Advanced Placement European History
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18th Century Europe (well, especially France):
Choose one of the articles linked here and write a summary/analysis.
Hand in your summary/analysis and skim all of the articles by Monday, October 26.
Some of you will be leading discussion on the articles. Others will be organizing the articles into a chart to help all of us review for the AP exam in May.
Article #1: Michael Kwass, "Ordering the World of Goods"
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Kwass, "Ordering the World of Goods" |
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Update 10/20/09
ELO opportunity--For those of you wishing to do an additional assignment to replace a missing assignment (or to replace your lowest formative grade), please write an essay in response to the following:
Compare and contrast the cultural values of the Enlightenment with those of the sixteenth century Northern Renaissance.
This is entirely optional but if you are doing it, it is due Monday, October 26.
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NOTICE!!!!!!!!!You should prepare to answer all of the following essay questions for the test Monday, November 2 (without notes). We will choose one at random (by rolling a die) just before taking the test.
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS FOR THE TEST on Monday, November 2:
1. According to our class readings, discuss ONE of the following:
a. the changing definitions of luxury in eighteenth century France
b. the development and significance of the public sphere in eighteenth century France
2. How did social and political conditions in eighteenth-century Western Europe prior to 1788 shape or influence the ideas of the Enlightenment?
3. Describe and analyze the economic, cultural and social changes that led to and sustained Europe’s rapid population growth in the period from approximately 1650-1800.
4. Analyze the ways in which Enlightenment thought addressed religious beliefs and social issues in the eighteenth century.
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Update 11/02/09
French Revolution
By Thursday, you should complete your reading of Kagan chapter 19 and Chambers pp 694-697 (of course, you can read the rest of the Chambers chapter if you wish, it parallels the Kagan chapter)
By Friday, you should also read the article, posted here, by Lynn Hunt.
Over the weekend, please read Kagan pp 682-694.
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Hunt, "The Future of the French Revolution" |
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Update 11/10/09
By Thursday, you should have completed the reading through Kagan, chapter 20, p. 699. There will be a reading quiz on Thursday covering pages 683-699. For Friday, read through page 405 and finish the chapter over the weekend.
PLEASE NOTE: You may write a response to one of the other essay questions from the Enlightenment test for an extra quiz grade. This is optional, but it is due Friday, November 13 (no exceptions).
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For Monday, November 16, please select a Romantic author, artist, or composer and present one of their works. Your brief (3-4 min) presentation will cover the following:
1)Artist/Author/Composer background: How has their historical setting shaped this person's life and work?
2)A presentation of the work: a reading, performance, or good quality recording/slide
3)Anaysis of their work: How does this work reflect the ideals of the period that became known as the Romantic Era?
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Update 11/17/09
The test Thursday, November 19, will cover Kagan, chapters 19-20, French Revolution and Napoleon. It will not cover the Congress of Vienna or the Romantic artists in any depth. We will discuss the Congress of Vienna on Friday and you will write a separate essay on the significance of the Romantic era.
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