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ODD DAYS: First Period

EVEN DAYS: Second Period

4th Period Classes: Days 3,4,7,10

“Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made.” - Kant

European Humanities
EH31


Spragins


Spring 2016



Spring Outline:


The French Revolution
David, Jacques-Louis
Death of Marat (1793)
Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique
(Smarthistory)

 

The French Revolution

 

 


English Romantic Poetry
Blake, William
The Ancient of Days 1794
British Museum, London

Romanticism (Intellectual Backgrounds) 
English Romantic Poetry (Table of Contents)


Nineteenth Century Ideologies 
The Industrial Revolution
Manchester Factory Kids
(1836)

 

The Industrial Revolution and
Nineteenth Century Ideologies

Poe  
Holmes 
Gogol

 

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Heart of Darkness (1899) Josef Conrad
Africa in 1885 from Black's Atlas of the World 

 

The Modern Era:

 


The Origins of World War Two
Hitler Campaign Poster 1932

 

The Test of Liberalism 

 



The House of Bernarda Alba
Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936)

The House of Bernarda Alba (1935)
by Federico Garcia Lorca


survival
Survival in Auschwitz (1947)
by Primo Levi (1919-1987)
 

 

 

Survival in Auschwitz (1947) by Primo Levi

Final Exam 2016




Month

Day

Cycle


Assignment



1
25
Day 5

Mon.
Exam Make-up Day

1         

26

Day 6

Tues.




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David, The Tennis Court Oath (1789)


Francois Rude, La Marseillaise, Arc de Triomphe, Paris, 1833-1836.


Napoleon at St. Bernard 1800



Second Semester Preview: Artifacts Essay Site

The Enlightenment Dream:

- Man is not born in a sinful, depraved state.
- The end of life is life itself: the good life on earth, not life after death in heaven.
- Man is capable, guided solely by the light of reason and experience, of perfecting life on earth.
- To accomplish this great goal, we must free our minds from the bonds of ignorance and superstition and our bodies from the oppression of corrupt social authorities.

The French Revolution:

Homework:

To prepare for the Final Exam, read Isaiah Berlin:






1         

27

 Day 7

Wed.





Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)

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John White
Roanoake Watercolor (1586)


Second Semester Preview: Artifacts Essay Site

The Enlightenment Dream:

- Man is not born in a sinful, depraved state.
- The end of life is life itself: the good life on earth, not life after death in heaven.
- Man is capable, guided solely by the light of reason and experience, of perfecting life on earth.
- To accomplish this great goal, we must free our minds from the bonds of ignorance and superstition and our bodies from the oppression of corrupt social authorities.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau:


Homework: Reports on the French Revolution  

Outline of the French Revolution (Powerpoint)






1         

28

Day 8

Thurs.





Villeneuve, Matière à réflection pour les jongleurs couronnees (Matter for thought for crowned twisters), 1793


Execution of Louis XVI
21 January 1793,  from Decaux
.


The Political Compass: Determine your own place on the political spectrum.

The French Revolution: Outline of the French Revolution (Powerpoint)


Summary (Notes from Palmer):

 

Research Reports on the French Revolution  (Study Guide);


The French Revolution, Richard Hooker (2ndary) Study Guide

Homework:






1

29

Day 9

Fri.





Jacques- Louis David, "The Death of Socrates", 1788


Jacques-Louis David,
Oath of the Horatii, 1784.  11' x 14'. Louvre, Paris

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David, The Tennis Court Oath (1789)


France:

The most advanced country in Europe

The wealthiest country in Europe

The intellectual center of the Enlightenment

The French Revolution:


The Liberal Revolution (1789-1792)
  • The Estates General
  • The National Assembly
  • The Capture of the Bastille
  • The Great Fear
  • Declaration of the Rights of Man
  • The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
  • The Constitution of 1791

Excerpts from Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (1789)

Voltaire on Enlightened Despotism: "I would rather be ruled by a single lion than by a thousand rats."


Homework:
  • Essay: Voltaire and Rousseau on the French Revolution due at 3:30 p.m. on Friday

 






2

1

Day 10

Mon.





Robespierre (6 May 1758–28 July 1794)


A Sans-cullote Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761-1845).


The Situation in France, Summer 1792




The Radical Revolution (1792-1794)

French Revolution Maps 
Outline of the French Revolution (Powerpoint)
Reports on the French Revolution

Excerpts from Robespierre’s Speech of February 5,1794

Summary (Notes from Palmer):


The Radical Revolution (Hooker)  Study Guide
  • The Declaration of Pillnitz
  • Counter Revolution
  • The Girondists
  • The Montagnard
  • The Sans-culottes
  • The Reign of Terror
  • The Levee en Masse

Homework:

  • Essay: Voltaire and Rousseau on the French Revolution due at 3:30 p.m. on Friday

 

Piano Sonata #14 Moonlight

1st Movement

Piano Sonata #8 Pathetique 1st movement

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (Karajan / BPO)

 Beethoven,  3rd Symphony (Eroica) 1st Movement (part one) (1803)

 


The French Revolution
David, Jacques-Louis
Death of Marat (1793)
Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique
(Smarthistory)






2

2

 Day 1

Tues.





Napoleon at St. Bernard  (1800)

(David Powerpoint)


David, Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I on 2 Dec 1804 (1806)


 Turner, The Battle of Trafalgar, as seen from the mizzen starboard shrouds of the Victory  (1806 to 1808)


RoubaudRaevsky Battery during the Battle of Borodino (1912)


Northen, Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow


Napoleon (1799-1814)
 

Outline of the French Revolution (Powerpoint)
Reports on the French Revolution  
French Revolution Maps


Summary (Notes from Palmer):


Napoleonics:
 
Napoleon (Hooker) Study Guide

  • The Thermidorean Reaction
  • Napoleon Bonaparte
  • The Consulate (1799-1804)
  • The Napoleonic Code
  • The Empire
  • The Hundred Days


Ideologies of the French Revolution (review)

 

Homework:

  • Essay: Voltaire and Rousseau on the French Revolution due Friday at 3:30

For further reading:

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Napoleon's Conquests

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Europe in 1815






2         

3

Day 2

Wed.





Friedrich, Caspar David
Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog (1818)

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Fussli, The Nightmare 1781


Essay: Voltaire and Rousseau on the French Revolution due Friday at 3:30


French Revolution Quiz


Reactions to the French Revolution:

  • Revolutionary Movements Worldwide
  • The Congress of Vienna
  • Edmund Burke and Modern Conservatism
  • Johan Fichte and German Nationalism

Romanticism:

Painting from the Enlightenment to Romanticism

Homework:

Hume, Kant and Hegel: Intellectual Backgrounds to Romanticism (Perry) (Study Guide) (Googledocs Study Guide)

For further reading:

Backgrounds to Romantic Poetry: Sophie on Romanticism; Sophie on Kant; Sophie on Hegel
Sophie's World
(Gaarder), pp. 322-341 Kant
Sophie's World (Gaarder), pp. 342-359 Romanticism

For future philosophers:

Kant: A New Epistemology (Theory of Learning)

2
4
Day 3
Thurs. Parent Conference Day








2         

5

Day 4

Fri. 


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Blake, William
The Lamb from
Songs of Innocence and Experience (1789)

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William Blake, "The Tyger"  from Songs of Innocence and Experience (1789)

Introduction to Romanticism:

"What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed? And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven and there plucked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if, when you awoke, you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?" -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Backgrounds to Romantic Poetry: Sophie on Romanticism

Hume, Kant and Hegel: Intellectual Backgrounds to Romanticism (Perry) (Study Guide) (Quiz)

Multi-Media Essay on Romantic Poetry (Due Tuesday 2/23)

William Blake (1757-1827): Introduction

Homework:

William Blake (1757-1827) Introduction;  Songs of Innocence and Experience (1789) The Blake Archive (website)

Write a paragraph about one of the following poems:

1.      Read the poem carefully. Look up any unfamiliar words in the dictionary.

2.      What is the poem's theme? What point is being made?

3.      What symbols does the poet use to make his point?

4.      Read your poem out loud. What musical devices does the poet use to help make his point?

5.      What makes the poem Romantic?

Songs of Innocence and Experience (1789)

2         

8

Day 5

Mon.




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Blake, William
The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun c. 1806-1809

Beethoven, 9th Symphony, First Movement,  Third Movement (Scherzo), Fourth Movement "Ode to Joy" (1, 2, 3) (1817-24);  Piano Sonata #14 Moonlight  1st Movement;  Piano Sonata #8 Pathetique 1st movement

Beethoven, Fifth Symphony 1st Movement (1805-08)

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William Blake,
  "London" from Songs of Innocence and Experience (1789)


Multi-Media Essay on Romantic Poetry (Due Tuesday 2/23)

Backgrounds to Romantic Poetry: Sophie on Romanticism

William Blake (1757-1827) Introduction 
 The Blake Archive (website)
Definition of Lyric Poetry

Songs of Innocence and Experience (1789)

The Lamb vs. The Tyger

The Chimney Sweep vs. The Chimney Sweep

Holy Thursday vs. Holy Thursday

The Divine Image vs. The Human Abstract

The Little Girl Lost vs. The Little Girl Found

The Garden of Love vs. The Sick Rose

Homework: Blake Creative Writing Exercise

 For further reading: 


2
9
Day 6

Tues.





Blake, "The Sick Rose" from
Songs of Innocence and Experience (1789)


Blake, "Garden of Love" from
Songs of Innocence and Experience (1789)


Multi-Media Essay on Romantic Poetry (Due Tuesday 2/23)

Kant's Categorical Imperative (Nieman)

Blake Creative Writing Exercise

Old English Popular Ballads: (Ballad definition)

Sophie on Romanticism 
Wordsworth and Coleridge, Lyrical Ballads (1798) 
Romantic Paintings: Ballad Prompts

Homework:

Creative Writing: Ballad Assignment


For further reading: Old English Ballads:


Classicism vs. Romanticism
  • Sonata Form: Four Movements (Fast; Slow; Dance; Fast)
  • Movement Form: (Exposition; Development; Recapitulation; Coda)

Mozart, Symphony #40 in G Minor, K. 550 (1788) 

Beethoven, 5th Symphony  in C Minor (1808)

2         

10

Day 7

Wed. 




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Friedrich, Caspar David The Sea of Ice (1823-25)


Gustave Dore's Illustrations to the Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1870)

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Turner, Slavers throwing overboard the Dead and Dying - Typhon coming on ("The Slave Ship") 1840 


Multi-Media Essay on Romantic Poetry (Due Tuesday 2/23)

 

Romantic Paintings: Ballad Prompts


Wordsworth and Coleridge, Lyrical Ballads (1798) 

 

Gustave Dore's Illustrations to the Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1870)

 

Homework:

 

Coleridge, "Kubla Khan" (1797)


Fourth Period:


For further reading:

2
11
Day 8

Thurs.




Delacroix, Eugene
The Death of Sardanapalous (1827)


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Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The falls plunge more than 400 feet.

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Original text of Kubla Khan in Coleridge's hand (
British Museum)


Multi-Media Essay on Romantic Poetry (Due Tuesday 2/23)

Wordsworth and Coleridge, Lyrical Ballads (1798) 
Close Analysis: Coleridge: "Kubla Khan" (1797)

Discussion:

  • How do both "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and "Kubla Khan" express Coleridge’s understanding of human nature?
  • How does Coleridge use symbol in each poem?
  • How does the sound of each poem contribute to its meaning?
  • What makes these poems “Romantic”?


Close Analysis: Wordsworth's Ballads: "We are Seven" (1798)   Landscapes by John Constable

Homework:

  • Write a paragraph about one of the follwing poems by William Wordsworth. Tell us what his poetic purpose is and how it is Romantic.

Wordsworth from Lyrical Ballads (1798): 

For further reading: Wordsworth's Meditative Poetry: 

For further study:

Early Romanticism in Music 
2
12
Day 0

Fri.
Professional Day





2         

15

Day 0

Mon.

President's Day





2         

16

 Day 9

Tues.





Greuze, The Village Proposal (1761)


Constable,
The Haywain (1821)


Constable, The White Horse (1819)


Multi-Media Essay on Romantic Poetry (Due Tuesday 2/23)

William Wordsworth:


Homework:



The Gleaners Millet (1857)





2         

17

 Day 10

Wed.







The Parthenon Marbles (447BC - 432BC)


Severn, Keats Listens to a Nightingale (1845)



Multi-Media Essay on Romantic Poetry (Due Tuesday 2/23)

The Life of John Keats (Powerpoint):


Homework:






2         

18

 Day 1

Thurs.





The Parthenon Frieze
(447BC - 432BC)


Dionysus and Maenad 486.BC


Multi-Media Essay on Romantic Poetry  (Due Tuesday 2/23)

Writing Like Keats

Keats Odes: Study Guide;  Keats Lecture Notes

"To Autumn" (1819)
"On Melancholy" (1819)
"To a Nightingale" (1819) (poetic effects)
"On a Grecian Urn
" (1819)

 

An excellent Keats webpage.

Homework:

Essay Workshop:

 

A Musical Analogue? Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)










2 19  Day 2
Fri.



Gericault, An Officer of the Imperial
Horse Guards Charging (1814)


Multi-Media Essay on Romantic Poetry (Due Tuesday 2/23)

Essay Workshop:

 
Homework:






2         

22

 Day 3

Mon.





Friedrich, Caspar David
Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog 1818


Essay Workshop: Multi-Media Essay on Romantic Poetry


Homework:

 






2         

23

 Day 4

Tues.


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Delacroix, Eugene
Liberty Leading the People (1830)

 
Delacroix, Eugene
Greece Expiring on the Ruins of Missolonghi (1826)

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Europe in 1815

Romanticism Essay Due at 3:30 p.m.

Romanticism:

Political Backgrounds to the Industrial Revolution:

 

I.                   Review: Ideologies of the French Revolution

II.                Europe in 1815: Reassertion of Conservatism at  The Congress of Vienna; The Congress of Vienna and the Rise of German Nationalism (ppt)

III.             But was the genie of liberalism out of the bottle?

  1. Haiti: The Haitian Revolution (1791–1804)
  2. Spain:  Revolution in Spain (1808)
  3. England: Peterloo Massacre (1819) (see Spartacus)
  4. England: Reform Bill of 1832
  5. England: Chartist Movement (1840's) (see Spartacus)
  6. Germany: Carlsbad Decrees (1819)
  7. Greece: Revolution in Greece (1821-29)
  8. Latin America: Monroe Doctrine (1823)
  9. Russia: Decembrist Revolt (1825)
  10. France: July Revolution (1830)
  11. Poland: November Uprising (1830)
  12. The Communist Manifesto (1848)
  13. France: Revolution of 1848

IV. The Failure of Liberal Revolutions of 1848

 

Homework:

  • Reports on the Spread of Liberalism: 
    • Read the entry on your particular event and prepare a three minute report to the class.



Revolutions of 1848 






2

24

 Day 5

Wed.




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Gericault, Theodore
The Raft of the Medusa (1819)


Reports on Liberalism:

 

Homework:







2

25

 Day 6

Thurs.




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Turner, Fighting Temeraire (1838)

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Turner, Rain, Steam and Speed -The Great North-Western Railway (1844) (See Tony Judt, The Great Rails) 

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Stephenson's Steam Locomotive: "The Rocket" (1828)

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Industrialization in Europe 1850



"Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage, naturally or necessarily, leads him to prefer that employment which is most advantageous to the society.... By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes that of society more effectually than he intends to promote it.” (Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations)

19th c. Ideologies

The Zeitgeist of the Early 19th Century: 

Sophie on Hegel: History, Dialectic and Progress
Hegel in Nieman's Evil in the Modern World (2002)

Choose Project Groups.

The Enlightenment philosophes had argued that the application of science and reason would lead to a better society for all. Did the extraordinary changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution represent progress? (Decide as a group whether your definition of progress will be grounded in a classical liberal, radical liberal or socialist political philosophy.)

Homework:

Industrial Revolution Group Projects
Industrial Revolution Links 
Presentation Ground Rules

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Spinning Jenny by T. E. Nicholson (1835)

Industrial England Early 19th c.







2

26

 Day 7

Fri.





The Crystal Palace
at The Great Exhibition of 1851

Industrialization and Imperialism:
The Great Exhibition of 1851
(Mosaic)

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Child Mine Workers (1820's)

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Gustave Dore, Houndsditch (1872)


Nineteenth Century Ideologies (excerpted from An Intellectual History of Modern Europe by Marvin Perry pp. 203-242) 
Nineteenth Century Ideologies Study Guide; (Quiz 1) (Quiz 2) (Quiz 3)

"No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable." (Adam Smith)

The Zeitgeist of the Early 19th Century: Hegel: History, Dialectic and Progress; Sophie on Hegel; Hegel in Notes on Nieman's Evil in the Modern World (2002)

The Enlightenment philosophes had argued that the application of science and reason would lead to a better society for all. Did the extraordinary changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution represent progress? (Decide as a group whether your definition of progress will be grounded in a classical liberal, radical liberal or socialist political philosophy.)

Develop a provisional Class Thesis Statement, and then apply the thesis statement to your group's section of the class essay. Write a topic sentence for your group's section of the class essay.


Homework:

 

 

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Manchester Factory Kids (1836) 

 






2
29
Day 8
Mon.



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Eiffel Tower (1889)

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Pissaro, "L'avenue de l'Opera, Sunlight, Winter Morning." (1898)

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Manet, A Bar at the
Folies-Bergeres
(1881-82)


The Zeitgeist of the Early 19th Century: 

The Enlightenment philosophes had argued that the application of science and reason would lead to a better society for all. Did the extraordinary changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution represent progress? (Decide as a group whether your definition of progress will be grounded in a classical liberal, radical liberal or socialist political philosophy.)

Industrial Revolution Group Projects
Industrial Revolution Links 
Presentation Ground Rules 

Past Thesis Statements

Test Questions: (Be prepared to answer these questions from the points of view of a Conservative, a Classical Liberal, a Radical Liberal or a Socialist.)

  1. What were the causes of the Industrial Revolution in England?
  2. How did innovations in technology and business practice revolutionize the production and marketing of goods? How were these innovations financed?
  3. What impact did the new economy have on the lives (job security, work conditions, housing, health) of English workers? Did Adam Smith's "invisible hand" create a just society?
  4. How did England avoid a workers' revolution? What did workers do to exert pressure on the factory owners and the government in order that have their grievances heard? What political and legislative changes resulted from this debate?
  5. How was the ideological debate about the problem of urban poverty reflected in the popular culture of late 19th c.  England? 


Homework:

Industrial Revolution Group Projects
Industrial Revolution Links 
Presentation Ground Rules

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Renoir, The Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881)





3
1
Day 9
Tues.



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William Wyld's view of Manchester from Higher Broughton, 1852

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Daumier, The Third-Class Carriage, (1862)

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Daumier, The Uprising  (1860)


19th C. Ideologies Quiz 3

Industrial Revolution Group Projects
Industrial Revolution Links 
Presentation Ground Rules 

Past Thesis Statements

The Enlightenment philosophes had argued that the application of science and reason would lead to a better society for all. Did the extraordinary changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution represent progress? (Decide as a group whether your definition of progress will be grounded in a classical liberal, radical liberal or socialist political philosophy.)

THESIS:

  • Remember that your topic sentence must be directly related to our thesis.
  • Think about transitions between your presentation and your partner's presentation.
  • Think about transitions between your group and the next group.
  • Remember to quote your texts and to cite your sources.

Homework:

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Dore  "The Terraces" from London  (1860)






 

3
2
Day 10
Wed.



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Darby and Pritchard, Iron Bridge at Coalbrookdale, (1779)

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The Crystal Palace at The Great Exhibition of 1851

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Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Poster (1885)


Industrial Revolution Group Projects
Industrial Revolution Links 
Presentation Ground Rules

Past Thesis Statements

THESIS:

The Industrial Revolution which transformed the global economy during the 18th and 19th centuries began in England because the government's classical liberal policies enabled capital to be invested in innovative scientific advances which first revolutionized agricultural production and then led to the invention of the steam engine. Investors then financed new applications of steam power that revolutionized the production and transportation of goods at low prices to markets around the world. The Industrial Revolution enabled England to experience rapid growth in the standard of living for everyone and, therefore, represented social progress.


Test Questions: (Be prepared to answer these questions from the points of view of a Conservative, a Classical Liberal, a Radical Liberal or a Socialist.)

  1. What were the causes of the Industrial Revolution in England?
  2. How did innovations in technology and business practice revolutionize the production and marketing of goods? How were these innovations financed?
  3. What impact did the new economy have on the lives (job security, work conditions, housing, health) of English workers? Did Adam Smith's "invisible hand" create a just society?
  4. How did England avoid a workers' revolution? What did workers do to exert pressure on the factory owners and the government in order to have their grievances heard? What political and legislative changes resulted from this debate?
  5. How was the ideological debate about the problem of urban poverty reflected in the popular culture of late 19th c.  England? 

Homework:

  • Rough Draft Essay





3         

3

 Day 1

Thurs.

FCD Visit





3         

4

 Day 2

Fri.




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from Gustave Dore's London (1860)

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Daumier, The Uprising  (1860)



THESIS:


Thesis: 

Test Questions: (Be prepared to answer these questions from the points of view of a Conservative, a Classical Liberal, a Radical Liberal or a Socialist.)

  1. What were the causes of the Industrial Revolution in England?
  2. How did innovations in technology and business practice revolutionize the production and marketing of goods? How were these innovations financed?
  3. What impact did the new economy have on the lives (job security, work conditions, housing, health) of English workers? Did Adam Smith's "invisible hand" create a just society?
  4. How did England avoid a workers' revolution? What did workers do to exert pressure on the factory owners and the government in order to have their grievances heard? What political and legislative changes resulted from this debate?
  5. How was the ideological debate about the problem of urban poverty reflected in the popular culture of late 19thc.  England? 


Homework:

 






3         

7

 Day 3

Mon.





Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

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Goya, The sleep of reason
produces monsters (1797)


Industrial Revolution Group Essay (Rough Draft)

Test Questions: (Be prepared to answer these questions from the points of view of a Conservative, a Classical Liberal, a Radical Liberal or a Socialist.)

  1. What were the causes of the Industrial Revolution in England?
  2. How did innovations in technology and business practice revolutionize the production and marketing of goods? How were these innovations financed?
  3. What impact did the new economy have on the lives (job security, work conditions, housing, health) of English workers? Did Adam Smith's "invisible hand" create a just society?
  4. How did England avoid a workers' revolution? What did workers do to exert pressure on the factory owners and the government in order to have their grievances heard? What political and legislative changes resulted from this debate?
  5. How was the ideological debate about the problem of urban poverty reflected in the popular culture of late 19thc.  England? 


Edgar Allan Poe, The Black Cat (1843)
Homework:

3

8

 Day 4

Tues.





Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes

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TEST on Industrial Revolution

Nineteenth Century Short Stories:

Poe Creative Writing

The Speckled Band Notes 
The Final Problem Notes

Format for a Sherlock Holmes story

Homework:

Sherlock Holmes: The Liberal Super Hero 
Read: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"(1892) (Speckled Band Links) or "The Final Problem " (1893) (Final Problem Links)
Holmes Links

For further reading:

·        Samuel Smiles, Self-Help (1859)

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3
9
Day 5
Wed.

 

 

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from The Adventure of the Speckled Band
(1892) illustrated by Sidney Paget

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The Death of Sherlock Holmes from "The Final Problem" (1893) illustrated by Sidney Paget

 

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (biographical sketch)

Sherlock Holmes: The Liberal Super Hero

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"(1892) (Speckled Band Links) or "The Final Problem " (1893) (Final Problem Links)

The Speckled Band Notes 
The Final Problem Notes

Format for a Sherlock Holmes story


Homework:

Nikolai Gogol, "The Nose" (1836)

For further reading;

Intro to Russian History powerpoint

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The Death of Sherlock Holmes from "The Final Problem" (1893) illustrated by Sidney Paget

 

 

 

3

10

 Day 6

Thurs.

 



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 Karl Marx 1818-1883

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Sigmund Freud 1856-1939

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Charles Darwin 1809-1882

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Freiderich Nietzsche 1844-1900

Creative Writing: Holmes, Poe and Gogol

Modern Art: The Revolt Against Representation (ppt.)

Modern Consciousness:

The Intellectual Backgrounds to Modern Consciousness:


Homework: 

Presentation Expectations:

  • Brief Biography of your Modern Thinker
  • Answer the Study Guide Questions
  • Quote your Thinker at least Once.
  • Provide Interesting Graphics (pictures, sketches, tables) to Illustrate your Presentation.
  • Provide Excerpts from Videos to explain Difficult Concepts
  • End Your Presentation with a Properly Formatted Works Cited Page.

Homework:

  • Presentations: the Intellectual Backgrounds to Modern Consciousness



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 Karl Marx 1818-1883

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Sigmund Freud 1856-1939

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Charles Darwin 1809-1882

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Freiderich Nietzsche 1844-1900


The Test of Liberalism: 
Intellectual Backgrounds: 
Marx, Freud, Darwin and Nietzsche

The Intellectual Backgrounds to Modern Consciousness:

Presentation Expectations:

  • Brief Biography of your Modern Thinker
  • Answer the Study Guide Questions
  • Quote your Thinker at least Once.
  • Provide Interesting Graphics (pictures, sketches, tables) to Illustrate your Presentation.
  • Provide Excerpts from Videos to explain Difficult Concepts
  • End Your Presentation with a Properly Formatted Works Cited Page.


Homework: Prepare for Quiz




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Mon.

 



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The Rhodes Colossus Punch vol. 103 December 10, 1892

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"The White Man's Burden" Detroit Journal, Feb. 1899, reprinted in Literary Digest (Feb. 18, 1899) More cartoons depicting Rhodes from NYPL.

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"New Crowns for Old Ones" John Tenniel Punch 15 April 1876 (
Victorian Web)


Quiz on Backgrounds to Modern Consciousness
Jonathan Haidt on The Divided Self

The Size of Africa:




The Mercator Projection
How Big is Africa? (Economist) 
World Map Cylyndrical Equal Area

Video:

Homework:

Social Darwinism:

For further reading:






315Day 9Tues.


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The Rhodes Colossus Punch 1892
(Getty Images)

The British Empire (Luscombe) (clickable map)
Incredible Map Sites
Rule Britannia” (the Anthem)


The British Empire in 1897


The British Empire in 1914


Asia Colonization


The New Imperialism:

Homework:


Further reading:


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Colonial Africa
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Imperialism in South East Asia World Colonial Holdings (1914)
The Colonial World 1919

 

 

 

 


3

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 Day 10

Wed.

 




King Leopold II (1835-1909) of Belgium



The New Imperialism:  

Homework:

For Further Reading:

 

 

 

 


3

17

 Day 1

Thurs.

 



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Africa in 1885 from Black's Atlas of the World 


The Congo



Essay on Conrad's Heart of Darkness due Wednesday, April 6th at 3:30 p.m.

The New Imperialism:

Introduction to Conrad (Powerpoint) and Heart of Darkness 

Homework:

Heart of Darkness (Reading One, pp. 15-22; (pp. 1-6) (pp. 3-9)
Study Guide: part one
Conrad Critical Resources

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Prisoners at work, Belgian Congo c. 1912

3

18

 Day 2

Fri.




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Africa in 1885 from Black's Atlas of the World


The Thames from London to the sea


The Thames at Gravesend



Essay on Conrad's Heart of Darkness due Monday, April 11th at 3:30 p.m.

Quiz on Backgrounds to Modern Consciousness

Heart of Darkness: Lesson Plan One

Marlow, the Un-named Narrator and 
Conrad's Intricate Frame for Heart of Darkness

Body Paragraph One: Conrad's Intricate Frame

- historic voyages that have left from Gravesend (4-5)
- Marlow (5-6)
- a 'nutshell' (6)
- Romans venture into the 'darkness' (6-7)
- the 'idea' which justifies conquest (7)

Homework:


For further Reading:


Joseph Kony, Lord's Resistance Army (NPR) (NY Times);

  • See  Uganda's Secret War by Tim Judah (2004) (NY Review of Books) for the influence of Sudan military support for katongo militia  on Northern Uganda.
  • In the Heart of Darkness by Adam Hochschild (2005) (NY Review of Books)
  • Rape in the Congo by Adam Hochschild  (July 2009) (NY Review of Books

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3 28  Day 0 Mon. Spring Break

3

29

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Tues.

 

                                   


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West Africa


The Snake of the Congo River

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Leopoldville: The Outer Stations

 


Essay on Conrad's Heart of Darkness due Monday, April 11th at 3:30 p.m.

Body Paragraph One: Conrad's Intricate Frame

- historic voyages that have left from Gravesend (4-5)
- a 'nutshell' (6)
- Marlow (5-6)
- Romans venture into the 'darkness' (6-7)
- the 'idea' which justifies conquest (7)

Heart of Darkness: (Reading TwoLesson Plan Two (Quiz)

Body Paragraph Two: Symbols as Signposts on the Trail of Kurtz

- the snake of the Congo River (8)
- the sad fate of Captain Fresleven (6) (10)
- knitting women beside the great map of Africa (7-8) (11)
- the doctor and his secret theory (9) (13-14)
- the Africans (10) (16)
- the French warship (11) (16)

Body Paragraph Three: The Outer Station

- a Swede (12) (17)
- first impressions (12) (17)
- the chain gang (13-14) (18)
- the grove of trees (14) (19-20)
- the Chief Accountant (15-16) (21)
- first mention of Kurtz (15-16) (22)

5th Period: Film: The Outer Station in Apocalypse Now (1979)


Homework:


Remember the Three Fates from earlier this year?
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Leopoldville: The Outer Station

 

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The Congo

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Fisherman pole their boat out into the Congo River (ca. 1950). CORBIS/Otto Lang.

Late 19th Congo Sculpture (in response to the Belgian exploitation)


Essay on Conrad's Heart of Darkness due Monday, April 11th at 3:30 p.m.

Body Paragraph One: Conrad's Intricate Frame


Heart of Darkness
: (Reading TwoLesson Plan Two

Body Paragraph Two: Symbols as Signposts on the Trail of Kurtz

Body Paragraph Three: The Outer Station


Body Paragraph Four: The Middle Station


Body Paragraph Five: The Overheard Conversation (27-29)

Homework:

For further Reading:


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Thurs.




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The Congo 

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Congo Riverboat

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Fisherman pole their boat out into the Congo River (ca. 1950). CORBIS/Otto Lang.

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Essay on Conrad's Heart of Darkness due Monday, April 11th at 3:30 p.m.


Body Paragraph One: Conrad's Intricate Frame
Heart of Darkness: (Reading TwoLesson Plan Two

Body Paragraph Two: Symbols as Signposts on the Trail of Kurtz

Body Paragraph Three: The Outer Station


Body Paragraph Four: The Middle Station


Body Paragraph Five: The Overheard Conversation (27-29)

Homework:


For further Reading:

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 Day 6

Fri.




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The Congo River

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Jim Jones and the Guyana Tragedy: "White Night" final recording from Jonestown.
Conversation and ambient sound. 1978. (
Transcript)


Essay on Conrad's Heart of Darkness due Monday, April 11th at 3:30 p.m.

Body Paragraph Five: The Overheard Conversation (27-29)


Body Paragraph Six: The Voyage to the Inner Station
Study Guide Four

Body Paragraph Seven: Kurtz and The Inner Station  (Reading Five) Study Guide Five

 

Homework:

Heart of Darkness: (Reading Six pp. 108-124; 61-72; 83-95) Study Guide Six

For further reading:

-          Chinua Achebe on Heart of Darkness 

-          "Out of Africa": Caryl Philips vs. Chinua Achebe on Conrad as Racist (Guardian 2/22/03)

-          Conrad Critical Resources

4         

4

 Day 7

Mon.

 



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The Congo


Congo Riverboat

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Kamba "type," Niari River region, French Congo Jean Audema c. 1900, postcard


Essay on Conrad's Heart of Darkness due Monday, April 11th at 3:30 p.m.


Body Paragraph Six: The Voyage to the Inner Station Study Guide Four

Body Paragraph Seven: Kurtz and The Inner Station  (Reading Five) Study Guide Five

 

Homework:

Heart of Darkness: (Reading Six pp. 108-124; 61-72; 83-95) Study Guide Six

For further reading:

4         

5

 Day 8

Tues.

 



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Mask (kibwabwabwa) Kete or Mbagani peoples,   Democratic Republic of the Congo, 19th-20th c.

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Picasso Self-Portrait (1907)


Essay on Conrad's Heart of Darkness due Monday, April 11th at 3:30 p.m.

Body Paragraph Seven: Kurtz and The Inner Station  (Reading Five) Study Guide Five


Paragraph Eight: The Return Study Guide Six

Conclusion: IS progress possible?


Homework:

4         

6

 Day 9

Wed.

 

Essay Work: Conrad's Heart of Darkness





4         

7

 Day 10

Thurs.




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Faivre, "
On les aura!" (1916)

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Erler, Fritz. 
"Help Us Win!" (1917)


European Humanities Artifact Project (2015-16)

Introduction to World War One Poetry

Never such innocence,
Never before or since,
As changed itself to past
Without a word—the men
Leaving the gardens tidy,
The thousands of marriages
Lasting a little while longer:
Never such innocence again.


—Philip Larkin, MCMXIV

Homework:


For further reading:

4         

8

 Day 1

Fri.





European Alliances on the Eve of World War I


The German Artist Walter Trier's Map of Europe in 1914

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John Nash, Over the Top,
Imperial War Museum, London.


Fussell Quiz

The Grand Illusion: Poetry from Before the War

Alfred Lord Tennyson: "The Charge of the Light Brigade"
Robert Browning: "Home-Thoughts, From Abroad
Henry Newboldt: "Vitai Lampada"; "Clifton Chapel"  
Rudyard Kipling: "Danny Deever"; "Tommy"; "Recessional"; "Shillin’ a Day"; Gunga Din

Kubrick, Paths of Glory (1957): (Clip)
Renoir, Grand Illusion (complete film) (1937)

Homework:


For further reading:

The Schlieffen Plan World War I





4         

11

 Day 2

Mon.




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French Infantry Attack
War Films: The Battle of the Somme (Mosaic)

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Max Beckmann,Die Granate (Shell), 1915


Conrad Essay due at 3:30 p.m.

Paragraph on one of the following poems:

Thomas Hardy,


Homework:  Poem Presentation Project


For further reading:

Destroy This Mad Brute—Enlist (1917) by H.R. Hopps was
an American Recruitment poster, which attacked Germany
for their brutal actions in the Rape of Belgium
4 12
 Day 3
Tues.


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Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, La mitrailleuse en action (The Machine-gun in Action), 1915, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris.

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Otto Dix, Lichtsignale (The Flare), 1917

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Ernst, Murdering Airplane (1920)

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Singer Sargent,
Gassed (1918)

 

 

Poem Presentation Project

The Reality of Modern War
Prepare 2-3 minute speech on your poem.

Sainsbury's OFFICIAL Christmas 2014 Ad 

Brooke, "Peace"; "The Dead"; "The Soldier"
Asquith, "The Volunteer"
Read, "The Happy Warrior"
McCrae, "In Flanders Fields"
Seeger, "I Have a Rendezvous With Death"; 
Owen, "Anthem for Doomed Youth"; "Disabled"; "Strange Meeting"
Sassoon, "Exposure", "A Working Party"; "Counter-Attack"; "Suicide in the Trenches"
Adlington, "Bombardment"
Charles Hamilton Soreley, "When You See Millions of the Mouthless Dead"
Rosenberg, "Break of Day in the Trenches"


Homework:
 

Poem Presentation Project



The Happy Warrior

 

 

 

 

 

4

13

 Day 4

Wed.





Singer Sargent, Death and Victory (1922)


Kirchner,  Selbstbildnis als Soldat  (1915)


Poem Presentation Project

The Reality of Modern War
Prepare 2-3 minute speech on your poem.

Brooke, "Peace"; "The Dead"; "The Soldier"
Asquith, "The Volunteer"
Read, "The Happy Warrior"
McCrae, "In Flanders Fields"
Seeger, "I Have a Rendezvous With Death"; 
Owen, "Anthem for Doomed Youth"; "Disabled"; "Strange Meeting"
Sassoon, "Exposure", "A Working Party"; "Counter-Attack"; "Suicide in the Trenches"
Adlington, "Bombardment"
Rosenberg, "Break of Day in the Trenches"

Homework:

For further reading:

 

 

 

 

 

4

14

 Day 5

Thurs.





Picasso, Portrait of
Gertrude Stein
(1906)


Portrait of Ambroise Vollard,
Picasso (1910)

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Katsushika Hokusai 
The Great Wave Off Kanagawa,
from "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" (1823-29)



Hemingway’s Affirmations

The Zeitgeist of Modernism

Modernist Poetry:


Al Filreis Stein Links (UPenn) 
Al Filreis Mini-Lecture on "The Red Wheelbarrow" (UPenn) 
The Armory Show of 1913 
The Possibilities of Modernism: 1925: The Year in Review (Artchive)


Kafka Lesson Plans


Homework:


4

15

 Day 6

Fri.




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Aivazovsky,  The Ninth Wave, 1850


Surikov, The Morning of the Execution of the Streltsy. 1881

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Repin, Barge Haulers on the Volga (1870)

Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture

 

Nineteenth Century Russian Radicalism

Towards an artifacts essay on the zeitgeist of mid 19th Century Russia:

Russia: 1825-1917


Homework:

Turgenev, "A Country Doctor" (1855) (Class Discussion)

For further study: 

The Russian Revolution Simulation (Spartacus)
Chronology of Russian History

4

18

 Day 7

Mon.


 

 

bronze_horseman.jpg Falconet's
Statue of Peter the Great
(1788)


Nicholas I (1796-1855)

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The Countess in Pushkin’s "The Queen of Spades" (1834)  

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Perov, Feodor Dostoyevsky 1872

 

Backgrounds to the Russian Revolution (Powerpoint)

Key Events:

  • Victory over Napoleon (1812)
  • The Decembrist Revolt (1815)
  • Nicholas I: Autocracy, Orthodoxy and Nationalism
  • The Failed Liberal Revolutions of 1848
  • The Crimean War (1855)
  • Alexander II Frees the Serfs (1861)
  • Assassination of Alexander II (1881)
  • Repression of Alexander III


The Impact of 1848:


Homework:

  • Artifacts Essay Work

For Further Reading:

Humanities Website: 19th c. Russia

Literature:

Politics:

Secondary Sources:

4

19

 Day 8

Tues.





Vladimir Ilych Lenin (1870-1924)


Red Square: Painterly Realism of a Peasant Woman in Two Dimensions
(1915) State Museum, St. Petersburg


Tatlin, Model for
Monument to the Third International (1919)
 


Poster for  October:
Ten Days That Shook the World
(1927)

Russian
Avant-Garde
Art


From Socialism to Marxism to Leninism:

Review: Utopian Socialists; Marx and Engels;

Key Events Leading to the Revolution:

Victory over Napoleon (1812)
The Decembrist Revolt (1815)
Nicholas I: Autocracy, Orthodoxy and Nationalism
The Failed Liberal Revolutions of 1848
The Crimean War (1855)
Alexander II Frees the Serfs (1861)
Assassination of Alexander II (1881)
Repression of Alexander III
The Russo Japanese War (1905)
Revolution of 1905
World War One (1914-17)

The February Revolution (1917)
The Provisional Government vs. The Soviets
Lenin’s April Theses “All power to the Soviets”
The July Days "Peace, Bread, and Land"
The Kornilov Affair
The October Revolution
Suppression of Constituent Assembly
Civil War (1917-1921)

Vladimir Illych Lenin (1870-1924): “What Is to Be Done?” (1902)

 “What Was Done” (Julius lecture) (outline):

Historical Artifacts:

Literary Artifacts:


Humanities Website: The Russian Revolution

Art Website:  Russian Avant-Garde Art


Film: The Battleship Potemkin (1925) dir. Eisenstein

Cool Website: Seventeen Moments in Soviet History: 1917

For further reading:

More Lenin: "Marxism and Revisionism" (1908); Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism (1916); State and Revolution (1917) (extracts; April Theses; Call to Power,  (Perry excerpt) (1917); On the Organization of and Extraordinary Commission to Fight Counter Revolution (1917);  Origins of the CHEKA (1917); Dissolution  of the Constituent Assembly (1918)   Hanging Order for Kulaks (1918); "Artists are Irresponsible People" (1919); Conditions for Membership of Comnintern (1920)Testament (1922)

Homework: Artifacts Essay work


4

20

 Day 9

Wed.




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Moor, "Have You Volunteered?" Poster. 1920

 
Tatlin’s Tower (1919)
3-D Model.

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Apsit, "A Year of the Proletarian Dictatorship" 1918

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"For Shock-Brigade Reaping and for a Bolshevik Harvest." The Collective Farm Voron,  Poster. 1934

Mosaic Links: Russia Under Lenin and Stalin


Josef Stalin (1878-1953)



History of Europe - 6013 years in 3 minutes

The Revolutions of 1917

Lenin, “What Is to Be Done?” (1902)
The February Revolution (1917)
Order Number 1 (1917)
Call to Power (Oct 24, 1917)
The "Unknown" Lenin (1918)

What Was Done” (outline) (Julius lecture)

1905 Revolution
The February Revolution
The Provisional Government vs. The Soviets
Lenin’s April Theses
The July Days
The Kornilov Affair
The October Revolution

The Civil War (1918-1921)

Literature Artifacts: 

Art Artifacts:

The Soviets Under Stalin:


History Artifacts:


Literature Artifacts:

Russia During WWII:

Historical Interpretations

 

Homework:


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"Worker and Collective Farm Girl." The Great Fatherland War
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Vladimirski, "
Roses for Stalin" (1949)

4

21

 Day 10

Thurs.

 



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Schinkel, "Medieval City on a River" (1815)


  
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Hitler at the Feldherrnhalle,
August 1, 1914

  

 


Artifacts Essay due Thursday, May 5th

Two Good Artifacts Essays from Last Year


Intellectual Backgrounds to Fascism and Communism

German Idealism:

The Rise of Modern Germany:

 

For further reading:

 

Homework:

Artifacts Essay due Thursday, May 5th at 3:30 p.m. Easy Bib; Citation Machine; OSLIS Citation Maker







4

22

 Day 0

Fri.

Professional Day
4 25  Day 1 Mon.


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Schinkel, "Medieval City on a River" (1815)

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Europe 1914

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The Big 4 met in Paris to negotiate the Treaty Lloyd George of Britain, Orlando of Italy, Clemenceau of France, and Woodrow Wilson of the U.S.



Artifacts Essay due Thursday, May 5th at 3:30 p.m. Easy Bib; Citation Machine

OSLIS Citation Maker


German Nationalism

  • Kant: subjective reality; radical finitude; moral freedom
  • Hegel: determined history; spirit unfolding through conflict
  • Herder: cultural pluralism
  • German Romanticism: values are subject to culture
  • Fichte: the Volk, German collective identity

The Rise of Modern Germany:

 

Homework:

4

26

 Day 2

Tues.




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Schinkel, "Medieval City on a River" (1815)

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Grosz,  Der Monteur

 
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Dix, The Journalist Sylvia Von Harden (1926)
Expressionism
(Pace Powerpoint) user name: pb20s password: nov1118


German Nationalism

  • Kant: subjective reality; radical finitude; moral freedom
  • Hegel: determined history; spirit unfolding through conflict
  • Herder: cultural pluralism
  • German Romanticism: values are subject to culture
  • Fichte: the Volk, German collective identity

The Rise of Modern Germany:

The German Experience of WWI:

The Weimar Republic (1919-1932)

·         The Collapse of Liberalism

 

Homework:

Artifacts Essay due Thursday, May 5th at 3:30 p.m.
Easy Bib; Citation Machine; OSLIS Citation Maker

4

27

 Day 3

Wed.





Eugen Adam, The Rasing of the German Flag over Fort  Vanves before Paris January 19, 1871 (1878)

The Failure of Liberalism in Germany After World War One:


Homework:

Artifacts Essay due Thursday, May 5th at 3:30 p.m.
Easy Bib; Citation Machine; OSLIS Citation Maker






4

28

 Day 4

Thurs.


 


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"National Socialism
or the Sacrifice was in Vain" 1921

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"Muzzled"  Literary Digest 9/13/1919

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The Fagus Shoe Factory, Alfeld-an-der-Leine, Walter Gropius (1910-12)

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From Riefenstahl, Leni. "Triumph of the Will." 1934

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Schweitzer, Hans. 
"Our Last Hope: Hitler." Poster. 1932


Artifacts Essay due Monday May, 11th

 Easy Bib; Citation Machine; OSLIS Citation Maker

The German Experience of WWI:

The Weimar Republic and The Rise of Nazism (internet sources)

For further reading:

Homework:

Artifacts Essay due Thursday, May 5th at 3:30 p.m.
Easy Bib; Citation Machine; OSLIS Citation Maker


Further Reading:

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Hitler Campaign Poster 1932

From Riefenstahl, Leni. 
"Triumph of the Will." Film still. 1934


4

29

 Day 5

Fri.




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Murillo, The Immaculate Conception, ca. 1678

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El Greco, The Burial of Count Orgascz, 1586

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Velazquez, Diego The Feast of Bacchus ("Los Borrachos") [detail] 1629


The Spanish Civil War:  

Homework:

Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936)

From Romancero Gitano (1928)

For further reading (and listening):

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Goya, Fight with Cudgels  (1823)

Sargent, John Singer
El Jaleo 1880

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Miro, The Farm (1925)

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Miro, Head of a Catalan Peasant

 

 

 

 

 

5

2

 Day 6

Mon.




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Federico Garcia Lorca 1898-1936

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Sargent, John Singer

El Jaleo 1880

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Murillo, The Immaculate Conception, ca. 1678


 


Peer Review with the Laptop

The Spanish Imagination: El Greco, Velazquex, Goya, Picasso, Dali, Miro (ppt)

Ravel, Alborada del gracioso (1918); Bolero (1928); Flamenco Guitar 

 

Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936)

From Romancero Gitano (1928)

 Homework:

 Lorca, The House of Bernarda Alba, Act I (outline)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

3

 Day 7

Tues.




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Political Map of Spain

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La Casa de Bernarda Alba
(1936)


The Zeitgeist of Modernism

 

Lorca, The House of Bernarda Alba, Act I (outline)

Homework:

 Lorca, The House of Bernarda Alba, Act II-III (outline)







5

4

 Day 8

Wed.




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Murillo, The Immaculate Conception, ca. 1678

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Peer Review with the Laptop

Artifacts Essay due Thursday, May 5th at 3:30 p.m.
Easy Bib; Citation Machine; OSLIS Citation Maker

The Crisis of Liberalism

 

Lorca, The House of Bernarda Alba, (outline)

 

Europe Between the Wars
The Spanish Civil War Chronology (ppt)
Bernarda Alba Lecture Notes

 

Act One: The day of the funeral of Don Antonio Maria Benevides. Pepe el Romano has been visiting the house each night since the master’s death, yet secretly, he has been visiting two windows: both Angustias’ (the heiress) and Adela’s (the beauty).

 

Act Two: Action: La Poncia encourages the girls to dream, but she seeks to prevent Adela from acting on her fantasies. Bernarda believes she has everything under control until La Poncia forces her to see the truth: Adela is capable of anything.

Act Three: Night. The bells of the rosary are heard, interrupted by the hooves of the stallion, smashing apart its stable so that it can get to the mares in heat.

Bernarda Alba Lecture Notes

Homework:







5

5

 Day 9

Thurs.





Picasso,
Guernica detail (1938)


Soviet soldiers fighting in the ruins of Stalingrad, 1942


Dali, Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) (1936)


Artifacts Essay Due at 3:30 p.m.

Final Exam 2016: (Final Exam Schedule)

The Cosmic Salon:

The Lessons of the Modern Era

 

What have we learned from the terrible ordeals of the twentieth century? What would the following thinkers say about the prospects of liberalism surviving the 21st Century? How will liberals like you and me discover a path that can lead to a better, if not a perfect world?

 

Choose at least six writers, thinkers or characters from any of the groups to include in your conversation.

Invite your salon members to a Bunker Block at the Auschwitz prison camp to speak with Primo about his situation.  

The War in the East: Operation Barbarossa

Homework:

For further reading:

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Kenneth Branaugh and Stanley Tucci
in Conspiracy (2001)






5

6

 Day 10

Fri.



Soviet soldiers fighting in the ruins of Stalingrad, 1942

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Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945)

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Reinhard Heydrich (1904-1942)

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Adolph Eichmann (1906-1962)

Final Exam 2016: (Final Exam Schedule)

The Origins of the Nazi Final Solution:


Vassily Grossman, from Life and Fate, Part One, chapter 18 (pp. 68-115) "Anna Semyonovna’s Last Letter" (80) (Notes)

Homework:

 

Eastern Europe, circa 1942
Tim Snyder, "Holocaust: The Ignored Reality" NYRB 7-16-09

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American Casualties of American Wars World War Two Military Deaths World War Two: Total Deaths

5

9

 Day 1

Mon.




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Operation Barbarossa Sept. 1941

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Kiev 1941

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Kiev 1941


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The Ravine at Babi Yar September 29-30, 1941


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Women Prisoners at the Ravine of Babi Yar





Peer Review with the Laptop

Final Exam 2016: (Final Exam Schedule)

The Cosmic Salon:

The Lessons of the Modern Era


Fussell, "The Real War, 1939-1945", The Atlantic, vol. 264 No.2, (August, 1989) (Quiz)

The Fallen of World War Two (VIDEO) (Neil Halloran) (Interactive Graph)

When did the Final Solution finally metamorphose from a forced emigration program into an effort to exterminate all the Jews in Europe?

Babi Yar:

Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz (1947):

  • Survival in Auschwitz, pp.9-11: Preface
  • In English the original title of Levi’s memoir: “Se questo e un uomo…” is “If This Is a Man…” Can you finish the sentence for him?
  • Levi took his own life years later in 1987. He survived Auschwitz physically, but in the end it can be argued that the experience robbed him of his life.
  • Throughout the fourth quarter we have been thinking about how the Greek Ideal was challenged by the forces of industrial revolution, colonial exploitation and the rise of fascism. Ultimately, the social pressures of industrial change led to outbursts of savagery among the most advanced nations on earth.
  • How can the curious title of Levi’s memoir and his ultimate rejection of life be linked to our understanding of the ultimate fate of liberalism? (Discussion 1)

Homework:





5
10
 Day 2
Tues.



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The Main Gate at Auschwitz

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Entrance to the Gas Chamber at Auschwitz

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Ella Liebermann-Shiber (1927-1998)
In the Freight Wagon 1945-1949


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David Olère, Selection and
Blocks 2 to 5, Birkenau (1945)

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David Olère, Selection and
Blocks 2 to 5, Birkenau
(1945)



Final Exam 2016: (Final Exam Schedule)

The Cosmic Salon:

The Lessons of the Modern Era


What have we learned from the terrible ordeals of the twentieth century? What would the following thinkers say about the prospects of liberalism surviving the 21st Century? How will liberals like you and me discover a path that can lead to a better, if not a perfect world?

Choose at least six writers, thinkers or characters from any of the groups to include in your conversation.


Invite your salon members to a Bunker Block at the Auschwitz prison camp to speak with Primo about his situation.

Discussion: The Nazi Psychological Assault:

 

Read Survival in Auschwitz, pp.9-38 Preface; Epigram;  1. “The Journey”; 2. “On the Bottom";  Study Guide 1 ; (Quiz)  (Discussion 1) (Study Guide Notes)


In English the original title of Levi’s memoir: “Se questo e un uomo…” is “If This Is a Man…” Can you finish the sentence for him?

 

Levi took his own life years later in 1987. He survived Auschwitz physically, but in the end it can be argued that the experience robbed him of his life.

 

Throughout the fourth quarter we have been thinking about how the Greek Ideal was challenged by the twin forces of industrial revolution and colonialism. Ultimately, the social pressures of industrial change led to outbursts of savagery among the most advanced nations on earth. 

 

How can the curious title of Levi’s memoir and his ultimate rejection of life be linked to our understanding of the ultimate fate of liberalism? (Discussion 1)

Homework:



Selections on the Ramp at Auschwitz





5
11
 Day 3 
Wed.



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Primo Levi (1919-1987)

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David Olère Arrival  1944


Final Exam 2016: (Final Exam Schedule)

The Cosmic Salon:

The Lessons of the Modern Era


Survival in Auschwitz
, pp.11-38: “The Journey”; “On the Bottom” (Quiz) (Discussion 1)
  • Paragraph: Explain the double sense of the term “extermination camp”. What aspect of the prisoner’s character is targeted by the Nazis? What is the Nazi goal?

Survival in Auschwitz, pp.38-77 3. "Initiation", 4. “Ka-Be”, 5. “Our Nights”, 6. “The Work”, 7. “A Good Day”; Study Guide ; (Quiz);  (Discussion 2)


Homework: Artifact Essay Work


5
12
 Day 4
Thurs.


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Ella Liebermann-Shiber In the Barracks (1945-1949)


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David Olère New Prisoners  1945

Final Exam 2016: (Final Exam Schedule)

The Cosmic Salon:

The Lessons of the Modern Era


Survival in Auschwitz
, pp.11-38: “The Journey”; “On the Bottom” (Quiz) (Discussion 1)
  • Paragraph: Explain the double sense of the term “extermination camp”. What aspect of the prisoner’s character is targeted by the Nazis? What is the Nazi goal?

Survival in Auschwitz, pp.38-77 3. "Initiation", 4. “Ka-Be”, 5. “Our Nights”, 6. “The Work”, 7. “A Good Day”; Study Guide ; (Quiz);  (Discussion 2)

Homework:

Survival in Auschwitz, pp.38-77 3. "Initiation", 4. “Ka-Be”, 5. “Our Nights”, 6. “The Work”, 7. “A Good Day”; Study Guide ; (Quiz);  (Discussion 2)
5
13
 Day 5
Fri.


Ella Liebermann-Shiber,
Auschwitz (1927-1998)

Final Exam 2016: (Final Exam Schedule)

Survival in Auschwitz, pp.38-77 3. "Initiation", 4. “Ka-Be”, 5. “Our Nights”, 6. “The Work”, 7. “A Good Day”; Study Guide ; (Quiz);  (Discussion 2)

Homework:

Read Survival in Auschwitz, pp.77-116 8.  This Side of Good and Evil”, 9. “The Drowned and the Saved”, 10. “Chemical Examination”,  11. “The Canto of Ulysses"

5

16

 Day 6

Mon.





David Olere (1902-1985) Prisoners Pulling a Wagon Loaded with Victims' Belongings


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Ella Liebermann-Shiber (1927-1998)
Eating 1945-1949

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Ella Liebermann-Shiber (1927-1998) Soup Distribution 1945-1949


Final Exam 2016: (Final Exam Schedule)

The Cosmic Salon:

The Lessons of the Modern Era


Survival in Auschwitz, pp.77-116 Class Discussion: The Economics of Auschwitz: pp.77-116  8.  This Side of Good and Evil”, 9. “The Drowned and the Saved”, 10. “Chemical Examination”,  11. “The Canto of Ulysses" (notes) (Inferno Canto 26) (Quiz) (Discussion 3


  • Paragraph: What is the difference between the brand of capitalism driving Auschwitz’s economy and that which occurs normally in the outer world? What is necessary for survival in both worlds?


Adam Smith The Wealth of Nations (1776)

Thomas Malthus Essay on the Principle of Population (1798)


Paragraph: What happens to the moral judgment of an individual when life is reduced to its primordial situation? Can Socrates’ conception of morality survive in Auschwitz?


Steinlauf (41)
Null Achtzen (42)
Alberto (57) (139)
The Greeks (71)
Schepshel (92)
Alfred L. (93)
Henri (98)
Elias (95)

Alex and Dr. Pannwitz (101)

 

Jean the Pikolo (112) (epiphany)

Lorenzo (119)
Ziegler (129)
Kuhn (129)
Kraus (132)
Primo (134)
The Lab Girls (141)

The Last One (149-50)

Charles (167)

Homework:


5
17
 Day 7
Tues.

 

 

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Ella Liebermann-Shiber (1927-1998) Soup Distribution 1945-1949


David Olere, Food for the Women

 
David Olere,  Auschwitz Inmates Marching

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Ella Liebermann-Shiber (1927-1998)
Eating 1945-1949


Final Exam 2016: (Final Exam Schedule)

The Cosmic Salon:

The Lessons of the Modern Era

Survival in Auschwitz, pp.77-116  8.  This Side of Good and Evil”, 9. “The Drowned and the Saved”, 10. “Chemical Examination”,  11. “The Canto of Ulysses" (notes) (Inferno Canto 26) (Quiz) (Discussion 3

Survival in Auschwitz, pp. 116- 145

12. The Events of the Summer”, 13. “October 1944” (The Great Selection),  14. Kraus”, 15.  “Die drei Leute vom Labor (Quiz) (Discussion 4) (answers)


Review:
  • Paragraph: Explain the double sense of the term “extermination camp”. What aspect of the prisoner’s character is targeted by the Nazis? What is the Nazi goal?
  • Paragraph: Can the civilized self survive at Auschwitz? Or is Auschwitz revealing our true selves: man in the state of nature?
  • Paragraph: What happens to the moral judgment of an individual when life is reduced to its primordial situation? Can Socrates’ conception of morality survive in Auschwitz? How about Kant's? Apply the categorical imperative.
  • Paragraph: What is the difference between the brand of capitalism driving Auschwitz’s economy and that which occurs normally in the outer world? What is necessary for survival in both worlds?

Consider the following episodes and Primo's actions. Are they moral, or is morality irrelevant to survival? Jean the Pikolo (112); Lorenzo (119); Kuhn (129); Ziegler (129); Kraus (132)

What events enable Primo to join the Prominentz of the camp? 

Steinlauf (41)
Null Achtzen (42)
Alberto (57) (139)
The Greeks (71)
Schepshel (92)
Alfred L. (93)
Henri (98)
Elias (95)

Alex and Dr. Pannwitz (101)

 

Jean the Pikolo (112) (epiphany)

Lorenzo (119)
Ziegler (129)
Kuhn (129)
Kraus (132)
Primo (134)
The Lab Girls (141)

The Last One (149-50)

Charles (167)

Homework:





5
18
 Day 8
Wed.



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Ella Liebermann-Shiber, Revolt in Birkenau (1945-1949)

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David Olère They Tried to Escape (1946)


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Ella Liebermann-Shiber, Death March (1945-1949)


Final Exam 2016: (Final Exam Schedule)

The Cosmic Salon:

The Lessons of the Modern Era

Read  Survival in Auschwitz, pp.145-175  16. “The Last One”,  17. “The Story of Ten Days

 (Quiz) (Discussion 5) (answers)


Steinlauf (41)
Null Achtzen (42)
Alberto (57) (139)
The Greeks (71)
Schepshel (92)
Alfred L. (93)
Henri (98)
Elias (95)

Alex and Dr. Pannwitz (101)

 

Jean the Pikolo (112) (epiphany)

Lorenzo (119)
Ziegler (129)
Kuhn (129)
Kraus (132)
Primo (134)
The Lab Girls (141)

The Last One (149-50)

Charles (167)

Homework:

  • Write thesis statement on Survival in Auschwitz.


5

19

 Day 9

Thurs..





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Ella Liebermann-Shiber, Revolt in Birkenau (1945-1949)

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David Olère They Tried to Escape (1946)


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Ella Liebermann-Shiber, Death March (1945-1949)


Final Exam 2016(Final Exam Schedule)

The Cosmic Salon:

The Lessons of the Modern Era


Survival in Auschwitz, pp.145-175  16. “The Last One”,  17. “The Story of Ten Days” (Quiz) (Discussion 5) (answers)


Steinlauf (41)
Null Achtzen (42)
Alberto (57) (139)
The Greeks (71)
Schepshel (92)
Alfred L. (93)
Henri (98)
Elias (95)

Alex and Dr. Pannwitz (101)

 

Jean the Pikolo (112) (epiphany)

Lorenzo (119)
Ziegler (129)
Kuhn (129)
Kraus (132)
Primo (134)
The Lab Girls (141)

The Last One (149-50)

Charles (167)

Homework:

  • Write thesis statement on Survival in Auschwitz.


The Crematorium IV at Birkenau that was destroyed by the Sonderkommando in October 1944.


5

20

 Day 10

Fri.




ANDY WARHOL, Marilyn Diptych, 1962.
Oil, acrylic, and silk screen enamel on canvas.
Tate Gallery, London.


Final Exam 2016: (Final Exam Schedule)

The Cosmic Salon:

The Lessons of the Modern Era


Post Modernist Art (ppt)

Exam Review: Grammar and Usage 
Exam Review: Vocabulary

Homework:

5

23

 Day 1

Mon.

 Review Day





FRANK GEHRY, Guggenheim Museum,
Bilbao, Spain, 1997.


 

Final Exam 2016(Final Exam Schedule)

The Cosmic Salon:

The Lessons of the Modern Era

Post Modernist Art (ppt)

 

Exam Review: Grammar and Usage 
Exam Review: Vocabulary


5

24

 Day 2

Tues.

 Review Day

 

 

 

 

 

5

25

 Day 3

Wed.

 Reading Day

 

 

 

 

 

5

26

 Day 4

Thurs.

 Exams






5 27  Day 5 Fri.  Exams
5 30  Day 0 Mon.  Memorial Day
5 31  Day 6 Tues.  Exams
6 1  Day 8 Wed.  Exams
6 2  Day 9 Thurs.  Grading Day
6 3  Day 10 Fri.  Faculty Meetings
6 4  Day 0 Sat.  Baccalaureate
6 5  Day 0 Sun.  Founders Day