March 7 (Thursday): The Religious Wars and Religious Minorities: Catholics, Jews, and Protestants Reading and PVOL due 3/7: Edict of Nantes March 5 (Tuesday): Introduction, to the class. After, each participant will hand in a short essay (1,500 words) about the time period in question, the events your group chose, and the experience of working on a timeline project. Together you will present your timeline to the class, explaining why you have placed certain events. Your timeline should be carefully constructed with a specific focus. Group Presentation: Together in groups of 3 or 4, you will develop a timeline of events of a specified period using the software.
Please discuss this with me in person when I have the attendance list in front of me. If you need to miss class, check in with me in person before you are absent or after you return to class so that I can determine if you are excused or not. For example, if your grade is a B+, then you will receive a B if you missed 3 days, or a B- if you missed 4. Each absence after the 2 excused absences will count toward 1/3 of a letter grade for the class. If you are more than 20 minutes late or leave more than 20 minutes early, it counts as an absence. You are late if you arrive after attendance. Students are allowed 2 unexcused absences from class meetings. If you miss the deadline, then do not attempt to bring it late.Ī note about attendance: Attendance will be taken every day. Each week, you will receive a list of vocabulary terms.Ĭlass Participation: Includes attendance discussion with your group and the class includes handing in weekly PVOL sheets. There will also be chronology questions, where you will put events in their correct order, and a few matching questions. They will consist of a term and then you will fill in the “Who-What-When-Where-Why” after the term. Group Presentation, Timeline, and Reflection Perry, Western Civilization: A Brief HistoryĬlass Participation and attendance (including weekly PVOL sheets) Kishlansky, Civilization in the West (Vol 2) The LAGCC Library holds the following suggested books: If you still feel that you need more historical context to understand the readings or the course as a whole, you may want to consult a Western Civilization textbook. You will form groups of three in order to do so. You and your classmates will be constructing the timelines for the historical contexts of each period. This means it will be very important for you to attend all classes or, if you must miss a class, to obtain notes from a classmate and check our site for slide lectures and class exercises you missed.
In addition, I provide the historical context for the readings in class. You should read the introductions carefully. Note that the assigned book is not a history textbook, but a collection of readings with brief introductions by the editor to each chapter and to each reading.
Please bring this book to class with you every day, as we will be discussing the readings together. Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 2. We will study the primary evidence directly at home and we will develop timelines of events together online. We will look at the developments from 1600 to the twentieth century as we focus on change over time, mostly within Europe. In this course, we will study what we call the “modern West.” We will spend the course trying to understand what that means. Please check blog frequently for updates. Western Civilization from the Renaissance to Modern Times* Here is our syllabus (with attendance policy)