THE EYEP-OPENER FOR THE BIWEEKLY: The art of conversation is to be precise without being stubborn, to refute without argument, and to clothe great matters in a motley garb. DISRAELI
KEY DATES:
1. On Thursday, May 1, we will have a test on Europe at the top of its game and Late Modernity. There will be two questions: 1.What defined Europe at the top of its game? 2. What is the good and the bad in the concept of Late Modernity? There will be no linkage section on this test. You will write the first question in class on the day of the test and hand in the second question. Instead of doing of writing the second question, you may create a collage, mural or mobile of Nietzsche's thought.
2. On Friday, May 2, Brad Brickner will give his spring music talk.
3. On Friday, May 30 we will perform our play!
The week of April 28
CLASS ONE: I will not be in class. Please work either on your take-home essay question or scenes from the play.
CLASS TWO: We will review the Europe at the top of its game question.
CLASS THREE: TEST on Late Modernity and Europe at the top of its game.
CLASS FOUR: BRICKNER'S talk. HOMEWORK: please read pages 629-650 in chapter 16 in Palmer.
The week of May 5
CLASS ONE: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: finish chapter 16 in Palmer.
CLASS TWO: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: we will read the Marshall handout and sections 84-5 in Palmer.
CLASS THREE: we will work on the play for half the period then discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: please read the Craig handout and sections 86-7 in Palmer.
CLASS FOUR: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: please finish chapter 17 on World War I.
Course Materials
- Home
- Syllabus
- DEI Statement
- Harkness Method
- Unit 1: Renaissance and Historical Habits of Mind
- Unit I Study Guide: Renaissance(s): Italian, N. Europe & Ottoman
- Unit 2 Study Guide: Reformation
- Unit 3 Study Guide: Monarchs, Commercial (Capitalist) Expansion & Science
- Unit 4: Conflicting Kaleidoscopes: French Revoluti...
- Unit 5: Ideology & Revolutions
- Unit 6: Nationalism, Unification & Changing Jewish...
- Unit 7: Late Modernity - Second Industrial Revolut...
- Unit 8: Imperialism and Resistance, "Worldly" War...
- Unit 9: Liberal Democracy, Communism & Fascism
- Unit 10: Cold War, Decolonization, and the Europea...
- Magnified: Diversity & Identity Research Paper
- EU MOCK COUNCIL 2020: COVID-19
Sunday, April 27, 2014
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