Eric A. Burrows

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Wednesday December 2 - Intellectual Developments in 19th Century Europe
1.  Class Discussion - Karl Marx and the Dialectic of Class Stuggle
2.  Class Discussion - Charles Darwin and the Descent of Man

Homework:
1)  Read the first two chapters of "The Trial" by Franz Kafka
2)  Read Spielvogel 24 (690-706)

Tuesday December 1 - European Society in the 19th Century
1.  Class Discussion - The Modern European City 
(Paris and Vienna - The forces that shaped an open and wealthy city)
2)  Group Work - The Nation-States of Late 19th Century Europe
(From Anti-Semitism to the New Woman, what was happening in European society in the late 1800s)
3)  Student Presentations - Nation-States in Late 19th Century Europe

Homework:
1)  Please read Chapters 1 and 2 of Franz Kafka's "The Trial"
2)  Please read Spielvogel Chapter 24 (pages 690 - 699)

WE WILL DISCUSS MARX, DARWIN, AND THEN KAFKA FIRST THING TOMORROW.  THEN WE WILL 
EXPLORE IMPERIALISM.  BE PREPARED!

Monday November 30 - 19th Century European Society
1.  Class Discussion - Art and Sport in Modern Western Civilization
2.  Group Work - The Modern European City 
(Paris and Vienna - The forces that transformed the modern city and the impact on the people living 
in those cities.)  Good job today - nice analysis that we will finish tomorrow.

Homework:
1)  Read Spielvogel 24 (pages 682-690)  Please read carefully as you will have a Things Learned on it
2)  Complete your annotations (not highlighting) of the Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels
3)  Complete your annotations (not highlighting) of Darwin's "The Descent of Man"
4)  Read Kafka's "The Trial"  Chapters 1 and 2

Sorry, but there were no more editions of "The Trial" available at Chaucer's.  Please read on line or 
borrow or order, but read the first two chapters by Wednesday.

Tuesday November 24 - 19th Century European Society
1.  Group Work - A Visual Mosaic of European Society
(Three people in a group.  Review Spielvogel Chapter 23.  Examine the six areas = New Industry, 
Workers, Urban Environment, Social Stratification, Women's Role, Leisure)

Homework:
1) Read Franz Kafka "The Trial" Chapters 1 and 2
2) Read "Paris and Vienna - The Development of the Modern City" and highlight it
3) Read Marx and Engels "The Communist Manifesto"
4) Read Charles Darwin "The Descent of Man"

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! !! !! !! !! !!

Monday November 23 - Realism in Art and Literature
1.  Class Discussion - Realism in Literarture (Baudelaire, Flaubert, Balzac, and Zola)
2.  Art Gallery Tour - Realism in Painting (Turner, Rousseau, Millet, Courbet, and Manet)

Homework:
1)  Please read Spielvogel 23 (pages 642-664)
2)  Please locate a copy of Franz Kafka's "The Trial"

Friday November 20 - The Era of Nationalism
1.  Group Work - Which Force Won and Why - Germany, Italy, France, Russia, Austria, Great Britain

Homework:
1)  Please read Humanities 30 (all)
2)  Notes # 30a - Please take notes on the Humanities packet

Thursday November 19 - The Era of Nationalism
1.  Class Discussion - Italian and German Unification

Homework:
1)  Read Spielvogel 23 (pages 642-665) YOU WILL HAVE A THINGS LEARNED ON IT

Wednesday November 18 - The Era of Nationalism
1.  Class Discussion - Which Force Won and Why - Europe in the Era of Nationalism

Homework:
1)  Read Spielvogel 23 (pages 665-671)

Tuesday November 17 - The Era of Nationalism
1.  Test # 1 - Mega Midterm Exam
2.  Group Work - Notes # 22 - The Era of Nationalism
(In your new group you are to explore the forces affecting Europe in the 1850 to 1871 time period.  
You will research with your group, both in Spielvogel and another source, what took place and then 
state a sophisticated claim regarding your nation answering the question of what force and why.  
Please support that claim with abundant evidence (yes, each of you will be doing this assignment).  
Then please take the alternative position that some other force beside the decision of your group 
actually prevailed in your nation during that time period.  Please state that alternative claim and 
support it with abundant evidence.  Each person should write a separate point-counterpoint and turn 
it in tomorrow - with another source in addition to Spielvogel on Wednesday November 18.  Each 
group will present their point-counterpoint at the start of class tomorrow.)

Homework:
1)  Notes # 22a - The Era of Nationalism
2)  Read Spielvogel 23 (pages 665 - 671)

Monday November 16 - Midterm Exam
1.  Mega Midterm Exam

Homework:
1) Notes # 20a - Causes and Consequences of Industrialization
2) Read Spielvogel  22 (611-622)

GIVEN THE LATE START THIS MORNING, YOU WILL HAVE 20 MORE MINUTES TO FINISH THE LAST 
ESSAY ON YOUR TEST.  NO ADDITIONAL TIME ON IDENTIFICATIONS OR MULTIPLE CHOICE

Friday November 13 - Industrialization
1.  Group Work - The Causes and Consequences of Industrialization - Notes # 20a
2.  Class Discussion - The Forces of 19th Century Europe - Conservatism, Liberalism, Nationalism, 
and Socialism

Homework:
1)  Study for Mega Midterm on Monday November 16
2)  Notes # 20a - The Causes and Consequences of Industrialization - Due on Tuesday Nov 17

Thursday November 12 - Romanticism and Industrialization
1.  Art Gallery Tour - Romanticism (David, Turner, Friedrich, Delacroix, Goya)
2.  Group Work - LIbrary Research - The Causes and Consequences of Industrialization

Homework:
1)  Study for Mega Midterm Exam on Monday November 16th (Chapters 19, 20, 21 - Multiple Choice, 
IDs, and Essays)
2)  Read and know Spielvogel Chapter 20 (all)

Wednesday November 11 - Veterans' Day
ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS ARMISTICE DAY - WHICH WAS THE CELEBRATION OF THE END OF WORLD 
WAR ONE - WHEN THE ARMISTICE ENDING THE WAR WAS SIGNED ON THE ELEVENTH HOUR OF THE 
ELEVENTH DAY OF THE ELEVENTH MONTH IN 1918.

Tuesday November 10 - The Age of Romanticism
1.  Literary Analysis - Wordsworth and the Poetry of Romanticism
2.  Art Gallery Tour - The Romantic Era (Casper David Friedrich, J.M.W. Turner, Jean-Francios Millet)

Homework:
WE WILL CONTINUE OUR INVESTIGATION OF ROMANTIC ART ON THURSDAY.  WE WILL ALSO REVISIT 
OUR STUDY OF WHICH FORCE WON - LIBERALISM, NATIONALISM, CONSERVATISM, OR SOCIALISM.  
PLEASE BE SURE TO HAVE READ CHAPTER 20 OF SPIELVOGEL AS WE WILL DO SOME LIBRARY 
RESEARCH ON GROUP PROJECTS ON INDUSTRIALIZATION ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

Monday November 9 - Politics and Art
1.  Film Documentary - Jacques Louis-David and the Service of Art
2.  Music Appreciation - Classical Music and Mozart - Romanticism and Beethoven

Homework:
1)  Notes # 21a - Which Force Won and Why (Please describe which force won in your country in the 
years between 1815 and 1850.  Please write that history with abundant detail and a strong sense of 
the forces abounding in Europe at the time)

WE WILL FINISH ROMANTICISM (BOTH POETRY AND PAINTING) TOMORROW BEFORE FINALIZING OUR 
INVESTIGATION OF THE FORCES OVERWHELMING EUROPE DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH 
CENTURY.

Friday November 6 - Politics and Art
1.  Class Discussion - 
2.  Film Documentary - Jacques Louis-David and the French Revolution

Homework:
1)  Please read all of Humanities 28 (the excerpts too!)

Thursday November 5 - The Forces of Politics in 19th Century Europe
1.  Class Discussion - Which Force Won - Liberalism, Nationalism, Conservatism, and Socialism?

Homework:
1)  Read Humanities 28 (pages 285-290)

Wednesday November 4 - The Resurgence of Conservatism
1. Class Discussion - The Conservative Order
2.  Group Work - Revolution and Restorations - Europe 1815 -1850

Homework:

PLEASE LEARN AND UNDERSTAND YOUR NATION - YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ARTICULATING 
WHICH FORCE WON IN YOUR NATION BETWEEN 1815 AND 1850 - LIBERALISM, NATIONALISM, 
CONSERVATISM, OR SOCIALISM.

Otherwise, please study for Econ

Tuesday November 3 - The Resurgence of Conservatism
1.  Class Discussion - The Isms - Mercantilism, Capitalism, Liberalism, Nationalism, Socialism

Homework:
1)  Read Spielvogel  Chapter 20 (pages 552 -565)  YOU WILL HAVE A THINGS LEARNED ON IT 
TOMORROW

Monday November 2 - Napoleon
1.  Group Work - Napoleon and the Conquest of Europe (please chart on a timeline the major events 
of the Napoleonic Era - 1804-1815 - and describe them while stating their historical significance.  
The please place them on a timeline demonstrating an understanding of the sweep of events in the 
era.

Homework;
1)  Read Spielvogel 21 (pages 579 through 593)  THERE WILL BE A THINGS LEARNED ON THIS

Friday October 29 - Napoleon
1.  Film Documentary - Napoleon

Homework:
1)  Read Spielvogel 21 (pages 579-593)

ON MONDAY WE WILL FINISH NAPOLEON WITH A GROUP EXERCISE ON HIS CONQUESTS.
THEN WE WILL BEGIN CHAPTER 21 WITH AN INVESTIGATION OF THE FORCES 
OF LIBERALISM AND NATIONALISM AS THEY TRY TO DEFEAT THE CONSERVATIVE ORDER.

Thursday October 29 - Napoleon
1.  Musical Appreciation - Woodstock and Tending Your Garden
2.  Film Documentary - Napoleon

Homework:

1)  Read Spielvogel 19 (all)

Wednesday October 28 - The French Revolution
1.  Class Discussion - The French Revolution (Causes and Consequences, Women and Economics)
2.  Class Discussion - Voltaire and Candide (Opera, Broadway, and the Whimsical Tale)

Homework:
1)  Be prepared to investigate and dissect Napoleon!

Tuesday October 27 - The French Revolution
1.  Things Learned - Candide and The French Revolution (Describe each of the following and state 
which interpretation of the French Revolution it supports - Civil Constitution of the Clergy, The 
Committee of Public Safety, The Republic of Virtue, The Directory)
2.  Film Documentary  - The French Revolution

Homework:
1)  Read Spielvogel 19 (pages 544- 551) YOU WILL HAVE A THINGS LEARNED ON IT

Monday October 26 - The French Revolution
1.  Class Discussion - Events of Revolution (Estates General, The Three Estates, Abbe Sieyes, The 
Third Estate, the National Assembly, The Tennis Court Oath, The Declaration of the Rights of Man 
and the Citizen, the Storming of the Bastille, the Great Fear, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, the 
Women's March on Versailles, Robespiere, levee en masse, King's escape, guillotine)
2.  Film Documentary - Events of the Revolution (see above events)

Homework:
1)  Finish Candide,
2)  Read Spielvogel 19 (through 544)

Friday October 23 - The Middle Ages
1.  Film - Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Homework:
1)  PSD Analysis - Chapters 16, 17, 18 (see below for which documents to select)
2)  Finish Candide
3)  Read Spielvogel 19 (pages 522-544)

Thursday October 22 - Salon de Paris
1.  Group Work and Student Presentations - The Salon de Paris

Homework:
1)  Study for Final Exam on the Middle Ages

Wednesday October 21 - The French Revolution
1.  Class Discussion - Causes of History - The Storming of the Bastille
2.  Film Documentary - The French Revolution

Homework:
1)  WA # 2b - Questions for the Salon de Paris

COME PREPARED FOR EXCITING AND DYNAMIC CONVERSATION!  PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING A PROP 
WITH YOU TO SHOW WHO YOU ARE!

REMEMBER THE GIANT FINAL IN ON FRIDAY.  I AM WILLING TO COME IN EARLY ON FRIDAY AT 9 AM 
TO DO A REVIEW SESSION BEFORE 1ST PERIOD IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE THAT.

PSD PACKET IS DUE ON MONDAY OCTOBER 26.

Tuesday October 20 - The French Revolution
1.  Film Documentary - The French Revolution (schlubman and Marie Antoinette, Necker and finance, 
the Royal Guard, the Estates General, the Three Estates, the Tennis Court Oath, the Storming of the 
Bastille)
2.  Group Work - Causation in History - The Storming of the Bastille
As a group of historians focused on your discipline (economic, political, ideological, or personal) 
analyze the documents surrounding the storming of the Bastille and select five documents that 
support your theory of how the French Revolution started)

Homework:
1)  WA # 2 - Biographical Precis and Answer to Four Overarching Issues
2)  Read Spielvogel Chapter 19 (pages 522- 544)  YOU WILL HAVE A THINGS LEARNED ON THIS!!!

Monday October 19 - The French Revolution
1.  Things Learned
2.  Class Discussion - Historical Causation
3.  Film Documentary - The French Revolutino

Homework:
1)  Read packet of psd on the storming of the Bastille.

Friday October 16 - 18th Century European Society
1.  Group Work - 18th Century European Society

I.  Introduction
a.  Definitions - Early Modern Europe and Ancien Regime

II.  Social Life

A.  Poverty
1.  Make a claim regarding the historian and history in the article regarding "Poverty and Marginality 
in the Early Modern City."
2.  Support that claim with three supporting pieces of evidence from the article.
3.  Compare the article with the corresponding section in Spielvogel ("The Problem of Poverty" page 
518).

B.  Pregnancy
1.  Make a claim regarding the historian and history in the article regarding "The Experience of 
Pregnancy."
2.  Supporrt that claim with three supporting pieces of evidence from the article.
3.  Compare the article with the corresponding section in Spielvogel ("Marriages and Childbirth"  
page 509)

C. Social Order
1.  Make a sophisticated claim regarding what happened to each of the following social classes in the 
18th Century - Peasants, Nobility, City Dwellers.  Support each claim with abundant evidence.

Homework:
1)  Read Spielvogel 19 (pages 522-535)  BE PREPARED FOR A THINGS LEARNED AND BE PREPARED TO 
CHALLENGE ME DURING THE EVALUATION! ! ! 
2)  WA # 2 - Salon de Paris precis and answers is due on Wednesday October 21.
3)  WA # 2a - Five Issue Questions and One Personal Question is due on Thursday October 22.
4)  Test # 4 - Final Exam is on Friday October 24.
5)  Finish Candide (to be discussed on Wednesday October 21.

Thursday October 15 - The Absolute Monarchs
1.  Powerpoint Lecture - The Absolute Monarchs

Homework:
1)  Read Social History Readings (Pregnancy and Poverty in Early Modern Europe)
2)  Read Spielvogel 18 (503-521)
3)  Read Candide (finish!)

Wednesday October 14 - The Enlightenment
1.  Powerpoint Lecture - The Enlightenment (Definition, Precursors, Philosophes, Montesquieu, 
Diderot, Voltaire, Rousseau)
2.  Group Work - Voltaire's Candide

Homework:
1)  Read Spielvogel 18 (pages 491-503)
2)  Read Candide through Chapter XX

THE PSD NOTEBOOKS FOR CHAPTERS 16, 17, AND 18 ARE DUE ON MONDAY OCTOBER 19.  THE 
DOCUMENTS TO BE ANALYZED INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

CHAPTER 16
Copernicus (444)
Kepler (445)
Galileo (446)
Newton (448)
Descartes (455)
Pascal (458)

CHAPTER 17
Montesquieu (468)
Rousseau (473)
Wollstonecraft (475)

CHAPTER 18
Frederick the Great (498)
Catherine the Great (500)
Woolen Workers (514)

YOUR SALON DE PARIS ASSIGNMENT IS UP AT THE SCHOOL WEBSITE.  PLEASE REVIEW IT AND COME 
TO CLASS WITH ANY QUESTIONS.  YOUR PRECIS IS DUE ON MONDAY OCTOBER 19 AS WELL, WITH 
SUBSEQUENT QUESTIONS DUE ON THE DAY OF THE SALON ON THURSDAY OCTOBER 22.

YOUR FINAL EXAM WILL BE ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 23 AND WILL TAKE THE ENTIRE HOUR.  THERE ARE 
30 MULTIPLE CHOISE QUESTIONS, 10 IDENTIFICATIONS, AND AN ESSAY, AND WILL ENCOMPASS ALL 
THAT WE HAVE COVERED THIS TERM.   PLEASE PREPARE WELL.

Tuesday October 13 - Guest Presentation - The Rwandan Genocide

Homework:
1)  Read through Chapter VIII of Candide

Monday October 12 - The Scientifci Revolution and Political Theory
1.  Class Discussion - Hobbes and Locke and the State Of Nature

Homework:
1)  Read Brinkley 17 (pages 463-476)
2)  Read Candide by Voltaire (chapters I though III)

Friday October 9 - Science and Religion
1.  Class Discussion - Spnioza and Pascal - Wagering Your Life for Science or Reason

Homework:
1.  Read and take notes on packet

Thursday October 8 - The Scientific Revolution
1.  Powerpoint Lecture - The Scientific Revolution (Galileo and Newton)

Homework:  Readings and notes thereon

Wednesday October 7 - The Scientific Revolution
1.  Group Work - The Shoulders of Giants
2.  Powerpoint - The Scientific Revolution (Witchcraft, Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, Newton)

Homework:
1)  Read Spielvogel 16 (pages 449-462)

Tuesday October 6 - Mega Midterm Exam
1.  Review Session
2.  Test # 3 - Short Essay and Jeopardy

Homework:
1)  Read Spielvogel 16 (pages 438-449)

Monday October 5 - The Baroque Era in Art and Culture
1.  Art Gallery Tour - The Baroque (Rubens, Carravaggio, Artemesia, Velasquez, Zurburan)
2.  Film Documentary - The Realm of Light - Baroque Art

Homework:
1)  Study for Mega Midterm Exam (see below for ids and short essay topics)

Friday October 2 - The Baroque Era in Art and Culture
1.  Music Appreciation - JS Bach and the Brandenburg Concertos
2.  Art Gallery Tour - El Greco and the Mannerism of the late 1500s
3.  Art Gallery Tour - The Baroque

Homework:
1)  Read Humanities 22 (one page of notes)

WE WILL WRAP UP OUR INVESTIGATION OF BAROQUE ART AND CULTURE ON MONDAY AND THEN DO 
THE MEGA MIDTERM EXAM ON TUESDAY.  SEE BELOW FOR THE CONTENT OF THE MIDTERM EXAM.  
FORMAT WILL BE MULTIPLE CHOICE, IDENTIFICATION, AND SHORT ESSAY.

Thursday October 1 - Stuart England
1.  Film Documentary - The British Civil Wars
2.  Powerpoint Lecture - Stuart England and Constitutional Monarchy

Homework:
1)  Read Spielvogel 15 (last seven pages of chapter)
2)  Read Humanities 22 (all and take notes)

I REALIZE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR BACKPACKS WITH YOU - BUT WE WILL PROCEED WITH THE 
BAROQUE ERA IN EUROPEAN CULTURE TOMORROW.  THE NOTES FROM THE CHAPTER WILL BE DUE ON 
MONDAY.  THE TEST WILL STILL BE ON MONDAY.

THANK YOU FOR BEING OUTSTANDING STUDENTS TODAY - YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB! ! !

MOCK TRIAL TRYOUTS SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY OCTOBER 2 WILL PROCEED NORMALLY.  PLEASE BE 
PREPARED TO GO.  EVERYONE ELSE WILL BE ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR TRYOUT TIMES FOR MONDAY (AND 
PERHAPS TUESDAY, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO LIMIT IT TO MONDAY.

Wednesday September 30 - The British Civil Wars
1.  Film Documentary - Simon Schama and the British Civil Wars

Homework:

I HAVE DECIDED TO POSTPONE THE TEST UNTIL MONDAY.  WE WILL COMPLETE OUR INVESTIGATION 
OF THE BRITISH CIVIL WARS TOMORROW AND THEN INVESTIGATE BAROQUE ART.

! ! ! !  YOU MUST CALL THREE PEOPLE IN THE CLASS TO INFORM THEM OF THE CHANGE ! ! ! 
! ! ! !  SELECT THREE PEOPLE WHOM YOU NORMALLY WOULD NOT TALK TO AND TELL THEM OF THE 
CHANGE ! ! ! !

1)  Please finish reading Chapter 15 in Speilvogel

Tuesday September 29 - The Age of Absolutism
1.  Music Appreciation - Lully and Moliere's "Would-Be Gentleman"  --  The Comedy Ballet of Louis 
XIV's Court
2.  Class Discussion - The Absolute Monarchs of Europe in the 17th Century
3.  Powerpoint Lecture - Stuart England
4.  Film Documentary - Simon Schama and the British Civil Wars

Homework:
1)  Read Spielvogel 15 (424-430)
2)  Study for the Mega Midterm on Thursday

YOU WILL HAVE MULTIPLE CHOICE, IDENTIFICATIONS, AND SHORT ESSAYS ON THE FOLLOWING 
TOPICS.  REMEMBER WE HAVE REVIEWED THE IDENTIFICATIONS FOR EACH SECTION.  YOU HAVE THE 
ISSUES FROM EACH SECTION THAT WILL SERVE AS THE POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS.  AND IF YOU 
KNOW YOUR STUFF, YOU CAN ANSWER MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION.

- The Religious Wars of the Late 1500s (pages 359-367)
-  Europe and the World (Europe Heads Out Into the World - 368-371 -- Portuguese and Spanish 
Conquest - 371-379 -- Rivals on the World Stage - 380-391 -- Toward a World Economy - 391-
393)
- The Thirty Years War (403-408)
- Louis The Fourteenth (408-416)
- The Absolute Monarchs (416-424)
- The English Civil Wars (424-430)

Monday September 28 - Louis XIV and Absolutism
1.  Powerpoint - Louis XIV and Absolute Power
2.  Group Work - The Absolute Monarchs

Homework:
1)  Notes # 15a - The Absolute Monarchs (Please select one of the following nations and explore in a 
detailed paragraph how the monarch gained and maintained power - Russia, Prussia, Austria, 
Ottoman Empire) (some of you have already turned this)
2)  Read Spielvogel 15 (424-430)

Friday September 25 - Louis XIV and Absolutism
1.  Long Boring Class Discussion - The Religious Wars of the 1500s and the Thirty Years War
(Please remember and know all of the identifications from what we have learned - you will be tested 
on them next week - and as a scholar of western culture, you should know them all.  Thus, anything 
we talked about today is fair game on any test from here on out.  Further, please recognize your 
ability to answer the overarching issue of whether these wars between 1550 and 1650 were fought 
for religious or political reasons)
2.  Powerpoint Lecture - Louis XIV and Absolutism
(know all the important points of his life and rule up to the late 1600s)

Homework:
1)  Read Spielvogel Chapter 15 (416-424)  YOU WILL HAVE A THINGS LEARNED ON THIS MATERIAL
2)  Read Moliere's "The Would-Be Gentleman" (you received it as a handout at the end of class)
3)  Complete the PSD Notebook (see below for the documents that you must analyze for point of 
view and content)
4)  Complete Notes # 14 - Europe and the World (the assignment is online below and should be self-
explanatory - email me with questions)

Thursday September 24 - The Religious Wars
1.  Group Work - The Religious Wars (Holland, England, France, and Spain, plus the Thirty Years War)
2.  Jeopardy - The Religious Wars (40 point quiz based upon how well your group knew the era)

Homework:
FOR FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25:
1)  Read Spielvogel 15 (408-416)  YOU WILL HAVE A THINGS LEARNED ON THIS CHAPTER! ! !

FOR MONDAY SEPTEMBER 28:
1)  Read Spielvogel 15 (416-424)
2)  PSD Notebook (see below)
3)  Notes # 14 - Europe and the World

Wednesday September 23 - Europe and the World
1.  Lecture - Europe and the World
     I.  On the Brink of the New World (368-371)
How did Europe finally find itself exploring and conquering the world?  (1.  technology stolen from 
the middle east, 2.  financial and structural wherewithal of the nation state, 3.  competition amongst 
those nation states, 4,  confidence resulting from the Renaissance, and 5.  desire for trade routes to 
Asia without arabian middle-man)

2.  Group Work - Europe and the World
     II.  The "New" World - Portugal and Spain and Conquest of the Globe  (371-379)
         A.  Please select the 3 identifications that you feel are the most important from this section of 
the chapter for understanding the European colonization of Africa and the Americas.
         B.  Compare the viewpoints of Sepulveda and Las Casas (from the American Spirit textbook) 
regarding the Americans the Spanish encountered when conquering the continent
         C.  Create a woodblock depicting the Native American view of the Spanish or the African view of 
the Portuguese.
     III.  New Rivals on the World Stage (380-391)
         A.  Select the one identification that you feel is most significant for African Slave Trade, India, 
and China (one each).
         B.  Please write a one-page editorial for a newpaper in one of the European countries (Holland, 
England, France, etc.) regarding its colonization efforts in Asia.
     IV.  Toward a World Economy (391-393)
         A.  Write a half-page analysis, as a historian, of the reasons why capitalism and mercantilism 
arose as economic practices and theories in the 1500-1800s.  In the analysis, please be sure to 
compare the two theories.

Homework:
FOR THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24:
1)  Spielvogel 13 (359-367) and Spielvogel 15 (400-408)  YOU WILL HAVE A THINGS LEARNED ON IT

FOR FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25:
1)  Read Spielvogel 15 (408-416)

FOR MONDAY SEPTEMBER 28:
1)  Read Spielvogel 15 (416-424)
2)  PSD Notebook (see below)
3)  Notes # 14 - Europe and the World

Tuesday September 22 - The Reformation
1.  Powerpoint Lecture - The Spread of the Reformation (Calvinism, Presbyterianism, the Protestant 
Work Ethic, King Henry VIII and the Church of England, The Counter Reformation, the Council of 
Trent, Saint Ignatius of Loyola)
2.  Group Work - The Religious Wars of the Late 1500s
Faith or Power?  Which Drives the Religious Wars of Europe?  (thesis statement with 3 identifications 
proving that thesis - then visual depiction of that thesis)

Homework:
1)  Read Spielvogel 14 (all)  (read it well so that you can succeed at a quiz on it - there will be a 
question on each section of the chapter - section 1 "New Horizons - Portuguese and Spanish 
Empires," 2. "New Rivals on the World Stage," and 3.  "Toward a World Economy")

YOUR PSD NOTEBOOK WILL BE DUE ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25 AND WILL INCLUDE MOST DOCS FROM 
CHAPTERS 13 AND 14 AND 15.  THE LIST OF DOCS TO BE INCLUDED IS AS FOLLOWS:

CHAPTER 13
LUTHER - 341
LUTHER - 344
MARBORG - 349
CALVIN - 353
PROTESTANT WOMAN - 354
LOYOLA - 358
QUEEN ELIZABETH - 365

CHAPTER 14
COLUMBUS - 375
CORTES - 378
LAS CASAS - 379
SLAVE TRADE - 381
MISSION - 394

CHAPTER 15
30 YEARS WAR - 407
LOUIS XIV - 410
SAINT-SIMON - 414
PETER THE GREAT - 420

Monday September 19 - The Reformation
1.  Class Discussion - Martin Luther and Protestant Theology
2.  Powerpoint Lecture - The Spread of the Reformation

Homework:
1)  Read Spielvogel 13 (pages 359-367)
2)  Prepare to teach regarding your country (1 = The Netherlands,  2 = Britain,  3 = France,  4 = 
Spain) and what happened there during the late 1500s.

Friday September 18 - Mega Midterm Exam
1.  Mega Midterm # 1 - The Middle Ages, The Renaissance, and the Reformation

Homework:
1)  Read Spielvogel 13 (all)

Thursday September 17 - Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation
1.  Film Documentary - Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation (salvation, monasticism, the 
pilgrimage to Rome, Papal corruption, relics, the sale of indulgences, Johann Tetzel, the Tower 
Experience, salvation through faith, 95 Theses, printing press, Letter to German Nobility, 
excommunication, Duke of Saxony, Diet of Worms)

Homework:
1)  Study for Test # 1  (see below)

Wednesday September 16  - The Northern Renaissance and Reformation
1.  Art Galley Tour - The Northern Renaissance (Christian Humanism, Printing Press, Van Eyck, 
Holbein, Durer, Breugal)
2.  Film Documentary - Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation

Homework:
1)  Read Spielvogel 13 (pages 347-359)
2)  Read packet of Martin Luther readings

MEGA MIDTERM FRIDAY ! ! ! ! 
STUDY ALL THAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS ! ! ! ! 
THE PSD ANALYSIS WILL BE DUE FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25TH AND WILL INCLUDE DOCS SELECTED FROM 
CHAPTERS 13, 14, 15

Study Guide for Mega Midterm
You will have three essays each 15 minutes in length.  That will be preceded by the art section of the 
midterm where you will describe works of art that we have studied in class.

1)  Essay # 1 - You will be asked to describe in detail the legacy of the six different strands that we 
studied the first two weeks of the class.  In other words, you must be able to articulate what is 
important from that we have gained from each of the civilizations we studied - Greek, Roman, Judeo, 
Christian, Byzantine, and Muslim.  Good scores will result from specific detailed knowledge imparted 
about each.

2)  Essay # 2 - You will be asked to describe what took place with the three major events of the 
Calamitous 14th Century - The Black Death, The Hundred Years War, and the Great Schism - and 
very importantly describe each one's impact on European society.  Good scores will result from 
describing what each was and what the results of it were for Europe and Europeans.

3)  Essay # 3 - You will be asked to analyze the causes and driving forces behind the Protestant 
Reformation.  Was it ideological, spiritual, economic, political, personal, technological, or 
circumstantial forces that lay behind this profound change in European society?  Good scores will 
result from specific detailed knowledge regarding the Protestant Reformation.

4)  Short Answer # 1 - You will be asked to identify the artist and work of art, along with an analysis 
of how and why the piece of art is representative of the Renaissance.  Good scores will result from 
thorough analysis of the piece of art and it place within the larger era of the Renaissance.

Tuesday September 15 - The Northern Renaissance
1.  Class Discussion - Italian City-States and Governance (Machiavelli and Human Nature)
2.  Class Discussion - The Northern Renaissance (Erasmus and More)

Homework:
1)  Read Spielvogel 13 (340-347)
2)  Read Gutenberg article
3)  Read excerpts from Martin Luther's writings

Monday September 12 - The High Renaissance
1.  Art Gallery Tour - The High Renaissance (Botticelli, Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo)

Homework:
1)  Read Spielvogel Chapter 12 (302-325, 327-335)  Chapter 13 (336-340)
2)  Read Machiavelli, More, and Erasmus handouts

Friday September 11 - The Italian Renaissance
1.  Film Documentary - Florence and the Italian Renaissance

Homework:
1)  Read Spielvogel 12 (302-315, 327-335)
2)  Read handout from "The Prince" by Machiavelli

and for Tuesday's homework

3)  Read Spielvogel 13 (336-340)
4)  Read handout from "Utopia" by More
5)  Read handout from "The Praise of Folly" by Erasmus

Thursday September 10 - The Italian Renaissance
1.  Film Documentary - Florence and the Italian Renaissance

Homework:
1)  Primary Source Document Notebook (please complete all of the documents in Spielvogel 11 and 
Spielvogel 12 (but only on the pages that have been assigned before  315-327)
2)  Notes # 12a - Renaissance Critical Biography
(Please write a one-page critical biography of a Renaissance master - you may choose from 
Botticelli, Raphael, Michelangelo, or Leonardo.  Please spend 1/2 researching your person and then 
come up with a sophisticated thesis regarding your artist.  That thesis can relate to his personal life, 
his artistic work and vision, or the social context of his art.  That thesis must be the first sentence of 
the one paragraph that you will write.  Thus every piece of evidence in the paragraph must prove the 
thesis - please do not include anything that does not support your thesis.)

Wednesday September 9 - The Italian Renaissance
1.  Things Learned Week 3 9/9 (1. Humanism, 2.  Masaccio, Donatello, Botticelli)
2.  Powerpoint Lecture - The Italian Renaissance (Dante,Petrarch, Boccaccio, Civic Humanism, 
Neoplatonism, Pico della Mirandola)

Homework:  
1)  Read Spielvogel 12 (315-327)
2)  Study for Test # 1 on Friday
3)  PSD Notebook - due on Friday

Tuesday September 8 - The Calamitous 14th Century
1.  Student Teaching - The Black Death, The Hundred Years War, the Great Schism

Homework:

1)  Read Spielvogel Chapter 12 (pages 315-327)  (there will be quiz on that reading at the start of 
the period tomorrow)

Friday September 4 - After the Fall of the Roman Empire
1.  Music Appreciation - The Gregory Chant and Medieval Music (St. Gregory, Phillipe de Vitry, 
Guillaume de Machaut)
2.  Powerpoint Lecture - The Byzantine and Islamic Empires

Homework:
1)  Read Jackson Spielvogel "Western Civilization" Chapter 11 (all of it)
2)  Notes # 11a - Prepare a lesson plan that organizes and outlines your teaching of the class on 
your assigned topic = 1. The Black Death - Economy, 2. The Hundred Years War - Political, 3. The 
Great Schism - Religion.  Please prepare to teach the class on your topic and outline the goals, skills, 
substantive knowledge, and teaching strategies that will be a part of your lesson.  Spend about a 
page outlining your thoughts and preparing to teach on Tuesday.  You do not need to prepare 
outside of class, just be creative and ready to go! ! ! !

Thursday September 3 - The Legacy of Rome
1.  Class Discussion - The Sermon on the Mount
2.  Powerpoint Lecture - Christianity and its Legacy for Western Civilization
3.  Powerpoint Lecture - Byzantine Empire

Homework:
1)  Read Chapter 8 of the Humanities

Tuesday September 1 - Greek Philosophy
1.  Class Discussion - Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle  (Socratic Dialogue, Deductive Reasoning)

Homework:
1)  Read and take notes on Chapter 8 of the Humanities

Monday August 31 - Philosophy and Our World
1.  Class Discussion - Heraclitus and Plato - The Nature of the Physical World

Homework:
1)  Please review Humanities 6 and 7

Friday August 28 - The Golden Age of Greece
1.  Powerpoint Lecture - The Golden Age of Greece
2.  Class Discussion - Philosophy and the Advancement of Civilization

Homework:
1)  Read and take notes on "The Humanities" Chapter 7

Thursday August 27 - Western Civilization and its Discontents
1.  Class Discussion - Who Won and Why?

Homework:
1)  Read and take notes on Chapter 6 of "The Humanities

Wednesday August 26 - Western Civilization and its Discontents
1.  Group Work - Introductions and Dinesh D'Souza - "What is So Great About America"
2.  Group Work - Jared Diamond - "Guns, Germs, and Steel"
3.  Class Discussion - Who Won and Why?

Homework:
1)  Please read and take notes (1/2 page to 1 page) on Chapter 6 of "The Humanities"

Tuesday August 25 - Geography
1.  Student Presentations - The Personal and the Political - Geographical Interpretations of Europe

Homework:
1)  Read D'Souza and Diamond articles and take notes and answer the questions on the study guide

Monday August 24 - Introduction
1.  Why European History?
2.  Textual Investigation - The Texts of Western Civilization
Homework:
1)  Map # 1 - Personal and Political Geography (see website for instructions)

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