EYE-OPENER FOR THE BIWEEKLY: Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. Amelia Earhart
KEY DATES:
1. On Friday, Dec. 7, your research paper is due.
2. On Monday, Dec. 17, your take-home TEST is due. There will be two questions: 1. What is Early Modernity that is made up of the Renaissance, Reformation, The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment? 2.Why was Early Modernity not enough for humans?
LONG PERIOD: work on Late Modernity Project
The week of Nov. 26
CLASS ONE: we will discuss sections 27 and 28 from the chapter on the Scientific Revolution. HOMEWORK: please read the packet that is made up of Galileo's Letter to Archduchess Christina and excerpts from Frances Bacon's New Organon and Descartes' Discourse on Method.
CLASS TWO: we will discuss the readings. HOMEWORK: finish the chapter on the Scientific Revolution.
CLASS THREE: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: read the Perry handout on the Enlightenment through Political Thought.
CLASS FOUR: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: finish the handout on the Enlightenment.
The week of Dec. 3
LONG PERIOD: work on research papers.
CLASS ONE: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: please read to the bottom of page 16 in the handout on Rousseau from Paul Johnson's Intellectuals.
CLASS TWO: we will discuss the homework. HOMEWORK: finish the Johnson article on Rousseau.
CLASS THREE: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: finish up your research papers.
CLASS FOUR: hand in research papers. We will read a few of them in class. HOMEWORK: we will outline the first essay question for the take-home TEST on the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Sunday, November 4, 2012
AT EUROPEAN HISTORY
BIWEEKLY SCHEDULE (4) FOR THE WEEKS OF NOVEMBER 5 AND 12, 2012
EYE-OPENER OF THE BIWEEKLY: She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on with a pitchfork.
KEY DATES:
On Friday, Nov. 9, Brad Brickner will give his first music lecture of the year.
On Friday, Nov. 16, you will have a TEST on chapters 4 and 5. You will write on TWO of the three following questions. 1. Can you make the argument that monarchy was more "modern" than democracy in the 17th and 18th centuries? 2. What was the goal of the balance of power? Cite several examples of it in action. 3. Compare and contrast the formation of Prussia with Russia becoming more Western.
On Friday, Dec. 7, your Chain of Circumstance RESEARCH PAPER is due. See Selected Evaluations in the course syllabus for the first quarter for a description of it.
THE LONG PERIOD: work on Late Modernity Project.
The week of Nov. 5
CLASS ONE: we will discuss England as described in sections 19 and 20. Your tests on the Reformation will also be handed back. HOMEWORK: the reign of Louis XIV as described in sections 21 and 22.
CLASS TWO: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: please read sections 23 and 24.
CLASS THREE: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY: finish chapter 5 (sections 25 and 26).
CLASS FOUR: Brad Brickner's talk.
The week of Nov. 12
Long Period: the Late Modernity Project.
CLASS ONE: we will discuss the rest of chapter 5. Homework: selected students will prepare outlines for the possible essay questions 1 and 2: 1. Can you make the argument that monarchy was more "modern" than democracy in the 17th and 18th centuries? 2. What was the goal of the balance of power? Cite several examples of it in action.
CLASS TWO: we will discuss the first two possible essay questions. HOMEWORK: we will assign a student to create an outline on the Formation of Prussia, westernizing of Russia essay question. We will also discuss possible linkage pairs.
CLASS THREE: we will discuss the third essay question and possible linkage pairs. HOMEWORK: prepare for TEST Tomorrow on chapters 4 and 5.
CLASS FOUR: TEST on chapters 4 and 5. HOMEWORK: please read sections 27 and 28.
EYE-OPENER OF THE BIWEEKLY: She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on with a pitchfork.
KEY DATES:
On Friday, Nov. 9, Brad Brickner will give his first music lecture of the year.
On Friday, Nov. 16, you will have a TEST on chapters 4 and 5. You will write on TWO of the three following questions. 1. Can you make the argument that monarchy was more "modern" than democracy in the 17th and 18th centuries? 2. What was the goal of the balance of power? Cite several examples of it in action. 3. Compare and contrast the formation of Prussia with Russia becoming more Western.
On Friday, Dec. 7, your Chain of Circumstance RESEARCH PAPER is due. See Selected Evaluations in the course syllabus for the first quarter for a description of it.
THE LONG PERIOD: work on Late Modernity Project.
The week of Nov. 5
CLASS ONE: we will discuss England as described in sections 19 and 20. Your tests on the Reformation will also be handed back. HOMEWORK: the reign of Louis XIV as described in sections 21 and 22.
CLASS TWO: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: please read sections 23 and 24.
CLASS THREE: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY: finish chapter 5 (sections 25 and 26).
CLASS FOUR: Brad Brickner's talk.
The week of Nov. 12
Long Period: the Late Modernity Project.
CLASS ONE: we will discuss the rest of chapter 5. Homework: selected students will prepare outlines for the possible essay questions 1 and 2: 1. Can you make the argument that monarchy was more "modern" than democracy in the 17th and 18th centuries? 2. What was the goal of the balance of power? Cite several examples of it in action.
CLASS TWO: we will discuss the first two possible essay questions. HOMEWORK: we will assign a student to create an outline on the Formation of Prussia, westernizing of Russia essay question. We will also discuss possible linkage pairs.
CLASS THREE: we will discuss the third essay question and possible linkage pairs. HOMEWORK: prepare for TEST Tomorrow on chapters 4 and 5.
CLASS FOUR: TEST on chapters 4 and 5. HOMEWORK: please read sections 27 and 28.
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