3/10/09 Tues. C The Fragmentation of Christendom: "Luther" the movie...
3/11/09 Wed. D
Due: read pp. 631-637 in your new Traditions & Encounter book (given out in class). The first section of the reading (p. 631-32) gives an overview of the chapter, including an anecdote about Martin Luther. Don't skip this section! Please note the definition and significance of the following vocabulary words:
Martin Luther
vernacular
Protestant Churches
John Calvin/Calvinism
Council of Trent
Jesuits/Society of Jesus
indulgences
Lutheran Churches
Anglican Church
Catholic Reformation
Thirty Years' War
Be prepared to write about and discuss the following guiding questions:
BIG QUESTION: How did the challenges to the Roman Catholic Church cause fragmentation within Europe?
1. What was the Protestant Reformation? Why did Luther call for reform of the Catholic Church? How did his reform spread?
2. What reforms happened outside of Germany? Why? What new Protestant groups emerged?
3. Why did the Roman Catholic Church feel the need to reform? How did it reform?
4. How did the religious divisions help fuel social and political conflict in the 16th and 17th centuries? (What's the significance of the witch hunts and religious wars?)
3/12 Thurs. C Protestant Reformation
Quiz on Islamic Projects (NO map quiz)
3/16 Mon. D
Due: Study for quiz.
3/17 Tues. C The Consolidation of Sovereign States
3/18 Wed. D
DUE: Find out information about how these monarchs helped to centralize power and authority in their hands and those of future monarchs in their country. You may use the textbook, encyclopedias or internet resources. Write a summary that is a few paragraphs long. Be ready to share your information with the group.
Henry VIII of England C Period: Andrew Marina Kamille Alex
D Period: Lexy Jonathan Kate
Louis XIV of France C Period: Trevor Maya Anna Danielle
D Period: Caitlyn Melina Lena
Peter the Great of Russia C Period: Sharanya Evan Greig
D Period: Zach Leigh Tiffany
Fernando and Isabel of Spain: C Period: Sam Elba Charlotte Ben
D Period: Ryan Anwen
3/19/09 C Thurs. Early Capitalist Society
3/20/09 D Fri.
Due: Read pp. 647-652(might be 651--look for topic "Social Change..." and stop there) Traditions and Encounters, to "Social Change in Early Modern Europe". Close read, with underlining and margin notes.
Questions to guide your reading:
1. What factors lead to population growth and urbanization?
2. What is the definition of capitalism?
3. What is required for a capitalist system to work? Think institutions, market, wealth,trade
4. Why were joint-stock companies important in early capitalist society?
5. How did merchants and governments work together to make a profit?
6. Why did early capitalists want to go around the guilds in doing business?
7. What was the "putting out" system? How was it good for efficiency? How was it bad for workers' wages?
Monday, 3/23 C Effects of Capitalist Development: Focus on Mercantilism and its Critics
Tuesday, 3/24 D
DUE: Read from "Social Change in Early Modern Europe) (p. 652?)-to "The Enlightenment"(top of 658?) You may skip the primary source on Adam Smith. We'll read this in class.
Questions to guide your reading:
1. What changes were brought to European lands by capitalist economic development?
2. How did the institution of serfdom differ in Russia from that of western Europe?
3. In what way did early capitalism in western Europe DEPEND on the serfs' labor in eastern Europe and Russia?
4. What social effects did capitalism bring?
5. What was the Ptolemaic Universe? How did this view of the universe contrast with the ideas of planetary movement?
6. How was Copernicus's view of the universe different than that of Ptolemy? Why were Copernicus's ideas significant for his time? In what ways were Copernicus's ideas a reconception of the universe?
7. How did the thinking of Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei further impact the study of the universe? Why is their work important?
8. Who was Isaac Newton? How did his work symbolize the scientific revolution?
9. In what ways was this an "intellectual revolution"?
Wednesday, 3/25/09 C Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment
Thurs. 3/26/09 D
Due: Read from "Enlightenment" p. 658-to the chronology at the end of the chapter (only 3 pages) Bring your atlases to class.
Items:
philosophes
Voltaire
Deism
Theory of Progress
Questions to guide your reading:
1. What is the Enlightenment? What was the goal of Enlightenment thinkers?
2. How did John Locke apply natural law to politics?
3. How did Voltaire critique the monarchy and the Church in his writings?
4. What are the short term and long term effects of the Enlightenment?
5. In the concluding paragraph of the chapter (REALLY IMPORTANT!), list the "profound and unsettling changes" that European society experienced in the early modern era.
Friday 3/27/09 C Enlightenment Thinking/ Mapping Europe
Due: read pp. 782 "Popular Sovereignty and Political Upheaval" to p. 784, "The American Revolution" AND p. 801 "Testing the Limits of Revolutionary Ideals:Women's Rights" to 805 "The Consolidation of National States in Europe". Skip the primary sources--we'll read those in class.
Vocabulary terms:
John Locke
sovereignty/popular sovereignty
contractual government
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
social contract
Mary Astell
Mary Wollstonecraft
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Guiding questions:
1. What were the enlightened revolutionary ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers? What is the significance of popular sovereignty, individual freedoms, and political and legal equality?
2. How did Enlightenment thought constitute a serious challenge to the long-established notions of political and social order in Europe? Explain
3. How did Enlightenment thinkers Astell and Wollstonecraft test the ideas of their male counterparts? How did these women advocate for more women's rights? Give specific examples.
Monday 4/13/09 D Revolutions Project Overview/Mapping Europe
Due: No homework; bring atlases. Check out the study guide for the test on the Early Modern Era
Tuesday 4/14/09 C Revolutions Project Overview
Due: No homework; bring atlases. NOTICE THE LINK TO A STUDY GUIDE FOR THE UPCOMING TEST (It's on Friday 4/17 for your section.)
Wednesday 4/15/09 D Enlightenment Thinking
Due: read p. 782 "Popular Sovereignty and Political Upheaval" to p. 784, "The American Revolution" AND p. 801 "Testing the Limits of Revolutionary Ideals: Women's Rights" to 805 "The Consolidation of National States in Europe." Skip the primary sources--we'll read those in class.
Vocabulary and Guiding Questions: See the list above on 3/27/09 for C period
Friday 4/17 C Test: Emergence of Modern Europe/Countries of Europe
Monday 4/20 D
Due: study!!