8.1: The Scientific Revolution

1. Vocabulary (p.128)
2. Taking Notes (p.128): Chart
3. Reading Progress Check (p.129): Why might new inventions such as the telescope and microscope change the way people saw the world?
4. Critical Thinking (p.130): Why would the church be concerned that Galileo's ideas contradicted its worldview?
5. Reading Progress Check (p.132): Why might changes in the way people saw the universe change the questions they asked about the natural world?
6. DBQ (p.132): What is the first principal of Descarte's philosophy?
7. Reading Progress Check (p.133): What did Bacon believe was the purpose of the scientific method?
8. Critical Thinking (p.133): #1 & 2
9. Lesson 1 Review (p.133): #2, 4, 5, 6
10. Describe the steps of the Scientific Method.
11. Analyze two ways that modern life is made possible by the Scientific Revolution.

Turning Points in History - Scientific Revolution:

Galileo Galilei - In a Nutshell:

Galileo - Fun Facts in a Nutshell:

Mankind: The Story of All of Us -- New Frontiers (Episode 12)

Today we will watch an episode of Mankind: The Story of All of Us.  This episode, "New Frontiers", covers the following topics.

• Increase in Agricultural Production
• The Alcan Highway
• The Dawning of the Atomic Age
• First Heart Transplant
• American Civil Rights Movement
• Summary

Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episode 12

Hiroshima: Dropping the Bomb

Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki: BBC

3D Printer Create Organ Tissues: 

Incredible Breakthrough in Medicine: 3D Printed Organs

Scientists 3D Printed Living Human Skin:

Mankind: The Story of All of Us -- Speed (Episode 11)

Today we will watch an episode of Mankind: The Story of All of Us.  This episode, "Speed", covers the following topics.

• American Civil War
• Mass Production & Japanese Modernization
• Emigration & the RMS Titanic
• The Quest for Rubber
• Exploitation in the Congo
• Alexander Fleming & the Discovery of Antibiotics

Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episode 11

Mankind: The Story of All of Us -- Revolutions (Episode 10)

Today we will watch an episode of Mankind: The Story of All of Us.  This episode, "Revolutions", covers the following topics.

• World Revolutions
• The Industrial Revolution
• The Expansion of the Railroads
• Sanitation in Industrial Mega-Cities
• Great Britain in China
• American Civil War

Mankind: The Story of All of Us 10of12 Revolutions

Mankind: The Story of All of Us -- Pioneers (Episode 9)

Today we will watch an episode of Mankind: The Story of All of Us.  This episode, "Pioneers", covers the following topics.

• Salem Witch Trials
• Siberian Fur Trappers & Conflict w/Indigenous Peoples
• The Scientific Revolution
• Captain James Cook
• Benjamin Franklin & the Electrical Experiment
• Ebenezer Mudgett & the Pine Tree Riot

Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episode 9

Mankind: The Story of All of Us -- Treasure (Episode 8)

Today we will watch an episode of Mankind: The Story of All of Us.  This episode, "Treasure", covers the following topics.

• Sir Frances Drake & the Effects of Silver
• Amsterdam & the Tulip Bloom
• The Pilgrims
• Nzinga Mbande & the Slave Trade
• Shah Jahan & the Taj Mahal

Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episode 8 [Treasure]