Weekend Reminder

Team Euro,

It is Friday and we just finished a unit. That means we have the weekend ahead of us and a week before Thanksgiving break.

In the unit before us we will be exploring the social side of life in 18th century Europe. As we talked about in class, this unit can be really interesting and a welcome change from the political themes of the course, but it also is highly speculative and should be held gently and with a healthy dose of skepticism.

For this unit you will NOT need to do an outline - and the study packet is extremely short (due Friday). Therefore you might want to attack this unit a little differently. I recommend skim reading the chapter and then progressively going back and filling out the study packet once you have the larger picture. This too will help facilitate our discussion in class next week.

As I mentioned in class, I want to incorporate a small but thoughtful creative element to this unit. As you skim read the chapter, find one thing you would like to explore further - and in a creative matter. Create a dialogue, draw a picture, do an interpretive dance, build something, or whatever strikes you to depict what caught your fancy. Beyond this I want to leave the assignment purposefully vague. You are welcome to talk to me about your idea(s). In whatever you do, do it thoughtfully and well. This will be due Friday as well. You may submit it early.

On Friday of next week, you will take a shorter MCQ and write your first full in class DBQ.

As for a preview, during Thanksgiving week, you will need to begin and finish the first half of Ch. 21 on the French Revolution (due December 2). If you want to get a jump on that, you are more than welcome to do so.