Mr. Koenig’s WORLD HISTORY WEBSITE
World HistoryMr. KoenigUnit ProjectsUnit 1 Project HANDOUT- Pick a person from the list providedat the bottom of this page. Create a handout that gives anoverview of this person’s life. Directions: Look in your Glencoe World History Textbook and find a person that you really admire, are interested in, or want to learn more about. In essence you are picking your favorite figure from World History. At the end of the quarter you will be writing a research paper creating a biography of that person’s life… so choose wisely. Your person must verbally be communicated to Mr. Koenig and he must give you a yes or no answer. The Handout should include: Use the Checklist below…Checking off an item when it is completed.
- _____ Person’s Name
- _____ Birthplace
- _____ Childhood
- _____ Adult Years
- _____ Family
- _____ Death
- _____ Burial Place
- _____ Important Accomplishments
- _____ Reasons why this person is important to World History
- _____ Interesting little known Facts
- _____ Quotes from the Individual
- _____ Picture(s) of the Individual
- _____ 2 non website sources
- _____ 3 Internet sources
*The Handout should be no more than 1 page… and include your name somewhere on it.
Unit 2 Project PAPER- Now write a 3 page paper givingmore detailed overview of this person’s life.Directions: You have already picked a person that you really admire, are interested in, or want to learn more about. You will be writing a research paper creating a biography of that person’s life. This will be a continuous project that we will use throughout the year…it started as a handout, will now turn into a paper, and then develop into a full blown presentation.
We will be using the computer lab for the period in order to help you research your individual and type out your paper. Please use this time wisely because it is the only class time you will be receiving for research time. The paper is due on Wednesday March 18.
-Criteria #1- Your paper gave an accurate biography of this person’s life and it’s relation to World History.
-Criteria #2- All data that was presented was correctly cited and the paper included a works cited using 5 resources, and was the appropriate length. 5 pages (including your title page and works cited)
-Criteria #3- Ideas/ Content
-Criteria #4- Organization
-Criteria #5- Voice
-Criteria #6- Word Choice
-Criteria #7- Sentence Fluency
-Criteria #8- Conventions
***Criteria #’s 3-8 are the Six Traits of Writing that we use at Fremont High School for writing and grading papers. I will be giving you a handout on the Six Traits of Writing so that you have a checklist when you proof read your paper. Breakdown of Paper Expectations
Page 1 Page 2 Page 3
Title Page Introduction Body of Paper
Body of Paper
Page 4 Page 5
Body of Paper Works Cited/
Conclusion Bibliography
Unit 3 Project PRESENTATION- Now put together apresentation that you will give to the rest of class about thisperson’s life. Kind of like a Eulogy explaining why this personlived a life that was important. This is due on the day that wetalk about your person in the book. -You may have already researched your specific individual and are ready to put together a presentation so that the rest of the class can learn more about this famous person. You will be gathering and organizing the information that you have already learned and will be putting it into a presentation that will be given to the rest of class. During this semester we will spend the Block in the Computer Lab putting together the handout for your presentation. The requirements for the handout are listed below in Criteria #2. This is the only class time that you will receive to complete the handout, so get crackin’. YOUR Presentation will be given on the day that we discuss you person in the textbook. -Below you will find the information explaining how you are graded for your presentation. Remember this is worth a lot of points, so make sure that you are prepared so that you may receive the best grade possible.· Criteria #1- Your presentation has a structure to it, transitions are used, and it is the appropriate length of time.· Criteria #2- The presenter had evidence of research (put on your handout), a quality visual aid (posterboard, etc.) and a handout for the rest of the class that included some notes about your person, pictures, and review questions. · Criteria #3- The information that was presented was factual, or based on fact, and was relevant to the subject of World History.· Criteria #4- You used 4 or more sources in helping you to gain information for presenting a biography of your assigned individual. (You may include your Textbook as a Source) These must be put on your handout!· Criteria #5- Your presentation gave an accurate biography of this person’s life and it’s relation to World History. See Mr. Koenig anytime you have questions about any of theUnit Projects.People in World History (you may choose from)Chapter 1 1st humansLouis LeakeyMary LeakeyDonald JohansenHeinrich SchliemannOtzi, the IcemanChapter 2 Asia & EgyptSargonHammurabiKing MenesKhufuHatshepsutAkhenatonTutankhamenRamses IIMosesKing DavidSolomonAshurbanipalNebuchadnezzarCyrus the GreatCambysesDariusXerxesZoroasterChapter 3 India & ChinaSiddhartha Gautama BuddhaChandragupta MauryaAsokaFaxianKalidasaAryabhataKongfuzi ConfuciusLaoziQin ShihuangdiLiu BangHan WudiChapter 4 Ancient GreeceHomerAgamemnonAchillesSolonPisistratusCleisthenesPheidippidesDariusXerxesPericlesAeschylusSophoclesPythagorasSocratesPlatoAristotleHerodotusThucydidesPolyclitusPhilip IIAlexander the GreatAppolonius of RhoadesAristarchus of SamosErastosthenesPtolemyArchimedesEpicurusZenoChapter 5 Rome & ChristianityHoratiusLivyHannibalCincinnatusTiberius GracchusGaius GracchusMariusSullaCrassusPompeyJulius CaesarOctavianMarc AntonyCleopatra VIILepidusTiberiusCaligulaClaudiusNeroNervaTrajanHadrianAntonius PiusMarcus AureliusVirgilHoraceSpartacusJesusSimon PeterApostle PaulPerpetuaTheodosius the GreatConstantineSeptimius SeverusDiocletianRomulus AugustulusChapter 6 IslamMuhammadKhadijaAbu BakrAliGeneral Mu’awiyahHusseinHarun al-RashidSaladinIbn-RushdIbn-SinaIbn-KhaldunOmar KhayyamChapter 7 Early AfricaKing EzanaAl-BakriSundiata KeitaMansa MusaSunni AliMuhammad TureIbn BattutaChapter 8 Asian WorldSui YangdiTang XuanzangMarco PoloWu ZhaoGenghis KhanKublai KhanZhu YuanzhangLi BoDuo FuShotoku TaishiMinamoto YoritomoMurasaki ShikibuYi Song-gyeMahmud of GhazniTimur Lenk (Tamerlane)DandinJayavarmanChapter 9 Early EuropeClovisGregory ISaint BenedictCharles MartelPepinCharlemagneEleanor of AquitaineWilliam of NormandyKing Harold of EnglandHenry II of EnglandThomas a BecketEdward I of EnglandHugh Capet Philip II Augustus of FranceLouis IX of FrancePhilip the IV the Fair of FranceOtto I of GermanyFredrick I of GermanyFredrick II of GermanyOleg of KievAlexander NevskyJustinianPope Leo IXMichael CerulariusPope Urban IISaint Bernard of ClairvauxSaladinFredrick Barbarossa of GermanyRichard I of EnglandPope Innocent IIINicholas of CologneChapter 10 Middle Ages EuropePope Gregory VIIHenry IVHildegard of BingenSaint Francis of AssisiDominic de GuzmanSaint NicholasSaint Thomas AquinasPope Boniface VIIIKing Philip IV of FrancePope Gregory XIPope Urban VIJohn HusKing Philip VI of FranceKing Henry V of EnglandJoan of ArcKing Louis XI of France Henry VII Tudor of EnglandQueen Isabella of CastileKing Ferdinand of AragonChapter 11 AmericasHernan CortezMontezumaPachacutiFrancisco PizzaroAtahuallpaChapter 12 Renaissance/ Reform. Leonardo DaVinciFrancesco SforzaCosimo de MediciLorenzo de MediciCharles VII of FranceCharles I of SpainNiccolo MachiavelliBaldassare CastiglioneJohannes GutenbergPetrarchDanteGeoffrey ChaucerChristine de PizanMasaccioDonatelloFilippo BrunelleschiRaphaelMichelangeloJan Van EyckAlbrecht DurerMartin LutherDesiderus ErasmusPope Julius IIEmperor Charles V of the H.R.E.Pope Clement IUlrich ZwingiliJohn CalvinKing Henry VIII (His 6 Wives)Edward VI of EnglandBloody Mary of EnglandIgnatius of LoyolaChapter 13 ExplorationVasco de GamaChristopher ColumbusJohn CabotPedro CabralAmerigo VespucciFerdinand MagelleanKing Alfonso I of the CongoJuan Ponce de LeonJacques CartierSamuel de ChamplainHenry HudsonChapter 14 Crisis/ AbsolutismHenry of NavarrePhilip II of Spain William the SilentElizabeth TudorJames I of EnglandCharles I of EnglandOliver CromwellJames II of EnglandWilliam of OrangeLouis XIV of FranceCardinal RichelieuCardinal MazarinFredrick William the Great ElectorKing Fredrick I of PrussiaIvan the Terrible of RussiaMichael RomanovPeter the Great of RussiaEl GrecoGian Lorenzo BerniniArtemesia GentileschiWilliam ShakespeareLope de VegaMiguel de CervantesThomas HobbesJohn LockeChapter 15 Muslim EmpiresMehmet II Sultan Selim ISuleyman the MagnificentSinanShah IsmailShah AbbasShah HusseinRiza-i-AbbasiBaburAkbarShah JahanAurangzebLord Robert CliveChapter 16 East Asian WorldMing Hong WuZheng HeLi ZichengKangxiQianlongCao XueginOda NobunagaToyotomi HideyoshiTokugawa IeyasuFrancis XavierIhara SaikakuMatsuo BashoChapter 17 Revolution/ Enlight.PtolemyNicholas CopernicusJohan KeplerGalileo GalileiIsaac NewtonAndreus VesaliusWilliam HarveyRobert BoyleAntoine LavoisierMargaret CavendishMaria WinkelmanGottfried KirchRene DescartesFrancis BaconJohn LockeMontesquieuVoltaireDenis DiderotAdam SmithJean Jacques RousseauMary WollstonecraftJohn WesleyBalthasar NeumannJohann Sebastian BachFredrick HandelFranz Joseph HaydnWolfgang Amadeus MozartFredrick the Great of PrussiaMaria Theresa of AustriaJoseph II of AustriaCatherine the Great of RussiaWilliam PittSor Juana Ines de la CruzRobert WalpoleGeorge WashingtonLord CornwallisChapter 18 Frencch Rev./ Napol.Louis XVI of FranceOlympe de GougesMarie AntoinetteGeorges DantonJean-Paul MaratMaximilen RobespierreNapoleon BonaparteAnne-Louis-Germaine de StaelLouis XVII of FranceDuke of WellingtonChapter 19 IndustrializationJames HargreavesEdmund CartwrightJames WattHenry CortRobert FultonKarl MarxKlemens von MetternichCharles X of FranceLouis-PhilippeCharles Louis Napoleon BonaparteCamillo di CavourGiuseppe GaribaldiWilliam I of PrussiaOtto von BismarckQueen VictoriaCzar Alexander II of RussiaAndrew JacksonAbraham LincolnJohn MacdonaldWalter ScottMary ShelleyEdgar Allen PoeWilliam WordsworthEugene DelacroixLudwig BeethovenLouis PasteurDmitry MendeleyevMichael FaradayCharles DarwinGustave FlaubertCharles DickensGustave CourbetChapter 20 Mass SocietyThomas EdisonJoseph SwanAlexander Graham BellGuglielmo MarconiWilbur Wright Orville WrightGottlieb DaimlerWilhelm MaybachKarl BenzHenry FordKarl MarxFriedrich EngelsAmaile SievekingFlorence NightingaleClara BartonEmmeline PankhurstWilliam II of GermanyFrancis Joseph of Austria HungaryNicholas II of RussiaAndrew CarnegieQueen LiliuokalaniWilfred LaurierMarie CurieAlbert EinsteinSigmund FreudHerbert SpencerHouston Stewart ChamberlainAlfred DreyfusTheodor HerzlHenrik IbsenEmile ZolaClaude MonetPierre Auguste RenoirBerthe MorisotVincent Van GoghGeorge EastmanPablo PicassoWassily KandinskyFrank Lloyd WrightLouis H. SullivanIgor StravinskyChapter 21 ImperialismKing MongkutKin ChulalongkornCommodore George DeweyEmilio AguinaldoSaya SanMuhammad Ali of EgyptMuhammad Ahmad MahdiFerdinand de LessepsGeneral Charles GordonDavid LivingstonHenry StanleyKing Leopold II of BelgiumCecil RhodesQueen Victoria of EnglandMohandas GandhiRabindranath TagoreMiguel HidalgoAgustin de IturbideJose de San MartinSimon BolivarPresident James MonroeAntonio Lopez de Santa AnnaBenito JuarezPorfirio DiazFrancisco MaderoEmiliano ZapataChapter 22 Asia under ChallengeHong XiuquanGuang XuEmpress Dowager Ci XiJohn HaySun Yat SenHenry Pu YiGeneral Yuan ShigaiMao DunBa JinMatthew PerryPresident Millard FillmoreMutsuhito of JapanIto HirobumiPresident Theodore RooseveltChapter 23 War and RevolutionArchduke Francis FerdinandGavrilo PrincipGeneral Alfred von SchlieffenT.E. Lawrence of ArabiaAdmiral Holtzendorff of GermanyPresident Woodrow WilsonEdith CavellGrigori RasputinAlexander KerenskyV.I. LeninLeon TrotskyErich von LudendorffFriedrich EbertRosa LuxemburgKarl LiebknechtDavid Lloyd GeorgeGeorges ClemenceauChapter 24 West between WarsGustav StresemanAristide BriandJohn Maynard KeynesPresident Franklin D. RooseveltBenito MussoliniVictor Emmanuel IIIJoseph StainFrancisco FrancoAdolf HitlerHeinrich HimmlerJoseph GoebbelsLeni RiefenstahlHannah HochSalvador DaliJames JoyceHermann HesseWerner HeisenbergChapter 25 Nationalism Abdulhamid IIKemal AtaturkReza Shah PahlaviMohammad Reza PahlaviIbn SaudOmar MukhtarW.E.B. DuBoisMarcus GarveyJomo KenyattaNnamdi AzikiweMotihal NehruJawaharlal NehruMuhammad Ali JinnahHo Chi MinhChiang Kai-shekMao ZedongHipolito IrigoyenGetulio VargasLazaro CardenasDiego Rivera Chapter 26 World War IINeville ChamberlainErwin RommelViolet SzaboDouglas MacArthurWinston ChurchillHarry S TrumanAnne FrankReinhard HeydrichOscar SchindlerAlbert SpeerGeneral Hideki TojoChapter 27 Cold WarDean AchesonNikita KhruschevJohn F. KennedyFulgencio BatistaFidel CastroLyndon B. JohnsonRichard NixonAlexander SolzhenitsynJosip BrozImre NagyAntonin NovotnyAlexander DubcekGustav HusakCharles de GaulleKonrad AdenauerJoseph R. McCarthyMartin Luther King Jr.Lester PearsonSimone de BeauvoirChapter 28 Western WorldJimmy CarterRonald ReaganMikhail GorbachevLeonid BrezhnevBoris YeltsinVladimir PutinLech WalesaAleksander KwasniewskiVaclav HavelMichal KovacNicolae CeausescuSlobodan MilosevicBill ClintonFrancois MitterrandJacques ChiracWilly BrandtHelmut KohlMargaret ThatcherJohn MajorGeorge W. BushPierre TrudeauBrian MulroneyRene LevesqueOsama bin LadenPope John XXIIIPope John Paul IIJackson PollockAndy WarholChuck BerryElvis PresleyThe BeatlesChapter 29 Latin AmericaGabriel Garcia MarquezOscar NiemeyerLuis EcheverraJose Lopez PortilloVicente FoxErnesto Che GuevaraJose DuarteVioleta Barrios de ChamorroManuel NoriegaJuan PeronEva PeronRaul AlfonsinCarlos Saul MenemSalvador AllendeAugusto PinochetJuan Velasco AlvaradoAlberto FujimoriAndres PastranaChapter 30 Africa/ Middle EastKwame NkrumahNelson MandelaJulius NyerereSekou ToureDesmond TutuOdumegu OjukwuChinua AchebeAbdel NassarAnwar el-SadatMenachem BeginYasir ArafatAyatollah Ruhollah KhomeiniHashemi RafsanjaniSaddam HusseinNoor TarakiBabrak KarmalNaguib MahfouzChapter 31 Asia & PacificDeng XiaopingIndira GandhiMother TeresaRajiv GandhiAchmed SukarnoPol PotFerdinand MarcosBenigno AquinoMirohiro HosokawaHaruki MurakamiKim Il SungSyngman RheeLee Kuan YewChapter 32 Challenges…FutureRachel CarsonNeil Armstrong Buzz AldrinHazel HendersonElise Boulding