Reading for Wed. Dec. 1st

Please review the sample DBQ and identify the following four things: thesis, POV analysis, grouping & faults identified by the commenter. Also read the essay handed out in class yesterday. Bring to class a brief outline of some of the analytical categories that we discussed. If you have a hard time remembering those, refer to the acronym RIPE CATS. (thank you Ethan ;)

Reading and Id terms for Tuesday, November 30th

Please read Merriman 411-431 and prepare the list of identification terms for chapter 11. The complete list is presented below:

1. War of Jenkins' Ear
2. Bonnie Prince Charlie
3. Pragmatic Sanction
4. Acadians
5. Diplomatic Revolution
6. Black Hole of Calcutta
7. rotten & pocket boroughs
8. Whigs & Tories
9. John Wilkes
10. Parlements
11. indirect rule (Ottoman)
12. the Sejm

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Homework & Reading for Thursday, Nov. 18th

Please read Merriman, 386-411. Note that we are skipping over chapter 10 for now. We will return to it when we address the Industrial Revolution. Also, please critique the DBQ essays of the other two members of your group. The essay and critique will count as separate participation assignments. Use the rubric I distributed last week when we began the assignment, and give your peers thoughtful, constructive suggestions.

Reading and assignments for Tuesday, 11/16

Please finish reading chapter 9 in Merriman. Also, please complete the DBQ assigned last Tuesday and bring a printed copy to class as you will workshop them with your peers. Also, please complete the list of id. terms for Chapter 9, and bring a printed copy to turn in. The full list of terms is below:

• Montesquieu
• Voltaire
• Diderot
• Rousseau
• Pietism
• Methodism
• Rococo
• Salons
• Beccaria
• Philosopher king
• Physiocrats
• Public opinion

Reading and homework for Friday, Nov. 12th

For Friday, please read Merriman, 315-336 and complete the practice DBQ essay that we began in class today. Remember that you should not spend more than an hour on it, as we're trying to make this experience similar to the AP exam conditions. For those of you who will not be in class on Friday, please bring the essay to class the following Tuesday, and keep up with the reading. Check the blog over the weekend for the conclusion of this chapter and a full list of id. terms.

Reading and homework for Tuesday, Nov. 9th

Please read Merriman, 312-325 for class on Tuesday.


As you begin reading Chapter 9, please take a moment to reflect on how the Enlightenment fits into the story of European history that we are constructing. In the coming weeks we will be building up to the French Revolution. Toward that end, please write 3-4 sentence identifications for the four enlightenment thinkers highlighted in this section: Montesquieu, Voltaire, Diderot and Rousseau. For the significance component of the id., try to show how their works reflected and/or influenced political realities of the 18th century. Feel free to write about how they influenced one another (ie. Rousseau and Diderot's encyclopedia). I would like you to type these up and bring them to class, but I will not collect them this Tuesday, rather I'll collect them with a couple of other assignments when we finish the chapter the following Tuesday.

Reading for Thursday, Nov. 5

Please read Merriman chapter 8. This is a short chapter, so we'll read the whole thing in one shot. See you Thursday.