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)