WEEKLY EYE-OPENER: Saint Socrates Pray for us. Erasmus

KEY DATES:

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

2. On Tuesday, Nov. 17, Brad Brickner will give his first music lecture on Medieval and Renaissance Music.

3. During the last class period of the week of Nov. 16, there will be a TEST on chapters 4 and 5. You will be asked to hand in a summary of your Field Trip and Mr. Brickner’s talk. You will also be asked to write on the following two questions: 1. How accurate was Louis XIV boast, L’etat, c’est moi? 2. What were the differences between the “Aging Empires” and the new states that superseded them?

4. On Tuesday, Nov. 24, your chain of circumstance papers are due. See “selected evaluations” under the first quarter of the course syllabus for a description of your assignment.

CLASS ONE: FIELD TRIP TO RARE BOOK ROOM AND ART INSTITUTE.

CLASS TWO: FIRST MUSIC TALK.

CLASS THREE: review second in-class essay and objective terms of chapter 5.

CLASS FOUR: TEST ON CHAPTERS 4 AND 5. HOMEWORK: work on your chain of circumstance papers.

EYE-OPENER FOR THE WEEK OF NOV. 23: Tipsy from salvation’s bottle. Dylan Thomas

CLASS ONE: study period to work on your papers.

CLASS TWO: hand in your papers. We will discuss them and read a few.

We will gather in the foyer of the High School at 8:00 am on Monday, Nov. 16. We will then walk over to the Rare Book Room at Regenstein for our 8:30 presentation. You may meet us at the main entrance of Regenstein if you give us a parental note BEFORE Monday. We will leave Regenstein to catch a 9:53 train at the 56/57th street stop in Hyde Park to Van Buren Street. We will then walk to the Columbus street entrance of the museum where we will meet Laurie at 10:30. At 2:00 we will again gather at the back entrance of the museum and take the 2:20 train back to 56th/57th Street. You may leave directly from the museum with a parental note in the hands of your teacher BEFORE Monday. OUR GOLDEN RULE: you may not leave the museum for any reason during the course of the day. You will be prosecuted to the full extent of school law if you do.

WEEKLY EYE-OPENER: Love don’t love nobody. The Spinners

KEY DATES:

1. On Wednesday, Nov. 4 for Mr. Janus’s classes, and Thursday, Nov. 5, your introductory paragraphs are due.

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

3. On Tuesday, Nov. 17 Brad Brickner will give his first music lecture on Medieval and Renaissance Music.

4. On Wednesday, Nov. 18 for Mr. Janus’ classes or Thursday, Nov. 19 for Ms. Martonffy’s class, you will have a TEST on chapters 4 and 5. You will be asked to hand in a summary of your Field Trip and Mr. Brickner’s talk. You will also be asked to write on the following two questions: 1. How accurate was Louis XIV boast, L’etat, c’est moi? 2. What were the differences between the “Aging Empires” and the new states that superseded them?

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

The Week of Nov. 2

CLASS ONE: we will discuss the three articles on Silverpoint. HOMEWORK: read chapters sections 19 and 20.

CLASS TWO: a facilitator will lead a discussion on the reading. HOMEWORK: finish the chapter.

CLASS THREE: a facilitator will lead a discussion on the reading. HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY: read sections 23 and 24.

EYE-OPENER FOR THE WEEK OF NOV. 9: First I lost my weight, then I lost my voice, and now I lost Onassis. Maria Callas.

CLASS ONE: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: finish chapter 5.

CLASS TWO: a facilitator will lead a discussion on the reading. HOMEWORK: create an outline on the first essay question for the TEST on Nov. 18 or 19.

CLASS THREE: a facilitator will lead a discussion on question one using their outline. HOMEWORK: create an outline on the second essay question.

CLASS FOUR: a facilitator will lead a discussion on question two using their outline. HOMEWORK: write your two essay questions over the weekend.

WEEKLY EYE-OPENER: We cannot seize on ultimate truths. So the historian is committed to a doomed enterprise–the quest for an unattainable objectivity. Arthur M. Schlesinger

KEY DATES:

1. On Monday, Oct. 26, Laurie will give her second lecture on Mannerism and the Baroque.

2. On Wednesday, Oct. 28, for Mr. Janus’ classes and Thursday, Oct. 29, for Ms. Marfonffy’s class, you will have a TEST on the Reformation, Economic Expansion, and the Wars of Religion. Your summary of the last two art essays is due that day and you must write on the following two topics in class: 1. Describe the evolution of Luther’s religious thinking and the Church’s reaction to the split in the Church. 2. Compare and contrast the Wars of Religion in two of the countries that Palmer discusses. Both essays must be analytical–that is they should have a thesis.

3. On Wednesday, Nov. 4, for Mr. Janus’ classes, and Thursday, Nov. 5 for Ms. Martonffy’s class, your opening paragraph for your chain of circumstance paper is due. This paragraph should also be included with your final draft on Tuesday, Nov. 24.

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

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

CLASS ONE: a facilitator will lead discussion on sections 13 and 14 in Palmer. HOMEWORK: please read sections 15 and 16 in Palmer.

CLASS TWO: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: we will assign someone to prepare an outline on the first essay question on the evolution of Luther’s thought and the Church’s reaction to the split in the Church.

CLASS THREE: we will discuss the outline. HOMEWORK: students will prepare outlines on the different possible comparisons and contrasts in the religious wars.

CLASS FOUR: we will discuss the outlines. HOMEWORK: prepare your in-class essays.

WEEKLY EYE-OPENER: The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it. Oscar Wilde

CLASS ONE: Laurie will give her second talk on Mannerism and the Baroque. HOMEWORK: write your art summaries.

CLASS TWO: we will discuss possible objective terms for the TEST tomorrow.

CLASS THREE: TEST on the Reformation and Economic Expansion. HOMEWORK: please read sections 17 and 18.

CLASS FOUR: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: read section 19 in Palmer and the handouts, True Law of Free Monarchies, An Agreement of the Peoples, and a selection from the Leviathan.

This PowerPoint covers the images for the High Renaissance, Mannerism and Baroque lectures.

Friday, October 16:  Discussion on previously assigned Bainton reading. Student led discussion on Palmer, Chapter 3, sections 11 and 12.  HOMEWORK: Read Palmer, sections 13 and 14, p. 114-130.

Monday, October 19:  Student led discussion on homework.   Paper on Ms. Rojas’s Mannerism and Baroque presentation is due TODAY.  HOMEWORK:  Read Palmer, p. 130-143

Tuesday, October 20:  Student led discussion on homework reading.  HOMEWORK:  Prepare outlines for the questions on next week’s test.

Thursday, October 22:  A student will lead discussion on Test Question #1:  Describe the evolution of Luther’s religious thinking and the Church’s reaction to it.

Friday, October 23:  Student led discussion on Test Question #2:  Compare and contrast the Wars of Religion in two of the countries that Palmer discusses.

Monday, October 26:  Laurie Rojas will lecture on the Enlightenment and Rococo and Neo-Classical art.

Tuesday, October 27:  Revisiting difficult questions and review.

Thursday, October 29:  TEST on the Reformation, Economic Expansion, and the Wars of Religion.

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.