It’s time to get social (but please do NOT get social right now). Please look over chapter 21 and chapter 22‘s notes and add them to your notebooks as needed. It would also be good to read the chapters as well. If you get an error message on Chrome about Microsoft 365 being a malware […]
March 13, 2020
If you were absent on Friday, this is the BBC Documentary on the Industrial Revolution that we viewed. Please read the following two documents: “Testimony for the Factory Act of 1833: Working Conditions in England” The Condition of the Working Class in England” – Engels Please in the comments (you can log in with your […]
March 12, 2020
Please be mindful that you are responsible for ALL work assigned over the break and all submission on requested due dates. As I post new assignments for each of the classes, I will link to them here. Due dates will accompany the assignments. Please subscribe to this blog for timely updates. Office hours will be […]
March 9, 2020
These are the notes for Chapter 20 from your textbook. Chapter 21 includes political ideas but it also includes the economic and social ideas that are key to understanding the Industrial Revolution. Here are the not-chapter 20 but still the correct material notes. Industrial Revolution Notes
March 3, 2020
Please pull up the attached PDF and find your historical figure! (Marie Antoinette and Napoleon aren’t included there – search for them on Wikipedia) Instructions for the body biography can be found here. This’ll be due at the end of class tomorrow. Just for fun, forensic pathologists have done a facial reconstruction of Robespierre. I […]
February 27, 2020
The textbook notes for the grand finale to the unit are Chapter 17 (The Expansion of Europe), Chapter 18 (Life in the Era of Expansion) and Chapter 19 (Revolution in Politics). You guys are REALLY going to enjoy Chapter 18. Here are some bonus mercantilism notes, as well as some additional notes for when we […]
February 13, 2020
We’ve gotten to the the Enlightenment! Yay! Time for some of my favorite thinkers. Here’re the textbook notes for Chapter 16. Scientific Revolution & The Philosophes Notes The 8-Bit Philosophy video series is fun in general, but these are some of the best that apply to philosophers from this era.
March 17, 2020
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