AP European History

WEEKLY EYE-OPENER: I do benefits for all religions. I’d hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality. Bob Hope

KEY DATES:

1. On Monday, Oct. 12, Laurie will give her second talk on Mannerism and the Baroque.

2. On Monday, Oct. 26, Laurie will lecture on the Enlightenment and Rococo and Neo-Classical art.

3. On Wednesday, Oct. 28 (Thursday, the 29th for third period), we will have a TEST on the Reformation, Economic Expansion, and the Wars of Religion. You will be required to hand in the summary of Laurie’s second and third talks on the day of the test and write in class on the following two essays:  1. Describe the evolution of Luther’s religious thinking and the Church’s reaction to it. 2. Compare and contrast the Wars of Religion in two of the countries that Palmer discusses.

4. On Monday, Nov. 16, we will be going to the Rare Book Room at Regenstein Library and the Art Institute.

5. On Tuesday, Nov. 24, your chain of circumstance paper is due. See “selected evaluations” under the first quarter in the course syllabus for a description of it.

CLASS ONE: a student will lead a discussion on how to answer the Machiavelli question on human nature and evidence.

CLASS TWO: in-class TEST ON THE RENAISSANCE. HOMEWORK: handouts, “How a Revolution Saved an Empire” by Michael Rose and “Julius Excluded from Heaven” (1513), a dialogue by Erasmus. The former reading is an article that should serve as a model for your chain of circumstance paper.

CLASS THREE: we will discuss the readings. The teacher will lead a discussion on the Rose piece. HOMEWORK: pages 77-98 in Palmer and the handout, “Luther Against the Peasants” (1525).

CLASS FOUR: we will discuss the readings. HOMEWORK: finish the Manchester handout (beginning on page 132) and read the handout from Bainton’s Christianity. A student will lead a discussion on the Manchester piece and the teacher will do so for Bainton.

The eye-opener for the week of Oct. 12: By all means marry: if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher. Socrates

CLASS ONE: a student will lead a discussion on  the readings. HOMEWORK: read sections 11 and 12 in Palmer.

CLASS TWO: a student will lead a  discussion on the reading. HOMEWORK: read sections 13 and 14.

CLASS THREE: a student will lead a discussion on the reading. HOMEWORK: read sections 15 and 16.

CLASS FOUR: a student will lead a discussion on the reading. HOMEWORK: we will prepare outlines on the two in-class essays for next week’s test.

Posted on October 4th, 2009 by cjanus
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