EYE-OPENER OF THE BIWEEKLY: How can you expect to govern a country that has two hundred and forty-six kinds of cheese? Charles de Gaulle
KEY DATES:
1. During the first class period of the week of December 10, your research papers are due.
2. During the first class period of the week of December 17, your take home tests are due. You are to answer the following questions: 1. Early Modernity is made up of the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment. More specifically, what are its key characteristics? 2. Why was Early Modernity not enough for Man?
The week of Dec. 10
CLASS ONE: We will discuss finish up our discussion on the Enlightenment and the first half of the reading on Rousseau. I will collect your research papers. HOMEWORK: finish the second half of the Johnson reading on Rousseau.
CLASS TWO: we will discuss the second half of the Rousseau reading--Johnson's view of the General Will. HOMEWORK: we will assign a student to outline the first essay question of the take home test.
CLASS THREE: a student will lead a discussion on the outline of the first question. HOMEWORK: we will assign a student to outline the second essay question.
CLASS FOUR: a student will lead a discussion on the outline of the second essay question. HOMEWORK: do your take home test.
The week of December 17
CLASS ONE: I will hand back your research papers and collect your take home tests. We will review the strengths and weaknesses of your papers. HOMEWORK: read sections 41 and 42 in Palmer on the beginning of the French Revolution. Also, read the handouts, Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France and Maximilien Robespierre's Republic of Virtue.
CLASS TWO: we will discuss the readings. HOMEWORK: read sections 43 and 44 in Palmer.
CLASS THREE: we will discuss the readings. HOMEWORK: finish the chapter on the French Revolution.
CLASS FOUR: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: NONE.
