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Name: ____________________ Introduction: This project will last two weeks. We will review primary and secondary sources before we start doing online research on Catherine the Great. Although we will use some secondary sources, for background information, we will focus on the primary sources, which we will interpret and use as a basis for discussion and a writing assignment. After watching the video Primary and Secondary Sources, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen& v=g0plq2E9ZjQ&NR=1) explain the major differences between primary and secondary sources ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ To gain some background information and gain an understanding of some of the major events in her life, read this biography (secondary source): http://www.teenink.com/nonfiction/all/article/339616/Catherine-the-Great-Empress-of-Russia/ Identify four events that could have shaped her personality. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This link is a primary source and discusses the partitioning of Poland. http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/PartPol1.html What was given as a reason for the three powers each to acquire a portion of Poland? Why or why not was this fair? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Changing Russian Culture This link is a secondary source and offers background information about changes in Russian culture under Catherine the Great. http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_6_4.html What do you think influenced Catherine the Great’s ideas of culture? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This link is a primary source and is a letter Catherine wrote to the French scholar Jean le Rond d'Alembert. http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his241/Documents/RobBeaDocs/CatherineLetterDalembert.html After reading the letter describe Catherine’s motives. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This link is a primary source and is a letter to Catherine from French philosopher Denis Diderot. http://ohhs.ohsd.net/~jcrouch/Honors/readings/06-3%20Catherine%20the%20Great.pdf According to Diderot, what are Catherine’s admirable qualities? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ An Organized and Efficient Government This link is a primary source and is from her written account of how she assumed power in Russia. http://history-world.org/catherine.htm Why do you think Catherine said, “The day had been a very disturbing one for me as I knew all that was going on.”? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This link is a secondary source and is from her written account of how she assumed power in Russia. http://history-world.org/catherine.htm What do you think was a leading cause of Pugachev’s Rebellion? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This link is a primary source and is from a letter written by Baron de Breteuil. Read “From Letter of Baron de Breteuil.” http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/18catherine.asp What is de Breteuil’s opinion of Catherine? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Map Activity Directions: From the map at https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=213972501672637312478.0004ce39b17aa033942bc&msa=0 explore each location, and add a comment to at least two of the five locations. Use the space provided to make any notes for your paper. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Writing Activity (plan and organize) Use the writing planner to help you organize your ideas. Introduction Paragraph: Topic Sentence: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Main Idea 1: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Main Idea 2: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Main Idea 3: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Closing Sentence: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2nd paragraph: Completely discuss main idea 1, and back up your ideas with evidence from your notes. Topic Sentence: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Idea 1: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Idea 2: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Idea 3: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Closing Sentence: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3rd paragraph: Completely discuss main idea 2, and back up your ideas with evidence from your notes. Topic Sentence: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Idea 1: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Idea 2: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Idea 3: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Closing Sentence: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4th paragraph: Completely discuss main idea 3, and back up your ideas with evidence from your notes. Topic Sentence: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Idea 1: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Idea 2: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Idea 3: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Closing Sentence: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Conclusion paragraph: Your conclusion is not the place to introduce new ideas. Conclusions can be written in one of several styles. You can:
Writing Activity (draft, revise, edit) Use a word processing program to write, revise and draft your paper. Writing Activity (publish) Use the class drop box account or email your final paper to the teacher. This worksheet will be completely filled out and turned in to the teacher at the end of the project.
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