the world today came to be.