1. CLASSICAL ERA 1750- 1820 RUIZ: HUMANITIES

2. GUIDED READING PG. 75 1. WHAT YEARS DID THE CLASSICAL ERA OCCUR? WHY WAS IT CALLED THE “CLASSICAL” ERA? 2. HOW WAS THE CLASSICAL ERA DIFFERENT FROM THE BAROQUE ERA? 3. THERE ARE 3 FAMOUS COMPOSERS IN THIS CHAPTER. WHO ARE THEY AND WHEN DID THEY LIVE? 4. WHICH REVOLUTIONARY WARS HAPPENED DURING THE CLASSICAL ERA? 5. WHO WERE SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE FROM THE BOOK THAT ARE MENTIONED WHO ARE NOT COMPOSERS?

3. GUIDED READING PG. 76 1. WHO ORGANIZED PUBLIC CONCERTS IN THE CLASSICAL ERA? 2. WHOSE TASTES DID COMPOSERS CATER TO WHEN WRITING MUSIC? WHICH CLASS OF PEOPLE DID THEY “POKE FUN” AT? WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC DID THE 3 COMPOSERS WRITE? WHAT EVENTS DID THEY WRITE MUSIC FOR AND WHERE DID THEY OCCUR?

4. REVOLUTIONARY WARS AMERICAN OCCURRED 1775-1783 BETWEEN THE 13 AMERICAN COLONIES AND THE BRITISH. WHO WROTE THE “DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE” AND WHAT YEAR DID THEY WRITE IT? WHO LED THE SOLDIERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION? FRENCH OCCURRED BETWEEN 1789-1790. THE FRENCH CITIZENS REDESIGNED THEIR GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE INSPIRATION OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. WHO WAS AN IMPORTANT FIGURE FROM THE FRENCH REVOLUTION?

5. ART IN THE CLASSICAL ERA BAROQUE PAINTINGCLASSICAL PAINTING 1.Compare the colors, shapes and textures. How are they similar? How are they different? 2.Is there more motion in one piece over the other? 3.Which one seems more balanced?

6. SCULPTURE IN THE CLASSICAL ERA BAROQUE ERACLASSICAL ERA 1.What do you notice about each sculpture? 2.Is there more action in one over the other? 3.Why do you think there is only a quarter of a sculpture on the classical side?