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