AP MODERN EUROPEAN COURSE SYLLABUS
Summer reading: A World Lit Only By Fire (William Manchester)
Required written responses: A journal responding to the question: “What fundamental challenges faced the Medieval World at the dawning of the Renaissance?
A paper (5 pages, using MLA) reviewing the book, and analyzing its central theses.
Written work must be handed in for grading on the first day of class.
Sept. 9- INTRODUCTION
1. Sept. 13- The Middle Ages- pp. 13- 26 Palmer
Collapse of Rome, tribal movement, Franks, Angles, Saxons
Questions: What factors contributed to the decline and breakup of the Roman Empire?
Essay responding to this question (5 paragraphs)
Describe the origins and accomplishments of Charlemagnes Empire. What accounted for its fall?
Machiavelli and the Prince-online book and background information
Read and contrast Machiavelli’s The Prince, and Thomas More’s Utopia
Written paper analyzing the views of Machiavelli and More about the creation of a perfect society. Use evidence from the books to describe both writer’s view of government, and the strengths and weaknesses of their positions. Use material from the book to support your thesis.
5 pages using MLA. Paper is due three weeks from date of assignment
Sept. 15- Middle Ages- pp. 26 - 35 Palmer
Feudalism, class structure and economy
Questions: How would you define feudalism and what were its origins?
Compare the status of the medieval serf to that of a slave in ancient civilizations.
What accounted for the virtual disappearance of slavery from medieval Europe?
Explain the role of commerce and of the towns in the High Middle Ages.
What effects did each have on the rural countryside?
Sept. 19- Middle Ages- pp. 35 - 49 Palmer
The Church, its control, hierarchy and crusades
Handout - Aquinas: Summa Theologica,
St. Anselm: Ontologica Proof, Ontological Summary, Magna Carta
Questions: What fundamental institutional changes took place in the Church in the eleventh century,
before Gregory VII?
under Gregory VII? in the thirteenth centiry under Innocent III?
Write a response paper discussing the intellectual life of the High Middle Ages
a)the origins and nature of the universities, b) the contribution of Arab learning,
c) the role of the scolastic philosophers.
Describe the motives and the results of
a) the European Crusades to the Holy Land, b) crusading activities elsewhere.
Sept 21-The Renaissance- pp. 53 - 62 Palmer
pp. 1-11 Perry
The foundations of the Renaissance and its beginning in Italy,
the city-state system
Questions: Why is the term "Renaissance" in some ways erroneous? What relationship may be pointed out
between the modern world and the Middle Ages? The modern world and the renaissance?
Explain the new attitudes and "new conception of life itself" that arose in Renaissance Italy.
How were the Italian Renaissance attitudes reflected in humanism? What attitude did the Humanists take
towards the Middle Ages?
Towards the Greeks and Romans? Why?
Sept. 23-The Renaissance - pp. 12-15 Perry
- People of the Renaissance, Machiavelli, Petrarch, More and
the world of art.
Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier
Petrarch's Sonnets
Click on Renaissance Links for examples of Art
Questions: Describe the impact of the renaissance on education and manners.
How was the idea of the "courtier" and the "gentleman" developed in this age?
Discuss the m ajor contributions made by Machiavelli to politics and political thought.
What motivated his writings? How would you evaluate his conclusions?
How did Renaissance art portray the world as compared with that of the middle Ages
and why was this change brought about?
Journal response to More’s Utopia: “How workable is his view of a perfect society?”
Sept. 27- The Northern Renaissance-pp. 62 - 75 Palmer
England, France and the Tudors
Questions: How did the renaissance in Europe, north of the Alps, differ from that in Italy?
Explain the contributions of Erasmus to his age.
Describe the origins, nature and accomplishments of the New Monarchies with references to
a) England, b) France, c) Spain, d) Holy Roman Empire.
Erasmus-In Praise of Folly- Choose the Html or PDF file version
Sept. 29th- TEST w/ Essay on Middle Ages and Renaissance
Oct. 3- The Reformation - pp. 49 - 53 Palmer
The early reformers, Wycliffe & Hus
5 paragraph essay responding to these questions:
Questions: Compare and contrast the beliefs of the early reformers with the beliefs of the Church
and the reaction of the church to their ideas.
What did the church have to fear in these concepts of reform?
How were these ideas different from the previous discussions of early church doctors discussing
whether or not God existed?
Oct.5th- The Reformation - pp. 75 - 87 Palmer
pp. 15-19 Perry
Luther and the Ninety-Five Theses, Calvin and Theocracy,
Knox and Zwingli
Major Writing Assignment: Develop a document based question using primary source materials from the work of Luther, John Knox, Calvin, Zwingli. Your question should address the concept of dissatisfaction with the Catholic Church of that era but should include the thirst for knowledge, and truth, within the various Protestant groups. NB do not confine yourself to the reactive nature of the Reformation, but also its creative aspects. Your question will be given to a fellow student, and each student will work on a document based question from one of their peers. Make sure you include all of your documents with your question. Your grade will be based on both your own question, and your answer to another’s question.
The First Blast of the Trumpet
Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women -Knox
Calvin's Institute of the Christian Religion
Questions: Describe the sources of dissatisfaction that contributed to
the sixteenth century religious upheaval?
What was revolutionary about Luther's position on religious authority?
What political support did he fins for his program?
How did Calvin differ from Luther in training, background and personality.
How did Calvinism differ and resemble Lutheranism?
Oct. 7- The Counter Reformation-pp. 87 - 91 Palmer
The Church, Loyola, Jesuits, Council of Trent
Questions: Why are the terms Catholic Reformation and Counter reformation justified?
Explain the purpose, nature and accomplishments of the Council of Trent?
How did it reaffirm Catholic Doctrine?
How did it attempt to reform church abuses?
Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent
Major paper (5 pages MLA) - REFORMATION paper is due one week from the date of assignment.
Oct. 11- The Age of Exploration- pp. 106 - 111 Palmer
Portugese, Spanish & the discovery of America
Journal writing responding to these questions based on readings and class discussions.
Questions: Compare and contrast the Empires created by Portugal in the East and Spain in America.
How would you assess the nature of the Spanish Empire in America,
include both positive and negative elements.
What lasting effects did the Treaty of Tordesillas have on Spain and Portugal
and why was it important for the Catholic Church to become involved?
Bartoleme de Las Casas, Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies(1542)
The Journey of Alvar NuZez Cabeza De Vaca
Oct 13. The Commercial Revolution -pp. 111- 126 Palmer
Commerce, production, labor, capitalism
and mercantilism
Questions: What important economic changes in the early modern centuries
does the term "Commercial Revolution" signify?
Describe the growth of the European population in the sixteenth century
and the nature of this growth?
Explain the origins, nature and effects of the "putting out" or "domestic" system.
What changes in attitude toward the lending of money at interest can be seen?
5 paragraph essay responding to these questions
Oct. 17. The Crusade of Catholic Spain -pp. 126- 140 Palmer
(118-133new)
England, the Netherlands revolt and the
beginnings of religious unrest.
Journal writing responding to these questions
Questions: How would you describe and characterize the general state of affairs in Europe during
the first years of Phillip's reign? What conflict existed between religious and nationalist loyalties?
Explain the political, economic, and religious issues that entered into the revolt of the Netherlands.
How would you analyze the reasons for Spain's decline?
Oct 21st- Test - Age of Exploration and the Reformation
OCT. 25/27- Economy & the Wars of Religion-- pp.106-126 140-149 Palmer
(97-118 133-141new)
Plight of the Huguenots,
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, Thirty Years War.
Eyewitness to the St. Bart's Massacre
4 page research paper using MLA responding to these questions:
Questions: Describe the background, nature, and outcome of the civil and religious wars,
in France in the sixteenth century.
How did Henry IV come to the throne in 1589?
What is the deeper meaning of "Paris is worth a Mass"?
How would you assess the objectives and accomplishments of Cardinal Richelieu?
HOw had the Peace of Augsburg attempted to resolve the issues of religion within the German States?
What developments upset those arrangements?
How may one attempt to analyze the issues of the Thirty Years War?
How did European rivalries and ambitions become linked?
Summarize and evaluate the Peace of Westphalia with respect to
a) the religious settlement, b) territorial changes, c) constitutional issues within the HRE.
Oct. 31- Netherlands, England & France- pp160-181 Palmer
(143-167new)
English Civil War
Questions: Describe the Dutch cultural and commercial accomplishments in the seventeenth century?
Why did Parliament come into conflict with James I? CharlesI?
How did the specific nature of Parliament make its resistance effective?
Describe the governemnt of England under the Commonwealth and the Protectorate.
What is meant by the regime of the major generals?
Explain the concept of Puritanism and the conflict they had with the government?
The Petition of Right
Protests of the House of Commons
Observations Upon the United Provinces
Document Based question based on these readings
Nov. 2- Louis XIV & Absolutism- pp. 182-199 Palmer
(167-186new)
pp. 20-27 Perry
REPORT ON ABSOLUTISM RESPONDING TO THESE QUESTIONS
(5 PAGES MLA) DUE TWO WEEKS FROM DATE OF ASSIGNMENT
Questions: How did Louis XIV develop the state in its modern form?
What is suggested as the deeper meaning of his boast "L'etat c'est moi"?
Discuss Louis XIV's
a) military and administrative reforms, b) economics and financial policies, c) religious policy?
Discuss Louis XIV's foreign policy, including the War of the Spanish Succession
and the Treaty of Utrecht.
First hand account of Louis XIV and His Court
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
Nov. 4- Eastern Europe- pp210-249 Palmer
(187-224new)
Austria, Russia, Prussia.
King of Prussia Frederick II Essay on Forms of Gov't
Catherine the Great-New Law Code
Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow
5 PAGE RESEARCH PAPER ON ENLIGHTENED DESPOTISM
DUE TWO WEEKS FROM DATE OF ASSIGNMENT. YOUR PAPER SHOULD ADDRESS THE TRUE MEANING OF ENLIGHTENED DESPOTISM AND SHOULD EVALUATE WHICH, IF ANY, OF THE ENLIGHTENED DESPOTS WERE TRULY ENLIGHTENED IN THE TRUE SENSE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT
Journal writing responding to these questions:
Questions: Describe the rise of the Hapsburgs and their growth in power as the Austrian Empire.
Explain the role of the Hohenzollerns from 1640 - 1740 in the formation of Prussia.
Discuss the westernization of Russia and its eefect on Russian culture.
Nov. 8th - Quarter Review
Nov. 10th- TEST- Religious Wars, English Civil War and Absolutism
End of Quarter
NOV. 14th- Wealth & Empire-pp250-285 Palmer
(225-263new)
Handouts
Writing of responses to these questions to be shared with other students to prepare a chart for use by the entire class as review of this vital information.
Questions: What may be considered the most significant economic developments of the eighteenth century?
What relationship do they bear to earlier developments?
Describe the role played by the British, French and the Dutch in the commerce of the eighteenth century.
What advantages did Britain and France enjoy over other countries?
How did the developments of the eighteenth century economy affect the various economic
and social classes of Europe.
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Nov. 17th - Scientific Revolution- Bacon, Descartes and Newton.
pp. 286-300 Palmer
(265-287new)
pp.31-52 Perry
Handout- "The Scientific Revolution"
Essays of Francis Bacon
5 paragraph essay responding to the question:
In what ways did the work of Bacon, Descartes and Newton change the way in which Europe viewed scientific explanation?
Nov. 21- Scientific Revolution-Natural law, natural right, Hobbes and Locke.
pp.300-313 Palmer
(288-293new)
pp. 57-59 68-72 22-24 Perry
Science and Religion Confront
Thomas Paine: Deism compared with Christianity
David Hume: On Miracles
John Locke- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/hume-miracles.htmlReasonableness of Christianity
Thomas Jefferson's- http://www3.baylor.edu/BIC/WCIII/Essays/reasonableness.htmlHis version of the Bible
Report- Scientific Revolution 5 pages MLA due two weeks from the date of assignment. Your paper should compare and contrast the ideas of Paine, Hume, Lock, Jefferson and how those ideas were a challenge to traditional religious explanation for phenomena.
Nov. 23- The Enlightenment- The Philosophes, Montesquieu, Voltaire & Rousseau
pp. 314-326 Palmer
(295-308new)
pp. 55-57 60-68 72-90 Perry
Handouts: "Philisophical Revolution" & "Mind of an Age"
Rousseau- Excerpts from the Social Contract
Locke- His view of the Social Contract
Report- Enlightenment MLA due two weeks after assignment 5 pages
Using primary sources to support your point of view describe what is enlightenment in this context and evaluate how these philosophies paved the way for revolution. Include in your analysis an evaluation of philosophical differences between the dominant Enlightenment philosphes.
Nov. 29th- Enlightened Despotism-France, Austria, Prussia and Russia.
The British reform movement.
pp. 326-351 Palmer
(308-331new)
Journal writing responding to these questions
Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were preeminent political thinkers in the 17th-18th century.
Hobbes in his work "Leviathan" and Locke with his several treatise on government.
Compare and contrast the philisophical beliefs of the two men,
using examples from primary source documents. 2 pages.
Frederick II - Essays on forms of government
Catherine the Great- Various documents
Nov. 21st Test- Absolutism, Enlightenment, Sci. Rev.
Nov. 25th- French Revolution-Estates General,National Assembly,
The Terror and Thermidor.
pp. 361-392 Palmer
(343-377new)
pp. 93-107 Perry
Samples of Cahiers des Doleances
Abbe Sieyes- What is the Third Estate
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
Handouts-"The Social & Economic Character of the French Revolution"-
"The Catechism of the French Revolution."
Document based essay question based on these readings evaluating the factors that combined to create revolution in France.
Dec. 1st- The French Revolution-The Directory and the Consulate.
pp.393-415 Palmer
(377-387new)
pp.108-111 Perry
Edmund Burke- Reflections on the French Revolution
Plight of the French Peasants: Young
Vindication of the Rights of Woman: Wollstonecraft
Handouts-"Social Interpretation of the French Revolution"-Orthodox critique of the
Social Interpretation-Marxist critique of Social Interpretation
5 page paper MLA due two weeks after assignment responding to the research question: Was the French Revolution an empowerment of the lower classes and the beginning of socialism or did it empower the middle classes and act as the beginning of capitalism in France?
Dec.3rd- The French Revolution-Comparisons of the French and
American Revolutions.
pp. 351-360 Palmer
(331-342new)
Handouts- "Comparing the French and American Revolutions"-
"The Liberator-Hero and Western Revolutions"
Marxist Interpretations of the French Revolution
Dec 5th Test w/ Essay
French Rev.
Dec 9th- Napoleon- French Imperial System and the Grand Empire.
pp. 417-431 Palmer
(389-403new)
pp.112-116
Napoleon: Speech to his troops
Napoleon's Account of France 1804
5 paragraph essay responding to the statement “Napoleon was viewed as a liberator by oppressed peoples throughout Europe.”
Dec 11th-Congress of Vienna- The National movements and the overthrow of Napoleon.
pp.431-452 Palmer
(403-425new)
Handouts- "Confession of Political Faith"- Excerpts from the Congress.
Dec. 15th The Industrial Revolution-Agriculture, industrial , economic and social.
453-462 Palmer
pp. 119-136 Perry
Handout: Labor Old and New: The Impact of the Industrial Revolution
Reading: The Industrial Revolution in Manchester
journal response to the question: Did the social and moral costs of the Industrial Revolution for the working classes outweigh the economic gains made by the newly emergent middle class?
Dec 17th-The Industrial Revolution-
Handouts- "Impact of the Industrial Revolution"
"Myths of the Industrial Revolution"
"In Defense of Machinery" "The Philosophy of Manufacturers"
"The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844"
Malthus: Too many mouths to feed?
A working girl in mid-ninteenth century Germany
England: The Peterloo Massacre
Report- Industrial Revolution 5 pages MLA due two weeks after assignment “Was the Industrial Revolution, inevitable, necessary and ultimately beneficial?”
Dec. 19th Test w/ Essay
Napoleon, Congress of Vienna, Industrialism
Jan. 6th- Advent of Isms- Romanticism, Liberalism, Radicalism, Republicanism,
Socialism and Nationalism
pp. 463-474 Palmer
pp. 137-147 Perry
Nationalism:Race and Language: Freeman
Utilitarianism- John Stuart Mill
Handout:Two Programs for Social Change: Liberalism and Socialism
5 paragraph essay “In what ways were nationalism, romanticism, socialism, republicanism influenced by the Industrial Revolution?”
Jan. 8th-Isms- Reaction and Revolution. France, Poland, Spain ,
Belgium and Britain.
pp. 474-499 Palmer
pp. 161-172 & 180-183 Perry
Journal writing based on reading of Zola J’accuse
Jan 12th- Marxism & Revolution-The tenets of Marxism.
Social revolution in the west.
The second French Empire.
pp. 500-533 Palmer
pp. 173-180 Perry
Handouts- "Trumph of Secularism" - "Liberalism and Socialism"
A view on Darwin and his book Origin of the Species
Report- Revolutions, Marx and Darwin
5 pages MLA due two weeks after assignment
Jan 22nd Midterm
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Third Quarter Syllabus
Jan 27th - Socialism & Marxism
pp. 500-533 Palmer
pp. 173-180 Perry
Handouts- "Trumph of Secularism" - "Liberalism and Socialism"
Report: 5 page MLA due two weeks after date of assignment
Compare the origins and philosophies of Liberalism, Utopian Socialism and Marxism. Give examples to support your thesis and respond to the statement: “Liberalism, Socialism and Marxism were a response of the newly emergent middle class to the social inequities of 19th century Europe.”
Jan 29th- Unification of Italy & Germany Cavour,
Mazzini & Bismarck
pp. 542-558 Palmer (New 509-526)
pp. 148-160 Perry
Documents of German Unification
Documents of Italian Unification
Garibaldi's report on the conquest of Naples
Maps of Italian and German Unification
Report 5 page MLA due two weeks after assignment: respond to statement that there were key differences between German and Italian unification and highlight the roles of Cavour, Mazzini and Garibaldi in Italy with that of Bismarck in Germany.
Feb.2nd- Consolidation of Large Nation States
The dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary
pp. 559-582 Palmer (New 526-549)
Handouts
Feb. 4th- Europe 19th. c. - Population and Economy
pp. 583-604 Palmer (551-564)
pp. 184-201 Perry
Handouts
Feb 6th-TEST on material covered during January
Feb. 10th- Europe 19th.c.- Politics, Art & Religion
pp. 605-641 Palmer (565-588)
pp. 202-222 Perry
Handouts
Feb. 12th- Imperialism End of the Ottoman Empire & Africa
pp.642-668 Palmer (613-648)
pp. 223-239 Perry
Write an introduction for the following essay question: Compare and contrast the Lutheran Reformation and the Catholic Reformation of the sixteenth century regarding the reform of both religious doctrines and religious practices.
"The Rise of our East African Empire"
Conrad's, "Heart of Darkness" (excerpts)
DBQ - document based question essay on the rationale for the development of European imperialism and its psuedo scientific basis.
Feb.16th- Imperialism Asia and the Russo-Japanese War
pp. 669-694 Palmer (649-656)
pp. 240-262 Perry
"Beveridge's Address to the Senate"
"The Interest of America in Sea Power"
Declaration of the Irish republic
Report 5 pages MLA due two weeks after assignment:
respond to statement that Imperialism was a European club which was joined by the US and which was based on needs spawned by the Industrial Revolution and by the needs of a militaristic climate. Respond to the statement that “Ireland was the ultimate victim of British imperialism and the famine an example of laissez faire economic notions.”
Feb 18th- Test w/ Essay
Essay practice:
Group 1- Analyze the ways in which enlightenment thought addressed religious beliefs and social issues in the eighteenth century.
Group 2- Explain ways in which Italian Renaissance humanism transformed ideas about the individual's role in society.
Feb 20th- World War One The Beginnings, balance of power &
the United States
pp.695-718 Palmer (657-679)
pp.291-298 Perry
Handouts- "Causes of World War One"
25 Lectures on Balkan History
Journal writing responding to statement that WW1 was the ultimate and inevitable result of imperialism.
Winter Break
Mar. 2nd- World War One The collapse of Germany & Austria.
Social and Economic impact.
pp. 718-721 Palmer (679-696)
pp. 299-314
In Flanders Field- McCrae poem
Schlieffen Plan
Rosa Luxembourg- War and the Workers
Report: WW1 brought a world to an end, and helped set in train the most blood soaked century (the 20th)
MLA 5 pages due two weeks after assignment
Mar. 4th- World War One Treaty of Versailles
pp. 315-328 Perry
Handouts- "Wilson's Fourteen Points"
"Comments by the German Delegation"
journal writing responding to “This man Wilson with his fourteen points, God was satisfied with ten.”
Mar. 8th- Russian Revolution Background main participants
and the Revolution of 1905
pp. 732-753 Palmer (697-718)
pp. 329-340 Perry
Handouts- "Lenin as the Architect of the Russian Revolution"
Lenin on Counter-Revolution
journal writing: Lenin was a pragmatist who understood that the Revolution would fail if the people were not allowed to continue to own small businesses (NEP)
Mar. 10th- Russian Revolution Lenin & Stalin, Revolution and
the Five Year Plans
pp. 754-776 Palmer (718-742)
pp. 341-360 Perry
Stalin Purges- Official Explanation
Stalin- Industrialization of the Country
5 paragraph essay comparing Stalin and Lenin - pragmatists or revolutionary zealots?
Mar.12th- Test w/ Essay
Mar. 15th- Between the Wars Advance of Democracy, Germany
and the Great Depression
pp. 777-799 Palmer (743-764)
Handouts- "The Failure of the League of Nations"
journal writing: The League of Nations failed because it had no money, was not ratified by the US, did not include the Soviet Union .... but it did have its successes... discuss
Mar. 17th- Between the Wars New deal, Facism andthe Third Reich
pp. 805-822 Palmer (764-789)
pp. 363-370 Perry
Report 5 pages MLA - the Rise to power of Hitler was greeted with enthusiasm by business, the aristocracy and an overburdened underclass. Discuss, develop your thesis and support it.
Due two weeks after date of assignment
Mar. 19th- World War Two The Beginnings
pp. 822-851 Palmer (789-817)
pp. 370-384 Perry
Handouts- "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich"
Mar. 23rd- World War Two The Victory and Collapse
pp.852-866 Palmer (817-832)
pp. 387-409 Perry
Handouts- "Life in the Third Reich"
DBQ - based on a study of maps and military reports responding to the question “Was an allied victory inevitable?”
Report 5 pages MLA: WWII created a new Europe based on social democracy in the west and communism in the East. How did these systems of government co-exist.
Due two weeks after assignment.
Mar. 25th- World War Two The Holocaust
pp. 385-386 410-420 Perry
Handouts-"From Anti-Semitism to Extermination"
"Questions on the Holocaust"
Readings on the historic basis of anti-semitism in Europe stemming from christian origins and the 19th centry scientific racism that fed the notion of Jewish difference and inferiority.
Paper: 5 pages MLA due two weeks after assignment
The Holocaust was inevitable because the Nazi philosophy of extermination was the logical outcome of 2,000 years of hatred, and a combination of economic and social circumstances that made it possible.
March 29th- Test w/ Essay
April 3rd
End of Quarter
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Fourth Quarter Syllabus
Apr. 12th- Post World War Two - Division of Europe and the
Reconstruction of the West
journal writing: Europe divided
Apr.23rd- Women in History- Students will teach a twenty minute
section of the class based on a predetermined time period of
women's history.
Lesson plan written by each student with a two page information sheet on their chosen topic must be turned in at the end of the class for grading.
Journal reflection on womens’ role in European history
Apr. 25th- Women in History- Final class members will teach
(Beginning today there will be an after school
exam review/prep on each of the following class dates)
Apr. 27th - Cold War -Soviet Eastern Europe -Berlin Airlift
Berlin Wall
(Beginning today after school
instruction will be everyday until May 11th)
May 1st- Cold War - Hungary & Czechoslovakia
Uprising and repression 5 paragraph essay on the Soviet role in controlling Eastern Europe
May 3rd- European Economic Union, and
Russia - Dissolution of the Empire
May 7th- Balkans - Bosnia, Serbia & Kosovo
May 9th- Art - Students will use handouts, photos and cd-rom
programs to study art in depth.
May 11th- Exam (Afternoon)
May 15th -Until the end of the semester
Each member of the class will be responsible for reviewing
and compiling material on a specific time period, according to
the course outline. The material will be gathered and entered
onto the class web page. A final grade will be given according
to several factors related to the construction of these pages.