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Class Schedule:
Week 5
Tuesday,
February 11
Food
for Thought
Topic
of Discussion:
The Scientific
Revolution and the Enlightenment
Readings:
Excerpts
from John Merriman, A History of Modern Europe from the Renaissance
to the Present (1996)
Excerpts
from Kagan, Ozment, Turner, The Western Heritage since 1300 (2001)
René
Descartes, Discourse on Method (1637)
Immanuel
Kant, "What is Enlightenment?" (1784)
Web
Gallery:
Art
in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment
Web
Link:
How
Flintlock Guns Work
Thursday,
February 13: Essay 1 due
Food
for Thought
Topic
of Discussion:
The American
Revolution
Readings:
Excerpts
from Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776)
Declaration
of Independence (1776)
Excerpts
from Out of Many: A History of the American People (1995)
Preston,
Roland, and Wise, pp. 148-156
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