THE EYE-OPENER OF THE BIWEEKLY: In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed--they produced Midhelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did they produce...? The cuckoo Clock. Orson Welles
Key Dates:
1. On Thursday, Oct. 24, we will have a TEST on the Reformation. You will write on two of the following statements: 1. Explain how simultaneously Luther reformed the Church and was saved by it. Why were the the consequences of the religious wars so much more beneficial in France than in Germany? How did the Commercial Revolution help set the stage for a modern, global economy?
2. On Friday, Oct. 11, Brad Brickner will give his first music talk on European music.
3. On Friday, Oct. 18, we will go the Rare Book Room.
3. On Friday, Oct. 25, Cynthia Noble will speak on Baroque art.
4. On Friday, Nov. 1, we will take our trip to the Art Institute.
5. On Friday, Dec. 6 your chain of circumstance research paper is due.
The Week of Oct. 7
The thirty extra minutes of the long period: elect officers for the Yearlong Project.
CLASS ONE: we will discuss the Reformation and the Counter Reformation. I will also collect your art projects. HOMEWORK: please read pages 131-143 in the Manchester handout.
CLASS TWO: we will discuss the readings. HOMEWORK: The Bainton handout on Christianity--a key reading.
CLASS THREE: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: How a Revolution Saved an Empire and sections 11 and 12 in Palmer.
CLASS FOUR: Brad Brickner's first music lecture.
The week of October 14
The long period: we will further organize the yearlong project.
CLASS ONE: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: please read sections 13 and 14 in Palmer for the first class period of next week.
CLASS TWO: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: finish chapter 3 in Palmer.
CLASS THREE: we will visit the Rare Book Room.
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