EYE-OPENER OF THE BIWEEKLY: All dreaded it, all sought to avert it, and the war came. Abe Lincoln
KEY DATES:
1. On Thursday, April 3, Laurie will speak to us again. On the day of the next test, please hand in a combined summary of Laurie’s last two talks.
2. During the third class period of […]
Posted on March 28th, 2008 by cjanus
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EYE OPENER: Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards. Soren Kierkegaard
KEY DATES:
1. Laurie will speak to us this Thursday.
2. On Tuesday, March 18, you will have a test on Late Modernity. There will be no objective section to this test. You will have to answer the two questions below […]
Posted on March 9th, 2008 by cjanus
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BIWEEKLY EYE-OPNER: Here’s to the love that lies in a woman’s eyes, and lies and lies and lies.
KEY DATES:
1. On Monday, Feb. 11 or Tuesday, Feb. 12 (for first period), we will have a test on chapters 11 and 12 and the handout on Marx. You will be required to hand in a […]
Posted on January 27th, 2008 by cjanus
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BIWEEKLY EYE-OPENER: I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. Stephen Grellet
KEY DATES:
1. On Tuesday, Jan. […]
Posted on January 13th, 2008 by cjanus
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BIWEEKLY EYE-OPENER: “There is no security on earth; there is only opportunity.” General Douglas Macarthur.
KEY DATES: 1. On Monday, Jan. 4, (Tuesday, for first period), you will have a test on chapters 6 and 7 in Palmer, the Enlightenment handout, and the Paul Johnson handout on Rousseau. On that date, you will also have your […]
Posted on January 1st, 2008 by cjanus
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WEEKLY EYE-OPENER: “She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on her with a pitchfork.”
KEY DATE: Friday, the end of term!
CLASS ONE: I will give a summary on what we have done on the Enlightenment and on Rousseau. We will also begin to form questions for the next test after the holidays. HOMEWORK: read […]
Posted on December 9th, 2007 by cjanus
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BIWEEKLY EYE-OPENER: “Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.”
Reinhold Niebuhr
KEY DATE:
1. On Friday, Nov. 30, your chains of circumstances research paper is due.
The week of Nov. 26
CLASS ONE: we will discuss the first half of chapter 7. HOMEWORK: finish the chapter.
CLASS TWO: […]
Posted on November 25th, 2007 by cjanus
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BIWEEKLY EYE-OPENER: “I envy the beasts two things: their ignorance of evil to come and their ignorance of what is said about them.”
Voltaire
KEY DATE:
1. Next Tuesday we have our Field Trip to the Rare Book Room at Regenstein and the Art Institute. We will meet in the foyer of the High School at 7:35 in […]
Posted on November 12th, 2007 by cjanus
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BIWEEKLY EYE-OPENER: Liberty for wolves is death to the lambs.”
Isaiah Berlin
KEY DATES:
1. On Friday, Nov. 9, you will have a test on chapters 4 and 5. Your art essays on the Rococo and Neo-Classical are also due on that day.
1. On Tuesday, Nov. 20, we are going to the Rare Book Room at Regenstein […]
Posted on October 28th, 2007 by cjanus
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Please spend some time with the Panoramic views of the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles before the Art History lecture on Tuesday.
http://www.chateauversailles.fr/en/1_The_restored_Hall_of_Mirrors_revealed_to_the_public.php
The experience of this 360º virtual tour should be described in the introduction of your next summary.
enjoy!
Posted on October 22nd, 2007 by Ms. Laurie Rojas
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