This Has Been the Best Year Ever

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/28/opinion/sunday/2019-best-year-poverty.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

We Are Witnessing a Rediscovery of India’s Republic

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/27/opinion/india-constitution-protests.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

French Strike Aims to Save an Envied, but Convoluted, Approach to Pensions

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/world/europe/france-strike-pension-reform.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

EU MOCK COUNCIL SIGN UP AVAILABLE NOW

You may sign up for your top three choices for the EU Mock Council NOW.  Link is available here.

Brexit’s Advance Is Latest Blow to Postwar Trade Order

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/13/business/economy/uk-election-brexit-trade.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Conservatives Win Commanding Majority in U.K. Vote: ‘Brexit Will Happen’

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/12/world/europe/uk-election-boris-johnson.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

The Enlightenment

Who Keeps Europe’s Farm Billions Flowing? Often, Those Who Benefit

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/world/europe/eu-farm-subsidy-lobbying.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Britain Gears Up for Its Most Divisive Election in Decades

https://www.wsj.com/articles/britain-gears-up-for-its-most-divisive-election-in-decades-11575814301?emailToken=c904bae5f32f7c54a35e89312bdd0f2e4Wfl7isNhpbrPDdImXQMdg43NLhDZb6JDzY18gveLEka2Agmj4ZhSQ3hBs33ZKvT/d56WQt4D2SnNStF6ssNeYYlpi1RGw2Bs3Mrkw/N0obwkYGFjeYNTNF8PevjGpq4&reflink=article_copyURL_share

THE AFGHANISTAN PAPERS

Dear reader,

The project we are publishing this week on Afghanistan demonstrates the indispensable role that journalism plays in a democracy. We seek to uncover the truth about difficult subjects of national import. We are undeterred by obstacles erected by government or other powerful interests. And when we obtain revelatory original documents, we make them available and easily accessible so that Americans can see for themselves what has been done in their name. 

The Afghanistan Papers make clear that presidents, generals and diplomats systematically failed to tell the truth about the longest war in U.S. history. The Post sued twice for release of confidential documents during a three-year legal battle, obtaining 2,000 pages of unpublished transcripts and summaries from 428 interviews conducted during a federal project on lessons from the war effort. The government identified 62 interviewees. We are still in court seeking 366 names that remain blacked out.

Please read The Afghanistan Papers. We hope you will support our work by becoming a subscriber.

THE AFGHANISTAN PAPERS

Dear reader,

The project we are publishing this week on Afghanistan demonstrates the indispensable role that journalism plays in a democracy. We seek to uncover the truth about difficult subjects of national import. We are undeterred by obstacles erected by government or other powerful interests. And when we obtain revelatory original documents, we make them available and easily accessible so that Americans can see for themselves what has been done in their name. 

The Afghanistan Papers make clear that presidents, generals and diplomats systematically failed to tell the truth about the longest war in U.S. history. The Post sued twice for release of confidential documents during a three-year legal battle, obtaining 2,000 pages of unpublished transcripts and summaries from 428 interviews conducted during a federal project on lessons from the war effort. The government identified 62 interviewees. We are still in court seeking 366 names that remain blacked out.

Please read The Afghanistan Papers. We hope you will support our work by becoming a subscriber.

Finland Is a Capitalist Paradise

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/opinion/sunday/finland-socialism-capitalism.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Writing & Formatting Papers

SAMPLE RESEARCH PAPER 

WRITING HELP GUIDES 

• Need my RESEARCH PAPER WRITING TIPS? 

• Need reminders of our discussion of effective INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPHS? 

• Need more examples from Early World History?  Make sure to use the WRITING GUIDELINES used in Early World. It has helpful examples.   

• History papers use Chicago Style footnote citation and bibliography, not MLA parenthetical citation and work cited pages. Use http://www.citationmachine.net/turabian/cite-a-book to assist you in creating the proper citation. There is a 7 minute YouTube video that shows you how to create a "hanging indent" and insert a "footnote on the Citation Guide for this blog. Make sure you include the page number to which you are referring, regardless of whether you are quoting, paraphrasing, or summarizing.  

• Here are some examples of what it should look like, along with a research paper sample from Rampolla (note it uses endnotes - you should format as footnotes).   

Footnotes:

Bibliography: 

• Want to grade your own paper? Try grading based on Rampolla's FREQUENT PROBLEMS guide that I developed after reading the book.

FORMATTING 

• Your final paper should be about 7-10 pages (not including cover page and bibliography).  I will not take deductions for lengthier papers unless the paper reads more like a description or summary, rather than the required analysis and argumentation.

• Your paper must use a mix of primary and secondary sources.  In AT Modern Euro, you are required to use 8 sources (at least two scholarly sources like books and database articles and two primary sources). 

• Weave your sources together.  Try not to rely on just one source in each of your body paragraphs. 

• Use Times New Roman, 12 point font, double-spacing and 1 inch margins.  

UNANSWERED QUESTIONS?? 

• Need additional help on typical expectations for introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions?  Review pages 55-69 of your A Pocket Guide to Writing In History (attached as well here).  

Franco-German Rift Clouds EU’s Future

https://www.wsj.com/articles/franco-german-rift-clouds-eus-future-11574946000?emailToken=c631b275fffe8232a3ff0f67d7cb7331ge5OS0qGebXZpZcO9o05WQ+jDEAhuoF4sPPE3wZst7sbVSJtkPBjpXB65lBwQ4ESwv0+j8bSFU8xdJD4EBF9Xe+Yn88mHzxUJmCzVLZG0Os%3D&reflink=article_copyURL_share

France Moves to Slow European Union’s Balkan Expansion

https://www.wsj.com/articles/france-moves-to-slow-european-unions-balkan-expansion-11574424004?emailToken=d24ca720a0d45bc2f40689e786dc2645BP5BCuUAxphR0QHTWiYHE8RQ3OAScQs1q1YitMy+5uKQgt9oniBw6Grr30zsN0/7Fa/JMfXvxb9r6L5o8eeSlE/lgPM9oQsKdYjPEImkzxU9U5yTdtKWTaWWxhU3AINl&reflink=article_copyURL_share

Fall Semester, Annotated Bibliography for Winter Research Paper

• Link to Library Website for AT Euro Pathfinder

• Sample Annotated Bibliography 

How Scientists Got Climate Change So Wrong

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/opinion/sunday/science-climate-change.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Centrists, Progressives and Europhobia

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/opinion/europe-economy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Current Events: Germany 4.0 (4th Industrial Revolution)

Choices Simulation - China on the World Stage: Weighing the US Response

Current Events: Slavery Reparations in Scotland today

Glasgow University to Pay Slavery Slavery Reparations

The Legacies of British Slave-Ownership Project's "database offers a unique snapsot of who the slaveowners were at the ending of slavery.  There were approximately 46,000 claimants, although not all of them were successful in gaining compensation. Of the 20 million pounds paid out, nearly half of the money stayed in Britain. Unsurprisingly, some of the funds went to wealthy absentees, but the flow of money also highlights the importance of another class of compensation recipient: the British merchant. This merchant class was a vitally important cog in the machinery of transatlantic slavery. . . . Mercantile wealth derived from the profits of the plantation was one important way that slavery returned home to Britain. . . . The Hibbert family, for example, made claims as trustees, owners-in-fee, mortgagees, judgment creditors, devisees in trust and executors. Their ownership of enslaved people was based both on plantation ownership and on the complex system of credit relationships that characterized the West India trade. . . . [George Hibbert] consistently argued throughout his career that investment in the slave economy was legitimate and that respectable people would be ruined without payment for their loss of 'property.'"  Katie Donington, A Society Built on Slavery, History Today (September 2015), 10-12.  What role then did slavery in the building of the global economy?

Brexit’s Warring Parties Share Old-School Roots: They All Went to Eton

https://www.wsj.com/articles/brexits-warring-parties-share-old-school-roots-they-all-went-to-eton-11571602032?emailToken=e2774f846ea742d549d6cf19fd6bbed6OcjgQ0xiaqIrQyJwdwL+Ti2bQFulDz/3cSrPCbykuNdLuAnWNC1gzsvfw1Ia5rE1BjnPFtgeZPcjRTqeroFVc4wn3MIwvn1ETzcjc5FPGgeHFWqPZYvJEm0lQG/5msjj1gxOz8vRtcPWip1EvaTIEA%3D%3D&reflink=article_copyURL_share

Reformation art history lecture

Dear all,

Here is a link to last Thursday's lecture on art and the Protestant Reformation. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to write.

Best wishes,
Ms. Rousseva

A Nun's 450-Year-Old 'Last Supper' Makes Its Museum Debut in Florence - Atlas Obscura

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/first-last-supper-woman-painter-florence

Spain’s Attempt to Atone for a 500-Year-Old Sin

Atlantic Magazine's article on Spain's Move to Atone for 500 Year Old Sin 

500 Anniversary of Protestant Reformation

How do Catholics and Lutherans engage across difference today?

How Brexit Changed The European Union

OBAMA’S SPPECH AT UIC

Another Scottish referendum beckons—and this time the nationalists may win

https://drive.google.com/a/ucls.uchicago.edu/file/d/0BwdvEG3Mi2VpY2JUTGpJZnVhenlDdWRBNkpCR0NLWGNaVnpv/view?usp=drivesdk

Tinker, Tailor, Writer, Spy John le Carré takes aim at Brexit and Boris Johnson in his new novel, “Agent Running in the Field.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/books/john-le-carre-agent-running-in-the-field.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Military Leaders Fear They’ve Seen This Before. It Ended in the Iraq War.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/us/politics/turkey-kurds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

The Ancient Roots of Anti-Judaism video

https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/video/ancient-roots-anti-judaism

Feedback after Unit 1 Test on Historical Habits of Mind and Renaissance

1. Non-fiction literacy, which could also be termed critical reading, takes center stage in this year in this course. Just as there is a summer learning “loss” for math, so there is for non-fiction reading. Non-fiction requires very different skills than fiction/literature. This is a class about ideas, so we ask 1-3 guided “idea” questions about the reading. (We don’t ask about tiny details such as dates, kings, etc.) A helpful homework handout that we gave you previously students is linked here:
http://ateurohistory.blogspot.com/2019/09/helpful-checklist-for-students... Our goal is for you to focus and take notes only these 1-3 questions as they read. It is called "predatory reading." Writing while reading helps students focus on their comprehensive and work as active readers. 

2. Prepare for and participate verbally during class discussion, and take notes during class discussion. Highlight the quotes other students point to in the readings to key in on important ideas. Write down three key ideas from each day's class. Build your study guide as we go. Make it the first 5 minutes of your homework routine. 

3. Some fun things help with the reading too, such as watching movies and Youtube videos sent in the historical time period, so you have the chance to SEE and visualize much more of the material culture and context at work. John Green just started a new series for Modern European History that is amazing! Each one matches up exactly with what we are studying in class:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tecocKSclwc There are other series like it as well (e.g., Tom Richey). Much can be learned on YouTube. 

4. There is always a study guide for every test. Here is the one we gave you for this past test: it is audio, visual and text. http://ateurohistory.blogspot.com/p/unit-i-study-guide-renaissance-and.h...

5. Finally, we encourage you to go back through the readings side-by-side as you begin to prepare for each exam. This is called "synthesizing" the readings, i.e., putting it all together. You should remember the author and main idea of each supplement (non-textbook) reading. 

6. Test-taking strategies. We encourage you to make sure you are answering the question we asked, not the question you hoped we asked.  Incorporate as many supporting details as possible.  You want to dig deep, scuba-diving not snokeling.  Incorporate specific and precise examples of supporting details from the reading. 

Please do not hesitate to let us know if you have any additional questions, insight, etc. 

Protestant Reformation

Protestant Reformation Part I

Speaker Opportunity Thursday, October 10

On the evening of October 10, the Brookings Institute, together with the Charles Koch Institute, will host a debate on the future of America’s relationship with Europe and Russia at the Gleacher Center of the University of Chicago. I wanted you to be aware of this event as I thought some of your students who study history, Europe, or world politics (or any members of a debate club) might be interested in attending a rigorous debate about this topic. It features former senior Obama administration officials such as Victoria Nuland, former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, and a number of prominent Europe experts debating geopolitical trends in trade and security affecting America’s relationship with Europe and Russia. Our moderator is Edward Luce of The Financial Times.

Here is a website with information about the event (including free registration): https://charleskochinstitute.swoogo.com/transatlantic-relations. There will be an opportunity for students to mingle with the debate speakers and moderator before and after the event, and of course to ask questions.

Art Institute Field Trip Sign Up and Links

As discussed in class today, sophomores will be going on retreat later this week. Juniors are required to attend class and we recommend that you work on the Art Institute field trip -- scheduled for Monday, November 18 -- while they are away.  The sign-up sheet is linked below, along with a list of art works for which you may sign up for a single work, with your partner.  We recommend you pick from those in the "Renaissance" period because that is what we have studied in class at this point.

ART INSTITUTE SIGN-UP SHEET

ART INSTITUTE ASSIGNMENT 

ART INSTITUTE ARTIFACT CHOICES 

Rubric 

Free-speech is killing us

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/opinion/sunday/free-speech-social-media-violence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Introduction to European Union and History of Brexit

Historical Maps of EU Member Enlargement 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-24367705

(3 years ago)

(3 years ago: Europe's reaction)

(2 years ago)

(1 year ago) 

(7 months ago) 

Boris Johnson and Suspension of Parliament

Suspension was Illegal, Court says

STUDENTS' CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS SEMINAR

STUDENTS' CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS SEMINAR (DEADLINE EXTENDED): Students who have completed their first-tier history course are invited to consider enrolling in a seminar on students' constitutional rights in conjunction with the University Law School and UC Woodlawn Charter School. Applications are due by the end of the day on Friday (10/4). More information and the application form can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LNChf8yM-RQRGcKTyi6z8oS-P6ZfTOlzGwpmPsUWHCM/edit?usp=sharing

LaToya Ruby Frazier // Modern Art Notes Podcast

Dear Students,

Last Thursday I mentioned that the Ren's current exhibition by LaToya Ruby Frazier is fantastic. I hope some of you will visit the show and write about a photograph for your first writing experiment. If you're interested in the artist and her work, take a listen to the latest episode of the Modern Art Notes podcast. The discussion will be useful for others as well since Frazier mentions the influence of renaissance painting on her photographs - in particular paintings by Caravaggio who we'll look at next time.

https://manpodcast.com/portfolio/no-412-latoya-ruby-frazier/

Best wishes,
Nicoletta 

Janus’ students

Please read pages 112-131 in Manchester for Tuesday.

Renaissance art powerpoint

Renaissance art PPT 

Please review the link above and don't hesitate to write with questions about the artworks or concepts covered on Thursday. Next time, we'll discuss the Reformation. See you Oct. 17 - don't forgot to bring a printed copy of your writing assignment to class.

Best wishes,
Nicoletta 

Art History Writing Assignment

Dear Students,

Here is a link to the first writing assignment for Art History (don't worry, only two this academic year). I'll discuss the assignment on Thursday. In the meantime, please take a look and familiarize yourself with the requirements.

Looking forward to meeting you all later this week. If you have questions about the writing assignment or Art History syllabus, please don't hestitate to write.

Best wishes,
Ms. Rousseva

Boris Johnson’s Suspension of Parliament Was Unlawful, U.K. Supreme Court Rules

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/world/europe/uk-supreme-court-brexit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Climate Protesters and World Leaders: Same Planet, Different Worlds

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/21/climate/united-nations-climate-change.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

The Only Way to End ‘Endless War

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/14/opinion/sunday/endless-war-america.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Notre-Dame’s Toxic Fallout

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/14/world/europe/notre-dame-fire-lead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Context: VIdeo Tutorials (Medievalists vs. Renaissance Humanists)

Case Study: French Abbey Mont Saint-Michel 

Crash Course European History: the Renaissance 

Printing Press (only 3:09-7:10, how it works, what it looks like) 

In Italy, a Sharp Turn Back to the Center

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/11/opinion/giuseppe-conte-italy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

ECB LAUNCHES MAJOR RATE CUT PACKAGE

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ecb-launches-major-stimulus-package-cuts-key-rate-11568289016?emailToken=4e736b3a5b1359d1f72005b2890a6151uA5swGzi+uVdcwBYEFRVQ4yNRSXh/THV5gz3TJ6xw975Levsc8u2bngjeMsLx1n6lkoAnaYoxFCOFJkHh4DiDD5Co+fnbRKTyM9TOXHNhOs%3D&reflink=article_copyURL_share

Helpful Checklist for Students

1. Make sure you buy either a print or digital text.  If you buy a digital text, you must take notes separately for class. If you buy a print text, you may annotate within it.  Print textbooks are available for class use during discussion. 

2. Check the BLOG (ateurohistory.blogspot.com) EVERY DAY. You can get there through Schoology (click on Class Blog link). You have homework reading every day.  We have been thoughtful on how many pages to assign (4-12 pages per night), noting this is an AT (not honors) class. 

3. Note the NAME (e.g., Rice) of the writer. We provide you with QUESTION(S) to GUIDE your reading comprehension.  USE them to check your comprehension, take notes and/or annotate.  Significant research shows digital readers often SKIM and you must self-monitor your comprehension in this media.  If you don't understand the questions, fall back on our Historical Habits of Mind questions (below). 

4. Come to class ready to use a AUDIBLE, even LOUD, voice. Be brave. You've got this!   

5. Supplement your NOTES with comments of your classmates and myself.  Work smart, not hard. This will become your test study guide. 

6. Review your notes quickly before you start the next night's reading to help CONNECT the readings together. Readings were put in an order to create a story for you. 

For more insight on reading complex text, see "How to Read." 

1. What is the SOURCE (primary, secondary, name, reliability/expertise of writer)? 

2. What is the CONTEXT of the period?

3. What is the KALEIDOSCOPE/PERSPECTIVE of the writer and/or the named individuals?

4. What is the CATENA/CHAIN/WEB/THESIS of the reading?

5. What is the PERIODIZATION (assumptions of writer in dividing time into periods)?

Scottish Court Rules Boris Johnson’s Suspension of Parliament Illegal

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/11/world/europe/uk-brexit-parliament-prorogue.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Who’s gonna stop no-deal?

The Economist | Who’s gonna stop no-deal?
https://www.economist.com/node/21770661?frsc=dg%7Ce

Review Week 1: Crash Course in European History: Introduction

Review Week 1: Current Event Articles

The ‘Political Anarchist’ Behind Britain’s Chaos (NY Times)

Parliament’s Next Brexit Brawl: When to Hold Elections (NY Times)

U.K. Opposition Lawmakers Plan to Turn Up Heat on Boris Johnson (NY Times) 

John Locke Breaks His Silence (Wall Street Journal) 

Art History lectures #7 and #8

Dear Students,

Below are links to yesterday's lecture on European art after 1989, and to the prior lecture on 1968. If you have any questions about the material, please don't hesitate to write (nrousseva@uchicago.edu).

Wishing you a restful summer,
Ms. Rousseva

Lecture 7 (1968)

Lecture 8 (1989)

Monday, June 3 Procedural Rules

See the document LINKED HERE.

Weekend Advice and Conclusion Changes Locked Deadline

Weekend Advice
1. Assume goodwill. Someone may have made changes to try to make something clearer, not realizing they blurred your meaning.
2. Be collaborative and cooperative.  Remember your best-case scenario is consensus and package deals, not contention and fracturing deals.  Try to reconcile conflicts. Go for a win-win approach. How do you both get what you need?
3. Less is more. The more confusing something is, the more likely someone won't vote for it.

Rule Announcement by Mr. Janus and Ms. Gerst: No changes may be made to the Conclusions in the Google Folder after 8:25 am on Monday, June 3.  At that time, the documents are locked, and each will be reviewed in its final form in class prior to the EU Summit Meeting after school.

The Eastern Bloc under Soviet Occupation Remembered

https://www.nytimes.com/video/movies/1194817091720/movie.html

People's Century: End of Cold War

EU Population Numbers by Country

For a conclusion to pass the "qualified majority" rule of 55% of EU countries representing 65% of the EU population, you will need a minimum of 16 countries and 332.8 million people.  Individual countries' populations can be found here:

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do?tab=table&plugin=1&language=en&pcode=tps00001

Reasons for Hope and Concern in Europe’s Elections

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/28/opinion/europe-parliament-elections.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

European Parliament Election Results Available Here!

You may use the dropdown box available at this LINK HERE to see the final results sorted by your chosen European country.   Total seats and voter turnout (how democratic were they?) below.  Why and how does this matter?  Many reasons, for example, it would be difficult for the EU Council to set a policy that will not ultimately have enough votes to PASS in the European Parliament.  Make sense? 

Analysis from the NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/world/europe/european-parliament-elections-issues.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share 
Analysis from the Wall Street Journal here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vNlJeoWjNdT5-FDwbJ8yiEICwyNrehLa/view?usp=sharing 

As Mr. Janus points out, Nigel Farage's Brexit party showed strong in UK elections, though voter turnout was low.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/world/europe/farage-brexit-party-uk-elections.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Why study history? Because it can save us from democratic collapse

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/05/21/why-study-history-because-it-can-save-us-democratic-collapse/

Upload Your Draft/Final Policy Paper to the Mock Council Google Folder

https://ateurohistory.blogspot.com/p/eu-mock-council-2019.html

European Parliament Elections: Country by Country Polling Data

https://ig.ft.com/european-parliament-election-polls/

NY Times: What is Europe? What Europe means to Europeans in 2019

Longer 25 minute (Ahead of Election)

Dismantling of EU? 

D-Day

Google Arts & Culture Exhibition on D-Day Invasion

Round III: Liberalism/Rule of Law, Illiberalism/Authoritarianism, and Sovereignty

People's Century: Master Race (1933)

Round II: Culture, Identity, Migration, etc.

Round III: Liberalism, Rule of Law, and Signs of Authoritarianism

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-long-long-fall-of-monarchy-1488986362?mod=e2fb

Unit 9 Begins: Unit 9: The Russian Revolution, Great Depression, and Rise of Dictators

People's Century: 1917 Red Flag 

Ted-Ed History v. Lenin

Round I Working Group Rehearsal: Globalization vs. EU Integration vs. Economic Nationalism

Notes and attendees below.  For those groups totally absent (no attendee and no substitute), please see below and work to make up the considerable opportunity you missed.  A technical vocabulary was presented, along with research questions, and a "toolkit" of articles.

Team Sign Up by Topic (EU Mock Council) and Current Event Compilation

Sign up sheet here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GYRCabAZ03606JNPlMam_TSwngM7HuUW7HoevbkoqWg/edit?usp=sharing 

A compilation of current event articles by topic (ordered by round):

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tbKyRtOTSaac8jlMeHuFwYXno9wnw2VkXH1x0cDUSck/edit

An archive of current event presentations (ordered by country):

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VM3udpVyzkSi7UEP5Bgk1uKeglkHuZJxfR69uWcu-tg/edit?usp=sharing

Dewey on Democracy

https://wolfweb.unr.edu/homepage/lafer/dewey%20dewey.htm

British Imperialism in India:1757-1857

CNN Series: BEIC and Tipu Sultan

Great Rebellion (1857)

Indian Rebellion of 1857

The Indian Mutiny

PBS: Queen Victoria's Empire 

Crash Course: Imperialism

Crash Course: Asian Responses to Imperialism 

EU Mock Council Begins

Notre Dame Fire

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/16/opinions/macron-notre-dame-speaking-for-france-opinion-intl/index.html

Historical Kaleidoscope 

Theological Kaleidoscope 

Architectural Kaleidoscope 

Nationalist Kaleidoscope 

“It’s not one relic, not one piece of glass — it’s the totality,” said Barbara Drake Boehm, senior curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s medieval Cloisters branch in New York, her voice shaking as she tried to put into words what the cathedral meant. “It’s the very soul of Paris, but it’s not just for French people. For all humanity, it’s one of the great monuments to the best of civilization.”

Global reactions came swiftly including from the Vatican, which released a statement expressing shock and sadness for the “terrible fire that has devastated the Cathedral of Notre Dame, symbol of Christianity in France and in the world.”

https://www.apnews.com/7538fdb8fc8b476b8c442f0c2ac52115

Twisting Path to Brexit

https://www.wsj.com/video/opinion-britain-twisting-road-to-brexit/8D005E2B-5069-4962-BB6E-2200106C06D0.html

Institutions of the European Union and European Parliament May Elections

European Parliament Explained 

This Year's Election 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-euroskeptics-unite-sort-of-11554853612?mod=searchresults&page=2&pos=6

Britain Will Have to Pass Theresa May’s Brexit Plan, E.U. Warns

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/world/europe/uk-may-brexit-barnier-eu.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Slovakia takes a liberal turn

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution

Unit 7: Modern Global Economy, Challenges to Liberalism, Irrationalism & Modernist Philosophy 

Each unit from now until the Mock EU Council juxtaposes contemporary global current events with their historical antecedents. This unit juxtaposes the global economy of the Second Industrial Revolution with the global economy of today's Fourth Industrial Revolution.  Nation states and individuals are asking how they may compete and innovate, while they confront potential ethnical issues and negative side effects of their choices.  How can we be thoughtful to the long-term impacts of this third (or is it fourth) Industrial Revolution that is unfolding in front of our eyes? 

Interesting current event articles 

Check out the future of automation with privately funded and unmanned spaceships, self-driving vehicles replacing approximately 7 million taxicab drivers and truck drivers, globalization of textile markets with microfiber fabrics (e.g., yoga pants) and plastic bags polluting the oceans, the use of algorithms in international finance, debt crises, the raw materials the developed world uses to create and sell finished products worldwide (e.g., like the cell phone), and the refugee crises caused by decades of war and economic instability. On this day last year came word that "Elon Musk[, t]he billionaire entrepreneur now wants to merge computers with human brains to help people keep up with machines." Bad choices of Late Modernity include manufacturers using radium in consumer goods, leading to radium poisoning.  But are we really so very different? Our culture embraces smartphone technology, despite evidence it has led to depression in half of all teenagers, a crisis in mental health since 2011. And what of the opioid crisis, with the first reported settlement against a pharma company for downplaying the potency, for that matter?