Exam rescheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 2nd

Due to an abundance of scheduling conflicts, most students in the class have elected to take the quarterly exam on Tuesday, Nov. 2nd. The exam will be administered in class, last block. The format will be identical but will include a different set of questions (still derived from our review sheet). For the five students who chose to take the test on Friday, please come to class and I will get you started on a project in the library. Happy Halloween.

Exam Friday - 10/29/10

Just a reminder that our first quarter exam will take place on Friday. I have pasted a link to the review sheet below in case you need to access it. Remember that you will have to answer 12 identification terms and only one essay from each category.


exam 1 review sheet

Reading and Reminder for Thursday, Oct. 21

Please read Merriman, 226-241 and finish the Bubonic Plague essay. The final draft is due Thursday, and should be 3-5 pages, double-spaced, 1" margins, 12pt. Times New Roman font. There is no supplemental reading for Thursday so that you can focus your energy on the final draft. I look forward to reading them.

Reading for Tuesday, Oct. 19th

Please read Merriman, 208-226 and the Taking Sides reading distributed on Friday. There is no guided reading question for Tuesday's class.

*friendly reminder* - You should have ordered the Taking Sides book by this point. Also note that the final draft of Essay 1 is due this Thursday, Oct. 21st.

Homework due Friday, Oct. 15

Please read Merriman, 179-207. In a one-paragraph response:

Compare the expansion of Spanish and English economies in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Why did England surpass Spain and how did the Atlantic economy evolve in the process?

**note**  This is a huge question that is treated throughout chapter 5. I'm asking you to condense and simplify the textbook analysis of this topic.

Homework due Wednesday, Oct. 13

Please read Merriman, 163-178 and the selection by Fernand Braudel handed out in class and also available at the link below. Notice that the Merriman reading is fairly light but Braudel is lengthy and dense with information, so plan accordingly. For homework, please write a paragraph describing what the Annales school is, and how it fits into the historiographical trends discussed this week in class. (a brief internet search should provide you more than enough info.) Have a great weekend. I'll be busy reading your drafts.

 Fernand Braudel

Homework - due Friday, Oct. 8th

Sorry for the late post guys. Don't worry about a supplemental reading for tomorrow. Just read Merriman, 145-161 and finish up the rough draft. See you tomorrow...

Homework - due Wednesday, Oct. 5th

For class on Wednesday, please read Merriman, 126-145 and the excerpt in the pdf link below:

C.V. Wedgwood

Please submit a brief response that includes an identification of Wedgwood's thesis, and an outline of the main pillars of his argument. Your response should not exceed one paragraph, or the equivalent. Please try to post your response as a comment to this Post. If you are unable to do so, bring a hard copy to class on Wednesday.