Your Final Project for the Spring Term will be completed in class on Wednesday 6/6, Friday 6/8 and Monday 6/11.
It will require zero or minimal work outside the classroom. Please note:
-Mr. Sforza FOR STUDENTS IN PERIODS 1,3,5, & 7: To save time (and to lower the possibility that you will have to do some work at home), please come to class on Wednedsay 6/6 having already chosen the topic from this list that interests you the most. Also, decide which position you will take on the topic. At the beginning of class, I'll come to your desk to confirm your topic. 1. Was the Scientific Revolution revolutionary? (Lessons 1.1-1.3 - Honors Only) 2. Do you support Thomas Hobbes’s or John Locke’s views on human nature and government? (Lesson 1.4) 3. Was Robespierre a defender of the Republic, or a bloodthirsty charlatan [fraud]? (Lesson 2.4) 4. Was Napoleon a friend or foe of the French Revolution? (Lesson 2.5) 5. Was the French Revolution a success or a failure? (Lessons 2.2-2.9) 6. Which effect of the Industrial Revolution had the most significant impact on peoples’ lives? (Lessons 3.3-3.7) 7. Is nationalism more of a positive or a negative influence in the world? (Lesson 4.1) 8. Was imperialism more harmful or helpful to the colonized people? (Lesson 4.7) 9. Was World War I avoidable, or was it inevitable? (Lessons 5.2 & 5.3) 10. Which nation or nations were the most responsible for the start of World War I? (Lesson 5.3) 11. Was the Treaty of Versailles fair? (Lesson 5.6) 12. Were the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki justified? (Lesson 6.6) 13. Was U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War justified? (Lesson 7.4) 14. Was Mikhail Gorbachev more of a hero, or more of a villain for the Russian people? (Lesson 7.8) 15. Do you believe in the “Great Man/Woman” theory (history can be explained by the impact of great individuals)? (Lesson 7.8) 16. Who deserves more credit for ending the Cold War, Mikhail Gorbachev or Ronald Reagan? (Lesson 7.9) 17. Is the United States mostly to blame for the Cambodian genocide? (Lesson 8.2) 18. Whose approach to achieving political change do you agree with more – Mohandas Gandhi’s or Mao Zedong’s? (Lesson 8.2) 19. Have United Nations interventions been more of a success or more of a failure? (Lesson 8.3) 20. Is globalization (increased international integration) more positive or negative for mankind? (Lesson 8.4) Comments are closed.
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