Mrs. McPhee-Djan

Absolutism: Hindsight is 20/20

Global Review

Do Now:

What would you do if you had total control over a country? How would you run your country? Would you ask for assistance from friends or family? Would you strive to be nice to your people, or would you pursue your own interests without concern for them?

Philip II

Louis XIV

Peter the Great

Introduction:

During the 16^th and 17^th centuries, monarchs in Europe and Asia worked hard to create a centralized government in their countries. Their goal in achieving this end was to place themselves at the center of the government. In order for a monarch to be “and Absolute monarch” they had to have total control over their country and claim divine right. In order to be successful in the later, they needed to prove to their subjects that they were chosen by god to rule their country. Once they achieved this, Absolute monarchs were able to rule their country in any manner that they saw fit. Monarchs such as Peter the Great, and Louis XIV will always be remembered by historians for their actions.

However, despite the fact that some of these monarchs were well liked by their people, they created a governmental system based on inequalities.

Your task:

You will be working by yourself to create an essay. You will do this by analyzing one specific Absolute monarch utilizing the GHPPA steps and worksheets. For each monarch, you must use all five steps of the GHPPA in order to analyze what they did and how the people in their countries responded to them. For each worksheet you complete, you will have another piece to your essay. Your essay will be graded based on the rubric below.

Process:

We will be working together and individually looking at the web pages below to access information on Absolute monarchs. Through out our looking for information, we will be using the 5 GHPPA worksheets to analyze your monarchs successes or weaknesses. The last part of the exercise will be to come up with suggestions for how this monarch could have improved his country, or how his country could have made changes to improve their status.

1) Review the background information sheets that I give you.

2) Begin filling out the first worksheet from the GHPPA to identify possible problems of your monarchs rule.

3) After you have completed the first worksheet, begin work on the second worksheet to help you gather evidence of the problem.

4) Then complete the third worksheet to assist you in determining a cause.

5) If there were policies that attempted to curb absolutism in your monarchs country, then complete worksheet 4.

6) Next, you must do a comparative analysis.

7) For the last paragraph of your paper, you will come up with other suggestions for your monarchs country.

Resources:

In order to complete the worksheets and essay, you will need to access some information on the web. In order to do this, you can search the web using the following search engines:

www.yahoo.com

www.google.com

www.altavista.com

You may also use the absolutism power point to refresh your memory of Peter the Great and Louis XIV

You can also access information on absolutism from the following websites:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/madmon.htm “Mad Monarchs Website with Specific information on each monarch

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook05.html Fordham’s History Sourcebook

http://www.historyteacher.net/EuroProjects/ExamReviewSheets/Age%20of%20Absolutism%20Review.htm General bullet points on Absolutism

http://www.worldciv1.homestead.com/ABSOLUTISM.html More General information on Absolutism

http://www.chateauversailles.fr/en/210_Louis_XIV_the_Sun_King.php Information on Louis XIV

http://www.saint-petersburg.com/history/peter1st.asp Information on Peter the Great

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Phillip_II_the_man.htm Information on Philip II of Spain

Rubrics

In addition to the 5 GHPPA worksheets, you also need to write an essay which will be graded on the following rubric…

Truman High School WebQuest/ Region 2 Report

Name: ________________________

Teacher: Mrs. McPhee-Djan

Criteria

Points

	4	3	2	1
Introduction/ Topic	Student(s) properly generate questions and or problems around a topic.	Student(s) generate questions and or problems.	Student(s) require prompts to generate questions and or problems.	Questions or problems are teacher generated.	____
Conclusions Reached	Numerous detailed conclusions are reached from the evidence offered.	Several detailed conclusions are reached from the evidence offered.	Some detailed conclusions are reached from the evidence offered.	A conclusion is made from the evidence offered.	____
Information Gathering	Information is gathered from multiple electronic and non-electronic sources and cited properly.	Information is gathered from multiple electronic and non-electronic sources.	Information is gathered from limited electronic and non-electronic sources.	Information is gathered from non-electronic or electronic sources only.	____
Summary Paragraph	Well organized, demonstrates logical sequencing and sentence structure.	Well organized, but demonstrates illogical sequencing or sentence structure.	Well organized, but demonstrates illogical sequencing and sentence structure.	Weakly organized.	____
Punctuation, Capitalization, & Spelling	Punctuation and capitalization are correct.	There is one error in punctuation and/or capitalization.	There are two or three errors in punctuation and/or capitalization.	There are four or more errors in punctuation and/or capitalization.	____
				Total---->	____

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Standards:

Social Studies:-

· define culture and civilization, explaining how they developed and changed over time. Investigate the various components of cultures and civilizations including social customs, norms, values, and traditions; political systems; economic systems; religions and spiritual beliefs; and socialization or educational practices

· understand the development and connectedness of Western civilization and other civilizations and cultures in many areas of the world and over time

· analyze historic events from around the world by examining accounts written from different perspectives

Language Arts:-

STANDARD 2

· Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression.

· Students will read and listen to oral, written and electronically produced texts and performances, relate texts and performances to their own lives, and develop an understanding of the diverse social, historical, and cultural dimensions the texts and performances represent. As speakers and writers, students will use oral and written language for self-expression and artistic creation.

Summary:

Upon completion of this Webquest, you should have a good understanding of the different Absolute Monarchs and their relative strengths and weaknesses. You should also be able to use the GHPPA, and be able to come up with a possible solution to the problems that arose from Absolutism.