Western Civilization HSTR102 Reading Schedule
Topic 8 - Old World Economies and New World Ideals: The Atlantic System and the Enlightenment
Hunt Chapters 17 (part) & 18 (part)
Topic 9 - Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité: The French Revolution and Napoleonic Era
Hunt Chapters 19 & 20
Monday, Jan 4
Welcome back! Intro to Topics 8 & 9 and National History Day work time
Tuesday, Jan 5
John Newton and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (online)
Slave Trade Debate
Wednesday, Jan 6
Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal (online)
Adam Smith and The Wealth of Nations (online)
Thursday, Jan 7
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Essay Due (Moodle) by Midnight
Hunt, 554-559 – The Birth of Enlightenment
Hunt, 563-573 – The Promise of Enlightenment
Friday, Jan 8
Hunt, 580-586 – State Power in an Era of Reform
Voltaire, Candide, 15-45 (Ch. I-XII)
Monday, Jan 11
Voltaire, Candide, 46-END (Ch. XIII-XXX)
Graded Discussion of Candide
Tuesday, Jan 12
NATIONAL HISOTRY DAY DUE
Wednesday, Jan 13
National History Day Presentations
Tuesday, Jan 19
Hunt, 595-602 – “The Cataclysm of Revolution, 1789-1799”
France Before the Revolution of 1789 (online)
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (online)
Wednesday, Jan 20
French Revolution Debate, 1-35 (online)
Debate – Forming the New French Nation
Thursday, Jan 21 – French Revolution Regicide Day!
Hunt, 602-607 – “From Monarchy to Republic, 1789-1793”
Friday, Jan 22
Hunt, 607-615 – “Terror and Resistance”
Monday, Jan 25
Hunt, 615-623 – “Revolution on the March”
Wednesday, Jan 27 – BLOCK
To Shave or Not to Shave? – Louis XVI Regicide Trial (Projects Page)
Thursday, Jan 28
P&S Reader – the French Revolution (online) Graded Discussion
Friday, Jan 29
Virtuous Terror? -- Robespierre and the Reign of Terror Debate (Projects Page)
Monday, Feb 1
Hunt, 627-633 – “Napoleon and the Revolutionary Legacy, 1800-1830”
Hunt, 634-641 – “‘Europe Was at My Feet’: Napoleon’s Conquests”
Tuesday, Feb 2
Napoleon: Child or Betrayer of the Revolution (online)
Hunt, 641-646 – “The ‘Restoration’ of Europe”
Wednesday, Feb 3
Napoleon: Child or Betrayer Debate (Projects Page)
Thursday, Feb 4
Congress of Vienna Simulation (Projects Page)
Hunt, 646-656 – “Challenges to the Conservative Order”
Friday, Feb 5
Multiple Choice Exam due
Topics 8&9 Short Answers Due
Begin Topic 8 materials