Week of September 30

This will be a substantially abbreviated week. We'll have our first exam on Monday, covering the headscarf controversy and related topics of the late-twentieth century. Beginning next week we will return to the Renaissance and begin working our way forward through the Modern Period.

Monday

• Exam 1

Wednesday

• no class - depart for class trip

Friday

• no class - return from class trip

Week of September 23

We will wrap up our study of the headscarf controversy this week by hosting Mr. Leclerq for a discussion on Monday. This week will also close out our first unit of study, and we will begin to prepare for an exam, scheduled for Monday, October 1st.

Monday

• Read: Palmer 1010-1021 (optional)
• Lecture: Europe & the Global Economy
• Discussion: Mr. Leclerq visit
• Due: DBQ essay

Thursday

• Read: Palmer 946-950, 959-961, 966-969
• Lecture: Decolonization in French Africa
• Workshop: Exam Prep
• Due: complete review sheet

Week of September 16

Great first week of class! I especially enjoyed our discussion on Thursday, which I found very stimulating. I am quite impressed with the level of discourse and am glad to see so many of you participating in such a constructive dialogue. I think the current events in the Middle East tie in so nicely with our opening unit that we would be foolish to ignore them. In order to incorporate those more fully into our plans we will forego the Palmer text for this coming week. Here's the plan:

Tuesday, Sept 18

• Read: NY Times article
• Lecture: Europe, the Middle East and Modernity
• Homework: follow the news on protests in the Middle East over the weekend, and...
• Watch: How Facebook Changed the World
• Discuss: Joan Scott - Individualism

Thursday, Sept 20

• Read: photocopied packet distributed in class
• Lecture: Social Movement Theory
• Discuss: Joan Scott - Sexuality
• Homework: read the documents in the DBQ on immigration and identify:
• the basic meaning of each
• the perspective of the author
• three docs for POV analysis
• three proposed groups

First two weeks of school (Sept. 5 - Sept. 14)

Here is an outline of what you can expect in Modern European History during the first two weeks of class.

*Please note that things are due to be completed on the day they are listed. For example, you are expected to complete the reading "Palmer 1099-1114" before class on Tuesday, Sept. 11.

Wednesday, Sept 5

• In-class: welcome, introductions & distribution of course materials
• this will be a shortened class (30-35 minutes)

Friday, Sept 7

• Read: NY Times Article
• Lecture: Anatomy of a Controversy
• Discussion: Joan Scott's argument
  

Tuesday, Sept 11

• Read: Palmer 1099-1114
• Lecture: Europe in the 21st Century
• Discussion: Joan Scott, cont.
• Due: reading notes

Thursday, Sept 13

• Read: Palmer 1085-1099
• Lecture: Social Change and Social Movements
• Discussion: Headscarf Roundtable
• Due: summer reading essay