Date |
Topic to be covered
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Readings & Assignments
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Wednesday
16 Jan 13
|
Introduction & The Who's Who
of Pre-Revolutionary France |
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Friday
18 Jan 13
|
How to approach the study of the French Revolution?
|
Read the Introductions and Prefaces of both Hunt and Steel's books
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Monday
21 Jan 13
|
Court and Country
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Read Hibbert's Prologue
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Wednesday
23 Jan 13
|
Life at Court |
Steel, Chapters 1-3 |
Friday
25 Jan 13
|
Ridicule (part 1)
|
Meet in the Barnes Electronic Classroom in Hewes Library
|
Monday
28 Jan 13
|
Ridicule (part 2) |
Meet in the Barnes Electronic Classroom in Hewes Library
|
Wednesday
30 Jan 13
|
The Tennis-Court Oath
|
Hibbert, Chapter 1
|
Friday
1 Feb 13
|
What can we learn from Versailles? |
Versailles Assignment Due |
Monday
4 Feb 13
|
Storming the Bastille
|
Steel, Chapters 4-5
|
Wednesday
6 Feb 13
|
Storming the Bastille
|
Hibbert, Chapter 2
|
Friday
8 Feb 13
|
Research on the causes of the Revolution
|
1st Article Annotation Due
|
Monday
11 Feb 13
|
The Great Fear |
Steel, Chapter 6
|
Wednesday
13 Feb 13
|
Excerpts from Marie Antoinette
|
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Friday
15 Feb 13
|
The Day of the Market-Women |
Hibbert, Chapter 3 |
Monday
18 Feb 13
|
The Flight to Varennes |
Hibbert, Chapter 4 |
Wednesday
20 Feb 13
|
Reactions to the Revolution |
Steel, Chapter 7
|
Friday
22 Feb 13
|
The Days of the Tuileries
|
Hibbert, Chapter 5
|
Monday
25 Feb 13
|
The September Massacres
|
Steel, Chapter 8
|
Wednesday
27 Feb 13
|
Executing the King
|
Hibbert, Chapter 6 |
Friday
1 Mar 13
|
Midterm Exam
|
Study!
|
Monday
4 Mar 13
|
The French Republic |
Steel, Chapters 9-10
|
Wednesday
6 Mar 13
|
The Constitution of 1793 |
Hibbert, Chapter 7 |
Friday
8 Mar 13
|
Research on violence in the Revolution |
2nd Article Annotation Due |
*** SPRING BREAK *** |
Monday
18 Mar 13
|
The Reign of Terror |
Steel, Chapter 11 |
Wednesday
20 Mar 13
|
The Reign of Terror |
Hibbert, Chapter 8 |
Friday
22 Mar 13
|
Excerpts from Danton |
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Monday
25 Mar 13
|
The Rhetoric of Revolution |
Hunt, Chapter 1 |
Wednesday
27 Mar 13
|
Symbolic Forms of Political Practice |
Hunt, Chapter 2 |
Friday
29 Mar 13
|
No class...Happy Easter!
|
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Monday
1 Apr 13
|
No class...Happy Easter! |
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Wednesday
3 Apr 13
|
The Imagery of Radicalism
|
Hunt, Chapter 3
|
Friday
5 Apr 13
|
The Political Geography of Revolution |
Hunt, Chapter 4
|
Monday
8 Apr 13
|
Research on subject of your choice about the Revolution |
3rd Article Annotation Due |
Wednesday
10 Apr 13 |
The Days of Thermidor |
Hibbert, Chapter 9 |
Friday
12 Apr 13 |
No class...enjoy! |
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Monday
15 Apr 13 |
The Revolution Falls Apart |
Steel, Chapters 12, 14, & Conclusion |
Wednesday
17 Apr 13 |
The Revolution Falls Apart |
Hibbert, Chapter 10 |
Friday
19 Apr 13 |
Optional in-class proofreading session |
Research Paper Due @ 10:00 p.m. |
Monday
22 Apr 13 |
The New Political Class |
Hunt, Chapter 5 |
Wednesday
24 Apr 13 |
Outsiders, Culture Brokers, and Political Networks |
Hunt, Chapter 6 |
Friday
26 Apr 13 |
Revolution in Political Culture |
Hunt, Conclusion |
Monday
29 Apr 13 |
Review Day |
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Wednesday
1 May 13 |
Review Day |
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Friday
3 May 13
|
Final Exam @ 9:00 a.m. |
Study! |