Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Enlightenment and Research Paper Next Stage Directions

Due next Thursday, March 8:
Next draft:
TITLE: "Topic: Teaser" format
Revise: Add A B C D E
--Include in brackets before each part.
--In-text citations for paraphrase as well as quote
SECTION SUB-HEADINGS FOR:
1. Intro
2. Body Section 1 (if included)
LENGTH: 1,000 words next draft: due next Thursday, Mar. 8
--could be introduction only
--could be introduction + Body Section One

ANNOTATED BIB.: CORRECTLY FORMATTED, WITH VALID SOURCES, and THREE-PART ANNOTATION (SEE PACKET)

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HW due Friday:
Read, annotate, Enlightenment packet: HW, turn in after debate next class
Sign up for Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Rosseau
Groups: Divide debate topics A-E, one per team member
Type up debate speech:
Parliamentary form:
Stage One: A speakers give speech
2 minutes, no interruptions
Four outside sources required with speech, with bibliography
Two minutes to synthesize and write reply speech to each of the four arguments.
--1 minute
B People are judges: take notes and assess:
--strengths, needs improvements
--on back: The Winner was, and this was why:
--give feedback to participants.

Same for B-C, C-D, D-E, E-A

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Presos

Next class: Bring in one quote plus the source from your research next class.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Quiz, Why the West (cont'd), Age of Exploration 1: Asia

Download this Explorations Notes page and use it to take notes.

Read the following pages in World History, Patterns of Interaction about the European Age of Exploration:
Identify the key events and terms -- on paper -- that you should be familiar with as an educated person. List them. We'll agree on terms for another quiz next class:

pp. 529-35
537: Ming relations with foreign countries
539-40: China under the Qing
545-7: Contact between Europe and Japan, Christian Missionaries in Japan