Vwo 2 tto: the Dutch Golden Age - lesson 6

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The Dutch Golden Age

Lesson 6

Start of the lesson

Sit in your spot

Phone (off/silent) in phonebag

Chewing gum in bin

Books + laptop on table

Menu of the day

Recap

Arguing: exercise

Assignment: absolute power in Europe

Triangular trade

Slaves

Sugar, cotton & tobacco

Weapons & textiles

These people held power in the DUtch Republic (= a key word)

What does absolute power mean?

Test

On monday: Test about chapter 1 + 2

Learning questions

• What did absolute power look like in Sweden, Austria, Russia and Prussia?

Exercise

When you give an answer, you sometimes have to argue why your answer is correct. How do you do that?

• You use signal words. What are those/can anyone give an example of a signal word?
• Exercise 5 on page 98
• Finished? --> review with answer booklet

Other powerful monarchs

You're going to work in groups of 3-4: each person will get a number --> each number represents a country:

1. Austria

2.Russia

3. Prussia

4. Sweden 

Assignment

• You're going to make a Powerpoint of absolute power in Austria (1), Russia (2), Prussia (3) and Sweden (4)
• Do it like this: find a monarch with absolute power from your country, a picture of his/her palace and something he/she did with his/her power (read page 88 for ideas)
• When everyone in your group is finished --> compare what you have

France

• The most important absolute monarch of France is Louis XIV, his nickname was the 'sun-king'

France

• The most important absolute monarch of France is Louis XIV, his nickname was the 'sun-king'
• He lived in Versailles

France

• The most important absolute monarch of France is Louis XIV, his nickname was the 'sun-king'
• He lived in Versailles
• He had a large army and made many conquests

Test

Every test has these 5 questions:

1. Choose which image fits with the age of the chapters
2. Put events in the right order (from longest ago to most recent)
3. Key word --> give description
4. Description --> give key word
5. Match persons/places with description

Break

Review practice test

You can see how you did