WORLD HISTORY

AGE OF ABSOLUTISM

 

I am the Greatest

 

Research two monarchs from the list provided.  Find, organize, and record the following information for your monarchs on your own paper.  Use your information to prepare 1) a short paragraph comparing your two monarchs and offering your opinion of which had the most successful reign and 2) we will discuss all the leaders the day after the assignment.

 

Graded product:

1.  research on monarchs

2.  comparison paragraph

3.      participation in class discussion

 

Find, organize, and record the following information:

 

Nation

 

Dates of rule

 

Characteristics of country at the time (social cultural, economic)

 

Personal characteristics

 

Foreign policy

 

Domestic policy

 

Accomplishments

 

Problems

 

Conditions after reign/ legacy

 

Heir

 

 

WEB SITES

http://www.wickham.newbury.sch.uk/topics/tudors/tudors.html

http://www.omnibusol.com/mediev2.html#absolut

http://www.funkandwagnalls.com

http://www.britanica.com